Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Liberal Democratic Party faction led by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese political parties are trying to lure voters by pledging to implement measures to reduce ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Hoshino Resorts Inc. said Thursday that it will open an "onsen ryokan" Japanese-style hot spring inn in the U.S. state of New York in 2028. Hoshino Resorts said ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Cumulative spending by foreign visitors to Japan in January-September 2024 reached 5,858.2 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese team said Wednesday that technology to predict future physical traits, such as looks and height, and disease susceptibility based on genome analysis of in ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday decided to allow Kansai Electric Power Co. to operate the aging No. 1 reactor at its Takahama nuclear power plant ...

As the scene of one of the fiercest and most destructive battles of World War II, it would be fair to assume that the people of Palau would harbor a degree of resentment toward Japan and the Japanese.

Seoul/Beijing/Shanghai, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Overseas voting for Japan's Oct. 27 general election began Wednesday at Japanese embassies and other locations around the world. Voting at the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September grew 31.5 pct from a year before to 2,872,200, a record high for the month, chiefly thanks to increases ...

At the time the lower house was dissolved on October 9, the LDP had 256 seats and Kōmeitō 32 for a coalition total of 288. This is 55 more than the majority threshold of 233 in the 465-seat chamber ...