Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow continued to fall in some parts of Japan on Thursday due to the strongest cold air mass of the season, especially in the Tohoku northeastern region and the ...

In the tax system revisions made in late 2024, the Democratic Party for the People held the casting vote and advocated the increase of the “¥1.03 million wall”—the threshold at which wage ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori said Thursday that the Japanese company is approaching U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in various ways on ...

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to stress the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in a joint ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for the United States on Thursday afternoon to hold his first talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. "Because we will meet ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese lawmakers have submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to establish rules on so-called specified assisted reproductive technology, or fertility treatments ...

Japan has 16 fixed national holidays throughout the year. However, in 2026 there will be 17, due to a rule that if an ordinary working day falls between two holidays, it becomes a “bonus” holiday.

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Thursday presented to an experts panel a plan to allow foreign nationals to engage in home care services under the country's specified skilled ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--An official vehicle for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had a minor collision with a security vehicle at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo just after 7:50 a.m. Thursday.

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The number of criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2024 rose 4.9 pct from the previous year to 737,679, up for the third straight year, the National ...

Nagoya, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to develop and produce electric vehicles and batteries in a carbon neutrality ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--A recent National Police Agency survey has shown that 76.6 pct of the respondents feel that Japan has become less safe over the past 10 years. According to the survey ...