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. 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. 17 (Jiji Press)--Subaru Corp. on Thursday unveiled a new hybrid system that enables vehicles to travel more than ...

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

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

Tokyo/Shizuoka, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese public prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not appeal a district court ruling last month that acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamata in his retrial ...

Zentsūji is an ancient temple in modern-day Kagawa Prefecture, birthplace of the great Buddhist master Kūkai. Nearby is Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, formed through the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--The mayors of two wards in central Tokyo on Monday called for people to follow rules during the Halloween season. The Shibuya and Shinjuku wards have each set an ...

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has urged Israel to exercise restraint to stop the Middle East situation from deteriorating further. During 40-minute telephone ...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, held their first phone talks on Wednesday and reaffirmed the policy of promoting a ...