Milan, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka snatched the gold medal in the men's halfpipe event at the ...

From New Year Shōgatsu celebrations to the summer festivals of Tanabata and Obon, Japan’s calendar is filled with traditional events that mark life milestones, seasonal changes, and religious ...

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry released on Friday the five-year survival rates of people newly ...

Yokohama, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural police department of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, is set to cancel about 2,700 traffic violations that are believed to have been based on documents ...

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The families of missing persons believed to have been abducted by North Korea but not designated as such on the Japanese government's official list of abduction victims ...

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--An advisory panel to Japan's health minister decided Friday to allow public health insurance coverage for a gene therapy for muscular dystrophy beginning Feb. 20 and set ...

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expects the Bank of Japan to raise its policy interest rate in the near future, but not this spring, Etsuro Honda, an economic ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan has climbed for a thirteenth consecutive year, amid ongoing labor shortages in many ...

Chocolate is at the center of Valentine’s Day in Japan, with people increasingly splurging on sweet treats for themselves or close companions even as prices for items rise.

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. plans to issue a stablecoin, a type of digital asset, ...

For April-December 2025, Nissan reported a group net loss of 250.2 billion yen, compared with 5.1 billion yen in profit a ...

Yamaha aims to have electric motorcycles account for about 30 pct of new motorcycles that it will put on sale by 2027. Last ...