Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Prince Hisahito on Sunday attended a presentation event of a national competition for ...

From Tabata’s literary ghosts to Komagome’s lush pockets and the lived-in warmth of Sugamo, a walk through the Yamanote ...

Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese party leaders made their final appeals to voters Saturday, the last day of the official ...

Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--A record 27,017,098 people cast early votes for single-seat constituencies in Sunday's House of Representatives election in Japan, according to the internal affairs ...

Milan, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Snowboarder Kira Kimura won the men's big air final at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Saturday, gaining the first gold medal for Japan in the quadrennial winter sports event ...

The general election for the all-important lower chamber of parliament is the first national election since the LDP formed a ...

Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan is seen selecting gas-fired power generation, synthetic diamonds and ports as the first ...

Takagi Miho exploded onto the speed-skating scene as a 15-year-old Olympian. Now an experienced veteran, she is heading to ...

Continuing his analysis of the perception gap behind the latest flare-up of Japan-China tensions, Jimbo Ken stresses the need ...

Yamaguchi, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--A male diver died Saturday after falling ill during a survey to search for the remains of victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster off Ube, Yamaguchi ...

Osaka, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese machinery maker Kanadevia Corp., formerly called Hitachi Zosen Corp., said Thursday that ...

Jakarta, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--A gas container using a technology developed by Japanese Nobel Prize winner Susumu Kitagawa is drawing attention, with demonstration tests underway. The container, seen ...