Just before trains depart in Japan, conductors point white-gloved hands in the direction of travel and announce that it is ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--The opposition Democratic Party for the People has rejected the possibility of joining Japan's ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated Sunday that she will work to win the ...

Washington, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--Centrist Reform Alliance co-chief Yoshihiko Noda suggested Sunday that he may step down from the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will ask the United States to participate in ...

Taipei, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her ...

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

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 ...

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 ...