On Feb. 3, 1942, which was during World War II, the flooding accident occurred in a tunnel located 1 kilometer away from the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan will not participate as an observer in a meeting in the United States in March of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, government and ...

Japanese teenagers from regional areas feel torn between their hometowns and moving to urban centers that offer more opportunities for schooling and careers. A growing number of regional ...

Cherry blossoms are the stars of Japanese spring, and the somei yoshino is the most common variety, accounting for around 90% of all sakura. These start blooming from late March in the southwest ...

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union said Thursday that its member unions will request a pay scale hike of at least 17,000 yen per month in the 2025 ...

Fukunaga Takeshi Born in Date, Hokkaidō, in 1982. Moved to the United States in 2007, where he majored in film at City University of New York Brooklyn College. His first feature film, Out of My ...

Toyama is off the main route for most visitors to Japan, but the New York Times picked the city in its list of 52 Places to Go in 2025. Here, we zoom in on where to go and what to eat. The New ...

Narita, Chiba Pref., Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Narita International Airport Corp., the Japanese government and local governments agreed Friday to expand the annual quota for flight departures and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 25 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan is on course to raise the policy interest rate past the so-called 0.5 pct barrier, unbroken for almost 30 years, if policymakers become confident ...

Hong Kong/Beijing, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese regional court on Friday held the first hearing in the trial of a 45-year-old man charged with fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in ...

TeamLab Planets in Toyosu, Tokyo, operated by the renowned digital art collective TeamLab, drew over 2.5 million visitors in 2023 alone. This remarkable feat earned the museum a Guinness World ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan decided to raise interest rates at its two-day monetary policy meeting that ended Friday, taking its policy rate to a level unseen in over 16 years.