Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Stocks jumped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday after a U.S. trade court issued a ruling overnight blocking President Donald Trump's administration from imposing ...

Nara, May 17 (Jiji Press)--The trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, may begin this October, it has been learned. On Friday, Nara ...

Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Three people were taken to a hospital after a possible gas leak at an ENEOS Corp. oil refinery in the western Japan city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday, and ...

Ofunato, Iwate Pref., May 17 (Jiji Press)--People affected by a major wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, earlier this year began moving into temporary housing in the northeastern Japan city on ...

Washington, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Vice-ministerial-level officials from Japan and the United States met in Washington on Friday and agreed to continue close security cooperation in the face of ...

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., May 17 (Jiji Press)--Police in Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday rearrested a 21-year-old unemployed man for alleged murder, after the body of a 35-year-old female nursery school ...

New Delhi, May 17 (Jiji Press)--A 31-year-old Japanese man has achieved the feat of dribbling a soccer ball for about 2,000 kilometers across India, reaching his goal of New Delhi two and a half ...

Hiroshima/Nagasaki, May 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are taking different approaches regarding Taiwan over their annual peace ceremonies remembering the U.S ...

Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city ...

Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Pref., May 17 (Jiji Press)--A 97-year-old man from central Japan has donated about 1,400 photos taken during his years of confronting the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo ...

Nakayama Atsuo Sociologist specializing in entertainment. Born in 1980. Earned his master’s degree in sociology from the University of Tokyo and his MBA from McGill University in Montreal ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball season features 13 Japanese players. Ahead of the official Opening Day on March 27, Ohtani Shōhei and the World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers will be in ...