Two people were killed while participating in traditional local festivals featuring "danjiri" floats in two cities in the ...

The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan and seven other countries on Friday voiced their strong objections to U.S.

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended an opening ceremony for the Japan Games ...

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane on Friday welcomed the selection of former ICC judge Navanethem "Navi" ...

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Keiji Furuya, a lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, revealed Friday that he had received an email from Prime ...

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A Japanese public-interest association has established a system to certify "juku" cram schools taking sufficient measures to prevent sexual violence against children, with requirements including the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in an interview with Jiji Press on Friday looked back on his research that led to the discovery of the reaction ...

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A Japanese government survey found that the number of young people with no romantic experience is continuing to climb.

Tokyo police arrested a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman by Friday on suspicion of facilitating illegal employment of a Vietnamese man who lacked permission to engage in activities outside his visa status ...