The possibilities of holding the same-day elections and expanding the ruling coalition, which currently consists of the ...

Tokyo, April 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a press conference Tuesday that his government ...

Tokyo, April 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department set up Tuesday a section specializing in investigating ...

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Pref., March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team will make a ...

Beginning 1 p.m. the same day, women can anonymously drop off their babies up to four weeks old round the clock at a place in ...

The International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP), which discussed ways to realize a ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--Up to 298,000 people are expected to be killed in Japan due mainly to a tsunami and building collapses if an earthquake of around magnitude 9 occurs in the Nankai Trough ...

The Nikkei 225 stock average plunged 1,502.77 points, or 4.04 pct, from Friday to close at 35,617.56, its lowest finish since Aug. 9 last year. The broader TOPIX index closed down 98.52 points, or ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--Major food and beverage makers are planning markups for 4,225 products in Japan in April, ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Special Committee on Political Reform of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of ...

Imabari, Ehime Pref., March 31 (Jiji Press)--The forest fire that had ravaged parts of Imabari, a city in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, has been contained, Mayor Shigeki Tokunaga said Monday. The ...

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States agreed Sunday to improve command control ...