Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--The new iPhone 16 smartphone series of U.S. technology giant Apple Inc. went on sale in Japan ...

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Finance Ministry said Friday it will issue gold coins in the denomination of 10,000 yen ...

Uchinada, Ishikawa Pref./Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday urged China to ...

Beijing, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Some Japanese companies are beginning to allow their expatriate employees in China to temporarily return home after Wednesday's fatal stabbing of a Japanese ...

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Subway operator Tokyo Metro Co. has said that maintenance subsidiary Metro Sharyo Co. falsified ...

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, ...

Residents of Japan are encouraged to keep a stock of emergency foods as part of disaster preparedness measures. Our staff ...

Seoul, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Nearly 42 pct of South Korean people now have a good impression of Japan, a survey by South Korea’s East Asia Institute showed Thursday. The proportion of ...

When Kublai Khan founded the Chinese Yuan Dynasty in 1271, the vast Mongol Empire already stretched across Asia and into parts of Europe. Kublai, who was keen to secure Japan’s support in his ...

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to keep its policy rate unchanged after implementing an additional interest rate hike in July. At its just-ended two-day monetary ...

Tokyo, Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan rose 36.0 pct from a year before to 2,933,000 ...