Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government task force on Tuesday compiled a report seeking the strengthening of support for disaster-affected people, including through the introduction of ...

Nagoya, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Ichiro Hirosawa, former deputy mayor of Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, won Sunday's ...

Tokyo, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is coordinating a visit to China within this year at the ...

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23 (Jiji Press)--The 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s agriculture ministry held an emergency online meeting with officials from prefectural governments across the country on Thursday, in response to the ongoing ...

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the outcome of the central bank's next ...

Fukui, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. said Thursday that the No. 3 reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant ...

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Tohoku Electric Power Co. shut down the recently restarted No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Sunday, as ...

Tokyo police have sent public prosecutors papers on three people involved in criminal investigations into machinery maker ...

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. said Thursday that it has reduced the number of plastic cutlery units offered to customers by some 78 pct by charging ...

Los Angeles, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani won his third Major League Baseball MVP award Thursday, becoming the second player named MVP in both leagues only after ...

Suttsu, Hokkaido, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese nuclear waste management body submitted a report Friday on the results of a survey to select a final disposal site for high-level radioactive ...