Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Kumagawa Railroad Co., a public-private railway operator in the ...

The proportion of this age group in Japan's overall population rose 0.2 percentage point to a record high of 29.6 pct. This ...

During the same 10-year period, there were 59 wheelchair accidents involving elderly people, including 26 cases in which ...

Nagoya, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Takumi Hojo won the men's triathlon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, bringing Japan ...

Manila, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Economy ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed at a meeting in Manila on Sunday to begin a study on expanding the Japan-ASEAN ...

News; Japan Foreign Min. Draws Flak over Costumes Used in Antiterror Drill; Japan Foreign Min. Draws Flak over Costumes Used ...

Autumn 2026 has shown the first signs in more than four years of a weakening of the yen’s value. Massive intervention in ...

The total number of passengers arriving or departing on international flights in Japan reached a record 114.4 million in 2025 ...

News; 1st Japan-Hosted Asian Games in 32 Years Officially Kick Off; 1st Japan-Hosted Asian Games in 32 Years Officially Kick ...

Regional and lesser-known sports that do not appear in the Olympics get their chance to shine at the Asian Games, including ...

Tokyo, Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday that he will visit New York from Sunday to attend a U.N. General Assembly session.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese research vessel was spotted operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Kubashima, an island in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, ...