On Feb. 3, 1942, which was during World War II, the flooding accident occurred in a tunnel located 1 kilometer away from the ...

Diners in Japan looking to savor the flavors of the historic Silk Road need look only as far as southern Saitama. Just a short car ride west from Kita Urawa Station, on National Highway 17, is ...

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union said Thursday that its member unions will request a pay scale hike of at least 17,000 yen per month in the 2025 ...

Toyama is off the main route for most visitors to Japan, but the New York Times picked the city in its list of 52 Places to Go in 2025. Here, we zoom in on where to go and what to eat. The New ...

Tokyo, Jan. 25 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Television Network Inc. is facing management turmoil over its poor handling of a sex scandal involving popular television personality Masahiro Nakai, who has ...

TeamLab Planets in Toyosu, Tokyo, operated by the renowned digital art collective TeamLab, drew over 2.5 million visitors in 2023 alone. This remarkable feat earned the museum a Guinness World ...

Cherry blossoms are the stars of Japanese spring, and the somei yoshino is the most common variety, accounting for around 90% of all sakura. These start blooming from late March in the southwest ...

Japanese teenagers from regional areas feel torn between their hometowns and moving to urban centers that offer more opportunities for schooling and careers. A growing number of regional ...

Tokyo, Jan. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan will not participate as an observer in a meeting in the United States in March of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, government and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Four major Japanese commercial banks said Friday that they will raise their interest rates on ordinary deposits from 0.1 pct to 0.2 pct, the highest level in about 17 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan at a two-day monetary policy meeting that ended Friday decided to raise its policy rate to the highest level in about 17 years. The central bank ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto said Monday that the country is in an unusual situation over the current spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. “The ...