Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is on high alert after being notified by North Korea of its plan to launch what it calls a satellite. The Self-Defense Forces has deployed ...

After visiting the Peace Memorial Museum during the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, international leaders wrote their ...

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Hino Motors Ltd. and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. said Tuesday that they have reached a basic agreement on their management integration to cooperate in ...

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Three successors of Fujitsu Ltd.'s mobile phone business filed for bankruptcy protection with Tokyo District Court under the civil rehabilitation law on Tuesday ...

Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami showed Pacific League hitters what he’s capable of Tuesday, throwing eight innings in the Central League leaders’ 3-1 win over the Seibu Lions on the ...

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Retired people have a lower risk of developing heart disease than working people, according to a study by a group of Kyoto University and other researchers. The study ...

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., included around 900 million yen in spending on internet distribution of satellite programs in its fiscal 2023 budget against its in ...

Hino Motors Ltd. and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. said Tuesday they will integrate their businesses in a bid to improve their productivity and ramp up investment in new technologies such as ...

The fisherman god Ebisu, music goddess Benzaiten, and warrior god Bishamonten are among Japan’s Seven Gods of Fortune, which personify good luck. The deities have diverse origins in Shintō ...

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--The number of cases in which Japanese police investigated U.S. military personnel, civilian employees and their families as criminal suspects in 2022 came to 106, the ...

Japan's unemployment rate in April fell by 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 2.6 percent, government data showed Tuesday. The job availability ratio remained flat at 1.32, indicating ...

Japan’s puppet state of Manchukuo lasted for just 13 years from 1932 to 1945, ruled by Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. Historian Suzuki Sadami looks at the acts of aggression through ...