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Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new "V Point" reward point program stumbled on the very day it was launched, due to a ...

The Japanese government said in a report Monday that it will scrap 15 state fund-backed projects over the two years through ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Some 90 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday visited together war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during ...

Japan's NanoTerasu next-generation synchrotron radiation facility went into operation at a Tohoku University campus in Sendai ...

Los Angeles, April 21 (Jiji Press)--Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted the 176th home run in his Major League Baseball career Sunday, rewriting the record for a Japanese-born player.

Beijing, April 22 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese professor at Japan's Asia University has been missing since he made a temporary homecoming last year, it was learned Monday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended their two-day meeting in ...

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)--A collision warning system apparently was not working in Saturday's crash of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific, Defense Ministry officials ...

In 2020, the Tokyo Olympics are forced through amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite criticism of ballooning construction fees, the New National Stadium is built according to architect Zaha Hadid ...

Paris, April 20 (Jiji Press)--The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Friday unveiled the official poster for this year's event, featuring a scene from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's ...

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will take a coordinating role and issue instructions to local governments on responses when public health crises involving infectious diseases ...