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

Hong Kong/Beijing, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese regional court on Friday held the first hearing in the trial of a 45-year-old man charged with fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's communications ministry said Friday that it will submit bills to parliament in late February to revise the laws on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. 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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan's decision on Friday to raise interest rates further is expected to affect household and corporate finances. While the central bank's move is ...

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. 24 (Jiji Press)--The number of foreigners who entered Japan in 2024 surged 42.4 pct from the previous year to a record 36.78 million, the Immigration Services Agency said in a ...

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 ...