Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--Executives of Komeito, the junior party in Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition, Thursday agreed to name land minister Tetsuo Saito as its new leader.

Kobe, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--A 45-year-old inmate serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of a girl in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Thursday in a case in which ...

Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Nov. 3 (Jiji Press)--Residents of areas struck by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan have expressed dissatisfaction over the results of local ...

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. agreed Thursday to develop a driver ...

Tokyo, Nov. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Order of Culture was conferred on seven people, including manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, 85, in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sunday.

Tokyo, Nov. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People, two opposition parties supported by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or ...

Many Japanese cinema fans will already know Kawai Yūmi thanks to her breakthrough leading roles of the last two years. But the same might not be said of Yamanaka Yōko, the director of the 2024 ...

The major birthdays of Hello Kitty (who was “born” on November 1, 1974) coincide uncannily with the performance milestones of her creator, Sanrio. In the fiscal year that ended in March 1999 ...

Ishiba Shigeru is elected as Japan’s new prime minister after winning the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September. Later the same day, he chooses his first cabinet, retaining ...

Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)--Panasonic Industry Co. said Friday that its external investigation panel has confirmed 93 cases of certification fraud involving electronic and other parts produced at ...