The Japanese public holiday National Foundation Day is observed on February 11 each year. It has its origins in celebrations ...

The average price of a condominium rose throughout the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2025.

More than a century ago, Japan enacted a Peace Preservation Law that became a tool of state control. Hishiya Ryōichi and his fellow art students in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, were imprisoned under this ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared to another all-time closing high on Monday, ...

The Japanese team earned a total score of 68, just behind the U.S. team's 69. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara recorded the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's business community welcomes the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Sixty-eight women were elected to Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in Sunday's vote, the second highest figure. Women accounted for 14.6 ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, was 54.7 years old, a bit ...

At a press conference following her Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's general election, Takaichi said she will "rack my mind" to realize a two-year consumption tax exemption for ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are seen winning at least 310 seats in Sunday's House of Representatives ...

A full list of Japan’s medal winners at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Despite a number of strong performances, as in 2022 Japan finished in second place behind the United States. Japan’s ...

Washington, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of ...