Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Eleven Japanese nationals and five foreigners have fled Lebanon for Jordan aboard a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft, the Japanese government said ...

Paris, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Pope Francis has named Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo and 20 others new cardinals, the Holy See's official media outlet Vatican News said Sunday. The 21 cardinals ...

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--The new leaders of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, signed a ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, plans to set the viewer fee for its online program distribution at 1,100 yen per month, the same as the fee for its terrestrial ...

Wajima/Suzu, Ishikawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, the junior member of the ruling bloc, separately visited ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan assembly unanimously passed an ordinance on Friday to ban the harassment of workers by customers, effective on April 1 next year, the first such ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency is stepping up its public relations activities to raise awareness of the "tsunami flag," which warns beachgoers to evacuate when a ...

Japan Post has increased postal charges by more than 30%, due to reduced usage of postal services and higher delivery costs. On October 1, Japan Post increased postal charges for standard letters ...

In the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on September 27, Ishiba Shigeru came out on top, winning the party’s top position and becoming prime minister of Japan. A surprising ...

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--A 25-year-old man from Pakistan is aiming in Japan to support so-called young language carers from abroad, or children who interpret for family members ...

Ishida Kensuke wins an election in the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, to become Japan’s youngest sitting mayor at the age of 27. (The second youngest, Mayor Takashima Ryōsuke of Ashiya ...

Kyoto, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A live kidney transplant between a same-sex couple has been performed for the first time at Kyoto ...