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

Japan saw a rise in the number of reported crimes for a second successive year in 2023, including increases in robberies and fraud. The 2024 white paper on crime published by Japan’s Ministry of ...

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is carefully considering whether to release a statement this year to mark the 80th anniversary of the country's surrender in ...

Osaka, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Naito Securities Co. said Monday that it will raise its starting monthly pay for university graduates by 43,000 yen to 300,000 yen per month in April as part of ...

Yamagata, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Mieko Yoshimura won a fifth four-year term as governor of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in an election on Sunday. Yoshimura, a 73-year-old independent ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--BYD Co. is believed to have surpassed Honda Motor Co. in global new vehicle sales in 2024, marking the first time that the Chinese electric vehicle giant beats the ...

Jobs in the Shadows The National Police Agency is investigating the circumstances that have led thousands to take on yami baito, illegal “dark part-time jobs.”As detailed in the 2024 White ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Finance Ministry will allow companies to make and sell goods related to "Custom-kun," an official mascot character of Japanese customs. The ministry hopes that ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) aims to reach undecided voters in this summer's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election using social media, Hirotada Ototake ...

Nagano, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police arrested a 46-year-old man on Sunday over a stabbing spree that left one person dead and two others injured in the central city of Nagano on Wednesday.

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 ...

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 ...