Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--Three major Japanese department store operators posted year-on-year declines in same-store sales ...

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan has unified the criminal punishments of imprisonment with labor and imprisonment without ...

Singapore, June 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto ...

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Monday set a new target of increasing the balance of direct investment from abroad to 150 trillion yen by the early 2030s. The government also revised its target ...

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Capital spending by nonfinancial Japanese firms hit a record high in the first quarter of this year, led by investment by transportation and postal service operators, the ...

Singapore, May 31 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the cyber field. Meeting in ...

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Stocks jumped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday after a U.S. trade court issued a ruling overnight blocking President Donald Trump's administration from imposing ...

Chiikawa, a contraction of the Japanese phrase nanka chiisakute kawaii yatsu, which means something like “so small and cute,” refers to the adorable animal characters that appear in a manga ...

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Seven & i Holdings Co. is considering selling part of its stake in Seven Bank to Itochu Corp., people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The move is part of Seven ...

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed Tuesday to boost economic cooperation between their countries. In their 30-minute ...

Trading company Itōchū was the top pick among Japanese students as the place where they would most like to work. A survey of Japanese university students set to graduate in 2026 found that the ...

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and four other Japanese opposition parties agreed Tuesday to demand the dismissal of agriculture minister Taku Eto for his ...