Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, called for boosting the incomes of young people in a television debate with other ...

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese television personality and fashion critic Peeco died of multiple organ failure caused by septicemia Sept. 3 at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo ...

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs Masami Oka will be the first head of a planned international body to manage joint development plans ...

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Group of Seven major powers have expressed concern about China's recent massive military drills around Taiwan in their first defense ministers' meeting, held in ...

Tokyo has dozens of railway lines and an extensive subway network, but the JR Yamanote Line is arguably the most prominent of them all. A loop line encircling the heart of Tokyo and connecting ...

Kirino Natsuo’s novel Tsubame wa modotte konai (The Swallows Don’t Return) deals with surrogate pregnancy, where people who cannot have children themselves instead rely on another woman to ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese political parties are trying to lure voters by pledging to implement measures to reduce ...

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese and U.S. defense leaders met in the Italian city of Naples on Saturday to discuss an upgrading of the command and control frameworks of the Self-Defense ...

Echizen, Fukui Pref., Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko attended the 47th National Tree Care Festival in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday.

Empress Emerita Michiko is now 90 years old. This year marked the sixty-fifth anniversary of her marriage to Emperor Emeritus Akihito. Empress Emerita Michiko celebrates her ninetieth birthday on ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Liberal Democratic Party faction led by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has ...