Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city ...

US President Donald Trump’s announcement at the end of January 2025 that USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, would be drastically downsized came as a major shock.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, precipitated a train of events that have raised grave concerns in Japan and globally about political ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a dinner for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at their residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.

The special exhibition Tsutaya Jūzaburō: Creative Visionary of Edo is currently running until June 15 at the Heiseikan building of Tokyo National Museum. This exhibition showcases around 250 ...

Japan has seen an increase in robberies and other illegal acts by tokuryū, a new type of loosely organized criminal group that recruits members on social media with the promise of high payouts.

New York, May 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will release the new C-HR electric SUV in North America in 2026. The company's third electric vehicle model for the ...

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government and the World Trade Organization on Tuesday reaffirmed their determination to work closely together to strengthen the WTO-led free and open ...

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has said that Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife will visit Japan for five days from next Monday. The president will hold talks ...

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Financial Services Agency has ordered Suruga Bank to report on measures to address problems linked to its improper loans to owners of apartments and ...

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)--Sony Group Corp. said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit in the fiscal year through next March is expected to decline 12.9 pct from the preceding year to 930 ...

Nagoya, May 14 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force training plane crashed into Lake Iruka in central Japan on Wednesday afternoon. Whether the two crew members survived the crash was ...