Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's two-day unified university entrance examinations started Saturday at 651 venues across the country, with the number of applicants increasing by about 3,200 ...

Beijing, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese woman who came into the spotlight two years ago by claiming on social media to have bought an island in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa plans ...

New York, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki said Friday that he has decided to sign a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. "It was a very difficult decision.

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stressed the government's resolve to steadily pay compensation to victims of forced sterilization conducted under the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--Seven & i Holdings Co. may make a decision as early as May on buyout offers from Canadian ...

London, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nippon Foundation said Saturday that it will work with the Scottish Association for Marine Science for conducting a study on "dark oxygen," which can be ...

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Supreme Court dismissed on Friday an appeal filed by South Korean plaintiffs in a lawsuit to seek damages from the Japanese government over the enshrinement of ...

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that he will visit the United States for five days from Sunday to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald ...

The Japanese government and nuclear power plant operators have long grappled with how to dispose of spent fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. Authorities finally settled on the approach ...

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi Minato on Friday apologized over a scandal involving television personality Masahiro Nakai and a woman as an employee of ...

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Major shipping companies in Japan are boosting their cruise liner operations to meet globally growing demand for trips on luxury ships after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan will utilize the lessons from the 1995 earthquake that hit Kobe and other western areas to establish itself as a disaster management-oriented nation, Chief ...