Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese major trading company Sojitz Corp. said Thursday it has begun importing heavy rare ...

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday instructed relevant ministries and ...

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. has announced its plan to make Tokyo-based major ...

Following the BOJ policy decision, the dollar jumped from around 152.15 yen to around 153.10 yen. The BOJ made the decision by a 7-2 vote. Two members of its Policy Board proposed raising interest ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the United States on Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation to secure the supply of ...

Washington, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stressed the importance of prudent monetary ...

Sociologist Shimoji Lawrence Yoshitaka discusses the often-overlooked diversity within the Japanese population, including ...

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)--Sakuya Fujiwara, the first Bank of Japan deputy governor from the private sector, died of ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, called for creating a "new golden age" of the ...

The art of making Edo karakami—a traditional decorative paper—was nearly lost amid disaster, war, and Japan’s postwar ...

The political party Nippon Ishin no Kai, now tapped as a potential member of a ruling coalition in the national government, ...

Physician Yasukawa Keigo, who goes by the moniker Doctor Gon, has spent close to three decades caring for the elderly ...