Washington, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will visit Japan for ...

Even if they have a bidet toilet in their home, around 20% of respondents to a survey in Japan said that they never use the ...

Washington, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Federal Reserve officials discussed the impact of a weaker yen and higher Japanese ...

Saitama, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--The cause of the sinkhole that formed in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in January 2025 was corrosion in a sewer pipe, an investigation ...

The North Face is a globally recognized outdoor sporting goods brand. Less well known is that nearly all its products on sale in Japan are unique to the local market. Local partner Goldwin has given ...

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that the country will host a ministerial meeting on the utilization of artificial intelligence in March. She made the ...

Support for the LDP jumped 7.6 percentage points from the previous month to 30.1 pct, according to the survey conducted over four days through Monday, after the Feb. 8 House of Representatives general ...

Cairo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese member of Doctors Without Borders has expressed a sense of crisis as the group known as MSF has to stop humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's ...

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese semiconductor testing equipment maker Advantest Corp. said Thursday that part of its internal systems has been accessed illegally from outside in what may be a ...

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese panel of experts on Thursday gave the green light for the health minister to approve the production and sale of two regenerative medical products that use ...

On the back of the big election win by the LDP, the second Takaichi cabinet is set to accelerate efforts to implement key policies, such as exempting food items from the consumption tax for a limited ...

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will step up efforts to bolster the country's national security under her second cabinet, launched Wednesday following her Liberal ...