On Feb. 3, 1942, which was during World War II, the flooding accident occurred in a tunnel located 1 kilometer away from the ...

Hong Kong/Beijing, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese regional court on Friday held the first hearing in the trial of a 45-year-old man charged with fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's communications ministry said Friday that it will submit bills to parliament in late February to revise the laws on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 25 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Television Network Inc. is facing management turmoil over its poor handling of a sex scandal involving popular television personality Masahiro Nakai, who has ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Four major Japanese commercial banks said Friday that they will raise their interest rates on ordinary deposits from 0.1 pct to 0.2 pct, the highest level in about 17 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan's decision on Friday to raise interest rates further is expected to affect household and corporate finances. While the central bank's move is ...

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.0 occurred in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, around 2:49 a.m. Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Cherry blossoms are the stars of Japanese spring, and the somei yoshino is the most common variety, accounting for around 90% of all sakura. These start blooming from late March in the southwest ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Duty-free sales at department stores in Japan in 2024 soared 85.9 pct from the previous year, led by sales of jewelry, luxury brand goods and cosmetics amid an ...

Hong Kong/Beijing, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese regional court held the first hearing Friday for a man indicted for stabbing to death a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September.

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will raise public pension benefits by 1.9 pct in fiscal 2025, which begins in April, from the previous year, the third straight year of ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines, or JAL, will punish President Mitsuko Tottori, Chairperson Yuji Akasaka and three other executives over a scandal in which two pilots drank more ...