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

Nagano, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--A man attacked two men and a woman with an apparent knife near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano on Wednesday night, and one of the two men in his ...

Fukunaga Takeshi Born in Date, Hokkaidō, in 1982. Moved to the United States in 2007, where he majored in film at City University of New York Brooklyn College. His first feature film, Out of My ...

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) on Wednesday unveiled a draft plan to hold primaries to unify opposition candidates for 32 single-seat constituencies in ...

The Fukagawa area in Tokyo’s Kōtō City grew up around the Fukagawa Fudōdō temple in the Edo period (1603–1868), and still has hints of those long-ago days. This is where Fukagawa Winery ...

Washington, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese and Australian foreign ministers agreed in Washington on Sunday to further promote their countries' security cooperation while strengthening their ...

The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture commenced service on March 16, 2024. Fukui Prefecture now enjoying a tourism boost, with around 20% more ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Convenience store sales in Japan hit a record high of 11,795.3 billion yen on an all-store basis in 2024, marking the fourth straight year of growth, the Japan ...

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Princess Aiko on Wednesday attended the "utakai hajime" New Year's poetry reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time. Poems created ...

Washington, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed Tuesday to speed up preparations to realize the first summit between Prime ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s national wealth grew for the eighth straight year to hit a record high in 2023, thanks to rises in land and stock prices, a Cabinet Office estimate showed ...

Washington, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--The top diplomats of the so-called Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India affirmed the importance of cooperation among their allies and ...