Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court on Thursday ruled that the government's decision to deny a passport to freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda is illegal. Presiding Judge Hiro Misumi upheld a ...

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday that it plans to launch a light commercial electric van, under joint development with Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp., in ...

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese House of Representatives committee on Thursday voted to summon a former accountant for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party convicted over a slush funds ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Estonian counterpart, Hanno Pevkur, agreed Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in the field of cyberdefense. "It is ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--The iconic "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday, completing its final inspection of tracks ...

Shizuoka, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial for the 1966 murder of four people in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, demanded Wednesday that the government ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline was unchanged from a week before, standing at 185.1 yen per liter as of Monday, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese megabank group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday that it has named Makoto Takashima, chairman of core unit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as ...

Yashio, Saitama Pref., Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Rescuers were struggling Wednesday afternoon to save a male truck driver trapped inside a hole that appeared due to a road collapse in Saitama ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's draft legislation on proactive cyber defense stipulates an independent committee's surveillance and supervision of authorities' actions ...

Nago, Okinawa Pref., Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Wednesday started work to set piles into the seabed on the Oura Bay side of the Henoko coastal area in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Akihisa Nagashima, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, will visit five Central Asian countries as Ishiba’s special envoy from Wednesday to Feb ...