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 ...

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

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police Monday arrested two members of Natural, one of Japan's biggest sex worker scout groups, for allegedly introducing women to sexual service establishments.

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. 28 (Jiji Press)--Tomoko Yoshino, head of Japan's biggest labor group, Rengo, has expressed hopes that smaller businesses will decide to raise wages strongly in this year's "shunto ...

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Monday that the company received government employment adjustment subsidies inappropriately during the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

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 ...

For the third year running, the Honda N-Box “tall wagon”-style minicar was the top-selling passenger car by brand, according to an announcement by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. said Monday that it will start supplying domestic sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, to All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines in April.

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Guidelines issued by Japan's industry ministry in 2023 have opened the door for companies to launch takeover bids without the consent of the companies being acquired ...

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 ...