Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--The average price of rice sold at around 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through April 27 hit its highest level on record dating back to March 2022, for the ...

参院憲法審査会は7日、大規模災害時の選挙を巡り、有識者への参考人聴取を実施した。有識者は、2011年 ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko will visit the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa for two days from June 4, the Imperial Household Agency ...

Berlin, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Germany's new government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to deepen defense cooperation with Japan, according to a senior think tank official. In view of ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has been taking steps to prepare for future pandemics since it downgraded COVID-19 to a lower-risk category of infectious diseases that includes ...

長野県の阿部守一知事の資金管理団体に、県建設業協会長野支部に所属する企業の代表らが一斉に献金していた ...

2026年愛知・名古屋アジア大会開幕まで7日で500日となった。地元開催の総合大会を心待ちにする選手 ...

Osaka, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Kazuo Sumi, former president and chairman of railway operator Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., died at his house in the city of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. will set up an online bank in fiscal 2026, which ends in March 2027, it was learned Wednesday. Amid intensifying competition in the ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Senior officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito agreed Wednesday that new economic measures should be drawn up before this ...

三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループが、インターネット専業銀行を新設する方針を固めたことが7日、分かった。2026年度中の ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Popular Japanese pop group Arashi has announced that it will end its activities after holding a concert tour around next spring. According to the announcement made ...