Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)--Powerful Typhoon Bavi is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa from Friday to Saturday, possibly bringing strong winds ...

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police last month sent to prosecutors papers on Fujipassc Co. and three men linked to the Japanese construction company for allegedly bribing a Cambodian government ...

Kitakami, Iwate Pref., July 3 (Jiji Press)--Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Friday that it has started shipping sample next-generation semiconductor memory products amid growing demand from data centers ...

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese, British and Italian governments decided Friday to extend a contract on their project to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet until the end of 2027.

Osaka, July 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sharp Corp. aims to log sales of 200 billion yen to 300 billion yen from new businesses it is launching in collaboration with its parent company, Taiwan's Hon Hai ...

Hiroshima, July 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa inspected U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc.'s semiconductor plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Saturday.

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it gained an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March, marking the sixth ...

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)--Hajime Moriyasu, head coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team expressed his regret for the team's exit from the ongoing FIFA World Cup, at a press conference after ...

Tokyo, June 29 (Jiji Press)--Kazuya Kamenashi, a former member of the Japanese boy band KAT-TUN, and Minami Tanaka, a Japanese freelance announcer and actor, announced Monday that they are going to ...

The yen is languishing around its weakest level for almost 40 years, at almost ¥162 to the dollar. The attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran have led buyers to seek a safe haven in the ...

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government plans to set a goal of reducing annual heatstroke deaths to below 1,000 in a review of its current action plan. With annual deaths exceeding 1,500 on ...

As July 7 approaches each year, bamboo branches decorated for Tanabata begin appearing at homes and in the streets of towns and cities across Japan. Colorful paper strips known as tanzaku bearing ...