Kobe, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--A 24-year-old woman has been found bleeding from her upper body in front of an elevator on the ...

Nagoya, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--The amount of damage from fraud cases allegedly committed by a Cambodia-based group including Japanese nationals is believed to have totaled at least some 1.4 billion yen ...

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service after crew members were found to have been drinking ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will work on nurturing experts in artificial intelligence to help African countries to achieve economic growth and solve social problems, Japanese Prime Minister ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan called on the private sector to increase investments in Africa, at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, on ...

Kyoto, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Kyoto District Court on Thursday ruled Riyo Takahashi, who founded video-sharing service FC2, guilty over obscene videos that appeared on the platform. Takahashi, 51, was ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, has called for the world to pay attention to African countries suffering from famine, refugee and other ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will provide up to 5.5 billion dollars in financial support over three years to the African private sector in collaboration with the African Development Bank, ...

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--McDonald’s Japan has canceled a plan to offer trading cards from the popular Japanese manga series “One Piece” to customers who purchase Happy Set combo meals for children ...

The soothing sound of wind chimes is a feature of Japanese summer.

Oita, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--The two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, were ...

Since US President Trump launched his second administration in January this year, views of America have soured in Japan. A ...