Miho Takagi, a Japanese speed skater who won Olympic gold in Beijing 2022, clinched the bronze medal in the women's 1,000 ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance is at a crossroads over whether it can regain its initial momentum after the party saw its seats ...

The Japanese public holiday National Foundation Day is observed on February 11 each year. It has its origins in celebrations ...

The average price of a condominium rose throughout the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2025.

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)--The number of social media posts referring to national security and constitution revisions rocketed toward the end of the official campaign period for Sunday's election ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared to another all-time closing high on Monday, ...

Washington, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Following the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election, the United States plans to enhance ...

More than a century ago, Japan enacted a Peace Preservation Law that became a tool of state control. Hishiya Ryōichi and his fellow art students in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, were imprisoned under this ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--Sixty-eight women were elected to Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in Sunday's vote, the second highest figure. Women accounted for 14.6 ...

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)--The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, was 54.7 years old, a bit ...

At a press conference following her Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's general election, Takaichi said she will "rack my mind" to realize a two-year consumption tax exemption for ...