Tokyo, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--About 40 pct of young people in Japan do not know that Aug. 15 marks the country's surrender in ...

Tokyo, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--A granddaughter of Kantaro Suzuki, who served as Japanese prime minister at the end of World War ...

At least 2 people are likely dead and scores still missing after landslides and flooding hit southwest Japan after torrential ...

Respondents who think Ishiba should not resign following the ruling party's setback in last month's House of Councilors ...

Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Jiji Press today have debuted a platform called Fastlook that will deliver AFP’s global news coverage to corporate and institutional clients in Japanese. “AFP is ...

Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent in the Philippines, who became stateless after being left in the Southeast ...

Jiji Press gathers massive news and photos from all over the world filed by its own correspondents at about 30 bureaus abroad and by international news agencies like Reuters and AFP.

Jun Sakakibara, 62, a senior managing director of Jiji Press Ltd., has been named president and chief executive officer of Japan's leading news agency, Jiji Press said Monday.

Mitsui & Co and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) are expected to agree on Friday to invest in the Arctic LNG 2 project being built by Russia's largest independent gas producer ...

About 200 lanterns were lit up and released into a river at the foot of a ridge in eastern Japan on Monday, where a passenger ...