In the tax system revisions made in late 2024, the Democratic Party for the People held the casting vote and advocated the increase of the “¥1.03 million wall”—the threshold at which wage ...

Washington, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the United States are coordinating to release a joint statement vowing to create a golden age of bilateral relations, as their current leaders hold their ...

Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Friday that it will acquire Banner Life Insurance Co. for about 352.2 billion yen while investing about 130 billion yen for ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The number of criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2024 rose 4.9 pct from the previous year to 737,679, up for the third straight year, the National ...

The average price of a condominium in central Tokyo fell slightly in 2024 but remained above the ¥100 million mark. The number of units sold also declined. The average price of a condominium in ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6(Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday not to appeal a court ruling against the Finance Ministry's decision not to disclose documents related to a controversial state ...

Nagoya, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to develop and produce electric vehicles and batteries in a carbon neutrality ...

Serious Reforms or a Simple Façade? On March 7, 2023, the BBC aired a documentary titled Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, the first TV program to publicly expose Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual ...

New York, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--David McCall, president of the United Steelworkers, or USW, union, has filed a motion with a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Japan's Nippon ...

Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that its investment returns totaled 10,703.2 billion yen in October-December last year against the backdrop of ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow continued to fall in some parts of Japan on Thursday due to the strongest cold air mass of the season, especially in the Tohoku northeastern region and the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--A recent National Police Agency survey has shown that 76.6 pct of the respondents feel that Japan has become less safe over the past 10 years. According to the survey ...