Seven people have filed their candidacies in the mayoral election of Yokohama, near Tokyo, including scandal-hit former Mayor ...

Bangkok, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Thai police have taken two Japanese men in their 20s into protective custody in the western ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--About 100 people gathered near the Okinawa prefectural government building Sunday, ...

Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Kaminoseki Mayor Tetsuo Nishi, who is in favor of the town in Yamaguchi ...

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--The mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese woman abducted to North Korea at age 13 in 1977, ...

Japanese police reported receiving more than 22,000 consultations concerning stalking in 2025, a year that also saw a record ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday described as "deeply regrettable" the occurrence ...

Competing with its largest-ever delegation, Japan won 269 medals in total, including 83 gold medals. Both figures set new ...

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. teamed up with apparel company And ST Co. to release 28 limited-edition items, including T-shirts, ...

Kumamoto, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--As Japan saw the second-earliest start of a nationwide influenza outbreak, the flu is also spreading in Kumamoto Prefecture, which was hit by a powerful earthquake in ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a U.S. Marine for allegedly killing a 39-year-old woman in a hotel room in Naha, the capital of the southernmost ...

Nagoya, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)--Japanese athletes continued their strong showing across multiple sports on the 15th day of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, helping the host nation set a record ...