A survey in Japan found that 84% of Japanese teenagers ate rice almost every day.

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has urged Israel to exercise restraint to stop the Middle East situation from deteriorating further. During 40-minute telephone ...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, held their first phone talks on Wednesday and reaffirmed the policy of promoting a ...

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--The new leaders of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, signed a ...

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--The mayors of two wards in central Tokyo on Monday called for people to follow rules during the Halloween season. The Shibuya and Shinjuku wards have each set an ...

Until recently, Ishiba Shigeru was regarded as a has-been within the Liberal Democratic Party. It was only after revelations that some factions of the LDP had been diverting undeclared proceeds ...

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, now plans not to give the party's official endorsement in the upcoming ...

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese public prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not appeal a district court ruling last month that acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamata in his retrial for the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in a parliamentary debate among party leaders on Wednesday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will squarely face the ...

Kyoto, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A live kidney transplant between a same-sex couple has been performed for the first time at Kyoto ...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that he has instructed his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to discuss a desirable Asian security framework, with ...

Speaking to a room of elementary school children, Yamada Kimihisa queries his young audience: “Who knows the right way to trim nails?” The question draws puzzled looks, but as a nail trimming ...