Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Eleven Japanese nationals and five foreigners have fled Lebanon for Jordan aboard a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft, the Japanese government said ...

Paris, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Pope Francis has named Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo and 20 others new cardinals, the Holy See's official media outlet Vatican News said Sunday. The 21 cardinals ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan assembly unanimously passed an ordinance on Friday to ban the harassment of workers by customers, effective on April 1 next year, the first such ...

Wajima/Suzu, Ishikawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, the junior member of the ruling bloc, separately visited ...

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--A 25-year-old man from Pakistan is aiming in Japan to support so-called young language carers from abroad, or children who interpret for family members ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's three major business lobbies on Friday submitted their economic policy requests to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office on Tuesday, calling for ...

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese ruling party official on Sunday showed a plan for the government to compile after the upcoming general election a large-scale supplementary budget for fiscal ...

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--A rally to call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was held in Tokyo on Saturday, ahead of the first anniversary Monday of the start of the large-scale armed ...

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese professional baseball pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano said Saturday that he will seek to join a U.S. Major League Baseball team as an international free agent this ...

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--An object looking like an unexploded bomb has been found in a residential area in Tokyo, with nearby residents temporarily urged to stay away from the site of the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--In a policy shift, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday unveiled a plan to refrain from giving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's official endorsement to ...

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