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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Over 1,170 people are currently planning to run in the Oct. 27 election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the country's ...

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)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday did not give its endorsement in the Oct. 27 general election to 12 members involved in a slush funds scandal.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--New economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa is eager to step up efforts to convert Japan into a growth-oriented economy and fully eliminate deflation.

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 ...