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Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new "V Point" reward point program stumbled on the very day it was launched, due to a ...

The Japanese government said in a report Monday that it will scrap 15 state fund-backed projects over the two years through ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Some 90 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday visited together war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during ...

Los Angeles, April 21 (Jiji Press)--Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted the 176th home run in his Major League Baseball career Sunday, rewriting the record for a Japanese-born player.

Japan's NanoTerasu next-generation synchrotron radiation facility went into operation at a Tohoku University campus in Sendai ...

Beijing, April 22 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese professor at Japan's Asia University has been missing since he made a temporary homecoming last year, it was learned Monday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended their two-day meeting in ...

Paris, April 20 (Jiji Press)--The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Friday unveiled the official poster for this year's event, featuring a scene from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's ...

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)--A collision warning system apparently was not working in Saturday's crash of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific, Defense Ministry officials ...

Corrosion has been found on the inside of tanks used to store treated radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operator has revealed. Tokyo Electric Power ...

Koki Kitayama allowed four hits over the distance for his first career shutout, pitching the Nippon Ham Fighters past the Lotte Marines 2-0 Saturday. Kitayama (2-0) struck out seven, walked one ...