The government also selected 21 Persons of Cultural Merit. They include Masako Nozawa, 88, a voice actor known for her role ...

Persimmons come into season toward the end of the year; their Japanese name, kaki, is a seasonal word for late autumn in the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A total of 78 pct of Japan's rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of ...

Beijing/Seoul, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--China and South Korea paid tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Members of Japanese ruling and opposition parties expressed their sadness over the death of ...

Berlin, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Authorities in a Berlin district said Friday that they have removed a statue symbolizing ...

The buoy, which was owned by the land ministry, will constantly monitor the water level of a barrier lake in the eastern ...

Fukuoka, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese man arrested for using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Many Japanese households remain underprepared for disasters, with emergency toilets in short ...

Since April, the ministry has been releasing in stages more than 170,000 pages of the so-called Moritomo documents upon court ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties on Friday basically agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to appoint a new prime minister ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese fisheries minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that he will work to block the adoption ...