The cliffs at Tōjinbō, in the Fukui Prefecture city of Sakai, are probably the most renowned in Japan. Up to 25 meters high, the columnar cliffs are a favorite setting for films and TV dramas ...

On Feb. 3, 1942, which was during World War II, the flooding accident occurred in a tunnel located 1 kilometer away from the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police Monday arrested two members of Natural, one of Japan's biggest sex worker scout groups, for allegedly introducing women to sexual service establishments.

Japan saw a rise in the number of reported crimes for a second successive year in 2023, including increases in robberies and fraud. The 2024 white paper on crime published by Japan’s Ministry of ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Finance Ministry will allow companies to make and sell goods related to "Custom-kun," an official mascot character of Japanese customs. The ministry hopes that ...

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Monday that the company received government employment adjustment subsidies inappropriately during the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--Three major Japanese banks said Monday that they will raise their short-term prime lending rates by 0.25 percentage point in March following Friday’s decision by the ...

On June 30, 2024, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released a report titled “Recruiting Immigrant Workers: Japan 2024” (hereinafter, “the OECD report”), which I co ...

Nagano, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police arrested a 46-year-old man on Sunday over a stabbing spree that left one person dead and two others injured in the central city of Nagano on Wednesday.

Diners in Japan looking to savor the flavors of the historic Silk Road need look only as far as southern Saitama. Just a short car ride west from Kita Urawa Station, on National Highway 17, is ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--BYD Co. is believed to have surpassed Honda Motor Co. in global new vehicle sales in 2024, marking the first time that the Chinese electric vehicle giant beats the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. said Monday that it will start supplying domestic sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, to All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines in April.