Washington, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stressed the importance of prudent monetary ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the United States on Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation to secure the supply of ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, called for creating a "new golden age" of the ...

In a statement released on Oct. 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, Ishiba referred to the speech delivered by then House of Representatives lawmaker Takao Saito at the ...

Article 92 of the Penal Code stipulates that damaging or defacing a foreign national flag with the intent to insult can result in imprisonment for up to two years or a fine of up to 200,000 yen. There ...

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)--Sakuya Fujiwara, the first Bank of Japan deputy governor from the private sector, died of ...

Osaka, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)--A ceremony to mark the disbanding of a police squad assigned to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka was held at the Osaka prefectural ...

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Sunday vowed to "do everything possible" to secure funds to raise the share of the country's defense spending to its gross ...

Fukushima, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Saturday visited Tokyo Electric Power Company ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party ...

The umbrella body for labor unions across the country compiled its basic plan for the 2026 shunto at a meeting of its central ...

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--The steering committee of Japan's House of Representatives decided Thursday that new Prime ...