Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has drafted guidelines calling for people to shelter in place for about three days in the event of an accident at a nearby nuclear ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Liberal Democratic Party faction led by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Friday released a draft report calling for imposing fines on companies that violate rules under the carbon dioxide emission trading system to ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese political parties are trying to lure voters by pledging to implement measures to reduce ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--A special committee of a Japanese government panel said Friday that it is appropriate to maintain the limit on foreign investment in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. and Denso Corp. are considering making additional investments in Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp., which is aiming to produce next-generation ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Cumulative spending by foreign visitors to Japan in January-September 2024 reached 5,858.2 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--The average sales price to wholesalers of rice harvested in Japan in 2024 hit a record high of 22,700 yen per 60 kilograms of brown rice in September, the agriculture ...

Osaka, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) is aiming to pick up seats from the country's junior ruling party Komeito in some constituencies ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday that it has replaced two cameras that were hit by a glitch last month during trial work to remove nuclear fuel ...