The official announcement of the first snow settling on Mount Fuji came on November 7 this year, which is the latest ever ...

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of 19.2 billion yen for April-September, down 93.5 pct from a year before. The automaker also ...

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate by 0.1 percentage point to 1.85 pct, the highest level in 15 years, effective Friday. The bank ...

At the meeting, LDP Diet affairs chief Tetsushi Sakamoto and his CDP counterpart, Hirofumi Ryu, also agreed to continue to allocate the top post of the Lower House's Rules and Administration Committee ...

The appearance of snow at the peak of the mountain was 36 days later than average and 33 days later than last year, according to the meteorological office in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture. The previous ...

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has completed the trial removal of nuclear fuel debris from a crippled reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 ...

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--Executives of Komeito, the junior party in Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition, Thursday agreed to name land minister Tetsuo Saito as its new leader.

Kobe, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--A 45-year-old inmate serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of a girl in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Thursday in a case in which ...

Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako held a tea ceremony for this year’s Order of Culture and Cultural Merit honorees Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony, held ...

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda and Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki on Tuesday agreed to aim for another revision of ...

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--The government is unlikely to submit legislation for active cyberdefense to the Diet, Japan's parliament, within this year, government sources said Tuesday. Prime ...