Japan’s long-established crime syndicates like the Yamaguchi-gumi are declining in membership, only to be replaced by tokuryū ...

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

An Osaka Expo pavilion with mirrors as its motif and avatars that “reflect” the speech and actions of visitors.

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)--A total of 100,164 tons of Japanese government-stockpiled rice was sold in a third auction at an average price of 20,302 yen per 60 kilograms, down 420 yen from the ...

Beijing, April 30 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese government official has shown a positive stance on the possibility of newly lending a giant panda to Japan, as four giant pandas in the country will be ...

Tokyo/Hanoi, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday started a four-day tour of Vietnam and ...

Washington, April 29 (Jiji Press)--A group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in Washington on Tuesday ...

An Osaka Expo pavilion featuring art installations for finding resonances between people, the world, and the future.

Once synonymous with disaster, Fukushima’s Hamadōri region has become a center of cutting-edge technology. We look at several pioneering firms fostered through the Fukushima Innovation Coast ...

The “Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion” is located in the Signature zone. ( See the official map for details.) ...

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)--Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V assumed the name Onoe Kikugoro VIII at a special performance held at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo on Tuesday. Onoe Kikugoro is a ...

Within this distinctive pavilion of stacked cube-shaped “cells”, made from steel frames and special concrete panels, visitors ...