In November last year, the Chinese government reacted with furious rhetoric and punishing actions to Prime Minister Takaichi ...

Professor Kubo Fumiaki is a senior adjunct fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs. He is also a former ...

Despite the uncertainty introduced by the Trump administration to the international order and the Japan-US relationship, ...

Starting November 1, Japan's new tax-free shopping system will require international visitors to pay consumption tax at the ...

Despite administrative efforts to cut overtime, a recent survey finds that unreduced workloads mean most schoolteachers in ...

The director Miyazaki Hayao and other leading anime creators have a surprising number of connections to Nagano in central ...

The twentieth century brought fresh focuses on a number of different audiences in the manga field. One of these was shōjo ...

A business mission led by Ken Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has begun a week-long visit ...

New York, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)--A U.N. General Assembly committee adopted by majority vote a Japan-led resolution seeking the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--More than 90 pct of bicycle users said they had felt unsafe while riding on roads shared with automobiles, a survey by a Tokyo-based bicycle parking lot operator has found ...

The LDP and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted to the special Diet session that ended in July a ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a condolence message on Tuesday to the bereaved family of former Japanese Prime Minister ...