Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and World Bank President Ajay Banga agreed Tuesday to deepen cooperation on supply chains for critical minerals and energy security.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently announced the results of its survey on global military spending in 2025. Japan remained in tenth position, although its spending increased ...

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Major food makers in Japan plan to raise prices for 1,078 items in June, with the number topping the threshold of 1,000 for the first time in two months, a survey by ...

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)--Typhoon Jangmi, the sixth typhoon of the year, may approach Okinawa’s main island and Amami Oshima Island in southern Japan with strong intensity from Monday to Tuesday, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold summit talks with her, at a national rally held in Tokyo on Saturday to demand the immediate return home of ...

Singapore, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrived in Singapore on Friday to attend the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, which will run for ...

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday. Marcos and ...

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Diet, or parliament, enacted a bill on Friday to oblige power plant operators to draw up and submit plans to dispose of used solar panels. At the day’s plenary ...

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Japanese oil imports plunged in April, due to the country’s heavy dependency on the currently chaotic Middle East for much of ...

Now that a century has passed since the start of World War I, what links that era with the Japan of today? Human rights and democracy have become the basis for Japan’s contemporary political system, ...