Chiba, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, hosted for the first time a duck-netting reception with the diplomatic corps in the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Friday expressed caution over U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to return to the Group of Eight framework by reuniting Russia with the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Canada on Tuesday signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first ...

A recurring theme of the Yamanote Line is that the neighborhoods it passes through evolve in very different ways along the inner and outer sides of the railway loop. Such is the case in Shinbashi.

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's infrastructure ministry said Friday that its emergency inspections on sewage pipes, which were conducted in the wake of last month's road cave-in in Yashio ...

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Friday to invite Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife to the country as state guests over four days from March 24.

Tokyo, Feb. 11 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering naming Lt. Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, vice chief of staff at the Joint Staff of the Self-Defense Forces, as the first head of the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--Rakuten Group Inc. said Friday that it posted a consolidated net loss for the sixth straight year in 2024, pressured by large capital spending for its mobile phone ...

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Sony Group Corp. on Thursday upgraded its consolidated earnings forecasts for fiscal 2024, as its mainstay gaming business is performing more robustly than expected.

Tokyo, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow has caused 12 casualties in Japan since Feb. 4, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. By prefecture, three have been dead in Niigata, two ...

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government adopted bills on Friday to revise laws to beef up disaster prevention and relief measures. The bills call for establishing a sub-cabinet-level ...

Chloé Viatte Born in Paris. Received a master’s degree in Japanese language and culture at INALCO, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris. Studied for a year in ...