Nagoya, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. will expand its re-employment program to cover workers at 65 and older and all ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan is forecast to have 5,866,000 elderly dementia patients in 2050, up over 1.4 million from ...

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga said he hopes that interparty discussions on proposals to secure a ...

The Japanese government sent no representative to a ceremony in Moscow on Tuesday to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday that the central bank may need to take monetary policy action depending on exchange rate fluctuations.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, agreed Tuesday to improve transparency ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed the first round of ...

London, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Students at the University of Cambridge have participated in a workshop to learn about Japanese ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--As preparations for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka pick up pace with just under one year to go ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan will closely monitor the yen's weakness, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda told reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday. "We confirmed ...

Japanese figures on the total fertility rate by municipality show that 44 of the top 50 are located in Okinawa or Kyūshū. The 2018 to 2022 municipality figures released by the Ministry of Health, ...

Share prices, wage hikes, and other factors paint a rosy picture for Japan’s economy. But its GDP continues to fall in global rankings and the growth of real wages remains negative. Economist Itami ...