Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service after crew members were found to have been drinking ...

Nagoya, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--The amount of damage from fraud cases allegedly committed by a Cambodia-based group including Japanese nationals is believed to have totaled at least some 1.4 billion yen ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will work on nurturing experts in artificial intelligence to help African countries to achieve economic growth and solve social problems, Japanese Prime Minister ...

Kyoto, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Kyoto District Court on Thursday ruled Riyo Takahashi, who founded video-sharing service FC2, guilty over obscene videos that appeared on the platform. Takahashi, 51, was ...

In light of high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, the experts recommended actively considering South Korea's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan called on the private sector to increase investments in Africa, at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, on ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will provide up to 5.5 billion dollars in financial support over three years to the African private sector in collaboration with the African Development Bank, ...

Kobe, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--A 24-year-old woman has been found bleeding from her upper body in front of an elevator on the ...

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--McDonald’s Japan has canceled a plan to offer trading cards from the popular Japanese manga series “One Piece” to customers who purchase Happy Set combo meals for children ...

Oita, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--The two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, were ...

随着在日外国人数量激增，日语教育需求持续高涨。然而作为承接这一需求的核心力量，日语培训机构却被指存在接收“假留学生”、教学质量不高等问题。对此，日本政府出台政策强化机构认定标准，推行日语教师国家资格考试，但对于日语培训机构来说，其最大的问题在于经营基础不稳定。

The soothing sound of wind chimes is a feature of Japanese summer.