US President Donald Trump’s announcement at the end of January 2025 that USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, would be drastically downsized came as a major shock.

The announcement that a sumō exhibition would be held in London in 2025 was greeted with excitement by British fans and those curious of Japan’s national sport. The demonstration, only the ...

Bulgaria introduced yogurt to Japan at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, and now their mascot, Lacto-chan, is modeled on the Lactobacillus bulgaricus bacteria essential to making it, while the ...

Chiba, May 12 (Jiji Press)--Police in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, arrested a 15-year-old junior high school boy in the city of Chiba, the prefecture's capital, on Monday on suspicion of ...

The exchanges between Nagasaki and China go back centuries. Even during Japan’s sakoku period when the country largely shut its borders, some 10,000 Chinese immigrants lived in an international ...

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is carefully looking at movements related to the proposed direct peace talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian ...

This pavilion uses the theme “Nature, Culture, and Community—Woven Together for a Better Future.” The outside uses a rattan-like pattern set with 212 traditionally hand-woven tapestry panels ...

A survey in Japan found that 44.5% of workers said that they were “quiet quitting” in their jobs, as they only do what they are told to do and make no effort to get ahead. A survey in Japan ...

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will visit the country for three days through Wednesday to ...

Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of free trade as the world faces a historic turning point.

Seoul, May 10 (Jiji Press)--A Buddha statue stolen from a temple on Tsushima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, in 2012 was handed over to the Japanese side at a temple ...

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan's transport ministry on Monday issued a strict warning to Japan Airport Terminal Co. over its subsidiary's inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant ...