Brazil has traditionally stressed an independent foreign policy, actively engaging in multilateral diplomacy and rejecting subordination to any major power. For many years, simply resisting US ...

Tokyo, Feb. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday to prevent public ...

According to Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Labor Force Survey, the number of people employed in 2024 reached a record-high 67.8 million, an increase of 340,000 from ...

Kobe, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Hyogo prefectural assembly’s special committee investigating harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito is planning to acknowledge in its upcoming ...

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel agreed Thursday to promote digital transformation to tackle the aging of public infrastructure, including water supply and sewage systems.

Yokohama, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese district court on Thursday called on a family court to hear a case involving a 16-year-old boy charged with murdering his parents in Sagamihara, Kanagawa ...

Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, has obtained a driver's license, sources said. The 18-year-old student at the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda met on Thursday to discuss economic and financial situations at home and abroad.

The number of reported crimes in Japan rose by 4.9% in 2024 to 737,679, according to figures published by the National Police Agency. Following a peak of 2.85 million reported crimes in 2002 ...

Japanese society is admired for its orderliness—prompt trains, litter-free streets, lost valuables returned intact. But what is behind the high degree of discipline and structure? Director Ema ...

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police took Japanese nationals linked to fraud based overseas into protective custody in 10 cases over the four months from Oct. 18 last year, National Police ...

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will aim to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 60 pct in fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 and 73 pct in fiscal ...