Tokyo, May 17 (Jiji Press)--A House of Representatives committee Friday approved legislation to replace the foreign technical intern program with a new training scheme to allow foreigners to work i
Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Chinese People's Liberation Army officers attended a welcome event in Tokyo on Thursday during their first visit to Japan under a bilateral uniformed officer exchange pr
Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in April reached 3,042,900, up 4.0 pct from the same month in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japan National To
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into an agreement with Swiss drug developer AC Immune under which it will invest up to $2.2 billion to d
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Japan has lodged a protest with South Korea after opposition politicians from the neighboring East Asian nation visited disputed Takeshima Islands (also known as Dokdo Is
Kofu, Yamanashi Pref., May 13 (Jiji Press)--The Yamanashi prefectural government in central Japan said Monday that it will start accepting online reservations for climbing Mount Fuji from the Yaman
Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)--Wage hikes are spreading among small companies in Japan, which account for about 70 pct of the country's employment, on the back of labor shortages and price increases,
Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. remains committed to acquiring United States Steel Corp.
Nagoya, May 8 (Jiji Press)--The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee said Wednesday it will consider using a cruise ship moored at a pier as an alterna
