At a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, the draft budget with 13,943.3 billion yen in ...

The kanji 金, carrying meanings like “gold” and “money,” was selected once again as the Kanji of the Year by popular vote.

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--The policy chiefs of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, ...

Coincheck, effectively controlled by Japanese online broker Monex Group Inc., aims to expand its operations through ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Nobuhiro Torii, executive vice president of Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings Ltd., will be promoted to its president to succeed Takeshi Niinami, it was learned ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan is considering raising the annual income cap for dependent children with part-time jobs, including university students, under a special tax deduction program from ...

A Japanese district court on Thursday ruled a 28-year-old woman not guilty of murdering in 2018 her then husband, a wealthy businessman nicknamed the "Don Juan of Kishu." Judge Keiko Fukushima, who ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan's key Nikkei 225 stock average briefly surpassed 40,000 for the first time since Oct. 15 on an intraday basis Thursday, chiefly because semiconductor-related issues ...

2024年元旦开始，能登地区发生了震度7的强震，令整个日本陷入悲叹之中。虽然这一年也有令人振奋开心的话题，诸如发行新钞、巴黎奥运会和大谷翔平的优异战绩等，但政治派阀的“黑金”问题、“非法兼职”等，也令人感到愤懑和不满。反映了今年日本社会面貌的年度汉字 ...

日本生产率本部近日发布的《休闲白皮书2024》（估算版）显示，2023年日本人的闲暇活动中，“国内旅游（避暑、避寒、温泉等）”占比达到48.7%，连续两年位居第一。“外出就餐（日常就餐除外）”为39.2%，较上一年排名上升两位至第二位。第三位以下依次 ...