“Can you tell if the wine in this unlabeled bottle came from Burgundy, or from Hokkaidō?” This question, posed at a February 8 event in the village of Gevrey Chambertin in the famed wine ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday denied a magazine report accusing him of failing to report over 30 million yen in political donations. The Shukan ...

Osaka, May 8 (Jiji Press)--A group of researchers at Japan’s University of Osaka has developed a new immune cell therapy that could be applied to patients of acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, a ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--National Police Agency Commissioner-General Yoshinobu Kusunoki said Thursday that he will instruct the Kanagawa prefectural police department to thoroughly review its ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Thursday criticized as "unbelievable" a recent remark by a lawmaker of the ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. said Thursday that it has decided to withdraw its tender offer for Makino Milling Machine Co. Nidec made the decision in light of ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Thursday that it will take full control of NTT Data Group Corp., a publicly traded subsidiary that provides technology services ...

Kyoto, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Nintendo Co. said Thursday that it forecasts higher group sales and net profit for the year ending in March 2026, citing the release of the new Switch 2 video game ...

Nagasaki, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Thursday that his southwestern Japanese city will invite Russian, Belarusian and Israeli ambassadors to Japan to this year's peace ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. and telecommunications carrier KDDI Corp. said Thursday that they will consider collaborating in the field of cybersecurity.

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Two men were arrested after creating a disturbance at an elementary school in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Thursday. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, five ...

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)--Shoji Nishida of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has refused to withdraw his remarks over exhibits about "Himeyuri" nursing corps who died in the fierce Battle ...