Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--Seven & i Holdings Co. may make a decision as early as May on buyout offers from Canadian ...

Visitors can watch and drink matcha (powdered green tea) from Uji, famed for its tea farms, prepared and served in the sadō tradition. The tea is accompanied by a seasonal Japanese sweet and a ...

Calculations by Kirin Holdings of beer consumption in 170 countries and regions show that 187.9 million kiloliters of the popular beverage were guzzled down in 2023. This was a 0.1% increase from ...

Beijing, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--An executive of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday urged China to abolish its import restrictions on Japanese fishery products. Hiroshi Moriyama ...

Seoul, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Monday ...

Tokyo, Jan. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Tourism Agency will launch a model project to support accommodation operators working ...

Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to take ...

Tokyo, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more in Japan last year rose 15.1 pct from the previous year to 10,006, surpassing 10,000 ...

For store managers in their first or second year at Fast Retailing, the monthly salary is set to increase to 410,000 yen from ...

Tokyo, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese nonlife insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. plans to promote Managing Executive Officer Masahiro Koike to president, it was learned Tuesday. Koike, 53, will ...

In the October 2024 election for the House of Representatives, an ongoing scandal over financial kickbacks and other improprieties saw the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner ...

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry. The government ...