Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will promote Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon to president and ...

Aso, who heads the LDP's only remaining intraparty faction, aims to increase the number of lawmakers belonging to his faction ...

Defendant Yusuke Hashimoto, 49, former head of hepatobiliary and pancreatic oncology at the National Cancer Center Hospital ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that its consolidated sales for fiscal 2025 are expected ...

Takagi Miho exploded onto the speed-skating scene as a 15-year-old Olympian. Now an experienced veteran, she is heading to the Milano Cortina games with the goal of winning her first ever gold in the ...

Japanese telecommunications company KDDI Corp. said Friday that it has overstated sales by up to 246 billion yen for the year ending in March due to fictitious transactions involving its internet ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates in March at the earliest if the yen weakens further, although a rate hike in April appears to be the main scenario, Ryutaro Kono, ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ratio of household spending on food hit a 44-year high in 2025, reflecting elevated food prices, an internal affairs ministry survey showed Friday.

Jiji Press assessed posts made by party chiefs on X, formerly Twitter, between Jan. 27, when the official campaign period for Sunday's House of Representatives election kicked off, and Thursday, and ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Friday that Toho Co. is expected to become its largest shareholder as the Japanese company bought back its shares from a group including ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Kirin Holdings Co. said Friday that it will sell Four Roses Distillery LLC to U.S. winemaker E. & J. Gallo Winery for up to 775 million dollars. The decision by the ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese comedian Nana Takamatsu has held a class at a junior high school in Tokyo to teach students the importance of elections and democracy. The visiting class, held on ...