2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (458+ words) Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, visited a disaster-hit area in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday. They visited the Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake Kesennuma City…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (136+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--A visit to Japan by North Korean sports minister Kim Il Guk is being arranged for the Asian Games in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, according to officials. The plan was unveiled by the sports…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (336+ words) A controversial revision of the Imperial House Law was enacted in July, sparking criticism and debate among a sharply divided, but largely disapproving public. That said, Japan’s imperial throne resembles typical monarchies in the sense that it is hereditary. Article…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (196+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday to designate 19 municipalities in the Tokachi region of the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, including the city of Obihiro, as national strategic special zones to promote AI-powered agriculture. The government will apply…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (169+ words) nippon.com - Japan Crown Prince, Crown Princess Return from Trip to Norway Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport aboard a government plane on Thursday after attending a funeral for…...

3+ day, 46+ min ago   (363+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Since its birth around 4.6 billion years ago, Mercury's radius has shrunk by over 10 kilometers as the inside of the planet cooled down, a team from Japan's Hokkaido University has found. The team's findings were published in…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (162+ words) Nagoya, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Aichi Financial Group Inc. in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, and San ju San Financial Group Inc. in neighboring Mie Prefecture said Thursday that they have agreed to terminate a basic agreement on their merger. Though they…...

3+ day, 31+ min ago   (152+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Crown Princess Kiko, the wife of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 60 on Friday. "I am grateful to have reached this day, and I hope that I can take on new activities," Crown Princess Kiko said in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (135+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Resona Bank plans to extend a total of about 45 billion yen in loans to startups in fiscal 2028, more than nine times the fiscal 2025 level, President Kazuhiro Chida has said in a recent interview. "We want to…...