Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to lower official drug prices in the fiscal 2024 revision of ...

Japan and South Korea signed Friday a bilateral currency swap agreement to enable access to the other's funds in times of emergency, reviving an arrangement that expired eight years ago amid the ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Banks' Payment Clearing Network, or Zengin-Net, reiterated its apology at a press conference Friday for a major system glitch that disrupted interbank ...

Dubai, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that his country will consider offering up to ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Friday to impose fresh sanctions in response to North Korea's launch of a spy satellite using ballistic missile technology last month.

New York, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Setsuko Thurlow, a hibakusha atomic bomb survivor, on Friday vowed to continue pressing Japan to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. "We just have to ...

Japan attacker Ritsu Doan scored a goal and assisted another as Freiburg trounced Olympiacos 5-0 at home to progress from the Europa League group stage. Doan set up Michael Gregoritsch's header ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese scriptwriter Taichi Yamada died of old age at a facility in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Wednesday. He was 89. A native of Tokyo, Yamada is ...

Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda on Thursday vowed to pay back his new club after signing a two-year contract out of free agency. "It's pleasing they wanted me to help the team," Maeda told ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry has presented a draft plan to strengthen regulations on sales of over-the-counter drugs for cough and cold in response to the spread of ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Liberal Democratic Party faction previously headed by the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is suspected of giving kickbacks to member lawmakers ...

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday the United States has explained to the Japanese government that Osprey transport aircraft of the U.S. military are ...