Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--Panasonic Holdings Corp. said Friday that it will cut 10,000 jobs globally to streamline unprofitable operations. The Japanese electronics group plans to cut 5,000 jobs ...

The announcement that a sumō exhibition would be held in London in 2025 was greeted with excitement by British fans and those curious of Japan’s national sport. The demonstration, only the ...

“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 ...

Th pavilion’s design is based on ancient Chinese bamboo writing strips decorated with five different forms of script used to write 119 texts, including Chinese poetry. It is also the largest ...

Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday that its consolidated net profit for fiscal 2025 is projected to plunge 42.9 pct from the previous year to 200 billion yen, amid U.S ...

Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm ...

The symbol of Chile’s pavilion is a 242-square-meter geometric-patterned tapestry called makun. It is the creation of 200 weavers from indigenous Mapuche communities, who wove it by hand using ...

Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering revising bidding conditions for the purchase of government-stockpiled rice, it was learned on Friday. As rice prices keep rising ...

This pavilion evokes the design of traditional Sala Thai pavilion architecture and has wooden sculptures of elephants outside. It is divided into three zones that together show off Thailand as a ...

Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--The Okinawa prefectural government and the U.S. military on Friday held the first meeting of a new forum to discuss preventive measures in response to a spate of sexual ...

Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on automobiles and parts strike a blow at one of Japan’s core industries. Figures from the last few years demonstrate the importance to Japan of its ...

On April 12, JR West launched the “One Piece Shinkansen,” a collaboration with the popular manga and anime series, running on the San’yō Shinkansen line between Shin-Osaka and Hakata.