There were more than 330,000 foreign students in Japan in 2024, with the vast majority coming from elsewhere in Asia.

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that a ministerial council on stable rice ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese prosecutors on Monday sought a 10-year prison term for U.S. Marine Lance ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed Monday ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito met with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, who is visiting Japan for ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Former yokozuna sumo grand champion Hakuho said Monday that he has "no regrets whatsoever" as he ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The president of Japanese spray-dryer maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co. on Monday asked the Tokyo ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--An explosion occurred at a facility of Japan's Self-Defense Forces within the U.S. military's ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Experts warn about so-called June syndrome, or mental and physical distress due to accumulating ...

Osaka, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Ticket sales for the ongoing World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, have been ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that the rainy season is believed to have begun in the Chugoku western, Kinki western and Tokai central regions, three days ...

Sesshū, a medieval master of Japanese painting, became versed in Chinese art during a trip to the continent and went on to ...