Japan’s long-established crime syndicates like the Yamaguchi-gumi are declining in membership, only to be replaced by tokuryū ...

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

Around 90% of Japanese shoppers prefer to buy domestically grown rice, with most saying that they never purchase any other ...

An Osaka Expo pavilion with mirrors as its motif and avatars that “reflect” the speech and actions of visitors.

Tokyo/Hanoi, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday started a four-day tour of Vietnam and ...

The “Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion” is located in the Signature zone. ( See the official map for details.) ...

Within this distinctive pavilion of stacked cube-shaped “cells”, made from steel frames and special concrete panels, visitors ...

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--Ellie Omiya, a Japanese cultural figure who was active across various fields, died of illness at the age of 49, her management agency said on Sunday on her official ...

An Osaka Expo pavilion featuring art installations for finding resonances between people, the world, and the future.

Produced by filmmaker Kawase Naomi, this Osaka Expo pavilion is a place for first dialogues between strangers.

The roboticist Ishiguro Hiroshi presents a future society in which scientific and technological developments have greatly ...

Tokyo, April 25 (Jiji Press)--Incoming Seven & i Holdings Co. President Stephen Hayes Dacus emphasized in a recent interview ...