8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (170+ words) Frankfurt, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan won the silver medal in the group all-around competition at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday, securing a spot at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, which is awarded to the top three…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (156+ words) Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)--A new-type Shinkansen train, manufactured in Japan, has been delivered to Taiwan for the first time. On Saturday, the 12 N700ST train cars, which feature iconic orange and black lines on a white body, were unloaded from…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago   (157+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)--Kazuhiko Takahashi, 98, who was the oldest war-bereaved relative to attend Saturday's war-end anniversary ceremony in Tokyo, calls for remembering the fact that some 3.1 million Japanese people died in World War II. With the horrors of the war…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (381+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II, but worshiped toward the war-related shrine from afar before attending a national war anniversary…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government held a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II, with attendees remembering about 3.1 million victims in the war and renewing their pledge for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (168+ words) Seoul, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--South Korean President Lee Jae-myung expressed his intention to develop a future-oriented relationship with Japan in his speech at a ceremony in Seoul on Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (522+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--Efforts have been made to keep alive the history of public housing for those who returned to Japan from former Manchuria, a northeastern China region once controlled by Japan, and elsewhere after the end of World…...

2+ day ago   (162+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Friday that its consolidated net profit in January-June jumped 68.8 pct from a year before to 99.1 billion yen, hitting a first-half record high, thanks to a weaker yen and the sale of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (222+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Overnight stays by foreign visitors in Japan reached an estimated 179.92 million in 2025, up 55.6 pct from the prepandemic level in 2019, with 39 of the country’s 47 prefectures recording levels above those seen before the COVID-19 crisis, a Japan Tourism…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (195+ words) Manila, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed his eagerness to conclude maritime demarcation talks with Japan by the end of this year. During a press conference, Marcos said that he does not see "any great…...