時事通信社

We provide subscribers with political, economic, city, international and sports news as well as related photographs filed through our network of more than 100 branch offices in Japan and abroad as well as via partnerships with foreign news agencies.

Our news service enjoys a high reputation for being quick, accurate, concise and easy to understand.

In addition to daily news, we offer a variety of other news services, such as commentaries, columns, information for senior citizens and medical information.

We provide news on our website, as well as distributing news to portal sites and social media.

Launched in 2000, Jiji.com offers daily news articles, along with original news content about domestic and international situations and social issues. The news site is viewed by more than 15 million visitors per month.

Moreover, Jiji Press news and photos can be viewed on Yahoo Japan and other portal sites, social media and digital billboards installed at financial institutions, airports and train stations.

In addition to political, economic and city news, we provide specialized news and data, including financial, securities and commodity market developments, central and local government administration, and related personnel affairs databases, to financial institutions, business corporations, government ministries and agencies, and other organizations, to help policy formulation.

In a modern age in which society and people's sense of values keep changing at dizzying speed, where are Japan and the world heading? In this time of confusion, it is difficult to predict the future despite floods of information. What is needed now is down-to-earth efforts to confirm and reveal facts in a level-headed way. Fair, accurate and speedy reporting is the mission of Jiji Press as it seeks to prosper with the times.

Jiji Press was established in November 1945 in the ashes of Japan's World War II defeat. Ever since we have been constantly reporting the turbulent history of Japan and the world, in accordance with a corporate credo of "bringing world affairs to Japan and giving voice to the Japanese." An enormous number of news articles, photos and videos are filed every day by journalists based in our office network at home and abroad, as well as supplied by partner foreign news agencies. After rigorous editing and proofreading in the newsroom of our head office, the content is provided nonstop to a wide range of customers, including newspaper publishers, broadcasters, government offices, businesses and individual members of the public.

News reporting is not the only task of the Jiji Press group.
A comprehensive media business, the group engages in a wide variety of activities, also including publishing, organizing lectures and seminars, and conducting surveys and research. It also places importance on its solutions business, which provides information services aimed at resolving challenges in response to diverse customer needs. For instance, one corporate customer hopes to display financial market data on its website, while a local government aims to promote a tourist spot to people overseas.

These activities are underpinned by the trust customers place in Jiji Press. In order to remain a reliable news agency, we are determined to strive honestly and stubbornly for fairness, accuracy and speed, and to enhance the value of all our services. This is our way of contributing to society.

Photo and headline news is displayed on a large-scale digital billboard of the QFRONT commercial building in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station.

Photo news is displayed in the elevator hall of Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo.

Photo and headline news is displayed on digital billboards in the departure and arrival lobbies of Narita International Airport.

Jiji.com news website, which is viewed by 15 million visitors per month, has an English version (https://jen.jiji.com/).

Held in six locations outside Japan, Jiji Top Seminar is a lecture meeting featuring leading figures from specialized fields and political and economic circles.