Rigid gender roles are prompting women to leave rural Japan

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Fact Check: Japan will be stricter on foreign misbehaviour, not begin mass deportations

Japan’s new government says it wants to take a stricter approach to crime and other misbehaviour by foreigners, not begin ...

Former Japanese PM Hatoyama rebukes Takaichi’s wrongful remarks again: ‘Japan should not interfere in China’s internal affair’

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday responded again on social media platform X to the recent remarks by ...

Japan’s New Leader Speaks Out on Defending US in Possible China War

Takaichi has called China an "important neighbor" and faces the challenge of balancing ties with both Beijing and Washington, ...

BOJ saw growing case for near-term rate hike, October meeting summary shows

Bank of Japan policymakers saw a growing case to raise interest rates in the near term, with some calling for the need to ...

Powerful earthquake rattles the northern coast of Japan; earlier tsunami advisory lifted

A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern ...
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Can Japan become the “destination of choice” for foreign workers?

As Japan ponders the best way of taking in foreign workers, a government panel of experts has presented an interim report on the abolition of the Technical Intern Training Program. While heralding ...
BusinessWorld

Bank of Japan saw growing case for near-term hike — summary

TOKYO — Bank of Japan (BoJ) policymakers saw a growing case to raise interest rates in the near term, with some calling for the need to ensure companies’ wage-hike momentum will be sustained, a ...
The Korea Herald

Japan's FM: 'Right before miracle' on Korean Peninsula situation

TOKYO/SEOUL -- Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono hailed a recent diplomatic breakthrough on the Korean Peninsula on Monday, describing the current situation as a "moment right before the ...