For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

Not sending New Year's greeting cards is the most common option for people in Japan to cut spending during this year-end and ...

Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita reached $33,849 in dollar volume in 2023, behind South Korea and ...

As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO ...

Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck ...

Four countries, including Iran and South Africa, have decided to withdraw from the World Expo scheduled for next year in ...

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in ...

Osamu Suzuki, the former charismatic head of Suzuki Motor Corp. who turned the Japanese minivehicle maker into a global ...

A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, in which a Japanese family was injured and a Chinese bus ...