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With Japan's rapidly aging population putting mounting pressure on medical and nursing care systems, local governments are increasingly turning to an unexpected tool in dementia prevention: early ...

Japan tops many travelers’ wishlists, with searches for learning Japanese up 30%. Tourists are embracing local phrases to ...

Ms Takaichi, a hawkish conservative, took office in October after winning an internal contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

Japan's headline inflation rate slowed sharply to 2.1%, its lowest level since March 2022, down from 2.9% in November, as ...

This week’s bond-market hubbub highlights the perils of a much-needed return to normalcy.

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Local establishments like Ceremony, Forevermore and Babychan are bringing the celebrated Japanese drink to Western palates ...

COMMENTARY: The intentional taking of an innocent life is always gravely wrong — in war or in peace — and Hiroshima forces us ...

Japan saw its post-pandemic tourism boom reach new heights in 2025, comfortably breaking the record it set last year.

Its current nominal rate is 0.75%; estimates by central-bank researchers peg Japan’s neutral rate in the range of 1-2.5%, ...