While refugee applicants in Japan who have been ordered deported can apply for "provisional release" from detention, they are ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, announced progress after talks with U.S. counterparts Treasury Secretary ...

Record-low births and an ageing population are driving Japan to implement urgent measures to encourage marriage and boost ...

Japan's steadily declining births and overall aging population present serious long-term risks, threatening to sap the ...

In a 2024 article on Japan’s changing refugee policy in the Asia-Pacific Journal, Maximilien Xavier Rehm, a researcher at ...

Japan is considering making health insurance mandatory for foreign tourists as part of a crackdown on unpaid medical bills, ...

Lawmakers approved a plan to help companies and consumers as officials bargain in Washington for relief from debilitating ...

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.

Chugoku Bank is a small Japanese lender named after the central Japanese region where it’s based. But it’s having to turn ...