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Japan’s annual births fall to record low as country’s ‘silent emergency’ deepens
The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, according to government ...
Japan April real wages slump for fourth month as inflation bites
Japanese real wages fell for a fourth consecutive month in April, eroded by stubborn inflation that has continued to outpace ...
Itochu to Support Pharma Firms Entering Japan to Fill Drug Needs
Two Itochu Corp. units are expanding into the business of luring more foreign drug companies to Japan, in a bid to help them ...
Japan is a model of cleanliness. So where are all the trash cans?
Twenty-two percent of tourists cited the difficulty of finding a place to throw away garbage as the single biggest issue they ...
Toyota is Japan Inc’s ultimate value contrarian
Japan’s efficiency push has a new and conflicted flag bearer in the form of its largest listed company. Toyota Motor’s ...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan
On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...
In Japan, a U.S. security ally, anger over ‘unacceptable’ steel treatment
In Tokyo, there’s concern — and more than a little trepidation — over what the Nippon Steel deal and doubled tariffs portend ...
Japan tinkering the next step towards winning World Cup
Japan will be hoping sweeping changes to the current squad will hold them in good stead for next year's World Cup.
Japan to promote domestic ownership of JGBs, policy draft shows
Japan should promote the domestic ownership of government bonds to avoid further rises in long-term interest rates caused by ...
BE:FIRST’s ‘GRIT’ Debuts at No. 1, CANDY TUNE’s ‘BAIBAI FIGHT!’ Breaks Into Top 20 on Japan Hot 100
At No.4 is the title track of OCTPATH’s seventh single, “Mata Natsu ni Kaerou” (Let’s go back to summer again). The track ...