The number of foreign residents in Japan is booming. The Internal Affairs Ministry says the figure reached 2.49 million in 2018. But a new survey finds that only one in five Japanese people have ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

The land of Japow beckons, so here's how to make the most of your next ski trip to Japan. Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs, and full immersion in a ...

By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s governing party lost its majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters delivered an emphatic rejection of the ...

Japan, stuck in a liquidity trap, faced a particularly deep economic crisis between 1991 and 2001. The country was actually experiencing a liquidity trap: It seemed like everything Japan’s ...

It forms part of a wider overhaul of Japan's laws on sex crimes, after multiple rape acquittals in 2019 caused outcry. The proposal also aims to criminalise the grooming of minors and expand the ...

One of Japan's most popular tourist attractions is once again donning its famed snowcap. The tiny satellite built in Japan will test the suitability of timber as a renewable material in space.

Hobby income differs from other types of income (like self-employment income and income from your side hustle), and the IRS taxes each type differently. Determining whether your revenue stream ...

These universities in Japan have been numerically ranked based on their positions in the overall Best Global Universities rankings. Schools were evaluated based on their research performance and ...

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Japan’s economy, though not growing by leaps and bounds, has inched back from the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The emergence of long-sought inflation has given the Bank of Japan room to ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan is growing rapidly this year, with arrivals from January through September already topping last year's total, statistics from the Japan National Tourism ...