Japan’s House of Councillors has approved the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the Philippines and Japan, which completes the deal allowing increased military engagements between the ...

Japan and the Philippines are establishing closer security ties in reaction to China's aggressive territorial assertions. China and Japan are also locked in a long-running territorial dispute over the ...

Japanese walking offers significant health benefits. A 2007 study from Japan compared this method to lower-intensity continuous walking, with a goal of achieving 8,000 steps per day.

Japan's parliament enacted a law on Wednesday obliging hundreds of major companies to participate in a carbon emission trading system as part of its efforts to achieve the country's climate goals.

Yields have surged and demand is evaporating Japan’s 30- and 40-year bond yields have recently soared to record highs (3.2% and 3.5%, respectively) after years of being stuck near zero. It’s a ...

The spending continued even as more social security funding was needed for Japan’s growing number of seniors. Government debt has ballooned to nearly $9 trillion — more than double the size of ...

Japan is expected to spend $6.3 billion in an effort to thwart the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday lauded the country’s ...

Japan nevertheless continued to support the United States as a loyal ally, despite these historical frictions. The second Trump administration’s policy toward Japan has only just begun.

China also protested to Tokyo over a Japanese civilian aircraft violating its airspace around the islands, saying it was “strongly dissatisfied” about Japan’s “severe violation of China ...

The dramatic rise in rice prices across Japan since August 2024 reveals a troubling paradox. A staple so central to Japanese identity that the word ‘gohan’ means both ‘meal’ and ‘rice’ — a grain that ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the nation's population has been in decline for 15 years.