More than 20 percent of the population will be aged 75 or older in 46 of the nation’s 47 prefectures in 2050, highlighting the nation's rapidly accelerating aging trend, according to a new estimate.

A trip to Japan wouldn't be complete without visiting the country's medieval castles, and the most-visited one is a sturdy ...

My wife and I couldn't wait to get back to the hushed omakase restaurants of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. But would our young ...

Tokyo and the surrounding areas saw more people moving in than leaving in 2023, highlighting the growing demographic imbalance caused by centralization around the capital.

The government lifts the state of emergency in Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyōgo Prefectures. It will make a further decision on May 25 about lifting it in the remaining prefectures of Tokyo, Saitama ...

Japan is preparing to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures, a government source said Monday, a move intended to authorize stricter measures to curb the spread ...

Three prefectures neighbouring Tokyo will request a renewed state of emergency to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. The governors of Saitama, Chiba, and ...

According to Kyodo News, seven prefectures including Tokyo will switch to quasi-emergency status until July 11, while Okayama and Hiroshima – where case numbers have sufficiently improved ...

March 6 Osaka Prefecture announces that most of its 31 cases are connected to two live music venues in the city of Osaka. Cases in Nagano and Hyōgo Prefectures are also connected to the venues.

Aichi Prefecture tops the list of prefectures in total carbon dioxide emissions from cars, but Tokyo is even worse when it comes to the amount released from a car per kilometer, the Land ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Three prefectures neighbouring Tokyo will request a renewed state of emergency to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.