Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

Japan's central and local governments, alongside many businesses, started the year's first day of work on Monday, taking on a ...

Across Japan, many regional businesses rely on foreign labour to survive. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

OIZUMI, Gunma -- While many foreigners work in this east Japan town, the cost of hiring them is increasing year by year. What exactly is the reason for local employers to continue hiring them? Some ...

In Kyoto, an unusual crop has appeared in the hills along the western fringe of the ancient capital. Indigo plants are being cultivated here for the first time in centuries in a revival of a ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities already crossing the threshold and one village reporting that more than a ...

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties over immigration. The economy of Kutchan, a town on Japan’s ...

TOKYO — The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the catchphrase of the year, recognizing the effort Japan’s first ...

Anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise as Japan wrestles with how to keep its identity intact amid plummeting birth rates. October 22, 2025 If recent policy moves are any indication, Japan has a ...

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s new prime ...

My cousin had "disappeared" in Japan. That was the initial information I received from my uncle living in the countryside. For 30 days the family could not contact my cousin. It turned out that he ...