That had Japan Inc. thinking the zero rate policy instituted in 1999 was finished. Ditto for the quantitative easing strategy the BOJ pioneered in 2001. Then came Trump 2.0’s ginormous trade war.

Japan offers community-based initiatives to combat population decline 03:16. Japan's population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen ...

Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of Japanese women hold jobs than their American counterparts.

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women's rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.

Japan did see a rise in youth unemployment (ages 15-24) in the 1990s, but that rise has since been reversed. Here, via the World Bank, are International Labor Organization estimates of youth ...

Japan’s government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan following the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan, which has the ...

Not only is Japan eating more rice grown overseas, the Finance Ministry reported the private sector imported a record 3,000 tons in fiscal 2024 to combat the shortage at home and ballooning prices ...

Japan has taken in hundreds of Ukrainians. The welcome for others has been less warm The Japanese government has given Ukrainians residency and work permits for up to a year.

Japan has made a huge push for its citizens to recycle, which is another reason for the small sizes of trash cans. McMorran says that some municipalities have as many as 20 different categories ...