The trend resulting from rapid depopulation will affect both metropolitan and rural areas, the National Institute of ...

Of all households, the percentage of single-person households of people aged 65 or older is expected to exceed 20% in 32 ...

What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition ...

Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and a host of global investment firms plan to beef up headcount in Japan as deals here surge, but the ...

Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) ...

Out of Japan's 47 prefectures, a total of 16 are expected to see ... Officials there are tapping AI to assist older people ...

An increasing number of young people in Japan are being taken into emergency care after overdosing on over-the-counter ...

An elderly woman drove a car into four pedestrians here around 6 p.m. on Nov. 11, killing one and critically injuring another ...

On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...

Nearly 200,000 people in western Japan were urged to evacuate on Saturday as authorities warned of landslides and floods, ...

The government announced on Sunday a list of 3,987 people recognized for this year's autumn honors, including Nobuaki Koga, ...

Japan’s Democratic Party for the People will nominate its head Yuichiro Tamaki for the premiership vote as planned following ...