The amount of money stolen in investment fraud and romance scams linked to social media in Japan totaled about ¥66.02 billion in the first half of the year, exceeding the …
Many financially struggling households in Japan are worried about food costs during summer vacation, a recent survey by a Tokyo-based international nongovernmental organization showed. The survey by Save the Children …
Nearly 90% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey showed on Friday, a sign of heightening inflation expectations that would help …
The best way I can describe my very first semester of teaching online asynchronously is “emotionally agonizing.” Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in …
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan surged 42.9% from a year earlier to 1,009 in May, credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research said on Monday. The monthly number exceeded …
The proportion of Japanese working adults who sleep five hours or less a day stood at 11.5%, down by roughly half from 25 years ago, according to a recent survey …
The welfare ministry plans to begin Japan’s first fact-finding survey possibly as early as this summer of municipalities’ responses to unclaimed bodies and remains. Elderly people living alone are increasing …
Japan’s birth rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — hit a new record low of 1.20 in 2023, health ministry data …
Even people with slightly high blood pressure are twice as prone to cerebral and cardiac vascular diseases, including strokes and heart failures, as those with normal blood pressure, a Japanese …
The estimated number of vacant homes in Japan stood at 9 million as of Oct. 1 last year, hitting a record high, an internal affairs ministry survey showed Tuesday. The …