The current political crisis is the result of a July 20 election in Japan’s upper house, the less-powerful chamber in ...

When politicians continue to stoke public alarm toward foreigners, they risk spreading xenophobic sentiment throughout ...

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has ...

The body will serve as a cross-agency 'control tower' to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign ...

Japan on Tuesday set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of ...

The Japanese government said it is responding to "crimes and nuisances committed by some foreigners and inappropriate use of ...

Whether after President Richard Nixon's delinking of the U.S. dollar from gold in 1971, which upended Japan's foreign and economic policy, the U.S. economic "Japan bashing" of the 1980s, or the U ...

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

When depopulation becomes a national security risk.In 2024, the number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low for the ninth year in a row. With about 1.6 million deaths and 720,988 births, there ...

But recent developments indicate perhaps a return to the racist side of Japan that saw the wholesale slaughter Christians ...