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The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals living overseas, stood below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive year.
The decision marks another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty and could usher in a new period of turmoil.
It is customary in Japan for a party's secretary-general, responsible for endorsing candidates and allocating campaign funds, to quit after a poor showing at the polls.
The Indian prime minister called on industry leaders to tap the “same magic” that made both countries’ auto partnership successful.
After a 'Pokemon' trading card promotion went disastrously wrong, it’s been rebuked by the Consumer Affairs Agency and is rethinking future campaigns.
Trump’s ghost-written magnum opus — before their meeting and reportedly got advice on handling the U.S. leader from Ishiba.
A man arrested last week for fatally stabbing a 24-year-old woman in Kobe said he targeted her because she was his “type,” according to investigative sources. Investigators also found that Masashi ...
China’s situation, however, is particularly perilous. Unless it is reversed, a demographic decline of this magnitude could recall the collapse of the Roman Empire.
One might have expected the revelation of China's huge dam project to set off alarm bells worldwide. Instead, the reaction has been muted.
Japan will send its extended-range Type-12 missiles to a GSDF base in Kumamoto Prefecture from next March and to another base in Shizuoka Prefecture in fiscal 2027.
It will be on display until Oct. 1 as part of a special exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.
Amid a decrease in births, the number of children on nursery waiting lists fell for the eighth straight year in Japan to mark a record low, the Children and Families Agency said Friday. As of April 1, ...