Foreign tourists in Japan can expect to pay more than local visitors – and this is a global trend. Japan is becoming a ...

The bigger question is not whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign after his coalition lost an important election, ...

In March 2025, Kyodo News reported that the number of foreign nationals in Japan had increased by 10.5% from the previous year. Of the 3.77mn residents, the largest groups by nationality were ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the ...

Japan announces new policy barring entry to foreigners with outstanding medical bills and requiring visitors staying over three months to join the national health care program.

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines significantly, many ski resorts in Japan are having difficulty staying open. A resort’s ability to attract foreign ...

Japan had a record 2.3 million foreign workers as of October 2024, marking a 12.4% increase from the previous year, according to labor ministry figures released Friday.

TOKYO — Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought trilateral cooperation on common ground in areas like aging, declining births, natural disasters and the green economy at a ...