Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 ...

Kirino Natsuo’s novel Tsubame wa modotte konai (The Swallows Don’t Return) deals with surrogate pregnancy, where people who cannot have children themselves instead rely on another woman to ...

Tokyo has dozens of railway lines and an extensive subway network, but the JR Yamanote Line is arguably the most prominent of them all. A loop line encircling the heart of Tokyo and connecting ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Liberal Democratic Party faction led by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the start of its three-day autumn festival.

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Nearly 90 pct of Japanese companies have no plans to introduce “digital salaries,” or salaries paid via smartphone payment apps and other methods, a survey by ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Hoshino Resorts Inc. said Thursday that it will open an "onsen ryokan" Japanese-style hot spring inn in the U.S. state of New York in 2028. Hoshino Resorts ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--The share of female executives at Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section has risen to 16.8 pct, up 2.7 percentage points from ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a basic plan Friday to call for pay hikes of 5 pct or more in next year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has drafted guidelines calling for people to shelter in place for about three days in the event of an accident at a nearby nuclear ...