The birth rate plummeted for the ninth consecutive year with more than two deaths for every baby born in 2024. Aware that to ...

Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and neither a government agency nor a private corporation. The BoJ sets monetary policy in the country. Its mandate is to ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

4 that the woman who lives in western Japan first consulted hospital staff through email in mid-November, when she was nine months pregnant. She told hospital staff that she wanted to give birth ...

The ascent to the top of the European Parliament is filled with cliff edges and challenges, especially as a woman. For a ...

A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday struck down government regulations requiring most employers nationwide to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is considering introducing artificial intelligence into weather forecasting to improve accuracy by using deep learning, according to a source close to the matter.

The Japanese government will launch offshore "blue carbon" research aimed at capturing carbon dioxide through cultivated sea plants and storing it in the deep sea to accelerate decarbonization, ...

Japan, once hailed as a model of fiscal discipline and economic stability in the post-war era, is now facing one of its most troubling financial challenges in decades. The warning sounded by Prime ...

ANALYSIS: Before the election, Labor promised policies to lift the declining birthrate, but there is little evidence they will actually work.

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty are on display inside the National Museum of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which opened ...

Using prefectural data, we study the potential impact on wage dynamics of the planned minimum wage increase policy in Japan. Our main result is that stepping up minimum wage growth from 2 to the ...