Japan’s digital identity infrastructure has reached a fresh milestone with more than 100 million My Number Cards now issued.

Reforms meant to boost local autonomy have been pursued for many years under the slogan “what can be done locally should be ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon for a snap election to seek the public's mandate for her policies.

Facing high employee turnover and an aging population, nursing homes have increasingly turned to robots to complete a variety of care tasks, but few researchers have explored how these technologies ...

The recent film Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser and directed by Hikari, has put a spotlight on a social phenomenon in ...

Japanese culture is part of the attraction for travellers, but at times it can feel like there’s a lot to learn — here’s how ...

The Dassai brewery in Japan offers tours of its sake facility, which is about 40 minutes’ drive from Marine Corps Air Station ...

Asian Americans have drawn parallels between today’s attacks on Latinos and a historically exclusive immigration policy that ...