Some 20% of Japan’s exports in 2024 went to the United States, with around a third of the total connected to the auto industry. US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are set to deal a ...

Each year thousands of Asians enter Japan as language students with the aim of building successful careers. But not all are prepared for the mental, physical, and financial struggles involved.

Japan accepted 190 people as refugees in 2024; the figure dropped by more than a third from the record high of 303 in 2023. Japan’s Immigration Services Agency announced that 190 people were ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Special Committee on Political Reform of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of ...

Host clubs are bars where young male hosts serve women drinks and charm them with conversation. Typically, one evening can cost a group hundreds of thousands of yen, sometimes even millions.

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--Major food and beverage makers are planning markups for 4,225 products in Japan in April, ...

Many small businesses in Japan face the issue of finding a successor to continue running them, as children of the current owners often show no interest in taking over. The M&A broker service ...

Seoul, March 29 (Jiji Press)--A declassified South Korean diplomatic record has revealed how certain songs were exceptionally ...

The possibilities of holding the same-day elections and expanding the ruling coalition, which currently consists of the ...

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Pref., March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team will make a ...

Kure, Hiroshima Pref., April 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure ...

The forerunner of kanten is tokoroten noodles, created by boiling tengusa or similar seaweed, setting the strained liquid into blocks and then using a special press cutter to form it into noodles.