The issue of “economy and employment” was cited by the largest proportion of candidates as a central theme of their campaigns ...

TODAY, as the global community observes the 2025 World Population Day, themed “Empowering Young People to Create the Families They Want in a Fair and Hopeful World”, the spotlight turns to Nigerian ...

Then, in January 2024, the government overhauled its NISA scheme, a tax-free investing option modelled on Britain’s ISA s.

Amid the ongoing centralization in Tokyo and tendency for women to leave rural areas, the focus is on "creating regional ...

Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging ...

The world's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and then decline to 10.2 billion through the end of the ...

Japan's agricultural minister sparked controversy by pushing back on a proposal to regulate the trade of eels, including the ...

Amid an increase in the number of foreign residents and visitors to Japan, there have been incidents and accidents involving foreigners, as well as troubles within local communities due to disruptive ...

What if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the ...

Economic concerns are a primary driver of anti-immigration sentiment. Not just that, public opinion often leads to policy shifts. In contrast, global South liberalises migration ...

Sheffield; Kei Uchida, Tokyo City University and Masayoshi K Hiraiwa, Kindai University              Sheffield (England), Jul 8 (The Conversation) ...

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...