TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that he would not run in the ruling center-right party's leadership election this month, indicating he would step down after just a year as ...
Tokyo, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared on Thursday a one-month state of emergency in Tokyo and surrounding areas, urging residents of the capital to avoid going out and asking ...
The government estimates that as many as 1.46 million working-age people in Japan are living as social recluses by refusing to interact with society.
The number of foreign exchange students in Japan as of May 2025 hit a record high of 408,069, ahead of a government goal to ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
First-year high school students climbed to third place in reading comprehension in the latest global aptitude survey, a ...
Tsukuba, Japan—During the COVID-19 pandemic, cesarean sections were performed for shorter delivery times and infection control purposes, adhering to guidelines issued jointly by the Japan Society of ...
This guest post is written by John Houlette. Source: Tianshu Liu/Unsplash Japan is no stranger to crisis. Throughout its thousands of years of history, the nation has been barraged by disaster after ...