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Japan's population is shrinking. Here's what it means – and what some are doing about it.
Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...
Why Japan's birth rate is falling and what the country's doing to try and reverse the population decline
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...
Mega buyouts can support, not hinder Japan Inc's reform despite Toyota deal
Toyota Industries said this weekend there was at this moment no buyout proposal by the Toyota group or the family, adding it ...
Japan denies report citing Bessent's push for strong yen
Japan's top currency diplomat on Monday denied a media report that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had told his ...
Japan is opening up to immigration – but is it welcoming immigrants?
Plummeting birth rates and ageing population leave closed-off country 'no choice' but to admit foreigners, but tensions are ...
Yen, BOJ's rate policy may remain focus in Japan-US trade talks
Japan may have averted U.S. pressure for a stronger yen in bilateral finance talks on Thursday, but a closer look at ...
Tourist Policy in Japan Is Changing This Year: What to Know
In western Japan, Himeji Castle is preparing to implement a dual-rate admission policy. Starting in March 2026, local ...
Trump says US is very close to a tariffs deal with Japan
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
California overtakes Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy
California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the ...
Analysis-Japan is a test case for Trump's tariff deals. But talks may be tortuous
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Tokyo's top trade negotiator met U.S. President Donald Trump for tariff talks at the White ...
Why Japan Is So Difficult to Write About
The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.
California surpasses Japan as world’s fourth-largest economy, governor says
California has surpassed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world, with a nominal GDP of $4.1 trillion, according to data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of ...