Faced with a falling birthrate and an aging population, labor-starved Japan is hungry for foreign ... but boosting immigration comes with challenges. The weakness of the Japanese yen, as well ...

Japan’s transport ministry is to convene an “expert’s conference” on the country’s domestic airline sector ... as well as macroeconomic challenges. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure ...

It will lead to a situation in which Japan's political landscape remains unstable for some time, as it lacks a stable political framework, resulting in "uncertainty in both domestic and foreign ...

Japan’s economy is likely to have contracted ... A government report on Thursday is forecast to show that gross domestic product shrank at an annualized pace of 1.2% in the three months through ...

A further challenge for Japan is limited studio space, which is often fully booked for domestic productions. When studio space is available, it is often smaller than what Hollywood productions are ...

Its expertise could prove invaluable to neighbouring countries grappling with similar challenges ... nuclear safety and regional nuclear cooperation, Japan could potentially find a solution to its ...

Japan's demand for oil is truly monstrous. Even if domestic oil consumption has wound down slightly in the last four decades, this one island nation consumed a staggering 151.4 million metric tons ...

The increase in Japan's gross domestic product in the fourth quarter ... quarter as business investment slumped, a sign of the challenge the central bank faces in phasing out its massive stimulus ...