Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, should promote new legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or religion, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

Between Islands looks beyond treaties and formal agreements to the everyday lives that quietly shape Philippines–Japan relations. It’s a perspective shaped by years of living in Japan, countless bowls ...

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The recent Japan–Philippines pact is not simply about defense. It is about determining whether the most stabilizing elements ...

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Tributes have poured in for a young Australian woman who died at a Japanese ski resort after a freak accident on a chairlift.

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It all began with a phone call out of the blue to a doctor running a cosmetic surgery clinic in Tokyo's swank Ginza district in the winter of 2014. "Do you remember me? I'd love to get together after ...

While working hours have fallen and reforms are in place, Japan is still wrestling with a deep-rooted culture of overwork.