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When do you become a senior citizen? That’s an increasingly important question in Japan, demographically the world’s oldest nation, where the challenge is to keep people healthy and productive a…
In December, the Tokyo High Court upheld the Tokyo Immigration Bureau’s decision to deport 17-year-old Utinan Won from Japan, the country he was born and raised in his entire life. Des…
There is a huge problem with using robots inside the contaminated Fukushima nuclear plant. High radiation causes breakdowns in the robots' camera systems. While other parts of a robot can be cov…
Uchi-Kanda has always been one of Tokyo’s most colorful carousing districts. Just to the north of buttoned-up Otemachi and Marunouchi, its narrow streets are lined with low-budget eate…
The number of Japanese moving into Tokyo and nearby prefectures was higher than those who left for the 21st straight year in 2016, with the availability of child care support proving a big draw in ce…
Hoping to drum up more business, including from overseas visitors and the elderly, base taxi fares were lowered Monday to ¥410 from ¥730 in central Tokyo and two suburban cities. The new base fa…
Last couple of years have seen quite a few new types of treatment for hay fever. And some of those cure the problem forever.
I read this article on Japan Times today, about whether female scholars are taken seriously in Japan. That brings in a broader question; are female workers taken seriously in Japanese…
A 29-year-old Nepalese student in Tokyo has found herself stuck in limbo with her dreams derailed, and the state of Japan’s language schools is to blame. A survivor of human traf…
The story of 24 year old Matsuri Takahashi's suicide that happened on December 25 last year was brought back in the media by the official recognition as being work related. There aren'…
