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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 ...
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 Is So Difficult to Write About
The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.
Japan, amid an unprecedented travel boom, is starting to charge tourists more to visit
Japan surpassed 10 million visitors at the fastest pace ever this year, reaching that mark already in March, official data ...
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 ...
Will Trump Negotiate Tariffs? Japan Meeting At White House Today As Countries Say They Want Fair Deals
The White House is now negotiating trade deals with dozens of countries after President Donald Trump paused the worst of his ...
Soaring prices, empty shelves as Japan’s rice crisis worsens
Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...
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Japan’s biggest meme right now: Trolling America’s oversized cars
A post from X user @mrjeffu, who specializes in “Japan’s Politics/Nationalism/Pop Culture” according to their profile, went viral on April 8, 2025, with over 14.7M views, 54K likes ...