On January 8, the Japan Meteorological Corporation published its second cherry blossom forecast for 2026. Temperatures across the country are expected to be around the same as usual in January and ...

The Shōgatsu season, particularly New Year’s Day, is regarded as Japan’s most important holiday, combining traditions and customs expressing gratitude for the past year and ensuring health and ...

It was a throw-away comment by her husband that got Takishima Mika, then aged 65, interested in fitness. “In those days I was more than just a little plump—my trouser size was twice what it is now.

Japan saw a rise in the number of reported crimes for a second successive year in 2023, including increases in robberies and fraud. The 2024 white paper on crime published by Japan’s Ministry of ...

Japan will supply the United States with Patriot missiles under new government guidelines that have opened the door to exports of lethal weapons, previously prohibited. A look at the substance of the ...

Preliminary demographic statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare show that in 2024 there were 720,988 births in Japan. The amount was 37,643 fewer than the previous year and marked a ...

Japan has 16 fixed national holidays throughout the year. However, in 2026 there will be 17, due to a rule that if an ordinary working day falls between two holidays, it becomes a “bonus” holiday.

Rather than using its rotary engine to power the vehicle directly, the MX-30 R-EV uses the engine to drive a generator. The electricity produced is then used to power an electric motor, in a ...

According to statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, there were 99,130 people officially designated as hibakusha or atomic bomb survivors, as of March 31, 2025. Under the ...

Mamachari are utility bicycles relied on by families for a variety of basic transportation needs, including lugging groceries from the supermarket, getting to the train station, or shuttling children ...

While the Tokugawa shogunate held power in Japan in the Edo period (1603–1868), there were hundreds of domains with a degree of regional autonomy. Here we list the leading domains by economic scale.

Japan ranks twenty-ninth for labor productivity among the 38 nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to the Japan Productivity Center’s International Comparison ...