Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the consumption tax rate, as ruling and ...

Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the consumption tax rate, as ruling and opposition party executives on Sunday stressed the need to do so to cushion ...

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo in Japan, also known as Science Tokyo, have taken a fresh look at a long ...

Tokyo has been toppled as the world’s most populous city, with the Indonesian capital of Jakarta now ruling the roost, ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from Toronto The ...

While much of the hotel was stripped bare during the recent renovation, most of it has been carefully restored to its original look, so it lost little of that Lost in Translation movie magic. A ...

A new United Nations report shows that Indonesia's capital Jakarta has become the world's largest city with 41.9 million people while Bangladesh's Dhaka ranks second with a population of 3.6 million.

Tokyo has lost its status as the world’s largest city, with another sprawling Asian metropolis, Indonesia's vast capital Jakarta, knocking it off the top spot. Dhaka, Bangladesh, follows close behind ...