Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities elsewhere.

Some are convinced that Japan’s deal with the US was worth the effort. Trump’s visit to Tokyo, in which he was effusive in his praise for the strength of the US Japan relationship and the excellent prospects for trade, was widely interpreted as the reward for Japan accepting a one-sided trade deal.

Japan's real wages fell for the ninth consecutive month in September as resurgent inflation outgrew nominal pay, government data showed on Thursday, highlighting the wage-price gap that complicates the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) rate hike plans.

Japan hit another immigration milestone this year, with foreign residents in 27 municipalities now comprising over 10 percent of the local population, according to new government statistics.

The Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan. Major League Baseball said it is the most-watched game since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Japan plans to revise its foreign investment screening law next year to streamline the review process and enable more targeted assessments of national security risks, a central pillar of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy agenda.

Disney+ has secured a landmark multi-year content partnership with CJ ENM to bring South Korean streaming service Tving’s premium content to Japan.

Romulus' director Fede Álvarez were joined by studio production managers and Japanese industry veterans for a roundtable in Tokyo on the territory's growing potential as a production hub.