Like last summer’s Upper House election, the Lower House election again has as one focus tightening policies toward ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan's ruling LDP extends lead ...

Half of 20 large Japanese cities, each with at least over 700,000 residents, have experienced a population decline compared to 10 years ago, partly due to a falling birthrate, analysis by Kyodo News ...

From Whitehall to Washington, from Estonia to Taiwan, military powers large and small are escalating their preparations for a ...

When a country loses population, it gets more crowded. Imagine 10 guests at a house party. If they spread out through the living room, the kitchen, and the garage, the event has a comfortable amount ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan as of the end of October 2025 jumped 11.7 percent from a year before to 2,571,037, ...

I turn 65 this month, and the ever-vigilant US social security administration already sent me a letter laying out my ...

While working hours have fallen and reforms are in place, Japan is still wrestling with a deep-rooted culture of overwork.

According to Bloomberg, half of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) is in the hands of older adults experiencing ...

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and with that comes a growing challenge: protecting household wealth as cognitive decline becomes more common. According to Bloomberg, half of the ...

Falling global birth rates aren’t cultural, they are economic. Why fertility is collapsing and what governments can still do.

Six British ministers of Parliament, including two peers, no longer are sanctioned by China, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday.