Japan's job availability ratio in February fell 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.24, marking the first deterioration in six months, as employers grappled with surging material and utility costs ...

Suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students in Japan hit a record high in 2024 despite the overall number ...

Its low projection variant forecast the number to fall below 600,000 in 2035. Low birthrates in Japan have long raised concerns about a shrinking working population, labor shortages in the nursing ...

Japan's housing starts rose by 2.4% year-over-year in February 2025, rebounding from a 4.6% drop in the previous month and defying market estimates of a 1.4% fall. The Nikkei 225 Index tumbled ...