Japan's steadily declining births and overall aging population present serious long-term risks, threatening to sap the ...

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, labelled Eto's remarks as insensitive and denounced the government's handling of the rice crisis. A senior member of the Constitutional ...

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Latin America is facing an escalating education crisis as school dropout rates continue to climb, affecting not only the ...

TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

TOKYO --Japan's newly appointed agriculture minister on Friday pledged to quickly bring down rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms, promising relief to inflation-hit consumers.

BOJ governor Kazuo Ueda signaled his intentions to raise rates, given price trends, while citing the need to monitor tariff effects. Government data on Friday showed Japan’s core inflation jumped to 3 ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...