Japan's government interest costs to swell more than 50% in next few years
Japan's annual interest payments on government debt could surge more than 50% over the next few years, government estimates ...
Japan to halt funding for a UN women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession
Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...
Resource-poor Japan was girding for AI energy surge, but DeepSeek raised the stakes
TOKYO - Weeks after Japan revealed details of a landmark energy plan partly designed to keep up with an expected AI surge, ...
Public Radio International8d
Japan’s transit system is private. Should other countries consider the same?
Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...
朝日新聞社2d
INTERVIEW/ Wieland Wagner: Japanese must weigh merits of emperor system vs. democracy
In Japan, however, the government’s Committee to Study Constitutional ... while Japan aimed to preserve the emperor system by embracing democracy and pacifism. The United States, however ...
Time Out11d
Japan to reform tax-free shopping rules starting in 2026
To help solve this problem, Japan will be introducing new tax exemption rules as early as fiscal 2026. As reported by The ...
The Diplomat7d
Japan Is Ready to Legalize ‘Active Cyber Defense’
National Security Strategy called for an overhaul of Japan’s cybersecurity posture. This might be the year the legislation ...
ジャパンタイムズ19d
Government developing AI-based system to detect vacant houses
Japan's infrastructure ministry is developing a system that combines administrative information held by local governments to detect vacant houses using artificial intelligence. Based on ...