Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities ...

There were about as many deadly bear attacks in Japan in just 2025 as there are in the United States in the average decade.

Some 1.09 million people — 560,000 men and 530,000 women — reached adulthood as of Jan. 1, according to government data.

Northern Japan faces a record surge in Asian black bear attacks, with Akita Prefecture hardest hit. Depopulation and neglected rural zones are pushing wildlife into neighborhoods, forcing emergency ...

J APAN is consumed by talk of a “foreigner problem”. The story goes that the country has been overrun by ill-mannered migrant ...

Japan, already a world leader in pro-natal policy, must dramatically boost child allowances to make a difference, an analyst ...

Japan is tightening rules for foreigners. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans stricter permanent residency and citizenship ...

East Asia is home to some of the lowest birth rates globally. The trend, coupled with rapidly aging populations, strains ...

As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

While bear sightings and attacks have surged in northern Japan, wild deer are also causing a record number of traffic ...

Crows previously emerged as a social problem in Tokyo due to their scavenging of food waste among other issues, but their ...