Japanese media downplay impact of declining Chinese tourists, 'attempt to whitewash losses suffered by various sectors in Japan': Chinese expert

Japan released the latest official data on inbound tourism for the first half of the year, which showed the number of Chinese visitors to Japan dropped by nearly 60 percent year-on-year. Facing continued decline in Chinese tourists to Japan,

Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.

Japan Builds Intelligence Agency It Hasn’t Had Since World War II

Facing threats from Russia and China, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is turning to help from Western allies in forming a centralized agency.
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Multicultural Olympic team shows Japan’s diversity growing pains

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to showcase Japan’s growing ethnic diversity, but the Games have also dragged into the international spotlight a domestic debate about whether the country can be both multicultural and Japanese. Japan’s team is its ...

The Japanese yen is at a 40-year low. Here’s why that matters

The Japanese yen has dropped to a 40-year low against the US dollar, putting investors on watch for potential government intervention by Japan that could ripple through US stocks, the Treasury market and the broader global economy.