In June of 2020, Ikea opened a new branch in the fashion-focused Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. Launching a new venture at this time was a gamble, since the COVID pandemic was in full force and the ...

One of a minority of Japanese cities that don't share a name with the prefecture they are the capital of, Kofu is the ...

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“The present of Japan is the tomorrow of America,” said Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, a professor at the University of ...

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A Japanese government report shows that the number of suicides by students through high school hit an all-time high last year ...

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The Osaka gathering was thanks to the “Adult Women’s Dormitory Project,” a group working to build just that for middle-aged ...

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The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that 4.6 million people could have dementia.

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