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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
There were 1.98 million foreign residents in Japan as of March 31, accounting for 1.54 percent of the population, with 84.28 percent of them between the ages of 15 and 64, according to the latest government figures. The data were released for the first ...
The national population totaled 126,393,679 as of the end of March, down 0.21 percent from a year earlier for the fourth consecutive annual decline, government data showed Wednesday. The number of people aged 65 or older came to 30,834,268, topping 30 million for the ...
When 24-year-old Komal Kapoor handed over the twins she had just borne to a visiting American couple last month, she said she felt “something like sadness.” But that lasted just a few minutes. “In my head I kept saying, ‘These are not my children, ...
For an enterprise in the business of welcoming life, the birthing ward inside Portugal’s largest maternity hospital is eerily quiet. On a recent morning, not a single expectant father nervously paced the orange laminated floors. Unhurried nurses shuffled by rows of darkened rooms with ...
Japan, which has held the top spot for the world’s longest living citizens, is expected to be surpassed by Hong Kong in 2045, according to projections in a U.N. population report released on Thursday. “It is notable that Japan certainly came from behind during ...
Japan's total fertility rate in 2012 hit a 16-year high of 1.41, while the number of births fell to a new low of 1,037,101.
As the population declines, intolerance of children and the noise they make is increasing in a society growing less accustomed to hearing them, some child care experts say. While convenience stores blare electronic greetings and political candidates shout through high-volume megaphones at train stations, ...
The number of Japanese under the age of 15 sank to a new low of 16.49 million as of April 1, down 150,000 from the previous year, while the overall population contracted for the 32nd straight year, government data showed Saturday. Of this total, ...
Things were going well for Patrick after a year in Japan. He had found a job he liked, met a girl he planned to marry and was ready to move out of the small room his older brother, a longtime resident, was letting him ...
Japan's population fell by a record 0.22 percent to 127.515 million as of last Oct. 1, while people aged 65 or older surpassed the 30 million mark for the first time.
By 2040, the populations of all 47 of Japan’s prefectures will be less than their 2010 levels, a health ministry-affiliated research institute said Wednesday, with Okinawa marking the least decline, followed by Tokyo. Meanwhile, people aged 65 or over will make up more than ...
Within two hours of the massive earthquake that jolted Japan at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, the Japanese government received notice that an “Article 15 event” had occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.