Japan’s agricultural sector has seen a major shift from family-owned businesses to corporate operators employing a growing number of younger farmers, according to the fiscal 2016 white paper on agriculture approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday. The paper says that the number of farmers ...
Crime in Japan has dropped to a postwar low, but the bad news is that seniors are committing more offenses because they have nowhere else to go.
The nation’s first white paper on “karoshi” finds nearly a quarter of companies have employees that are seriously overworked.
The burden of raising children and caring for sick or elderly family members at the same time, known as "double care," is a matter of concern to a large portion of the population.
Many Japanese men and women are still having a hard time balancing work and family life, due mainly to long work hours, a government white paper said Tuesday. To improve the situation, the government needs to boldly implement Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s initiative for ...
Suicides in Japan decreased for the sixth straight year in 2015, though it remains a serious problem among the elderly and younger generations, according to a government report released Tuesday. The percentage of suicides committed by both elderly and young people rose compared with ...
The Cabinet on Friday approved a white paper to boost the nation’s rural tourism sector as it aims to increase overseas visitor numbers to 40 million by 2020. The white paper on tourism said global travel was estimated to grow to 1.8 billion tourists ...
The government will expand aid to Asian countries amid China’s growing maritime assertiveness in the South China Sea, according to an annual report on foreign aid, the contents of which were obtained by Kyodo News on Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry’s latest white paper on ...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry pledged Tuesday to step up support for marriage, birth and child care as part of efforts to stem the population decline. In its 2015 white paper on health, labor and welfare, submitted to a Cabinet meeting, the ministry ...
The Defense Ministry says it remains deeply concerned about China's maritime ambitions in the region, particularly in the light of Chinese domestic trends.
The government is concerned about weak growth capability and profitability at internationally-active Japanese companies, compared with their foreign rivals, an annual report said Friday. It is necessary to make Japanese businesses more competitive through the concentration of management resources and the promotion of effective ...
The number of suicides in Japan dropped in 2014 for the fifth straight year, but the margin of decline among people under 40 was relatively small, indicating there is still “a serious problem” among the younger generation, the government said in a report released ...
