Japan has launched a project to improve the public pension system in Mongolia, sharing its experience in dealing with a rapidly aging society with a country facing a similar demographic shift. Last autumn, 15 officials from the Mongolian central and local governments in charge of ...

Japan has for several years seen growing interest in alpine trekking and rock climbing among young women, but a growing number are starting to pick up axes to tackle the more dangerous and demanding sport of ice climbing. Among them is Miyuki Yamamura, 30, who ...