Average life expectancy for both Japanese men and women fell for the second consecutive year in 2022, a health ministry survey showed. The figure for women came to 87.09 years. For men, it was 81.05 ...

Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate attendance service ...

This two-part series reports the results of the "Survey on Japanese Dietary Habits" that NHK conducted in 2016. Part I analyzes Japanese eating habits from food, values, and the relations with media.

Four major Japanese life insurance companies will stop transferring employees to agents and banks on loan for insurance sales following scandals involving such workers, people familiar with the matter ...

Japanese society is admired for its orderliness—prompt trains, litter-free streets, lost valuables returned intact. But what is behind the high degree of discipline and structure? Director Ema Ryan ...

"Otoko wa Tsurai yo" is one of Japan’s longest-running film series. Following the life of Tora-san, a wandering peddler who never quite manages to get the happy ending he yearns for, the series’ title ...