Japan is preparing a series of immigration and entry policy changes that could significantly affect foreign residents, workers and visitors. As Japan’s foreign population rises faster than previously ...

For Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to capture the president of Venezuela and his fiery rhetoric toward ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

Japan's plan to give authorities the power to order foreign investors to retroactively divest acquisitions is aimed at ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japan plans to amend its foreign investment screening law to give authorities the power to retrospectively order foreign ...

As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

"Foreigner policy" leapt to the forefront of Japanese politics and onto front pages across the country in 2025, propelled by ...

Among the many issues that helped propel Sanae Takaichi to power as Japan’s first female prime minister this fall, perhaps none is more politically charged or more important to Japan’s long-term ...

Analysts say Manila is unlikely to back the surviving victims of sex slavery, fearing it could jeopardise billions in ...