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More than 20 percent of the population will be aged 75 or older in 46 of the nation’s 47 prefectures in 2050, highlighting the nation's rapidly accelerating aging trend, according to a new estimate.
Known as "Tobita-kun" or "Tobidashi Bōya, "these diverse, hand-painted traffic signs have become icons of road safety
A hefty book containing some 750 letters from Japanese students expressing gratitude for support they received from the United States after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake has been preserved by a descendant of then U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, a Japanese research team has learned.
Japan's opposition parties should work together to defeat the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition at the next general election, veteran lawmaker Seiji Maehara said Thursday following the launch of his new education-focused party that he hopes can be a unifying force. "Once again, opposition parties should come together and c...
Get your ski on with some Pokémon with the Nippon Ski Resort Development Kids Program.