Opinion

Melting pot Japan

Japan has more people aged over 95 than babies born within the past 12 months. It uses far more adult diapers than baby diapers.
Japan’s economic struggles post-pandemic, unexpected inflation, and interest rate hikes abroad have contributed to the weakest yen in nearly 35 years, approaching 160 yen to the dollar. While visitors ...
Imagine that a government provides subsidies to single parents that actually increase taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or ...
I recently fulfilled one of my oldest dreams – to visit Japan. My wife and I spent 3 weeks there – 10 days as part of a tour and 10 days on our own. Japan did not disappoint. It was everything I had ...
As a nation that produced exceptionally poor tanks during World War II, Japan during the postwar period had quite a reputation to overcome. Wartime tanks such as the Type 97 “Chi-Ha” were a decade or ...
In the quiet, remote village of Kamimomi, nestled in Japan's western Okayama prefecture, the serene beauty of ancient rice terraces contrasts sharply with the challenges faced by the rice farmers. The ...