Japan has drawn up a draft plan designed to reverse the country's falling birthrate, which includes boosting financial ...

Japan's prime minister unveiled a $25 billion plan on Thursday to expand support for young people and families in a bid to ...

At Thursday's meeting, Fumio Kishida said he wanted to budget roughly 3.5 trillion yen ($25 billion) over the next three ...

Japan has earmarked the next three years as the last chance to reverse the falling birthrate and halt an ... A more opaque proposal calls for changing the overall social structure and entrenched ...

Japan on Friday unveiled an outline of its mid-term economic roadmap that featured Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's "new ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida proposed a long list of policy targets for this year, as speculation continues over ...

Riding on G7 Success, Japan PM Kishida Eyes Early Election ... off on an announcement until his government unveils proposals to combat a falling birthrate and passes a measure to increase defence ...

If adopted, the proposal for a 10-year peace plan keeps the moratorium on commercial whaling. Importantly, the three countries that at present set their own catch limits (Japan, Norway ...

The U.S. and China’s war for chip supremacy continued apace this weekend. Japan—an old hand in the chip industry—could benefit. But probably only if it solves other structural problems that ...

When Okinawa was returned to Japan, the government released a statement pledging that Okinawa will be made a peaceful island. Tamaki’s proposal reaffirmed that Tokyo and Naha embraced the same ...

President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his proposal for the first major push for immigration reform since 2013. It has been presented to the House and will be introduced in the Senate next week. The ...

Few of Japan's opposition groups pose a ... to hold off on an announcement until his government unveils proposals to combat a falling birthrate and passes a measure to increase defence spending.