The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...

"The biggest problem is the immigration system in Japan," she says ... help people displaced by the Ukrainian crisis. But is the government truly considering changes to its immigration policies?

This comes as the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare just how far behind other developed countries Japan lags in this ... the online application system. The government is facing growing anger ...

Japan is considering a new system in which young officials from central government agencies split their time between Tokyo and regional areas to support small municipalities. The measure ...

SAITAMA -- "I was disappointed. Lots of families have been granted residency, but not us," said a downcast-looking ...

"This is to prevent the medical system ... The government is also working to increase the rate of testing by introducing drive-through facilities. In recent weeks, Japan has conducted far fewer ...

Such a system has already been introduced in many countries in Europe and elsewhere. Duty-free sales procedures in Japan were fully computerized in October 2021, and a government analysis of the ...

Still, debt servicing costs are estimated to hit a record high, reflecting the Bank of Japan's interest rate hikes. With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba leading a minority government, his ...