When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for governor of the world's largest city on Sunday, they were spoiled for choice.Fifty-six candidates contended for the office, a record. One who…
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Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilized between the 1950s and 1990s.The Supreme Court also ordered the government to…
It's taken until 2024, but Japan has finally said goodbye to floppy disks.Up until last month, people were still asked to submit documents to the government using the outdated storage…
After graduating from Harvard University, Ryosuke Takashima could have gone into consulting or finance, like many of his friends. Instead he embarked on an unusual career path for a Japanese…
TOKYO -- Japan's parliament passed amendments to its political funds control law on Wednesday, cracking down on legislators who fail to appropriately report political income.The amendments are part of Prime…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida defied calls for a general election in the first party leaders' debate since he came to office, which came as his support hits record lows.…
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted a revised law proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform political funding rules, despite opposition parties' criticism that it fell far short of…
The Tokyo gubernatorial election in July was supposed to be a done deal with Yuriko Koike winning a third term by a landslide. But things took an unexpected turn when…