This photo provided by Japan Media Services shows a scene from The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, directed by Rionne McAvoy. The award-winning independent documentary film ...

Rising food prices in Japan have hit some households especially hard, but grassroots organizations are stepping in to help.

Foreign-born children who grew up in Japan but lack residency status are being denied access to higher education, despite speaking fluent Japanese and completing compulsory schooling in the country.

Japan stopped vaccinating children under two years old in 1994 and saw its infant mortality drop by 96% since. Rating: False (About this rating?) In May 2025, a rumor began to spread online that Japan ...

In 2019, I was approached by the Office of International Education at the university where I teach and asked to design a course that would culminate in a trip abroad for the students. Given my ...

SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan – About 150 American and Japanese children participated in a football and cheerleading clinic here Friday to enhance their cultural understanding. The clinic ...

TOKYO — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty. The award-winning ...