In 2021, the government panel presented the proposals, which call for allowing female members to retain their Imperial Family status after marriage and for allowing male members in the paternal line of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the Imperial Family.
Japan’s population, including non-Japanese residents, as of Oct. 1 last year dropped by 595,000, or 0.48 pct, from a year before to 124,352,000, down for the 13th successive year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday....
Japanese machinery maker Mitsui E&S Co. and U.S. subsidiary Paceco Corp. will soon start a demonstration test of a crane powered by hydrogen fuel cells at the Port of Los Angeles in California.
Japanese machinery maker Mitsui E&S Co. and U.S. subsidiary Paceco Corp. will soon start a demonstration test of a crane powered by hydrogen fuel cells at the Port of Los Angeles in California.
Some 8 out of 10 Japanese are in favor of a woman sitting on the Chrysanthemum Throne, according to opinion polls. Princess Aiko, who would be next in line in a system allowing both males and females to reign, enjoys overwhelming popularity, but political opposition remains strong. A recent event shed new light on the...
Detailed Japanese analysis of the Madani Government
A 2009 memoir by Sakamoto Ryūichi has been reissued in Japan following his death earlier this year. It provides many insights into his approaches and attitudes to music as he looked back on his upbringing and career.
