In Japan, Full-Speed Ahead to the Past
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After the Abe implosion, the gray-headed factions seemed destined to recover their hold on power
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Suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, Japan is in the midst of a growing craze for Indian education.
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Ceremonies are held in Japan to mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the world's first high-speed railway service.
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Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report Wednesday.
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Japan paves the way for an increase to its minimum wage, the first major change in more than 40 years.
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Follow what the Brits have been doing for over 350 years, the Japanese for 1,200 years and the Chinese for over 5,000 years. Drink tea.
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Japan saw its economy grow at a faster pace than  expected in the three months to June, officials figures show.
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In Japan today, China has come to be regarded as a partner by the business class and a rival, if not outright adversary, by the political class.
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The number of Japanese men and women who have lived 100 years or more surged this year to a record 23,038. The figure released by the Health Ministry reflects longer life spans in a rapidly greying nation, where
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History looks primed to repeat itself.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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JapanÂs economy grew at a slower pace than previously reported in the most recent quarter, a sign that a long expansion may be losing steam.
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TOKYO  For a country that shut out foreigners for hundreds of years, Japan has proved strangely attractive for problem migrants of late.
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FUJIKAWAGUCHI, Japan -- If you look up from the forests at the foot of Japan's Mount Fuji, the volcano's graceful slopes rise into the distance and peak in a nearly symmetrical, snowcapped cone.
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The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years, with the once-exclusive centenarian club expected to surpass 28,000 this year, the government said Friday.
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Japanâs inflation rose at the fastest pace in more than nine years in November while industrial production and household spending declined.
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Let the past put current conditions in perspective.