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While everyone has their own reasons for coming to Japan, a fair number of foreigners come here to teach English. In recent ...

Tatsuya Shindo was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese organized crime gang. His arm-length tattoos are a sure sign of ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

Care Japan Show showcased the many industries that are involved in or rapidly adapting to the service of the very old. Read ...

The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.

Japan has reached the stage where its enormous baby boomer generation has fully moved from being “elderly” to “advanced elderly”, says the Financial Times’ Leo Lewis.