Outdated teaching methods and the rise of language translation apps have made most Japanese less inclined to learn English, ...

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Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides language learning services and assistance in countries around the world, prepares its English Proficiency Index (or EF EPI) ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

Japan’s new prime minister may drive a renewed wave of risk appetite among Japanese crypto investors, industry watchers told Cointelegraph. Japan’s newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, may ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. He had targeted ...

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to approve the issuance of Japanese yen-denominated stablecoins as early as this fall, marking the first time the country will allow a domestic ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...

The leaves of a heart-shaped ginkgo tree at the Iimori Fureai Hiroba community plaza's parking lot in the city of Isahaya, ...

The "national green onion summit," where green onion producers gathered to offer their special green onions and local dishes, ...

In the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, a local taxi company has begun operating "Santa taxis." Of the company's 100 ...

We're totally expecting this game to go under the radar following its release on Xbox this week, but there's an interesting ...