A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country ...

Bear attacks have surged in Japan, with a record number of fatal incidents in the fiscal year of 2025 ― and this year has already seen several deaths. But there's a new difference. What was once a ...

Japan has long been synonymous with gaming, but some experts and parents fear a growing addiction problem is going unaddressed. Mia Itoshiro works with a group that gives seminars on preventing gaming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York ...

In the 2025 global gender gap index (GGGI), Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries – still the lowest among the G7 nations and among the poorest performers globally. This is largely because of limited ...

A man looks at an electronic boarddisplaying stock prices of Nikkei 225 listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on April 24, 2024. Suddenly, the 25% surge in the Nikkei 225 Stock ...

Japan’s bear problem continues, and the country is running out of the robot wolves that help keep them at bay. First released ...