The Thai government is coordinating efforts to repatriate the remains of a Thai vocational student who was found deceased in Hiroshima, Japan, after being reported missing for nearly a month.

Japan Ministry of Finance on Thursday maintained its economic assessment stating that the economy is gradually recovering despite some weaknesses Th ...

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is eyeing expansion of the so-called "inter-work interval system" requiring a certain number ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan has hit a record high for the 12th straight year, reflecting severe labor shortages in the country, labor ministry data showed ...

TOKYO -- The number of foreigners working in Japan jumped by 250,000 in a year to 2.3 million in October, the largest year-on-year increase since records began in 2008, as efforts by companies to ...

The report on Japan was researched and compiled over ... the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. In this way the system provides multiple ...

Statistics compiled by the Japanese government show that the number of foreign workers in the country hit a record high last year, surpassing 2.3 million.

Suicides among school-age children in Japan reached an all-time high of 527 in 2024, surpassing the previous record of 514 in 2022, according to preliminary figures released by the Ministry of ...

Japan reported 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in died by suicide last year. This is ...

Bad weather and a chronic labour shortage will delay the completion of an air base on a remote Japanese island by three years ...