Significant Improvement in the Living Standards of the Poor Through poverty alleviation, there has been a substantial ...

Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated ...

In Tokyo, Levi Pells, 32, was managing a small team and earning more than he ever imagined. He noticed his happiness depended ...

A new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications may deter hires of international talent, and could discourage skilled foreign ...

Many climate scientists call our current epoch the “Anthropocene” — the first human-driven climate era. Many technologists ...

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Takeuchi, originally from Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, first visited China in 2010 to produce the three-part documentary A ...

The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the ...

Japan for years has had a problem with bear attacks, but lately it’s gotten so bad the military was deployed to help protect ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

Introduction: Social prescribing (SP) has not yet been officially introduced in Japan. This qualitative case study aimed to identify the challenges and facilitating factors in the implementation of SP ...