Japan's labour shortage is forcing its conservative lawmakers to consider overhauling decades-old social welfare rules ...

Using original survey data, we explore age-specific social contact patterns in Japan and the interaction of these patterns with household demographic structure. The objective of the study is to ...

Japanese lawmakers are close to a breakthrough that will ensure the years of strife and panic that plagued the Imperial ...

People talk a lot about the complexity of etiquette in Japan, but in 20 years of living ... no understanding of the social hierarchy or one’s place in it, and no memorization of the subtle ...

Japan, one of the places ... However, as a traditional big family structure largely dissolves and the nuclear family becomes the norm, elder care increasingly relies on social welfare services ...

as we deduce what the feudal structure of the Japanese society is in FX's Shogun TV Show. We discuss the social pyramid, non-feudal classes like peasants, craftsmen and merchants, as well as the ...

Ryuta Watanabe, a 36-year-old Japanese social media influencer ... criticism and bullying due to their unconventional family structure. "I wish you didn't involve the kids in your lifestyle.

The study, conducted on 20 captive chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan, found that when one chimp urinates ... The finding suggests that urination patterns are influenced by social ...

Bizan that overlooks the central part of Tokushima, there is a structure called the Awa Odori Kaikan ... During the world expo, performing arts from all over Japan were performed in the Omatsuri ...

The architecture of the Pavilion Textiles, which involved a dome sticking out of the center of a ramp-like structure ... Center for Japanese Studies who is familiar with expo buildings. Add ...

arts and social trends and developments. Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the column provides useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.