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    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Sahoko Kaji
      Japan must lose its Showa mentality

      The attitude of my postwar cohort has gripped the country for too long

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Japan readies ‘last hope’ measures to stop falling births

      Experts say next 10 years critical as prime minister eyes ‘children first’ society

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Covid fears kill Japan’s travel bug

      Taboos around spreading coronavirus and weak yen keep travellers home and industry ailing

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Death and Japan’s nuclear shelter salesman

      Khrushchev once speculated that the survivors of the apocalypse would envy the dead. I agree

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s reckoning with religious threats, real and imagined

      Abe’s murder has led to a crackdown on the Unification Church — and on parents frightening children with hellfire

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Japan to offer families ¥1mn per child to leave Tokyo

      Government attempts to reverse decades of demographic decline away from the big cities

    • Saturday, 19 November, 2022
      Japan seeks wealthier western tourists to address China deficit

      Arrivals more than doubled month on month in October but Chinese tourists stayed away

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      ‘Degrowth’ — Marxism is back for the modern age

      A Japanese philosophy professor has scored an unlikely hit with a book denouncing unbridled consumption

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s empty villages are a warning for China

      Beijing should take note of the risks posed by a property bubble and demographic changes

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Japanese politics & policy
      Kishida orders probe of Moonies after outcry over Japan political ties

      Former leader Shinzo Abe’s assassination highlighted connections with Unification Church

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
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      Japan hopes foreign tourist surge will offer upside to weak yen

      End of Covid-19 travel curbs raises hopes of $35bn economic boost from international visitors

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
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      Office slackers: the truth about doing nothing at work

      Every workplace has them. Here’s why

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Shinzo Abe
      Protesters march on Japan’s parliament to criticise Abe state funeral

      World leaders gather to bid farewell to divisive leader who introduced Abenomics

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Pandemic fails to shift Japan’s attitude to employee wellbeing

      Stance on remote work can be viewed as resistance to broader change

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Japan’s latest alcohol advice: please drink more

      Government-backed project aims to counter drop in consumption among young that has hit tax revenues

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s heatstroke insurance boom carries a warning for the rest of us

      Middle classes who fear a lean retirement are risking their health to continue working in sweltering conditions

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      Japan’s unvaccinated youth drive record Covid infections

      Inoculation rates among elderly are high but only a fraction of people under 20 have had boosters

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
      Pandemic piques employee interest in Japan’s social enterprises

      Desire to make an impact is prompting workers to reconsider career plans

    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Abe’s assassination has shone a light on Japan’s faith industry

      Despite appearances, religion remains a powerful background presence in the country

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Japanese politics & policy
      Japan’s ruling LDP wins landslide victory after Abe assassination

      Voters hand Tokyo a historic opportunity to revise pacifist constitution

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Shinzo Abe restored Japan’s place on the world stage

      Long-serving premier leaves an outsized legacy in economics and diplomacy

    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      The rise and rise of Japan’s unsackable slacker

      In a culture that rewards seniority, young workers feel resentment towards older unproductive colleagues

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      ReviewFiction
      All the Lovers in the Night — a piercing study of female loneliness

      Mieko Kawakami’s third novel to appear in English challenges the expectations and social strictures that weigh on women

    • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
      LexAgeing Populations
      Fertility: childcare costs exacerbate the demographic drought Premium content

      Ageing populations present opportunities as well as risks for equity investors

    • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
      LexJapanese business & finance
      Four-day week: the wrong perk for Japan’s unshirking workers Premium content

      A shorter working week is not a guaranteed fix to the problem of low labour productivity

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