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    • 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

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Japan
      Powerful Japan earthquake leaves two dead and more than 100 injured

      Magnitude 7.4 tremor rattles areas devastated by 2011 tsunami with warnings of more potential aftershocks

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Kyoto to tax empty houses as Japan’s population shrinks

      Local authorities target 15,000 homes that have been abandoned and left to rot after owners died

    • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Tokyo reckons with the memory of its notorious ex-governor

      The death of a rampant nationalist who made offence-giving an art form is a reminder that the city loves a rebel

    • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
      FT MagazineLeo Lewis
      Who benefits from Japan’s panic over ageing?

      Outsourcing jobs overseas makes sense but corporate Japan may not be ready

    • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
      News in-depthMedia
      Hello Kitty prepares to charm metaverse

      Sanrio’s 33-year-old chief executive ready to take on Disney for intellectual property dominance

    • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s immigration experiment under cover of Covid

      The country has introduced restrictions on foreigners that risk blunting its soft power

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Record low number of Japanese reach adulthood as demographic woes deepen

      Falling birth rate means 40,000 fewer citizens turned 20 last year than the previous year

    • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
      Japanese business & finance
      Japan’s first female trade union head was urged by men to turn down job

      Tomoko Yoshino vows to raise pressure on corporate Japan to promote women’s progress

    • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
      Leo Lewis
      Why it costs 37 cents to make Japan’s bullet trains run on time

      Driver fined ¥43 for one-minute delay highlights a ruthless work culture and obsessive perfectionism

    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      Leo Lewis
      Was Japan’s ‘lost’ generation ahead of the virtual curve?

      The phenomenon of individuals withdrawing into their bedrooms may not be culturally unique

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      Leo Lewis
      Tokyo subway attack exposes subtler dangers in the city

      Passengers’ terror was heightened by rules which prevent train drivers using their initiative

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      News in-depthDemographics and population
      Asia’s ageing societies tempt investors to back death industry

      Demographic patterns and rising incomes create opportunities for consolidation

    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      Person in the News
      Mako Komuro, the quietly defiant former princess marries for love

      The newly-wed has lost her title and challenged the constraints of Japan’s imperial family

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Japanese princess says marrying commoner was ‘necessary for our survival’

      Bride says the intense criticism of their relationship had horrified the pair

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