Economic Bubble

The modern manga and anime industries would not exist without Attack on Titan. Without Hajime Isayamas dystopian series and its massive, global fan base, Crunchyroll wouldve remained a curiosity instead of the global streaming powerhouse and anime production …

The government on Tuesday set a target for 300,000 jobs to be created over the next three years for people who have not found stable employment since the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in the early 1990s. In a meeting of a key economic and fiscal policy…

Norie has just completed her morning dance practice and is in a hurry as she gets ready for her next class. The whole of Tokyo's Asakusa geisha district is similarly in preparation for the Asakusa Odori Dance, a major event that is held once every seven years…

The government plans to support the creation of 300,000 jobs over the next three years for people who have failed to secure permanent employment since the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble in the early 1990s, a draft policy guideline showed Tuesday. The su…

RAMALLAHAs the Trump administration tries to build suspense about its long anticipated peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dubbed improbably the Deal of the Century, some things have changed dramatically on the ground here, and some decidedly hav…

(CNN) Famous for its tolerance as much as its narrow houses and broad canals, Amsterdam is undergoing a radical change of attitude when it comes to the millions of tourists that flock to see it each year. Tolerance, it seems, has reached its limits in the D…

The employment rate of jobseekers who graduated from universities this spring stood at 97.6 percent, in the latest sign of labor shortages in Japan where the population is rapidly aging. The employment rate for fiscal 2018 that ended in March was the second …

The employment rate for job seekers who graduated from universities this spring stood at 97.6 percent, government data showed Friday, in the latest sign of a widespread labor shortage amid a graying population. The employment rate for fiscal 2018, which ende…

The people of Japan have had a lot to celebrate lately. On May 1 they welcomed their new emperor along with the Reiwa imperial era. The event came in the middle of an unprecedented 10-day Golden Week break for the country's famously hardworking citizens. Emp…

This week, Japan has been in the midst of a 10-day celebration culminating with the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, marking the end of the Heisei era, and the beginning of the Reiwa era of Emperor Naruhito on May 1. The abdication is the f…