Japan is preparing a series of immigration and entry policy changes that could significantly affect foreign residents, workers and visitors. As Japan’s foreign population rises faster than previously ...

For Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to capture the president of Venezuela and his fiery rhetoric toward ...

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japan's plan to give authorities the power to order foreign investors to retroactively divest acquisitions is aimed at ...

Japan's government has launched a task force to deal with concerns about an uptick in foreign nationals living there. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi ...

"Foreigner policy" leapt to the forefront of Japanese politics and onto front pages across the country in 2025, propelled by ...

As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

Japan plans to amend its foreign investment screening law to give authorities the power to retrospectively order foreign ...

Among the many issues that helped propel Sanae Takaichi to power as Japan’s first female prime minister this fall, perhaps none is more politically charged or more important to Japan’s long-term ...