Japanese life insurer Meiji Yasuda has decided to raise annual salaries by 5 percent on average beginning in April. The move comes amid intensifying competition to secure workers. The increase for ...

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., one of Japan’s biggest life insurance companies, plans to raise its retirement age from the current 65 to 70 so it does not suffer a shortfall of experienced staff.

Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance wants to seek more acquisitions overseas, where it’s prepared to spend to buy attractive assets. "There is no such thing as ‘too expensive’ when it ...

The Japanese food and pharmaceutical company is putting intellectual property at the centre of its business strategy, says Koshi Sakamoto, general manager of IP intelligence. Register for free to ...

In the wee hours of Wednesday, New Year's Day worshippers packed the grounds of Meiji Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in central Tokyo, praying that good luck will come their way in 2025. They began ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold that’s long been used in Japan for starting fermentation.Credit...Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

And it seems that sentiment will hold true with 2024’s No. 15 pick in center Kel’el Ware. Despite a slow start to his season, mostly caused by injury, Ware is quickly heating up for a Miami ...

Miami Heat rookie center Kel’el Ware isn’t just a bright spot amid the ongoing Jimmy Butler saga. Ware has suddenly positioned himself to bring home some hardware. Ware, the No. 15 pick last ...

Comics are a medium that can often be read quickly, but Ware forces us to slow down. I spoke with Ware via email at his request, and his answers resemble short essays that bear all the hallmarks ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.