Also known as a "departure tax", this tax was introduced in 2019. It is automatically included in travel fares and applies to all individuals leaving Japan by air or sea, including both foreign ...

As winter tightens its grip on Japan, a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system is causing significant snowfall and strong winds across the nation. This dramatic weather event is expected to affect ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

School backpacks are seen in an unrelated photo taken in Sapporo on March 4, 2025. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) SAPPORO -- In a number of cases, children in Japan are becoming victims of sexual ...

But he might still be behind bars if not for Hiroaki Murayama, the judge who in 2014 dared do something extremely rare in Japan's often intractable legal system: he ordered a retrial. Prosecutors ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching ... 12 cm in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, and 10 cm in the city ...

Megan and Ben Teaching at Japanese Schools: The Good and the bad Posted: March 9, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 The low salary is a major issue for native English-speaking teachers in ...

(Mainichi/Sahomi Nishimoto) TOKYO -- A teacher at an elite national elementary school in Japan hid bullying in their class, causing the victim to abandon his plan to advance to an affiliated ...