On these, users can play games, send money, shop and much more. WeChat in China is perhaps the most prominent and diverse example. Across the Sea of Japan, LINE offers a similar service. The app was ...

The rural population, meanwhile, declined to 464.78 million. Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A senior woman waits for customers at a market in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila ...

Japan-based IGArchitects has designed a concrete house in Okinawa, Japan for a married couple. Built on a narrow site surrounded by apartments and a cemetery, the residence is named Pyramid Hut after ...

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as the country's population continues to shrink and age rapidly. Labour shortages in Japan, particularly among non-manufacturers and small firms, are reaching historic levels, the government has ...

The economic benefits are clear, however, with experts noting that tourism is now second only to vehicle exports in terms of earnings. Japan, population 124 million, still receives far fewer tourists ...

Japan, population 124 million, still receives far fewer tourists than top destination France, which has a population of 68 million and welcomed 100 million visitors in 2023. So its overtourism ...

The economic benefits of tourism are clear. Photo: Philip FONG / AFP Source: AFP Japan, population 124 million, still receives far fewer tourists than top destination France, which has a population of ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan last year, figures showed Wednesday, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the "bucket list" destination despite overcrowding ...