Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People cross the iconic Shibuya crossroad on June 17, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. - David Mareuil/Anadolu/Getty Images Japan has worked ...

The number of foreign exchange students in Japan as of May 2025 hit a record high of 408,069, ahead of a government goal to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population. As ...

Japan has long sought to maintain a homogeneous population through strict immigration laws, but has gradually eased them to supplement its shrinking and ageing labor force. The number of foreign ...

Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, new visa rules are forcing some foreign business owners, who have put down roots in Japan, to leave.

TOKYO -- As the July 20 House of Representatives election approaches, political parties in Japan have been proposing restrictions on accepting foreigners and stricter measures on dealing with them.

TOKYO — As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, more voters here are embracing an idea inspired by their longtime ally the United States: “Japanese first.” ...