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An owner’s struggle in Japan’s northern dairy region illuminates one of the potentially devastating economic impacts of an aging society.

The economy contracted 1.2 percent as consumers and businesses were hit with rising import prices.

The city, one of Japan’s most-visited before the pandemic, desperately needs tourism’s money, but it would like to avoid the excesses of Instagram-driven itineraries.

It’s the logo of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. And Japan is all in.

A public weary of virus precautions pushed up consumption of goods and services, but the longer-term picture is uncertain as the global economy weakens.

As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with “like-minded” nations.

The man accused of killing Shinzo Abe said his mother’s huge donations to the church bankrupted his family. Many others in Japan have similar stories.

The Unification Church, with links to conservative political parties worldwide, said Monday that the mother of the man charged in Shinzo Abe’s death was a...

Mitoshi Matsumoto, who defied corporate edicts by closing for a few hours every night, was ordered by a judge to hand over his store near...

The world’s third-largest economy lost momentum in the first three months of the year after the Omicron variant suppressed demand at home.