Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of Japanese are now 65 or older, compounding the demographic challenge and dragging on Asia's second-largest economy as it pulls itself out of a decades-long slump.

The number of births in Japan fell to another record low, underscoring the growing challenge of how to shoulder ballooning social security costs for an aging society with what’s already become an ever shrinking pool of tax-paying workers.

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 marking the ninth consecutive year of decline, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Since the wildfire began Wednesday, at least one person has died, and more than 80 homes have burned, local authorities said.

A wildfire was spreading on Thursday (February 27) near the coastal city of Ofunato, in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, leaving at least one dead. What issues are fuelling the German election?

The largest wildfire in Japan in more than 30 years is continuing to rage in the north of the country. At least one person is reported to have died in the blaze.

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly.

The US Women’s National Team’s 18-match unbeaten run under coach Emma Hayes came to an end on Thursday with a 2-1 defeat to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup.

Japan won the SheBelieves Cup on Wednesday with a 2-1 win over the U.S. women's national team, handing the hosts their first loss since Emma Hayes took over as head coach in June. The visitors got off to a quick start by scoring just two minutes into the game,

Japan have appeared in five editions of the Former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes lost her first match as manager of the United States as Japan won the SheBelieves Cup. The US were bidding for a record-extending sixth successive title in the annual round-robin invitational tournament.