Japan is in the midst of a fertility crisis, and it's 65 years in the making. Saddled with long work hours and rising expenses, young Japanese couples are opting not to have kids. Even if they have ...

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Japan’s royal family has bound generations together through strong traditions that continue to shape the country’s culture, infrastructure, and public policy, argues Alice Y. Tseng. Tseng, chair of ...

Japan’s royal family has just joined Instagram. On Monday, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency activated it’s Instagram account—its first on any social media platform—and shared the first photo, showing ...

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women's rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.

Princess Mako, who was set to give up her royal status to marry a commoner, recently postponed her marriage If a female member of the Japanese imperial family wishes to marry a commoner, she often ...

Undeterred by the recent saga surrounding their British counterparts, Japan's royal family made its social media debut Monday in a bid to shake off its image as reclusive and out of touch with the ...

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For most parts of the world, family businesses are often passed down from parents to their biological children; however, Japan has long embraced a different tradition where, rather than handing ...

When my then-husband accepted military orders to Japan for his next duty station, I was nervously excited. At the time, my first child was barely over a year old, and I hated the thought of living so ...