Only nine of Japan’s 47 prefectures have had population increases since 2015, a demographic trend that will lead to a significant reapportionment of Lower House seats, according to preliminary ...

Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the US forces in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed ...

The number of suicides decreased in 38 of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The prefecture with the highest suicide rate was Iwate with 22.9, followed by Yamanashi, at 21.9, and Niigata, at 21.2. The ...

After the slowdown of the pandemic years (and smart working), the number of arrivals in 2024 from other prefectures returned to 2019 levels. Still, despite the Ishiba government’s “revital ...

Public health officials in Japan have reported a slight rise in ... Figures have exceeded the warning level in 40 of the country's 47 prefectures. According to the National Institute of Infectious ...

Annual average AVSL (age-adjusted value of statistical life) and variation of premature deaths attributable to PM2.5 among ...