TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has been conducting an "omotenashi (hospitality) training" program for foreign employees ...

The number of foreigners employed in Japan hit a record high last year, surpassing the 2.5 million mark for the first time and highlighting the country's labor shortages.

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up ...

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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 ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

The Japan Innovation Party and Sanseito have called for setting a cap on the percentage of foreign nationals in Japan's population in their promises to voters for Sunday's House of Representatives ...

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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen its new leader, and the outcome marks a significant shift. Sanae Takaichi’s victory in the 4 October 2025 presidential election signals that ...