Thousands of undocumented foreigners in Japan have no access to public healthcare, even for life-threatening conditions. One of them, Kurdish teenager Mehmet, needs heart surgery but he and his ...

TOKYO, Feb. 6 — The Japanese government Thursday presented to an experts panel a plan to allow foreign nationals to engage in ...

including those of foreign nationals, fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline. Japan’s declining birthrate shows no sign of slowing. According to ...