Japan’s growing demand for caregivers is reshaping global healthcare migration patterns, drawing attention from countries ...

With Japan's rapidly aging population putting mounting pressure on medical and nursing care systems, local governments are ...

A Japanese nursing care company has opened a facility in the Philippines that offers Japanese-style elderly care.

Duong secretly admired a Japanese colleague at his hospital, but it took him two years to confess his love because he was afraid she would report him for harassment.

Dahal Pratima, a certified care worker, enjoys reading picture books with her 2-year-old son, Pratik, on her day off, in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward, Sept. 15, 2025. (Mainichi/Masanori Hirakawa) FUKUOKA -- A ...

The number of foreign residents living in Japan has continued to hit record highs, suggesting the arrival of an era that sees ...

Reforms meant to boost local autonomy have been pursued for many years under the slogan “what can be done locally should be ...

If your beauty cabinet is already full of Korean skin care or you faithfully follow a 10-step K-beauty routine, it may or may not surprise you to learn that Japanese skin care has a similar ...

For almost 40 years, workers and their supporters lobbied to change the rule, seeing it as a contributor to the low wages and ...

A mother and her 2-month-old daughter use a postpartum care hotel in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward in this November 2025 file photo. (Mainichi/Haruna Tasaki) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions ...

Founded in Japan in 2017 by engineer Kota Kubo and physician Yoshinori Abe, Ubie is redefining medical services through artificial intelligence. Its mission, as Kubo explains, is “to guide people to ...