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To many, the legal pursuit of an avicidal driver will look like a sign of gross fiscal indiscipline
The latest in the monster series can be seen as an allegory that lets the country move on from past traumas
Younger workers have new expectations of risk, reward and responsibility
Investors say Beijing’s sanctions could offer an unexpected boost by creating a national champion
The country has become the world’s second largest jewellery market, trailing only the US
Labour deficit means companies are freed from having to keep excess staff and can focus on what they are best at
Prime minister Kishida says: reassess our economy; yen falls, inflation bites; equities offer ‘new opportunity’; Bank of Japan rates scrutinised; overseas property buyers keen to enter; population strain prompts pension action; art market surges
Changing tastes and a more international audience are boosting demand
In the small community of Ichinono, the first birth in more than two decades has focused minds on a demographic crisis
Could the downfall of a second-hand car dealer prove restorative for Japan’s psyche?
Some of country’s largest businesses and media groups try to distance themselves from troubled talent agency
Seibu’s flagship store in Tokyo to close for one day in protest at planned sale to US investment fund
Waiting for pancakes in a Yokohama fast food outlet serves up a reminder of the labour shortage crisis
Dispute between allies erupts just a week before Joe Biden hosts Japanese leader at Camp David
Categorising over-65s as incompetent in order to stop ATM fraud is a recipe for disaster
Wage gap persists as inconsistent definitions for senior roles inflate female representation
Turnround suggests nation’s long love affair with piggy banks is coming to an end
Reform also broadens definition of rape following longstanding criticism of penal code
End of talent agency omertà shows how corporate relationships protected misuse of power
Business culture and employment prospects may undergo profound and beneficial change as the population shrinks
The attitude of my postwar cohort has gripped the country for too long
Experts say next 10 years critical as prime minister eyes ‘children first’ society
Taboos around spreading coronavirus and weak yen keep travellers home and industry ailing
Khrushchev once speculated that the survivors of the apocalypse would envy the dead. I agree
Abe’s murder has led to a crackdown on the Unification Church — and on parents frightening children with hellfire
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