5 Years After Japan Disasters, 'Temporary' Housing Is Feeling Permanent
Deadlines to rehouse evacuees have come and gone. It's still not clear when they might go home, and if so, what would they return to?
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As A Japanese Mountain Village Shrinks, So Do Its Prospects For Kabuki
For more than 300 years, children have performed kabuki, Japan's classical theater, in the village of Damine. But as residents age or leave for cities, Damine is running out of young performers.
Record $300 Million Net Loss For McDonald's In Japan As Sales Drop
Hit by a string of scandals over food safety controls, McDonald's business in Japan has posted its worst annual results since going public 15 years ago.
Will More Day Care Help Boost Japan's Sluggish Economy?
Greater access to child care is central to Japan's "womenomics" policy. The hope is that more day care will mean more women remain in the workforce after they become mothers.
Will More Day Care Help Boost Japan's Sluggish Economy?
Greater access to child care is central to Japan's "womenomics" policy. The hope is that more day care will mean more women remain in the workforce after they become mothers.
Reporter's Notebook: Settling In In Seoul
NPR opened a South Korea bureau in March. Correspondent Elise Hu offers her take on the wonder and the wackiness of life and journalism in East Asia.
Does Japan Need Some Binders Full Of Women?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has been forced to dramatically lower its targets for promoting women in government and the private sector.
Japan Faces Another Recession As Company Spending Declines
The global slowdown is undermining the ambitious economic agenda known as "Abenomics."
For China, Japan And S. Korea, Just Meeting Is An Accomplishment
Leaders of the three countries gather in Seoul to talk over trade potential and attempt to put aside longstanding tensions over history and territorial matters.
Japan Can Now Send Its Military Abroad, But Will It?
For the first time since World War II, Japan's military can fight beyond its borders. The move sparked weeks of protests even though the likelihood of involvement in a foreign war appears quite small.