Foreign men exploit underage victims lured into prostitution by poverty and false promises of legitimate work.

An initiative by Kochi Prefecture would set the minimum wage at 60 percent of the median for full-time workers, mirroring the ...

A private scholarship program is providing support for high school students without residency status in Japan, ensuring they ...

Online influencer who was obnoxious on train, treated public toilet as ‘personal spa’ is described as a ‘cancer’ on China’s ...

Introduction: Liberia’s Growth Paradox Liberia’s economy is projected to grow at a reported 5 percent growth rate over the ...

The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing ...

More than 15,000 people in 100 countries, including Ireland, will gather today to run, jog, walk and roll in solidarity with ...

Natsuo Kirino’s novel follows a young woman in Tokyo as she navigates the world of egg donation and surrogacy.

The normative economic consensus underpinning the world order is undergoing a seismic shift, with the United States and China ...

More than 150 Bangladeshi alumni of Japan-funded scholarship programmes convened in Dhaka on Thursday for the first-ever joint alumni gathering, celebrating decades of educational collaboration ...

The thousands of young protesters chanting vitriolic slogans against Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo ...

Racist “culture” explanations for African underdevelopment are falseGeography, climate, and trade shaped societies more than ...