Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor ...

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. By Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya The ...

Japan is loosening regulations on part-time work for foreigners stuck in the country due to the novel coronavirus and having trouble supporting themselves, the government said on Tuesday.

Takayu Onsen in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan, where three hotel workers were found dead Tuesday after conducting routine maintenance on a hot spring. File Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

More than 80 percent of foreign technical trainees and specified skilled workers in Japan sent money to their home countries last year, a labor ministry survey showed. The figure is significantly ...