Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek. Starting in April, the Tokyo Metropolitan government, one of the ...
A NEW city has just muscled its way to the top of the global population charts with 42 million inhabitants. The leader of the ...
Commuters try to squeeze themselves into an overcrowded train during morning rush hours at a Tokyo train station in 2019. As a child growing up in Watertown, Jade Harrelson dreamed of owning a home.
Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...
Homelessness remains one of the most pressing social challenges worldwide, affecting millions of people. While some nations ...