Japan’s ruling party is launching a parliamentary group to tackle scalping, counterfeits, and even money laundering in a $2.3 billion trading card market. It meets July 23, as a Pokémon boom fuels ...

Consumer rage, complaint behavior and AI adoption look very different in the U.S. and Japan—offering sharp lessons for CX leaders. In June of 2025, I addressed the Eighth National Customer Experience ...

Japan’s long-bond yields surged to record highs on Tuesday, pushing up global borrowing costs, as investors balked at the prospect of tax cuts and a sharp increase in government spending. The 40-year ...

In response to soaring supermarket rice prices, the Japanese government released 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in February 2025, despite an abundance of rice production in the ...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains limited.