Indian health care workers are being eyed by Japan as a promising source of caregivers, with hopes that accessing labor from ...

TOKYO - Indian health care workers are being eyed by Japan as a promising source of caregivers, with hopes that accessing ...

How Takaichi’s government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment ...

Older adults experience significant risk of death and institutionalization after hip-fracture surgery, according to a December study published in MDPI.

Precious Matsoso is part of Natur e’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work ...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses are speaking out in opposition to plans to merge the hospital’s burn unit with Mass General’s in 2026, which they argue damages generations of institutional ...

Workers at Women & Infants Hospital are raising concerns about patient safety and working conditions. Staff allege the hospital is not honoring its recent union contract and is creating unmanageable ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

THE TWO young contenders grab at each other’s loincloths. A referee keeps up the shout of “nokotta nokotta”, indicating that the wrestlers are still in the game. Suddenly one lunges forward, sending ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan elected hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader ...