Nobel winner Sakaguchi aims for effective cancer treatment

12/10/2025

One of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has voiced hope to develop effective cancer immunotherapy using regulatory T cells he discovered.…

Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism

11/15/2025

TOKYO – The Japanese government and the ruling coalition are considering a plan to raise the so-called departure tax from the current JPY1,000 per person to JPY3,000 or more to fund measures against overtourism, informed sources said. The…

Foreign visitors to Japan total record 3.43 million in July

08/21/2025

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 4.4 percent from a year before to 3,437,000, a record high for the month, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. The…

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