Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

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A closing ceremony was held on March 24 at Ryugasaki Municipal Omiya Elementary School in Ibaraki Prefecture, which will close at the end of March. Ab･･･ ...

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Japan's health gains over the past 30 years are now stalling, with rising regional disparities. The increasing burdens of ...

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The world’s lowest interest rate is no longer in Japan but Switzerland after the Swiss National Bank cut rates by a quarter-point on Thursday. The SNB took its key rate down to 0.25% ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Savings rates slid for much of 2024 as banks anticipated the Federal Reserve would cut short-term rates as it turned its attention ...

In a widely expected move, the Japanese central bank maintained its target for the overnight call rate at 0.5%. The BOJ made its third rate hike in late January after ending the world’s last ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) unanimously voted to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.5%. Governor Kazuo Ueda did not indicate when the next rate hike might occur but emphasised the Bank's commitment ...