Japan announces new policy barring entry to foreigners with outstanding medical bills and requiring visitors staying over ...

A new law banning online casinos and ads has been passed in Japan, boosting addiction awareness and improving international cooperation.

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Tourists could be made to get private medical insurance and immigration officials would be able to access visitors’ records ...

Resumption of the shows will depend on the results of stepped-up sanitisation measures, including pipe cleaning and chemical ...

The government is also considering making private medical insurance mandatory for foreign visitors. Read more at straitstimes ...

TOUGHER rules being enforced in Japan will see employers fined if they fail to take adequate precautions to protect workers ...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed setting up a disease prevention fund within the draft Law on Disease Prevention.

Teachers will be getting more pay and the promise of less notoriously excessive overtime work under a bill revising Japan's ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years.

Businesses will face potential penalties including fines of 500,000 yen ($3,475) if provisions aren't sufficient ...

For millions of Filipino families, access to affordable and high-quality health care remains a distant promise—even with ...