AKASHI, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised "new dimension" measures to address an existential crisis: his country's plunging birthrate. Fewer than 800,000 babies were ...

AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--Embattled Akashi Mayor Fusaho Izumi announced on Oct. 12 that he will not seek re-election and retire from politics, the same day he was censured by the city assembly for ...