Minister Gus Ipul says Prabowo has reaffirmed his commitment not to cut the budgets for social assistance and direct aid ...

Japan's hot spring macaques in Jigokudani Park draw record crowds, with 257,000 visitors last year, 60% of them international.

More visitors than ever have flocked to see the snow monkeys bathing in Japan's natural hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

Consumer spending climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday, ...

Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching ...

Nigeria needs to step up disease prevention and control and decentralise disease surveillance as the US pulls donor funding.

More than 40 per cent of Japanese individuals wish to continue using their original surnames at work after marriage, according to ...

It is a 900-page policy "wish list", a set of proposals that would expand presidential power and impose an ultra-conservative social ... budget. Other Project 2025 authors nominated to government ...

While some commend the marginal increase in budget allocations for children's welfare, others voice concerns over cuts to crucial welfare and education schemes. An analysis by Child Rights and You ...