Japan's Metabo Law, enacted in 2008, nudges adults aged 40-74 towards healthier lifestyles through mandatory waist ...

You don’t have to choose between healthy eating and loving food if you follow ‘hara hachi bu,’ the Japanese 80 percent rule.

Previously standard national health insurance cards will expire in Japan as of the end of December 1, 2025, as Japan makes its transition to the use of My Number cards incorporating health insurance ...

Blood-shot eyes, a patchy beard, and incessant quivering marked his appearance. Sitting across the young man in a local clinic in Kochi, Kerala, I found myself overcome with empathy rather than fear.

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Tuesday speech to US service members on an aircraft carrier stationed in Japan. Trump repeated his regular lie that he won the 2020 election ...

Fitness and calorie counting apps are meant to boost people's spirits, helping them become healthier by tracking their progress. But many find them to be a complete downer and an utter detriment, a ...

Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appears to be a modern "Iron lady" in the mold of Margaret Thatcher with all the controversy that entails. However successful her ...

Japan’s health authorities have declared an influenza epidemic, with thousands of people infected with the respiratory virus. The number of infections is unusual for this time of year, researchers say ...

The various reactions to Charlie Kirk’s murder expose something both unsettling and defining about our political era: Shame is gone for good. Like his ally Donald Trump, Kirk was a far-right ...

Bella Hadid' felt a "deep sense of shame" over her mental health struggles. The 29-year-old model has spent years battling anxiety and depression and she often started every day in tears as she ...