Kumamon on 1st “business trip” to mainland China since COVID https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/06/908d6ba7329b-japans-kumamon-on-1st-business-trip-to-mainland-china-since-covid.html
Foreign residents in Japan near 3m as citizen population takes record drop https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Foreign-residents-in-Japan-near-3m-as-citizen-population-takes-record-drop