Michael Mozzhechkov, Author at The CommentaTHOR

Michael Mozzhechkov18.04.2024

Tourists in Kyoto. A record 3.08 million foreign visitors visited Japan in March. Japan is on track to meet the government’s goal of surpassing the pre-pandemic figure of 32 million foreign visitors a year by 2025, with the number reaching a record 8.56 million in the January-March quarter, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization […]

Michael Mozzhechkov16.04.2024

A year before the opening of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, excitement for the event is low and ticket sales have been sluggish. There has also been criticism of construction delays and rising costs making construction difficult. At a press conference on Tuesday organized by the Japan World Expo 2025 Association, producers asked questions such as […]

Michael Mozzhechkov15.04.2024

Japan’s young workers go abroad as huge wage gap persists. With inflation now at its highest level in decades, Japanese are beginning to realize that years of stagnant wages are forcing many of them to budget every month until their next paycheck arrives. Tomoki Yoshihara starts his shift at a meat processing plant in rural […]

Michael Mozzhechkov14.04.2024

Of October 1, the population of Japan, including foreigners living in the country, amounted to 124,352,000 people; it decreased by almost 600 thousand over the year. The decline has continued for 13 years in a row, a government report says. If we talk about the citizens of Japan, then their numbers are eaten up even […]

Michael Mozzhechkov09.11.2023

Political opponents intend to do nasty things to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida — the Constitutional Democratic Party, the main force of the local opposition, intends to introduce a bill to parliament demanding a freeze on the salaries of the head of government and his ministers. The demarche is being undertaken in connection with another […]

Michael Mozzhechkov

Japan Reopens to Foreign Tourists

First Look at the Upcoming 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo

Young Japanese Immigrate for Better Pay

Dangerous Trends in Japanese Demographics

Should the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and His Ministers Receive Extra?

Olga Chekhova — the “Queen of the Nazi Reich” and Russian Spy

Do Animals have Conscious Thought?

Gavriil Popov — the First Post-Communist Mayor of Moscow

“Bulgakov — Get Out the Russian Chauvinist from Kyiv!”