EditorialKaito Ichikawa, center right, and Kouki Nagano, center left, both Ainu Indigenous people, work with other employees at a fishing net manufacturer in Urahoro, Hokkaido, Japan on June 13, 2023. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialJapanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend Upper House's foreign affais and defemse committee session
EditorialThe Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, Japan, which has struggled with a lack of workers this winter season, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialHidekazu Yokoyama, who spent three decades in Hokkaido building a thriving dairy logistics, in Monbetsu, Japan on Nov. 3, 2022. (Noriko Hayashi/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, Japan, which has struggled with a lack of workers this winter season, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)