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In an upcoming shift titled "Work Style Reform for Physicians," set to commence next month, a cap on overtime hours will be introduced for doctors. However, there's a catch: hours spent on overnight duty won't be counted as work time, raising questions about the effectiveness of these changes.

It's not uncommon for men to suddenly realize that a woman they've considered just a friend could be something more. Here are three instances when men might start to see their female friends as potential girlfriends.

The Imperial Household Agency is set to launch an official Instagram account next month to share information about the activities of the Imperial Family, according to sources close to the matter.

Starting in April, Aichi Prefecture will implement the "Familyship Oath System," recognizing couples in same-sex or de facto marriages, and their children, as families.

Commuters on daily train rides are all too familiar with the frustration of encountering poorly mannered high school students.

A handwritten letter from Saigo Takamori to Okubo Toshimichi, missing for about 100 years, has been discovered in Shiga Prefecture.

The Emperor and Empress embarked on a visit to Ishikawa Prefecture, aiming to personally assess the devastation caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

For the first time since the 1950s, when statistics began to be collected, the number of people arrested in drug-related incidents involving marijuana has surpassed those involving stimulants, with 6,482 arrests for marijuana and 5,914 for stimulants last year, according to the National Police Agency.