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Prices of 143 products from major Japanese food and beverage makers will rise in November.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2025
Prices of 143 food items to rise in Japan in November
The figure is down 58.4% from a year earlier and marks the first decline in 11 months, according to research firm Teikoku Databank.
Despite responders to a Japan Press Research Institute survey ranking newspapers as among the most trustworthy sources, readership was in decline.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Online news increasingly consumed despite being viewed with skepticism
While online news was the most accessed news source, in terms of trustworthiness, it trails behind traditional media sources.
According to the education ministry, an increase in nonattendance at elementary and junior high schools may have reflected, in part, widespread views on the need for children to take time off.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2025
Elementary and junior high schools see record nonattendance figure
The figure of 353,970, in an education ministry survey, marked the 12th straight year of increase.
The most common factor behind work-related mental health issues in Japan is “relationships with people,” a government white paper on death by overwork found.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2025
Record number of applicants seek compensation for job-related mental stress
Despite efforts to reduce overtime hours and workplace harassment in Japan, a white paper released Tuesday shows the problems remain persistent.
The health ministry's Suicide White Paper for 2024 has found that numbers for both men and women peak at age 21, with “concerns over future career paths” being identified as the most likely cause.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025
Number of suicide cases among students in Japan hits record high in 2024
The figure for those in their 20s also remained high, underscoring the need to beef up care for the younger generation.
The cost to raise a child totaled ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to a survey on mothers nationwide.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025
Child-rearing costs in Japan soar when a child reaches junior high school
The total cost to raise a child was ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to the survey.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Polls show Takaichi Cabinet off to strong start with support for policy stance
Approval ratings were found to be especially high among younger generations and those in the Osaka and Nagoya regions.
Artworks depicting former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during Thatcher Fest in the town of Grantham, England, earlier this month. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has described Thatcher as a role model.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2025
Japan joins over 80 nations to have been led by women since WWII
While Takaichi's rise to power is a milestone for the nation, some caution it does not necessarily signal a broader advance in women's political standing in Japan.
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 20, 2025
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
The survey also found that In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
A survey showed that some potential homebuyers in Tokyo are delaying purchases while others are wary of missing out on opportunities posed by rising home prices.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 17, 2025
Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows
Some are delaying purchases while others are wary of missing out on opportunities posed by rising home prices.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shows the 2025 Osaka Expo mascot, Myaku-Myaku, during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 19.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2025
Nearly 70% of Japanese firms see economic benefits from expo
The proportion of companies that cited positive economic impacts from the expo, held from April 13 through Oct. 13, reached 67.5%.
Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, before she was elected the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2025
Over 40% back Takaichi visiting Yasukuni Shrine, poll shows
Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has repeatedly visited the shrine, which enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II among the war dead.
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election on Oct. 4.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2025
Poll shows 43.8% poised to back possible Takaichi cabinet
Support for the possible Takaichi Cabinet is considerably higher than the 28% approval rate marked by the current Cabinet of outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
A recent survey by the Sports Agency found that women in their 30s and 40s were less physically fit in 2024 compared to 1998 levels as more women are busy working and/or raising children.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2025
Fitness levels fall for women in their 30s and 40s compared to 1998, survey finds
The survey from the Sports Agency suggested women are too busy working and/or raising children to do physical exercise, resulting in the decline.
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, a survey has shown.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2025
Internet becomes Japan's top daily news source for first time
The newspaper subscription rate fell 3.7 percentage points from a year earlier to 50.1%, continuing to decline since marking 88.6% in fiscal 2008, when the survey began.
Over half of financially struggling pregnant women and new mothers in Japan have no savings, a survey by Save the Children Japan found.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Over half of needy pregnant women in Japan have no savings
An official from Save the Children Japan urged the central and local governments to strengthen their support measures.
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
Rising to 26th from 28th last year, the University of Tokyo remains the sole Japanese university to crack the top 50 in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings.
Among respondents in a recent survey who have been affected by inflation, 91.3% said price increases had impacted their food expenses.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 9, 2025
Over 80% of households in Japan feel impact of rising prices, survey shows
Over half of respondents said their cost of living had increased, with average monthly living expenses rising by ¥9,636.
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2025
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Recognition from readers of luxury travel and lifestyle magazine Conde Nast Traveler comes after Japan welcomed a record 36.8 million foreign visitors in 2024.
In September alone, the number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan rose 8.1% from a year earlier to 873.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2025
Japan's April-September business failures hit 12-year high
In the first half of fiscal 2025, business failures rose 1.5% from a year earlier to 5,172, up for the fourth consecutive year.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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