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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.

Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.

JAPAN / Society

Oct 10, 2025

‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears

By Tomoko Otake

The prefectural and city governments of Osaka have announced they will retain just a 200-meter portion of the world's largest wooden structure.

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.

The Mie Prefectural Government plans to create an ordinance to penalize customer harassment.

JAPAN / Society

Oct 8, 2025

Mie eyes Japan's first penalty against customer abuse

The ordinance would define customer abuse as excessive nuisances that go beyond social norms and harm employees' working environment.

Japanese teachers work significantly longer hours than their peers in other countries, with time spent on extracurricular activities being a heavy burden, an OECD study shows.

JAPAN / Society

Oct 7, 2025

Teachers in Japan still work the longest hours, OECD survey finds

By Yukana Inoue

Teachers worked an average of over 50 hours per week, but much of it was spent on out-of-classroom work.

Takumi Yamaguchi (right), head of startup AirKamuy, and a colleague retrieve a drone made of cardboard after a test flight in a field near Nagoya.

JAPAN / Society

Oct 7, 2025

Startups lead charge as Japan warms to defense and dual-use technologies

By Alastair Gale

Opinion polls show public support growing for a stronger defense, and the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi, has called for more military spending.

The government's revised action plan for preventing human rights violations linked to corporate activities is likely to focus on small companies as a "priority area."

JAPAN / Society

Oct 7, 2025

Japan's revised corporate action plan on human rights to prioritize small firms

The government aims to accelerate efforts across entire supply chains by encouraging small businesses, which have been slower to adopt human rights measures, to make improvements.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.

Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building

By Patrick St. Michel

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