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Emperor Naruhito (left) visits a special education school in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, in May and looks at a student attending to a customer at a cafe inside the school.

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Jul 9, 2025

Boosting support for parents of children with disabilities in Japan

Businesses and local governments are taking steps to support parents after care programs for their disabled children are discontinued at a certain age.

Following a string of bear attacks that led to human injuries, the Environment Ministry has announced guidelines that list conditions and procedures for allowing the shooting of bears and other wild animals in urban areas.

JAPAN / Society

Jul 8, 2025

Japan releases guidelines on shooting of bears in urban areas

The move follows a string of bear attacks that led to human injuries.

Yoshiomi Tamai

JAPAN / Society

Jul 7, 2025

Philanthropist Yoshiomi Tamai dies at 90

By Jessica Speed

Tamai was the founder and longtime president of the Ashinaga Foundation, which has supported over 110,000 orphaned students.

The share of households with children in Japan slid 1.5 points from the year before to a record low of 16.6%.

JAPAN / Society

Jul 5, 2025

Record 80% of Japanese mothers are employed

The latest survey also found that 58.9% of households felt they were struggling to make ends meet, almost unchanged from the year before.

Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.

JAPAN / Society

Jul 4, 2025

Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations

By Elizabeth Beattie

Both cities rank highly in an emerging trend of nighttime tourism, according to a recently released report.

Yumiko Watanabe (left), head of nonprofit group Kidsdoor, announces in Tokyo last month the results of a survey conducted on struggling families.

JAPAN / Society

Jul 4, 2025

80% of lower-income families in Japan say financial situation getting worse

Many respondents cited the price of rice as a key factor, with some saying they are struggling to put enough food on the table.

A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.

JAPAN / Society

Jul 2, 2025

Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks

By Karin Kaneko

In total, 911 earthquakes were recorded by Wednesday afternoon, with the cause behind the series of earthquakes still unclear.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.

How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan

By Megha Wadhwa

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