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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a plenary session on the first day of the G20 Leaders Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2025

Japan blasts China’s ‘entirely baseless’ claims after U.N. letter

China vowed to take resolute self-defense against Japan if it "dared to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait” in a letter delivered to the United Nations.
In a 2020 research project, Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found that "people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 23, 2025

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, U.S. court filings allege

In a 2020 research project code-named "Project Mercury,” Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found positive mental health affects from stopping use of Facebook.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth inspect an honor guard in Tokyo on Oct. 29.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2025

One month in, real test set to come for defense chief Koizumi

He is now set to face an important test: how to pave the way toward strengthening the country's defense capabilities while obtaining a better understanding of public sentiment.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev talks to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025

Trump officials’ meeting with Russian envoy spurs questions about latest Ukraine plan

The meeting resulted in a 28-point plan for ending the war, sources said, that appears heavily tilted toward Russian interests.
Open lockers and scattered personal belongings are seen inside a dormitory at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, on Friday, after 315 students and teachers were seized in Nigeria's second mass school abduction in a week.
WORLD
Nov 23, 2025

Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping

The two abductions and a church attack have happened since Donald Trump threatened to intervene in what he called the killing of Christians by radical Islamists in Nigeria.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
Japan set to lean on U.S. allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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