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The Toyama City Library, designed by Kengo Kuma, in November. The library is part of a building called Toyama Kirari that also houses the Glass Art Museum.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 8, 2025

New York Times chooses Toyama and Osaka as top places to go in 2025

The city of Toyama was praised by the Times as a place where tourists could “enjoy cultural wonders and culinary delights while skipping the crowds.”
Kyoto University's CiRA Foundation will automatically make autologous induced pluripotent stem cells and turn them into heart muscle and nerve cells at a new facility in the city of Osaka starting in April.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2025

Automated iPS cell production to start in Japan in April

Autologous iPS cells will be created and turned into, among others, heart muscle and nerve cells.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2025

U.S. Marine suspected of sexual assault in Okinawa

The U.S. Marine is suspected of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman indoors on Okinawa's main island last November.
A potential foreign acquisition of Japanese retail giant Seven & I would be "heavily related" to national security, Japan's economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2025

Japan flags foreign takeover of 7-Eleven owner as a security issue

His public comment is the first by a senior Japanese official over security issues raised by a $47 billion buyout offer by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard.
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 9, 2025

Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?

Hair removal treatments are increasingly being extended to children as young as three years old in Japan, raising concerns over the risks.
Masanori Hirabaru, 43, is escorted out of a police station in Kitakyushu on Dec. 20 to be brought to prosecutors in relation to a double stabbing at a McDonald's outlet in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was rearrested Thursday on a charge of murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2025

Police rearrest suspect in McDonald's attack on murder charge

Authorities have rearrested Masanori Hirabaru, 43, over the double stabbing in Fukuoka Prefecture in December that left one of two teenage victims dead.
The decrease in sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in Japan in 2024 was apparently because of Houthis attacks on ships that disrupted commercial shipping and rising materials costs that sent vehicle prices higher.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2025

Japan sales of foreign-brand vehicles fall 8.5% in 2024

Sales of foreign-brand vehicles priced lower than ¥4 million plunged 28.6%, while sales of those priced between ¥4 million and less than ¥10 million dipped 2.2%.
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing reported strong growth in revenue and operating profit for the three months through November on robust demand in Japan, North America and Europe.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2025

Uniqlo owner reports strong growth in Japan and Western markets

Operating profit rose 7% to ¥157.6 billion for the three months ended November from a year earlier, with sales increasing to ¥895.2 billion.
Consumer spending in Japan has been on a downtrend for months.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 10, 2025

Japan’s household spending falls, weighing on BOJ rate hike path

Outlays adjusted for inflation fell 0.4% in November from a year earlier, led by household durable goods and clothing.
A government minister has said the acquisition of 7-Eleven by foreign capital is majorly related to economic security.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2025

Japan to consider 'economic security' in 7-Eleven takeover

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa highlighted the role Japan's convenience stores can play in times of crisis, such as after major earthquakes.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (second from right) addresses a ministerial meeting held Friday at the Prime Minister's Office to discuss measures to boost exports of farm produce and food products.
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2025

Japan to step up efforts to increase food exports

The government will support efforts by Japanese food-related companies to team up with foreign businesses.
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 10, 2025

Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch

Ispace's Resilience lander will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2025

Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo

The suspect, who said she is a South Korean national and student at the university, claimed to have lashed out after being bullied.
The record high reflected strong corporate demand for working capital amid rising raw materials prices and the yen's weakening, as well as brisk capital investment mainly by large companies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 11, 2025

Japan bank lending hits record high at end of 2024

Outstanding bank lending in Japan stood at a record high of ¥605.8 trillion at the end of 2024, up 4.4% from a year before, according to industry data.
A clinic in the city of Saitama in May 2020
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2025

Japan may provide support to boost rollout of smartphone-based health cards

The health ministry may provide support to medical institutions and pharmacies to promote the use of digital My Number personal identification and health insurance cards.
Yokohama F. Marinos coach Steve Holland holds a news conference in Yokohama on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 11, 2025

Steve Holland ready to step out of Gareth Southgate's shadow in Japan

The 54-year-old, who will coach Yokohama F. Marinos this season, was the right-hand man to Southgate during their eight years together with England.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will launch a program to support the repayment of student loans for those who will start working as teachers or technical civil servants in the capital.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2025

Tokyo to help teachers repay student loans

The metropolitan government also plans to start providing financial assistance to students who study abroad.
A man casts his ballot during the general election at a polling station in Tokyo on Oct. 27.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

Ishiba keeping eye on Lower House multiseat constituency talks

The prime minister is believed to be eyeing cooperation with opposition parties by using electoral system reform as an opportunity.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya during a working lunch at a hotel in Tokyo last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

'Quad' foreign ministers eye meeting in Washington on Jan. 21

The ministerial meeting will underscore that the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is attaching importance to collaboration among the four nations.
Yoshihiko Noda, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech in the city of Kitakyushu last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

CDP's Noda looks to local elections to build party's momentum

The moves by main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yoshihiko Noda come amid speculation of a rare double election this summer.
The mascot character of the Osaka Expo promotes the event at Tokyo's Haneda Airport last week.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2025

Osaka Expo kicks off pavilion reservation lottery amid sales concerns

Winning the lottery guarantees entry to popular pavilions, and this benefit is being promoted to help boost ticket sales, which have struggled to gain momentum.
Participants observe a minute of silence for the victims of the Jan. 17, 1995, earthquake during an event for the the Coming-of-Age Day in Kobe on Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2025

20-year-olds celebrated in Kobe 30 years after earthquake

A minute of silence was observed for the victims of the Jan. 17, 1995, earthquake.
The 40-year JGB yield rose as much as 3 basis points to 2.755%, the highest since 2007 when the bonds were sold for the first time.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 14, 2025

Japan’s 40-year yield rises to highest since debut in 2007

Japan’s 20-year yield also rose to its highest since May 2011 this morning after the nation’s markets reopened following a public holiday on Monday.
Staff Sgt. Akihiro Yamamoto reflects on the Great Hanshin Earthquake while looking at materials at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Itami base in city of Itami, Hyogo Prefecture in December.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 14, 2025

How the SDF has earned trust through disaster relief efforts

Public sentiment toward the SDF was markedly colder during the Great Hanshin Earthquake, service personnel recall.
A research team from Nagoya University and other institutions hopes that further testing on humans involving the antioxidant luteolin will lead to the development of a drug for preventing or reducing gray hair.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2025

Antioxidant found in broccoli, celery suppresses gray hair in mice

Researchers hope that further testing on humans could lead to the development of a drug that would prevent or reduce gray hair.
Mitsubishi Corp. will stop buying and selling refined metals and mineral resources in the Chinese spot market after a suspected fraud by one of its copper traders caused a huge loss.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2025

Mitsubishi Corp. quits China metal trading after copper fraud

Mitsubishi announced a ¥13.8 billion loss "in its Chinese trading business” in its quarterly earnings in November.
The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of ¥10 million or more in Japan last year marked the third consecutive year of increases as rising prices due to the yen's weakening and labor shortages caused business failures in a wide range of industries.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 14, 2025

Japan business failures top 10,000 in 2024, worst in 11 years

The annual figure marked the third consecutive year of increases as rising prices due to the yen's weakening and labor shortages caused business failures.
A street in Pattaya, Thailand
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2025

Thai police arrest Japanese man over ¥1.36 billion retiree scam

The scam involved fraudsters impersonating Japanese government staff to sell bogus health insurance packages, according to the police statement.
Mori Building has been offering yoga and body stretch programs in the shared common space of its Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward for workers of tenant firms.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 15, 2025

Realtors offer healthy options for office workers of tenant firms

Many companies have learned that preparing a workplace environment in which their employees can stay healthy is key to securing talent.
The influx of foreign tourists in Japan is pushing up hotel room prices, forcing some business travelers to stay at capsule hotels.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2025

Japan's tourism boom prices out local business travelers

The average price of a basic room at a business hotel in Tokyo has nearly doubled between 2019 and last year.
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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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