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The Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Yonaguni in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

Okinawa town elects independent mayor cautious about defense expansion

Independent candidate Tsuneo Uechi has been elected mayor of the town of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, a result that could influence the central government's defense policy.
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2025

Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October

The move comes amid concerns that foreign nationals are using the visa as an easy loophole to settle in the country.
Japan's Shohei Ohtani delivers a pitch against the USA during the World Baseball Classic final at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21, 2023.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2025

Baseball-hungry Netflix to carry World Baseball Classic in Japan

The news comes as Netflix is reportedly on the verge of entering the MLB fray by picking up the U.S. rights for the Home Run Derby
Japan Boxing Commision Secretary-General Tsuyoshi Yasukochi gives a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Aug 26, 2025

Deaths could spell end for Japanese boxing, says commission chief

Japanese boxing authorities are considering a raft of new measures to make the sport safer.
Daiki Hama, lecturer at Tama University in Tokyo, shows his creation of a virtual Siberian internment camp and a virtual reality headset in April.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Japanese lecturer digitally re-creates post-WWII Siberian detention camp

The virtual camp has been used for hands-on events for children at a museum and training sessions for student storytellers at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum.
Shinjiro Koizumi, flanked by Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama, greets rice farmers during a discussion in the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Farm minister promises 'necessary measures' to counter extreme weather events

Shinjiro Koizumi underlines the government's plan for creating agricultural infrastructure that is more resistant to disasters and climate change.
For Suzunobu, a small rice specialty shop in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, distribution delays have resulted in it struggling to sell stockpiled rice secured from the government, owner Toyozo Nishijima said.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 26, 2025

Rice woes weigh down Koizumi's first three months as farm minister

Early forecasts have also indicated that the relatively poor rice harvest this year will drive the price of the staple back up.
Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun have sued Perplexity AI over alleged copyright infringement.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025

Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun sue Perplexity AI over alleged copyright violations

The newspapers are seeking an injunction and ¥2.2 billion each in damages from Perplexity, they said in a joint statement. The suit was filed at the Tokyo District Court.
The Bank of Japan, which owns more than half of the nation’s sovereign notes, is moving forward with its plan to trim its balance sheet and scale back bond purchases.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2025

Bank of Japan’s operations signal market is eager to sell bonds

Investor selloff of government bonds comes as the BOJ moves forward with its plan to trim its balance sheet and scale back bond purchases.
Suzuki Motor plans to invest more than 700 billion rupees ($8 billion) in India, highlighting the country's growing strategic importance as the Japanese automaker expands into electric vehicle production.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2025

Suzuki Motor to invest $8 billion in India amid EV push

The South Asian nation is the company’s largest market by revenue and is now also evolving as a key export hub for its EV business.
Kunitake Toriya, a former corporal in the Imperial Japanese Army who had trained for a suicide attack mission, speaks about his wartime experiences in front of the photographs of his comrades at Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Destined for death, former kamikaze pilot recalls wanting to live

Kunitake Toriya yelled "Banzai" in his heart when his suicide mission was called off. Now, 80 years on, he is determined to share his story.
Eddie Laiche (right) speaks next to Konstantine Anthony, mayor of Burbank, California, in the city in December 2023.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

U.S. public growing critical of nuclear weapons 80 years after atomic bombings

A poll conducted this year showed that only 35% of adults in the U.S. viewed the atomic bombings as justified, while 31% said they were not justified.
Kokichi Akuzawa, a 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious hear condition, has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record

"I have been there and seen the view many times, it wasn't anything special," said Kokichi Akuzawa, shrugging off the feat.
Brazil's Neymar (left) in action with Japan's Yuta Nakayama during a friendly game at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 6, 2022
SOCCER
Aug 27, 2025

Brazil to face Japan and South Korea in October friendlies

The five-time world champions will face Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 14 after playing South Korea in Seoul on Oct. 10..
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China attend training ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 27, 2025

China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary

Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, special attention has been paid to pushing the "correct" interpretation of the complex history of the victory over Japan.
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2025

Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?

Since stepping down, the former prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party president has been raising his public profile and growing his social media presence.
Upper House lawmaker Akira Ishii
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2025

Upper House member's office raided over alleged fraud

Akira Ishii is suspected of receiving public funds by filing a report about hiring a government-paid secretary who never actually worked for him.
U.S. winger Christian Pulisic scores AC Milan's second goal against Bari at the San Siro in Milan on Aug. 17.
SOCCER
Aug 27, 2025

Pulisic returns to U.S. squad as McKennie misses out for Japan friendly

"We continue to strengthen the squad and narrow in on the pool of players who can help us achieve our goals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup," said coach Mauricio Pochettino.
The Foreign Ministrys budget request for fiscal 2026 will call for building information infrastructure and developing digital human resources.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Foreign Ministry to seek ¥874.3 billion budget for fiscal 2026

The budget request will call for building information infrastructure and developing digital human resources.
Hidetada Yoshida, 95, speaks of his experience mining for uranium ores in Fukushima Prefecture during World War II.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 22, 2025

Memories of man's WWII mining experience are hazy, but pain persists

As a student mobilized to mine ores, Hidetada Yoshida, now 95, suffered an injury so severe it still wakes him at night.
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 28, 2025

Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’

In a recent survey, 93.1% of respondents said they felt they “wanted to disappear from the world.”
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 28, 2025

Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals

Dramatic withdrawal by trading house from three projects comes amid similar moves globally.
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office searches the office of Upper House lawmaker Akira Ishii in the city of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025

Nippon Ishin lawmaker's alleged fraud likely totals ¥8 million

Akira Ishii is suspected of receiving salaries for a state-paid public secretary who actually did not work for him.
The government will support university student internships at local companies starting in fiscal 2026, aiming to encourage urban-to-rural migration and regional settlement.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

Japan to support internship programs at local companies

The aim is to strengthen the flow of people from urban to rural areas by encouraging university students in big cities to return to their hometowns after graduation.
The Finance Ministry is seeking input from primary dealers on the potential for further cuts to long-term government bond issuance, sources say.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Japan asks primary dealers for views on cutting long bond supply

The Finance Ministry has asked primary dealers for their views on further reducing issuance of longer-maturity government bonds, according to people familiar with the matter.
In September, prices will rise for seasoning products, such as sauce and mayonnaise, as well as for many frozen food products and confectionery items such as chocolate, according to research firm Teikoku Databank.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Prices of 1,422 food items, including chocolate, to rise in Japan in September

The monthly total of food products and beverages with higher prices will rise 0.6% from a year earlier, up for the ninth consecutive month.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.3% in July, down 0.2 points from the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Japan's unemployment rate falls to 2.3% in July

The number of jobless people decreased 4.7% to 1.64 million as more people found new jobs after leaving their previous positions for better opportunities.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a ministerial meeting on nuclear power policy held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

Japan to give aid to more municipalities near nuclear plants

The move will make around 150 municipalities in 22 prefectures eligible for the aid.
The number of children on nursery waiting lists decreased to a record low as of April 1, reflecting a decrease in births.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 29, 2025

Kids on nursery waiting lists down for eighth year amid falling births

As of April this year, there were 2,254 children on waiting lists, down from a high of 26,081 in 2017.
Security camera footage shows a person who appears to be Masashi Tanimoto on Aug. 20, the day when a woman was murdered in Kobe.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025

Kobe murder suspect targeted victim because she was his ‘type’

Masashi Tanimoto, 35, had also allegedly followed a different woman home prior to last week’s incident.
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
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
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.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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