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A robot serves as a porter at Mita Garden Hills, a large apartment in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2025

Robots increasingly used in Japan to enhance business efficiency

As the country needs to address labor shortages urgently, companies and workers are exploring how robots and humans can work together better for business efficiency.
Chugoku Electric Managing Executive Officer Satoshi Osedo (right) and Tetsuo Nishi, mayor of the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Friday. The two pose for a photo as Osedo hands Nishi a feasibility study report on an interim storage facility for spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2025

Yamaguchi prefecture town can store nuclear fuel: Chugoku Electric

Chugoku Electric detected no active faults announced low risk factors such as volcanic activity and tsunami.
The Finance Ministry building in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2025

Japan fiscal 2026 budget requests likely to top ¥122 trillion

The increase is due to surges in debt-servicing costs, including loan repayments and interest payments, and policy-related expenses reflecting rising prices and wages.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a disaster drill at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2025

Government holds disaster drill for Nankai Trough megaquake

In the drill, an emergency disaster response headquarters headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was established.
A portable gas stove in flames after using an old gas canister
JAPAN / Society
Sep 1, 2025

Be careful with gas canisters and portable generators, safety watchdog warns

While they are useful especially in times of disasters, their misuse or mishandling have led to many accidents, some even causing deaths, between 2020 and 2024.
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2025

Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya

An emergency call was made just after 1:30 p.m. on Monday that the woman, a 40-year-old South Korean native, was bleeding on the ground.
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 1, 2025

More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record

Temperatures were more than 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than average across Japan in August, with the heat expected to continue into this month.
Southern bluefin tuna at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2025

'Antarctic tuna' rebrand weighed for southern bluefin

Southern bluefin is regarded as the second highest-quality tuna, after Pacific bluefin, but is not well known among consumers.
Eric Trump, a son of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Friday. He attended an extraordinary shareholders meeting of Metaplanet in Tokyo on Monday as the firm's adviser.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Eric Trump takes stage in Japan as bitcoin firm Metaplanet votes on capital plan

The relationship between the Japanese bitcoin firm and U.S. President Donald Trump's son comes as the Trump family expands its crypto ventures internationally.
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 22, 2025

Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm

"Laughing gas vape," inhaled using devices resembling e-cigarettes, can cause its users to lose control.
Taiwan has launched a 60-day public comment period on easing import restrictions on Japanese food, originally imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2025

Taiwan expected to lift restrictions on imported Japanese food

Random radiation checks will be conducted on imports.
Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. Under Yoshino, the organization, better known as Rengo, has cooperated with the government to achieve wage increases, but some have raised concerns about those same close ties.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 2, 2025

Tomoko Yoshino's next move in focus as end of second term as Rengo chief nears

Under Yoshino, the organization, better known as Rengo, has cooperated with the government to achieve wage increases. But some have raised concerns about those same close ties.
Powdered rare earth elements collected from the seabed in October 2013, at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 2, 2025

Japan to launch think tank for policy advice on economic security

There are concerns the government lacks a comprehensive approach to economic security, which includes critical minerals, semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Japan allows municipalities to authorize the shooting of wild bears in residential areas under an amended law aimed at preventing further attacks.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2025

Shooting bears in residential areas made easier in Japan

Many bear cases have already been reported in various parts of the country so far this fiscal year.
Tokyo District Court has ordered a former employee of NHK to pay ¥11 million for unscripted remarks during a Chinese-language radio program aired in August last year.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 2, 2025

Chinese ex-staffer ordered to pay NHK ¥11 million over unscripted radio remarks

At Tokyo District Court, Presiding Judge Kenta Adachi stated that the irregular remarks interfered with NHK's international broadcasting operations and harmed its credibility.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2025

Korean man arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing ex-girlfriend

Police had told the suspect to leave the country after the victim reached out for help, and they saw him go through a security check at Narita Airport days before her death.
Losses in Japan due to special fraud cases reached ¥72.21 billion during the period from January to July, surpassing the worst-ever annual total of ¥71.88 billion in 2024, according to the National Police Agency.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2025

Losses due to special fraud cases from January to July exceed 2024 record

Two-thirds of the cases involved "fake police," with offenders posing as police officers to swindle targets out of money, National Police Agency data shows.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief negotiator, said he will be watching legal developments in the United States as tariff cases there move forward.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025

Hope in Tokyo as Trump tariffs declared illegal

The decision is seen as potentially having some significance.
Experts say staying off your phone and sticking to a sleep schedule can help those who have trouble dozing off.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 2, 2025

Mark Japan’s Sleep Day by making some lifestyle changes

The Japanese are not getting enough sleep. Luckily, everyone from scientists to Shohei Ohtani are offering solutions.
With his administration still on shaky ground, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has yet to release a message commemorating the end of World War II as he seeks the best timing to do so.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025

Ishiba still seeking best timing to express view on war's end

The prime minister's reluctance comes as his administration remains on shaky ground within the Liberal Democratic Party.
Police have urged the public to be suspicious if an acquaintance on social media ends up asking for cash.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025

Over the moon: Fake astronaut scams lovestruck Japanese octogenarian

The woman in Hokkaido met the fraudster in July on social media, a local police officer said, describing the case as a "romance scam."
Sayaka Togitani's daughter Hinami was delivered via emergency cesarean section but suffered fetal hypoxia, which left her with a severe disability.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025

Family calls for daughter born after car accident to be recognized as a victim

The family of a pregnant woman who died after being hit by a car wants the daughter, born afterward with a severe disability, to be deemed a victim.
YJ-19 hypersonic anti-ship missiles are displayed in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2025

At parade, China shows off powerful new weaponry to keep rivals at bay

From hypersonic “carrier killer” missiles to new fifth-generation fighter jets, Wednesday’s military spectacle highlighted Beijing’s growing prowess.
A container believed to contain the body of a Japanese man killed in Manila is unloaded from an airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025

Bodies of two Japanese men killed in Manila arrive at Haneda Airport

The two were robbed on the night of Aug. 15, shortly after leaving a taxi near their hotel. They were shot and their belongings were stolen.
"Animator Skill Test Textbook” was written in concert with a test created and administered by the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association since 2024. The test was designed to help set a baseline for those studying animation, and so that animation studios can get a better idea of applicants' current skill level.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 4, 2025

English textbook targets a skills gap in Japan’s growing anime industry

From "dōga" to “lip flap,” the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association’s "Animator Skill Test Textbook" teaches aspiring animators how to talk like the pros.
Bob Mumgaard, CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, says the U.S. firm wants to deploy a reactor in Japan in the late 2030s or early 2040s.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2025

Nvidia-backed U.S. atomic fusion firm eyes reactor in Japan

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which raised $863 million from investors including Nvidia, said it has been in talks with Japanese government officials on the use of its technology.
Sauries are landed in the port of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday, the first catch of the season for the port this year. A wholesaler official said many sauries caught in late August are 1.4 times as big as last year's.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2025

After years of poor catches, large sauries make a return

Mainly landed in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, the fish is a delicacy enjoyed in Japan during summer and autumn.
Followers of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo work in front of a computer screen showing a picture of group leader Shoko Asahara at Aum's key Adachi office in Tokyo in 1999.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2025

Japan to keep restricting Aum Shinrikyo successor group's activities

The Public Security Examination Commission extended the restrictions on Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct doomsday cult, until March 20, 2026.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends the India-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo on Friday, Aug. 29
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 4, 2025

Darkest hour for Ishiba amid pressure to quit and executive resignations

An offer by the secretary-general to resign after the party’s poor performance in a recent election has prompted Ishiba's LDP leadership team to call time on the administration.
Japan's nominal wages increased 4.1% in July from a year earlier, marking the steepest increase since December.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2025

Japan's wages make biggest gain in seven months, backing case for rate hike

Real wages also rose for the first time this year in July, edging up by 0.5%.
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.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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