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The Osaka Expo in Osaka on Sept. 13. The daily number of visitors to the expo has topped 200,000 since mid-September as its Oct. 13 closing approaches.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2025

Osaka Expo visitors exceed breakeven point

Approximately 28.2 million people are expected to visit the Osaka Expo before it ends next month.
Japanese property developers are expanding investments in London's prime business locations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2025

U.K. draws Japan property investors eyeing hedge on U.S. turmoil

Japanese investors have been pouring more capital into the U.K. over the last couple of years.
Fukushima Prefecture's Tsuruga Castle in the city of Aizuwakamatsu. The castle's stone walls, with plants growing out of the cracks, face the risk of collapse if left unattended.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 13, 2025

Fukushima hopes to preserve historic Tsuruga Castle and boost tourism

Battling limited resources, the public and private sectors are banding together to pass down the iconic symbol of the prefecture's culture and history.
The Tokyo government revised its flood prevention guidelines to implement preventive measures for underground spaces that are considered to be at the highest risk of flooding, such as subway stations.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 29, 2025

Tokyo revises flood guidelines amid recent years’ abnormal weather

The revision, the first since 2008, incorporates the use of artificial intelligence for risk assessments and updates flood prevention measures.
Onosato's victory at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament gave him his fifth Emperor’s Cup at the age of 25.
SUMO
Sep 29, 2025

Onosato’s fifth title cements preeminent position in Japan’s national sport

The question now is just how many Emperor’s Cups can the massive yokozuna win?
Mizuho Securities President Yoshiro Hamamoto
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2025

Mizuho vies with Nomura to manage money for Japan’s wealthy

Through its brokerage unit, Mizuho is targeting individuals with assets exceeding ¥500 million ($3.4 million).
The National Diet building in Tokyo
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2025

Parliamentary vote to select new prime minister eyed for Oct. 14 or later

The parliamentary affairs chiefs of the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will begin talks on the schedule on Tuesday.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talk to students at a school for people with visual impairment in Shiga Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2025

Emperor and empress visit school for low-vision people

The school is the prefecture's only institution specializing in education for students with low vision.
Industrial production in Japan dropped 1.2% from the previous month, following the same pace of decline from July, according to the economy ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2025

Japan’s output falls as U.S. tariffs drag on global outlook

The data reflect ongoing caution among manufacturers as the U.S. continues to threaten additional tariffs to narrow its trade deficit.
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2025

Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October

The figure is up 3.4% from a year earlier, marking the 10th consecutive month of increase.
Former lawmaker Akira Ishii has been indicted without arrest for alleged fraud involving state-paid salaries of a secretary.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2025

Akira Ishii, former lawmaker, indicted without arrest over alleged fraud

Ishii is alleged to have defrauded the state of some ¥8 million by registering a male relative as a public secretary.
In his second bid for the presidency, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has toned down his rhetoric, avoiding controversial proposals for social and labor reform and pledging instead to carry on the work of previous administrations.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2025

Why Koizumi is toning down his calls for reform

The political scion's unsuccessful bid for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency last year may be influencing his shift in strategy this time.
Hirofumi Ryu (center) of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Takashi Endo (left) of Nippon Ishin no Kai and Motohisa Furukawa of the Democratic Party for the People meet in parliament on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Opposition parties unlikely to cooperate in vote to select prime minister

The winner of the LDP election is now expected to be elected prime minister, although the LDP-Komeito coalition lacks majorities in both chambers of parliament.
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Taylor Fritz at Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Sep 30, 2025

Alcaraz beats Fritz in Tokyo for eighth title of season

The Spaniard has struggled with an ankle injury this week in Tokyo but he was still too hot for the rest of the competition to handle, including world number five Fritz.
Only two of the five candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election — Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) and former policy chief Toshimitsu Motegi (second from left) — own stock.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2025

Japan’s would-be leaders ignore call to invest in stocks

Only two of the five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election own stock, compared with five out of nine in last year's leadership race.
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi poses with supporters at Hie Shrine in Tokyo on Sept. 22.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 1, 2025

Can Takaichi win back conservative voters? Maybe not.

The conservative champion has been trying to soften her image to reach more moderate voters — the party’s largest support base.
A couple poses with the rainbow flag, which they brought from their home for a wedding photoshoot in Tokyo in November 2023.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2025

Same-sex partners recognized under more laws in Japan

However, the government maintains the position that same-sex partners are not covered by 120 laws and ordinances, including those related to taxes and social security.
A new Nissan Rogue compact SUV at a dealership in Richmond, California, in September. Nissan is readying a plug-in hybrid option for its best-selling Rogue model for launch in early 2026 in the U.S. market and reviving its Xterra SUV as a hybrid model.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2025

Nissan to reboot Xterra SUV as a hybrid, freezes plans for U.S. EV

The Japanese carmaker is planning to boost gas-powered vehicle output in the U.S. in response to President Donald Trump’s trade and environmental policies.
Marubeni Ennex tanks in Chiba Prefecture
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2025

Marubeni to lift Japan power business with new trading firm

The company’s power retail arm and its U.K.-based energy trading unit SmartestEnergy will each hold a 50% stake in the newly-formed venture.
National Police Agency Commissioner-General Yoshinobu Kusunoki (right) hands a letter of appointment to Akira Uno, head of the agency's newly created information analysis office, at the agency in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2025

Police in Japan launch teams to combat tokuryū crime groups

Members of the groups are connected through social media for illegal activities such as fraud and robbery.
The Bank of Japan is likely to raise rates by the end of this year or early next year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2025

Japan's tankan survey suggests rate increase sooner rather than later

Corporate sentiment improved as tariff uncertainty lessened following an agreement with the U.S.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings hopes to restart the plant's No. 6 and No. 7 reactors which have already passed safety screenings by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2025

Japan must replace nuclear reactors for 2040 goals, group says

Several of the country's reactors will hit 60 years of operation from the 2040s, a document from the group said.
The main street of Naha in September
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2025

September was hottest on record in Okinawa, weather agency says

Japan's average temperature during the summer was 2.36 degrees Celsius above "the standard value," the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, speaks during a news conference at the Diet on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2025

Nippon Ishin to submit anti-espionage bill to extra Diet session

The bill will call for establishing a foreign intelligence agency based on existing government bodies.
Komeito head Tetsuo Saito says his party cannot form a coalition government with any party that doesn’t align itself with its moderate conservative policies.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2025

LDP presidential election could be turning point for Komeito

After Saturday’s vote, the junior coalition partner will have to adjust to a new LDP, one whose values might differ from its own.
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 2, 2025

Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity

Matcha’s sudden spike in popularity overseas has prompted debate in Japan about whether the global craze risks diluting tea’s cultural meaning.
Isuzu Chairman Masanori Katayama (third from left) and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (center) attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the firm's vehicle plant in South Carolina on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2025

Isuzu to build first independent U.S. plant

The Japanese commercial vehicle maker aims to ease the impact of high U.S. tariffs by expanding local production.
Croix du Nord, ridden by Yuichi Kitamura, runs in the Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse on June 1.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 2, 2025

Japan set for another shot at coveted Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe crown

Japanese horses Croix du Nord and Byzantine Dream are among the leading favorites, according to the bookmakers.
An exterior staircase at the apartment building where Chizuko Akie was fatally stabbed, in the city of Machida, Tokyo, on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025

Suspect in Machida stabbing was ‘overwhelmed with despair’ over daily inconveniences

Kota Kuwano, 40, told investigators that frustrations over matters such as his mail not arriving and garbage being left outside his home drove him to kill someone.
The Digital Agency will enable its employees to use OpenAI's cutting-edge large language model-based AI tools for their work.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2025

Japan's Digital Agency to cooperate with OpenAI on administrative tools

The agency plans to provide its employees with access to generative AI tools and encourage other government agencies to adopt these services starting as early as fiscal year 2026.
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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