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The Bank of Japan's September meeting minutes make clear that Japan’s experience with more than a decade of deflation is keeping some members cautious as they await more data.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2025

BOJ minutes highlight caution rooted in Japan’s deflationary era

The minutes shed light on the discussions surrounding policy at the September meeting, when Gov. Kazuo Ueda faced for the first time two votes against keeping rates on hold.
Officials of the six ruling and opposition parties attend a meeting to discuss scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge, held at the parliament building on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2025

Search for alternate funding after gas tax abolition to be delayed one year

Abolishing the provisional gasoline tax, which the ruling and opposition parties formally agreed to scrap on Dec. 31, is expected to generate a revenue drop of about ¥1.5 trillion.
A bear is seen near a house in the city of Akita on Oct. 30.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2025

Bear threat casts shadow over autumn outdoor activities

Twelve people have been killed by bears this fiscal year, and 108 have been attacked in Japan as of the end of September — both the highest figures on record.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions from Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda regarding her policy speech at the Lower House in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

Takaichi sticks to script in second day of parliamentary questioning

The prime minister remained elusive in her answers, much to the chagrin of the opposition.
Officials set up traps to capture bears in the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2025

GSDF deployed to Akita Prefecture amid rise in bear attacks

Troops will assist in the setting up of traps in the prefecture, though they are not permitted to help cull the bears themselves.
SoftBank Group’s Japanese mobile unit and OpenAI are set to launch AI services for local companies next year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2025

SoftBank chases actual revenue with OpenAI in corporate Japan

SoftBank Corp. and Open AI are said to be still fine-tuning the products the two companies are co-developing for Japanese enterprises.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was the biggest taxpayer money waster within the government in fiscal 2024, misspending some ¥22.058 billion in total, a report has found.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2025

¥54 billion of Japanese tax money wasted in fiscal 2024

Of the total cases, 271, involving over ¥8.6 billion, were related to law violations or improper budget execution.
Real cash earnings fell 1.4% in September, marking the ninth consecutive monthly decline in line with analyst forecasts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 6, 2025

Japan’s wage growth stays firm, keeping rate hike bets alive

Nominal wages rose 1.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from August, the labor ministry reported Thursday, coming in line with economist expectations.
The closing ceremony of the 63rd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in Hiroshima on Wednesday
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2025

Scientists gathered in Hiroshima call for abolition of nuclear weapons

The declaration wrapped up the five-day 63rd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in the atomic-bombed city.
A group of 1,191 people across Japan has filed a petition seeking the return of about ¥11.4 billion from an Osaka-based real estate investment firm.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025

More than 1,100 people sue Osaka firm over real estate investment

Some who terminated their investment contracts with Toshi-Souken Invest have not been refunded, according to the group of petitioners.
Satellites photographed from the International Space Station. Decommissioned satellites are adding to hazardous orbital debris, but a Japanese company called Kami Shoji is aiming to tackle the problem with a wood-derived material called Amorcell, engineered to help satellites burn up completely in the atmosphere.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2025

Japanese firm offers wood-derived material to help reduce space debris

An estimated 28,000 pieces of space debris orbited Earth in 2024, or about 80% more than in 2009, according to NASA, increasing the risk of collisions.
A subcommittee of the Fisheries Policy Council discusses expanding the catch quota for Japanese common squid, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2025

Fisheries panel approves increasing catch quota for squid in Japan

The total quota for the squid was initially set at 19,200 tons, following poor catches in recent years, but catches turned out to be better than expected once the season began.
PRESS
Nov 7, 2025

The Japan Times wins Silver at WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards 2025

The Japan Times, Ltd. received the inaugural award, Silver, for Best Climate Impact Story at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards on November 5 for its Boiling Point series.
UA Zensen, a major labor union covering service sectors, plans to push for a 6% bump in overall wages for regular employees in negotiations set to conclude in March.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 6, 2025

Major Japan union group seeks 6% wage hike as BOJ watches

UA Zensen said it plans to target the same level of wage gains for regular workers in next year’s pay negotiations as it did for this year.
A rapid adoption of solar panels by homeowners in Japan has created new targets for aggressive sales tactics and outright scams.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025

Consumer watchdog warns of solar panel inspection scams

The number of homes equipped with solar panels has skyrocketed in recent years, creating new targets for aggressive sales tactics.
Tokyo police have arrested seven people suspected of being involved in at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures between February 2023 and this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025

Tokyo police arrest fraud group head and six others

The seven men are believed to be linked to at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures since February 2023.
Parents in Japan consider everything from kanji meaning, sound and total strokes when choosing names for their newborns.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 8, 2025

‘Deep Blue,’ ‘Morning Sun,’ ‘Clear Sky’: Japan’s top baby names for 2025

Single-kanji names jumped in popularity this year, possibly in reaction to a new law aiming to crack down on overly creative ”kira kira” names.
Only about half as many people in the Noto Peninsula chose to repair their homes that were damaged by last year's earthquake and heavy rain as those who decided to demolish them, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025

More choosing demolition over repair for Noto homes damaged by disasters

Many applied for publicly funded demolition because fixing the houses on their own would have been much costlier.
Packaged meals for sale at a Trial Go store in Tokyo on Friday
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2025

Discount chain takes aim at 7-Eleven in Japan with $2 tonkatsu

Discount-store chain operator Trial Holdings is mounting a challenge to Japan’s convenience store giants, betting that compact, low-cost outlets can attract shoppers in Tokyo.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and others attend a Cabinet meeting on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2025

Japan extends SDF deployment in Middle East

The SDF's antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia is one of the missions that has been extended.
A photo of Typhoon Hinnamnor, captured aboard the International Space Station as the typhoon approached islands in Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2022.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2025

French study says climate change-driven storms endanger flight safety

Storms have become more intense, producing stronger winds and often resulting in greater in-flight turbulence, the study found.
Yasuyuki Fukuda, chief portfolio manager of Nomura Asset Management’s Japanese Information Electronics equity fund, says AI stocks are not in a bubble and have room to rise further.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2025

Japan’s largest tech fund says AI stocks not at bubble stage

With seven large tech companies now accounting for more than one-third of the S&P 500 index’s weighting, investors are asking if this is a sign of overheating.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2025

Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law

The prime minister argues that the geopolitical situation has changed and economic threats are increasing.
Eddie Jones (right), then the England coach, and Ireland coach Andy Farrell talk ahead of a match in London on Feb. 23, 2020.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 7, 2025

Japan coach Eddie Jones confident Andy Farrell can revive Ireland

Recent results have led to fears that a golden era for Irish rugby union may be winding down.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2025

Takaichi makes the case for economic growth in parliament debate

Friendly and smooth-sailing exchange between Takaichi and her LDP colleagues in the morning was followed by a more critical line of questioning from CDP lawmakers.
Financially struggling families are burdened with educational expenses, as many schools require students to purchase designated uniforms and digital devices, according to a survey.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025

Educational expenses for schoolchildren on the rise, survey finds

The average cost of uniforms for first-year junior high and high school students has risen by about ¥10,000 this year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2025

Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers

The prime minister seeks to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of Cabinet members, including herself.
Nomura Holdings decided to fold its fledgling proprietary trading desk in London into other parts of the markets business, ditching an effort to restart the contentious practice.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2025

Nomura abandons effort to restart prop trading desk in London

The short-lived effort shows how Japan’s biggest brokerage continued high-risk bets even as executives say they’ve overhauled to focused on serving customers.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2025

LDP sees difficulty in agreeing on Lower House seat reduction in current Diet session

A coalition between the LDP and the JIP says that the two parties will work together to cut the number of Diet members by 10%.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
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.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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