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A rally held on Oct. 21, 1995, to protest the sexual assault of a young girl by U.S. military personnel, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025

Okinawa marks 30 years since major rally over U.S. Marines assaulting a girl

On Sept. 4, 1995, three U.S. Marines abducted and sexually assaulted an elementary school girl on Okinawa's main island, sparking a protest that drew 85,000 participants.
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2025

Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan

Heavily inked Mako Nishimura, 58, spends her days helping other retired gangsters reintegrate into society.
Former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2025

Japan needs quasi-permanent seat on U.N. Security Council, says ex-official

China's influence is growing in global affairs, former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka added, emphasizing the need for Japan to play a more active role.
Former Lower House lawmaker Taku Yamamoto
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025

Japan's 'first gentleman' vows to support Prime Minister Takaichi

Yamamoto, 73, said by phone that he is "relieved" that his wife was elected prime minister.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses with members of the newly formed Cabinet on Tuesday night.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

Japan's first female PM promised more women in her Cabinet. She picked two.

Takaichi appointed just two women to her 18-member Cabinet on Tuesday, despite promising high levels of female representation earlier.
Takaichi, surrounded by LDP influencers
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

In pictures: The day Japan’s glass ceiling finally cracked

Scenes from the day Sanae Takaichi made history as Japan’s first female prime minister, winning a tense parliamentary vote and forming a Cabinet of “resolve and progress.”
A bear warning sign. Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns where the human population is greying and dwindling.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2025

Japan vows tougher measures after record bear attack deaths

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns where the human population is greying and dwindling.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and others attend a conference on land-mine clearance in Ukraine, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2025

Tokyo hosts international conference on Ukraine land mines

The Japanese government emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with other countries experienced in land-mine clearance.
A new species of sea anemone, "Paracalliactis tsukisome," discovered on the deep seafloor off the coast of Japan, lives in a symbiotic relationship by attaching itself to the shell inhabited by a certain species of hermit crab.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2025

Study discovers new species of sea anemone off coast of Japan

The sea anemone attaches itself to a shell inhabited by a certain species of hermit crab, according to the team of researchers.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko meet with a family member of a victim of the Tokyo air raids on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2025

Japan’s imperial family mourns 1945 Tokyo air raid victims

Tokyo’s Sumida Ward memorial preserves the remains of some 105,000 people, including those who died in the massive air raid.
The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan announced plans to invest ¥350 billion in capital expenditures to double shipbuilding output by 2035.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2025

Japan shipbuilders to invest ¥350 billion to double output

The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan is also preparing for Japan-U.S. cooperation in the sector.
The cost to raise a child totaled ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to a survey on mothers nationwide.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025

Child-rearing costs in Japan soar when a child reaches junior high school

The total cost to raise a child was ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to the survey.
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 25, 2025

Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan

As manga and anime’s global popularity grows, international artists are getting new opportunities to enter the booming industry.
The health ministry's Suicide White Paper for 2024 has found that numbers for both men and women peak at age 21, with “concerns over future career paths” being identified as the most likely cause.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025

Number of suicide cases among students in Japan hits record high in 2024

The figure for those in their 20s also remained high, underscoring the need to beef up care for the younger generation.
The Tigers' Teruaki Sato hits an RBI double against the Hawks during the sixth inning in Game 1 of the Japan Series in Fukuoka on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2025

Tigers slip past Hawks in Game 1 of Japan Series

Hanshin won its fourth straight postseason game.
Police officers in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Monday. As many as 18,000 police officers are being mobilized to secure central Tokyo for U.S. President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2025

Tokyo police deploy 18,000 officers for Trump’s visit

The Metropolitan Police Department is prioritizing countermeasures against lone offenders and drawing on recent cases in Japan, including those against former prime ministers.
The Children and Families Agency plans to launch a system in December 2026 that would allow employers to verify whether job seekers who will work with children have a sexual offense record.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2025

Japan faces gaps in new system to track teachers with sex offense records

The new system excludes offenses such as stalking, as well as cases that end without indictment because the crime is deemed minor or a settlement is reached with the victim.
Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls for the swift restoration of a deleted section of a 1940 parliamentary record containing an anti-military speech criticizing Japan's war with China, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Ishiba wants 1940 anti-military speech record restored

Lawmaker Takao Saito denounced Japan's military campaign in China, and was subsequently expelled from the lower chamber of the Diet.
A storage pool for spent nuclear fuel at Japan Nuclear Fuel's reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho in Aomori Prefecture on May 30. Radiation was detected Friday inside the nasal cavity of one of three workers who had been sent to work in a controlled area of the plant.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2025

Three workers at nuclear fuel reprocessing plant possibly exposed to radiation

Radiation was detected inside the nasal cavity of a worker at a plant in Aomori Prefecture, prompting Japan Nuclear Fuel to check whether all three workers were internally exposed.
Some Bank of Japan policy board members have started to dissent from the wait-and-see approach of their colleagues.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2025

Bank of Japan expected to sit this one out and keep benchmark rate at 0.5%

Even though inflation remains high, so too does uncertainty.
Hotaka Yamakawa celebrates with his teammates after hitting a home run against the Tigers in Game 3 of the Japan Series at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2025

Hawks edge Tigers on road to grab lead in Japan Series

The Hawks lead the series 2-1.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako converse with jockey Yutaka Take (second from left) at the autumn garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2025

Japan's imperial couple hosts autumn garden party

The event at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo included some 1,500 guests.
Hawks starter Ryosuke Otsu pitches against the Tigers during Game 4 of the Japan Series at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2025

Hiroki Kokubo pushes right buttons as Hawks move to brink of Japan Series title

The Hawks are one win away from clinching the title.
A meeting of officials from the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Innovation Party and Komeito is held at the Diet building in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Japan parties agree to make high school education free in fiscal 2026

The Liberal Democratic Party, the Japan Innovation Party and Komeito also agreed to raise the upper limit for existing subsidies for private high school students.
Satoru Tezuka, chair of the Personal Information Protection Commission, advocates revising the personal information protection law as part of an effort to balance stronger enforcement with greater flexibility for data utilization.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2025

Japan weighs fines to strengthen personal data protection

Under the current framework, there is no mechanism to claw back profits obtained through illegal data practices, allowing malicious operators to retain their illicit gains.
Itsunori Onodera, tax chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (right), and Kazuhiko Shigetoku, tax chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speak to reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025

Japan could scrap gasoline tax surcharge this year, LDP says

The ruling party had considered keeping the surcharge in place at least until mid-January in consideration of the gasoline industry.
Japan's HTV-X resupply vehicle arrives at the International Space Station where a robot arm operated by astronaut Kimiya Yui awaits early Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2025

Japan's new resupply spacecraft docks at International Space Station

The HTV-X is the successor to the Kounotori cargo spacecraft, nine of which successfully reached the ISS between 2009 and 2020.
SoftBank pitcher Ryosuke Otsu is greeted by teammates at the bench in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the Japan Series at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2025

SoftBank pitcher's Japan Series hit may be one of the last ever

Next year’s Japan Series will mark the final time a pitcher, at least according to the rules, will have to bat in an NPB game.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of their talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to boost ties in first meeting

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first in-person talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the APEC regional summit Thursday evening.
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday called the U.S. president’s order to restart nuclear tests “absolutely unacceptable.”
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2025

Nagasaki mayor condemns Trump’s nuclear test order

The U.S. president had instructed the Defense Department to restart nuclear testing because of other countries’ testing programs.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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