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The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 4, 2025
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
Run by three generations of the same family, Ryokukou Garden is behind the greenery for six major pavilions at the Osaka event.
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 3, 2025
The summer kabuki came roaring back
A hit film and shifting demographics are drawing new audiences to kabuki, sparking hopes for a revitalized future.
Mai Nishitaka was sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Yokohama District Court for killing her ex-partner in 2023.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Woman sentenced to 17 years for killing ex-boyfriend
Mai Nishitaka and four others strangled her ex-partner and abandoned the body in a suitcase by the Tama River in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Yoshitami Kameoka, elected to the Lower House for the first time in 2005, served in posts including state minister for post-disaster reconstruction.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2025
Ex-lawmaker Kameoka pleads not guilty over cash distribution
Kameoka, elected to the Lower House for the first time in 2005, served in posts including state minister for post-disaster reconstruction.
With six people having been in a car that rolled over in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, the minivehicle may have exceeded its seating capacity of five when it crashed, according to the police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Minivehicle rolls over in Mie Prefecture, killing five aboard
With six people having been in the car, the minivehicle may have exceeded its seating capacity of five when it crashed, according to the police.
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda left the door open to policy shifts by reiterating the bank's stance on interest rates, giving no clear signal on a possible rate hike ahead of this month's board meeting.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2025
BOJ’s Ueda keeps options open by avoiding clear hints for rates
Ueda refrained from telegraphing any policy changes after market speculation over an impending rate hike gained momentum in recent weeks.
The Nara District Court will deliver its verdict on the case against Tetsuya Yamagami, the man charged with the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Jan. 21, 2026.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Nara court likely to deliver verdict on Abe shooter in January 2026
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is charged with the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
August’s unemployment figures showed a slight tempering of Japan's job market, but the data still points to overall firmness amid an ongoing labor shortage.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2025
Japan’s jobless rate edges up to highest in over a year
August’s figures showed a slight tempering of the job market, but the data still points to overall firmness amid an ongoing labor shortage.
Tokyo police officers investigate on Tuesday the site in Machida, Tokyo, where a 76-year-old woman was fatally stabbed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Parents want son to atone for alleged killing of Tokyo woman
Kota Kuwano is suspected of stabbing a 76-year-old woman at her apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
Lawyers representing three former followers of the Unification Church speak during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday after the followers reached settlements with the group to refund the donations they made.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Unification Church reaches first settlements on donation refunds
Three women in Hokkaido are believed to have lost about ¥70 million in total through purchases of seals and pots in addition to donations.
A special inspection is expected to cover the Saga Prefecture police department's criminal division, particularly the crime lab, and the administration division including the education and training unit.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2025
Saga police to face special probe over faulty DNA analyses
The former employee in question was referred to prosecutors last month for allegedly fabricating DNA analyses and falsifying analysis dates in 130 cases over roughly seven years.
Among Keidanren member firms traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier section, the proportion of female executives rose by 2.2 points to 19.0%, reaching the government's 2025 interim target.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2025
Share of female execs at major Japan firms rises to 18.4%
The figure remained below the government's target of increasing the share of female executives at companies on the Prime section to at least 19% by 2025.
A 38-year-old man in Aichi Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly fraudulently receiving refunds from a food delivery service by falsely claiming his orders never arrived.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025
Nagoya man suspected of placing 1,095 fraudulent food delivery orders
The 38-year-old is alleged to have signed up and then canceled membership for the Demae-can service repeatedly, making false claims to avoid payments totaling about ¥3.7 million.
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.
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 2, 2025
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
After years of selling its products in third-party stores, Japanese brand Plotter has officially opened a dedicated storefront in Tokyo.
An elderly inmate (voiced by Kaoru Kobayashi in the present and Junki Tozuka in flashback) confides in a potted balsam flower (voiced by Pierre Taki) about the decisions that led him to prison in "The Last Blossom."
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2025
Pieces fall perfectly into place in the reflective ‘The Last Blossom’
Reflective and heartfelt, Baku Kinoshita’s animated feature tells a story of second chances without being overly sentimental.
A young man (Kodai Kurosaki) has a tense reunion with his estranged father in “Brand New Landscape.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2025
‘Brand New Landscape’ captures family dysfunction in a shimmering city
In director Yuiga Danzuka’s first feature, Tokyo gleams with promise — but loneliness lingers in every corner.
A teacher at a public elementary school in Yokohama, who has been indicted for voyeurism and indecent assault, admitted to the charges during a trial on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2025
Elementary school teacher pleads guilty to sharing child sex abuse images
The charges are "correct, and I'm very sorry," said Fumiya Kosemura, a teacher at a public elementary school in Yokohama.
In 2019, the Japan Fair Trade Commission issued a warning to what was then Johnny & Associates for allegedly pressuring broadcasters to not offer work to three former members of now-disbanded boy band SMAP after they left the agency to pursue independent careers.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2025
Japan’s antitrust watchdog issues new rules urging agencies to treat talent fairly
The Japan Fair Trade Commission’s new guidelines come after a survey last year found that some agencies were mistreating their performers.
The Pokemon mascot Pikachu wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey attends the Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome in March. As the world rediscovers Japan, it’s learning that many preconceptions no longer apply.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2025
Is Japan finally back? That’s the wrong question.
Almost three decades after prices first fell into negative territory, they’ve now risen every month for the past four years.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
8,432 foreign children in Japan seen not attending school
The total number of foreign children registered in Japan as residents eligible for education at elementary or junior high schools stood at 163,358, up by 12,663.
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks
The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday, though essential services are still being offered.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.

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