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The body of Claudio Worm, a German university student who went missing in Wakayama Prefecture, has been found.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2024
Body of missing German tourist found off Wakayama coast
The 21-year-old's body was discovered off the Takurazaki coast after an individual alerted the Wakayama Coast Guard at around 2.50 p.m. on Nov 1.
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police headquarters in Yokohama
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2024
Woman claims husband asked her to collect stolen cash in Yokohama murder case
Police allege the suspect, Miho Kimoto, was involved in the October murder of a 75-year-old Yokohama resident who was found bound and beaten in his home.
The Kyoto Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Kyoto. A 23-year-old university student from Kyoto sought help from police days before his alleged involvement in an attempted burglary in western Tokyo last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2024
Tokyo burglary suspect sought police help days before attempted heist
University student Masaki Saen told police that he had received threats after applying for a “dark” part-time job, or “yami baito.”
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office will reinvestigate the case against the former secretary of lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda and consider again whether to seek criminal punishment.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Citizen panel nixes decision not to indict Hagiuda's secretary
The panel said it is unreasonable not to prosecute the secretary in view of the maliciousness of the acts relating to the Liberal Democratic Party's slush funds scandal.
A text message sent by a scammer tells a recipient that a refund can be made only through an electronic money transfer.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2024
Police warn of refund scams involving smartphone payment apps
Scammers are exploiting smartphone payment apps, particularly PayPay, and fake online discount stores to commit fraud.
A screen showing the yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar in July
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2024
Yen is the first of many Japanese assets set to pivot on U.S. election
Given the size and liquidity of its markets, Japan will be in particular focus during the U.S. election.
Yuya Nagura is taken to the Tokorozawa Police Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday after being arrested on suspicion of recruiting people to rob a house in the city.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2024
Alleged recruiter of Saitama burglary ring arrested
Investigative sources said that Yuya Nagura used social media to post adverts with phrases like "easy job" and "goods transport" to recruit individuals.
Players gather for a baseball game at an unearthed and restored baseball field that had not seen a competition in 75 years, at the site of a Japanese internment camp in Manzanar, California, on Oct. 28.
JAPAN / History
Nov 4, 2024
In an internment camp, all they had was baseball. They’re back to play.
Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, baseball was a source of connection between Japan and the United States.
The Chiba Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Chiba
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2024
28-year-old arrested on suspicion of violent robbery in Chiba
Yuta Kaneko told investigators he had searched for “part-time jobs” on X, where he was connected to someone who offered him ¥100,000 to “check on a package.”
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police headquarters in Yokohama. Kanagawa police have arrested a 30-year-old woman from Tokyo’s Adachi Ward in connection with a robbery and murder of a 75-year-old Yokohama resident last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2024
Tokyo woman arrested over Yokohama robbery-murder
Miho Kimoto, who is suspected of acting as a "collector" of stolen goods, is the second suspect arrested in connection with the case.
Korey Kito, left, stands with his father Brian Kito in front of their confectionery, Fugetsu-Do, in Los Angeles.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Nov 4, 2024
How Fugetsu-Do survived the evolution of Little Tokyo in LA
In addition to selling mochi and other treats out of the storefront, Fugetsu-do also stocks other Japanese specialty food stores across California.
Police officers investigate near a house in Tokyo where a resident was assaulted by a group of burglars on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2024
Spate of burglaries in Kanto highlight importance of home security
Amid a surge in burglaries linked to "dark" part-time jobs across the Tokyo area, experts are advising people to take measures that would delay intruders.
Krishna Srinivasan, director of Asia and Pacific at the International Monetary Fund
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2024
IMF Asia-Pacific chief urges Japan to start debt cuts
The leading IMF official called for Japan to "have a well fleshed-out, credible medium-term fiscal framework."
A woman walks past a poster with an image of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi for the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which is currently underway through Nov. 6.
CULTURE
Nov 2, 2024
Spend Culture Day weekend in Ginza with TIFF and Yuko Mohri
The Tokyo International Film Festival is great chance to see noteworthy films, while the Artizon Museum presents playful art installations by Yuko Mohri.
Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. In its revised estimates, the Cabinet Office cut its inflation-adjusted GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year ending in March 2025 to 0.7% from 0.9% projected in July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2024
Japan cuts growth forecast again for current fiscal year on weak exports
In its revised estimates, the Cabinet Office cut its inflation-adjusted GDP growth forecast for the year ending in March 2025 to 0.7% from 0.9% projected in July.
People use umbrellas during a hot summer day in Ginza, Tokyo, in August.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 1, 2024
Extreme heat takes big toll on work and elderly mortality in Japan: report
The annual Lancet Countdown report says the world is facing elevated threats in 10 of 15 health indicators due to climate change.
The Chiba Prefectural Police headquaters in the city of Chiba
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2024
Hotel worker found dead in Chiba in suspected murder
Hitomi Saeki, 56, was reportedly bound at the wrists and had what appeared to be slash wounds on her neck.
Tokyo police have arrested a Uniqlo store manager on suspicion of secretly filming women in the outlet's fitting rooms.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2024
Uniqlo store manager arrested over filming of women in fitting rooms
Kohei Takahashi, who manages the Atre Vie Otsuka Uniqlo branch in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, allegedly filmed a female junior high school student as well as other women.
Investigators of a joint task force set up in the wake of a series of robberies in the Kanto region attend a meeting at the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Oct. 18.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2024
College student who took job on dark web arrested for attempted robbery
The suspect said he thought he was taking on a delivery job, but instead he was forced to break into a house in western Tokyo.
Krishna Srinivasan, director of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Pacific Department
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2024
Japan must avoid issuing debt to fund fresh spending, IMF says
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to compile another large-scale spending package to cushion the blow to households from the rising cost of living.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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