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LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Issei Yamauchi, a skateboard buyer for Murasaki Sports, shows a board with foot placements printed on it.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2024
Skateboarding gains traction in Japanese schools
Some local governments are also taking steps to support the growth and popularity of the sport.
Boxes of canned quail eggs are piled up at a warehouse in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, earlier this month.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 23, 2024
Quail egg farmers struggle after schools remove item from lunches
A fatal choking incident in February involving a canned quail egg at a Fukuoka elementary school led schools nationwide to remove the item from their lunches.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2022
Amid dearth of candidates, Japanese towns adopt system to fund candidates' campaigns
The wider scope of public financing was aimed at making campaigns less costly for candidates and providing equal opportunities for people to run for public office.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2018
Japan enlists private-sector firms in campaign to tame ballooning health care costs
Japan's public sector is turning to the private sector to help slow the rapid growth in the nation's health care spending.
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2017
Promoting local autonomy
This is the 70th year since the concept of local autonomy was introduced in Japan under the Constitution. Both the national and local governments should be reminded that local autonomy is an important and essential heritage of the postwar political and legal transformation. Serious efforts need to be...
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2014
With poll numbers falling, Abe turns to suffering local economies
As his polling numbers dive, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe turns his attention and bluster to the nation's rural economies, vowing to work his 'Abenomics' magic outside Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2014
Governors tell Abe to get real on fixing economy — outside Tokyo
A long-sought response from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is finally listening to the problems faced by the other Japan — the one outside Tokyo — or a cynical attempt to rally the Liberal Democratic Party before key local elections next April?
EDITORIALS
Jun 4, 2014
Aging public facilities
Aging public facilities present a growing problem for cash-strapped local and prefectural governments.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2013
'Do-shu' system details missing
As the Upper House election nears, some political parties propose setting up several administrative regions for Japan and abolishing prefectural governments.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 12, 2013
'Abenomics' dark side: hinterland pay cuts
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cuts to local-government subsidies are like trying to "wring water from an old rag that's been squeezed dry," says Kazuya Yoshida, a 27-year municipal employee in Shijonawate, Osaka Prefecture.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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