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Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2022
Tokyo police get strict on dangerous cycling as accidents soar
Incidents involving bicycles have represented 46.6% of the capital's traffic accidents in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2022
Kyoto police search home of gyoza chain founding family amid murder probe
The police are looking into potential links between a family member, a former Ohsho Food Service executive in charge of accounting, and the murder of Takayuki Ohigashi.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 2, 2022
Japan asks if it’s better to flip burgers than work at a megabank
The weak yen makes the wages of Japan's long-suffering workers seem absurdly low.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2022
Supreme Court orders temporary halt to all disposal of case files
A court survey found that records related to a significant number of incidents that should have been kept in perpetuity had been discarded.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2022
Japan court rules July election vote gap unconstitutional
Tuesday's ruling covered constituencies in Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata prefectures in the Tohoku region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2022
More than 800 food items will carry higher price tags in Japan from November
On Tuesday, the first day of November, major dairy firms implemented price hikes for milk and dairy products due to higher raw milk prices amid surging feed costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 1, 2022
Stealth yen intervention aims for maximum impact, says finance minister
Officials remain tight-lipped on exactly when they intervened in the market in October. Full details of their actions will not be available until quarterly intervention data is published.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2022
Japan has learned from its own deadly crowd crushes, but risks remain
Authorities significantly stepped up crowd control measures in the wake of a deadly pedestrian crush in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2001.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2022
Japan's September factory output posted first fall in four months
Manufacturers took a hit from rising costs for raw materials and the global economic slowdown.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2022
Prime Minister Kishida Cabinet's support rate rises slightly to 37.6%
Despite the slight rise in approval, numbers still fell below the 40.2% and 54.1% polled in September and August, respectively.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022
Celebrations relatively restrained as Halloween returns to Tokyo
After waves of COVID-19 and memories of a costumed assailant last year, Shibuya's Halloween partygoers were met with alcohol bans and more security.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Washoku Essentials
Oct 30, 2022
The Ichimatsu motif: Cooking for both flavor and fortune
There's more than meets the eye for foods cooked with this distinctive checkerboard pattern.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2022
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward boosts police patrols ahead of Halloween
Police are being extra vigilant this year after a man who wore a Joker costume attacked 17 people with a knife on a Tokyo train on Halloween last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2022
Kishida Cabinet approves fresh ¥39 trillion stimulus package
The government aims to reduce monthly electricity, gas and gasoline costs for the average household by u00a55,000 between January and September next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2022
BOJ maintains dovish monetary policy as inflationary pressure grows
The central bank revised its inflation outlook for this fiscal year, which runs through March, raising it to 2.9% from 2.3%.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2022
Gang member arrested over 2013 Kyoto murder of Gyoza no Osho president
Kyoto Prefectural Police shifted their attention to the 56-year-old member of a group affiliated with the Kudo-kai crime syndicate after examining DNA from a cigarette butt at the scene.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2022
Japan's September job availability improves for ninth straight month
The overall unemployment rate rose as the total number of unemployed people in September increased by 80,000, or 4.6%, from the previous month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2022
Tokyo inflation hits 40-year high in October on energy and feeble yen
The figures provide fresh evidence of a weaker yen magnifying the inflationary pressures caused by higher commodity prices.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 28, 2022
Notes from Setouchi: An autumnal spectacle of light and shadow
Artworks in abandoned houses play with the natural light found on the islands in the Seto Inland Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2022
BOJ’s Kuroda faces balancing act to avoid tanking yen
With the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve expected to deliver more rate hikes, a stand-pat decision will further emphasize the BOJ's outlier status.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
By Tomoko Otake

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