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The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media at an earlier age.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2025
Two-thirds of fourth to sixth graders in Japan use social media, survey finds
The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media from an earlier age.
Out of 200,000 people who died at home alone in Japan during 2024, 76% were ages 65 or older, according to police.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 13, 2025
Some 58,000 elderly people died alone at home in 2024: police
The data collected will be used by the government to tackle the issue of how to support people becoming isolated from society.
Commuters walk past a fruit store at a shopping arcade in Kyoto earlier this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 12, 2025
Survey forecasts 12% rise in inflation in Japan over coming year
Of those surveyed, 86.7% said that prices are likely to be higher in a year's time, up from 85.7%.
A chemical plant in Mie Prefecture. The number of business failures linked to soaring labor costs and labor shortages increased 1.6 times to 309, the highest since fiscal 2013.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2025
Japan bankruptcies in fiscal 2024 hit 11-year high
The result reflected a surge in the number of bankruptcies due to labor shortages, particularly among small and midsize companies, and rising prices.
Some students avoid using school restrooms altogether because of traditional squat toilets, a survey has found.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2025
For incoming first graders, a major hurdle awaits — Japanese squat toilets
According to one survey by the education ministry, roughly 1 in 4 students said they were unable to use the traditional toilets.
The Bank of Japan's tankan survey indicates that large business are still positive on their prospects.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2025
Japanese businesses maintain optimism ahead of looming tariff storm
In the BOJ's latest tankan survey, the headline index for big manufacturers was 12, which indicates confidence in the business outlook.
According to a survey by international nongovernmental organization Save the Children Japan, 74.6% of respondents said they changed diapers less often when they couldn't buy diapers.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2025
Half of needy households in Japan unable to buy diapers
An inability to buy baby formula has been experienced by 39.6%.
Many families with financial difficulties are cutting down on their living expenses to secure money to buy school uniforms, computers and tablet devices for their children entering school.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 31, 2025
Needy parents eye living expense cuts to fund kids' new school life
They are finding it especially difficult to secure money to buy school uniforms, computers and tablet devices, a survey shows.
Exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy or smoking by pregnant women increase the risk of placental abruption by more than double, a study has found.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 31, 2025
Secondhand smoke more than doubles placental abruption risk, study shows
Toxic substances in tobacco have been found to reduce blood flow to the placenta, according to the Tohoku University research group.
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 28, 2025
School-age suicides in Japan hit all-time high
The number of suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students exceeded 500 for a third consecutive year in 2024 despite a drop in the overall figure.
Osamu Murata (left), the acting chairman of nonprofit Ashinaga, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Wednesday. Ashinaga, which provides financial aid to children, conducted a survey among parents and guardians of recipients to determine the challenges they face.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 27, 2025
Japan’s single parents struggle to raise children, survey finds
Such households grapple with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, according to a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children.
Students attend a job fair at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba on March 1.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2025
About 30% of major Japanese companies using AI for recruiting, poll says
The results show that companies are looking to AI to increase the efficiency of recruitment efforts as competition for human resources heats up.
The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers in Japan hit a record high in fiscal 2023, with psychological abuse cases accounting for 60% of the total.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2025
Child abuse in Japan hits record 226,000 cases in fiscal 2023
The number of psychological abuse cases grew by 6,834 to 134,948, or some 60% of the total.
The latest results are likely to increase doubts within the party about Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s leadership going into the Upper House election in the summer.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
Ishiba’s approval ratings continue to fall amid gift voucher backlash
The latest results are likely to increase doubts within the party about Ishiba’s leadership going into the Upper House election.
Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka speaks to reporters in the city of Osaka on Friday for the first time since he was reported to have participated in a poker tournament run by a foreign casino website.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2025
Cabinet approves strategy to battle illegal online casinos
A National Policy Agency survey released earlier this month showed that nearly 3.37 million Japanese are estimated to have used overseas online casinos to illegally gamble.
Despite the high cost of defending Ukraine, voters on both sides of the Atlantic — including Republicans in the United States — remain surprisingly united in their support for the country.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2025
The American and European publics still stand with Ukraine
Public attitudes in the U.S. are even more striking. When it comes to Ukraine, Americans broadly agree with Europeans.
On Jan. 22 last year, the education ministry called on prefectural boards of education across the country to instruct schools to conduct annual checkups by, in principle, having students wear gym clothes or underwear during examinations and holding them separately for boys and girls under the supervision of teachers of the same gender.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2025
School doctors still risk complaints from parents over health checkups
A survey shows many physicians do not want to be involved in schools' annual checkups out of concern that parents do not want their children's bodies to be shown to doctors.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a session of the Upper House Budget Committee in Tokyo. Approval ratings for Ishiba's government have dropped sharply, polls showed Monday, as the leader faces a backlash for distributing gift vouchers to rookie lawmakers in his ruling party.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2025
Approval rates for Ishiba's Cabinet plunge amid gift voucher snafu
Polls conducted by several newspapers over the weekend show public support tumbling to record lows.
People in Japan appeared to have the smallest difference between the amount of sleep they get on weekdays and weekends, suggesting the lowest incidence of social jet lag.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2025
People in Japan get the least sleep, Pokemon study finds
Does that make Japan the land of the never-setting sun?
Prime Minsiter Shigeru Ishiba
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 13, 2025
Ishiba Cabinet disapproval rises to 44%
It was the highest level since the launch of Ishiba's administration in October last year.
A new tour of Tokyo’s most underground attraction
When you stare into the abyss at the bottom of the No. 3 shaft of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the abyss stares back.
China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies
Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, in October 2010.
'Chikan' incidents rise as Japan grapples with mental health and cultural challenges
Overcrowded trains and a lack of legal consequences for groping in Japan have led to a rise in "chikan," or groping, which has been linked to a mental condition and compounded by cultural stigmas.
Japan doesn’t plan to use U.S. Treasurys as tariff talk leverage
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera speaks at LDP headquarters in Tokyo last October.
Osaka Expo throws open its doors as mega-event kicks off
People visit the Osaka Expo on the first day it opened to the public, in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
A new tour of Tokyo’s most underground attraction
When you stare into the abyss at the bottom of the No. 3 shaft of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the abyss stares back.
Two-thirds of fourth to sixth graders in Japan use social media, survey finds
The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media at an earlier age.
Osaka Expo-bound? Take your pick of the city’s new luxury hotels.
The Four Seasons Hotel Osaka opened in 2024, just one of many new luxury accommodations the city boasts ahead of the 2025 World Expo.
Heaven from hells: The sulfuric pleasure of Unzen Onsen
While Unzen Onsen's "hells" can be visually striking, locals describe them and their effects as "a source of emotional healing."
Osaka Expo throws open its doors as mega-event kicks off
People visit the Osaka Expo on the first day it opened to the public, in the city of Osaka on Sunday.

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