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UNESCO Adds Japan's 'Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara' to World Heritage List
Japan's foreign minister welcomes UNESCO's decision to list the Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, citing their rol...
Special Diet Session's End Brings Election Positioning From Japan's Party Leaders
Jiji's party-leader interviews show opposition groups weighing mergers, tax abolition pledges and new AI-security concer...
Japan Lays Out Indo-Pacific Defense Push: Training Missions, Exercises, Vietnam Deal
Tokyo's defense ministry details how it is translating the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision into capability building, j...
Japan's PM Sets Up Cabinet Heatstroke Task Force as 'Extreme Heat Days' Mount
Prime Minister Takaichi has launched a cabinet-level heatstroke package, expanding cooling shelters, accelerating school...
Japan Warned of 'Super El Niño' Risk: Heat Waves, Disrupted Typhoons and a 13% Food-Price Hit
Japan's weather agency confirmed El Niño on June 10, but scientists warn it could grow into a record 'super El Niño' — w...
Japan's Environment Ministry Sets Social Media Rules for Its Official Accounts
Japan's environment ministry says its X and Facebook accounts will run as one-way information channels, with user inquir...
Japan’s Environment Ministry: A Guide to Its Six Policy Divisions and Mandates
A look at how Japan’s Environment Ministry is organized — from regional decarbonization targets and pollution control to...
Japan's Official Statistics Portal e-Stat and Its Mapping Tool, jSTAT MAP
Japan's e-Stat portal aggregates roughly 700 official datasets, and its jSTAT MAP tool turns them into maps for regional...
Japan's Cabinet Secretariat Lays Out How Citizens Can Request Their Personal Data
The Cabinet Secretariat has clarified how individuals can request access to, correction of, or a halt to use of their pe...
Japan's Cabinet Secretariat Details Rules for Document Disclosure Requests
A Cabinet Secretariat notice explains how citizens can request administrative documents — by mail or in person, with ¥30...
After Japan's Campus Beauty Contests, Most Winners Choose Ordinary Jobs
A Toyokeizai feature follows former Japanese campus beauty contestants and finds most trade the spotlight for regular co...
Toyo Keizai Launches Dedicated Railway News Site Covering Japan's Rail Sector
Toyo Keizai Online has added a railway-focused theme site blending business coverage of Shinkansen, JR and private rail ...
NHK's 2026 Morning Drama 'Kaze, Kaoru' Turns Meiji-Era Nurse Pioneers Into Fiction
NHK's 114th morning drama follows two trainee nurses building a profession in 1880s Japan, inspired by real-life pioneer...
Honda’s R&D Boss Targets 28-Month Development Cycle to Outrun Chinese EV Rivals by 2028
Honda has reshuffled its R&D structure to slash vehicle development time to 28 months, aiming to overtake fast-moving Ch...
Photomatic Taps University Students for 'Oshikatsu' Insights, Reveals Shift Toward Experiential Fan Spending
A series of workshops at Jissen Women's University uncovered a growing demand among Gen Z fans for immersive, ongoing ex...
Ueda Flags Inflation Overshoot Risk, Says BOJ May Accelerate Rate Hikes
The Bank of Japan held rates at 1.0% but Governor Ueda warned underlying inflation could surpass the 2% target, citing o...
Japan's Mobara City to Demolish 50-Year-Old 'Ghost' Housing for Industrial Site, Eyes Chip Investment
Mobara City in Chiba Prefecture will raze the derelict Mana municipal housing complex and turn the 56,000-square-meter s...
Immersive Ultraman 'Story Dive' Exhibition Opens at Yokohama Landmark Hall
Tohakusha launches an immersive Ultraman experience featuring original works by six illustrators, with exclusive merchan...
L'Oréal Becomes Exclusive Beauty Partner of Plenitude Arena in a Two-Year Brand Push
The French cosmetics giant will activate its 40-brand portfolio at Europe's largest indoor venue through immersive exper...
Zuckerberg's Emotional Video Fails to Reassure Investors as Meta Profit Slumps and Stock Tumbles
Meta's quarterly profit plunged and spending surged, driving a sharp stock selloff. CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a perso...
FIFA's $20 Billion Commercial Spin-Off Sparks Backlash from European Football Leaders
FIFA plans a new entity to house World Cup and other commercial rights, seeking to raise capital from outside investors ...
Nadella's Toughest Year: How Microsoft's AI Bet Threatens Its Own Empire
Three years after vaulting Microsoft to the front of the AI race, Satya Nadella faces a paradox: the technology that mad...
Beyond Nissan: 14 Directors Voted Down at Japanese AGMs, Full Rankings Show
A Toyokeizai analysis of all listed Japanese companies reveals 14 director candidates were rejected by shareholders in t...
Toyota-Trained Manufacturers Dive into Space, AI and Cocktails to Attract Fresh Talent
Companies born from Toyota’s supply chain in Japan’s Mikawa region are using their manufacturing precision to break into...
Why Organic Cotton Isn't Taking Off: Lessons from a Japanese Publisher's Sustainable T‑Shirt Trial
ELLE SHOP's organic cotton T‑shirt launch sold over 300 units, but the event revealed a deeper supply‑chain failure: far...
Brother Industries Claims Top Design Award for Multi-Tool Machining Centre
The SPEEDIO U500Xd2-100T, capable of holding 100 tools and enabling extended unmanned runs, secured the Japan Machine To...
Ukraine: Russia's New Cruise Missile Uses Japanese Component, Demands Export Curbs
Kyiv says a Russian cruise missile deployed in southern Ukraine contains a Japanese inertial module made in 2021, alongs...
Japan Scraps Budget Caps, Creates ‘Strong and Rich Japan’ Investment Framework
Tokyo forecasts 0.9% real GDP growth in FY2026, 1.1% in FY2027, and launches a dedicated domestic investment window, end...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: AI Will Eliminate Tasks, Not Jobs — But the Data Isn't So Clear-Cut
At Y Combinator's Startup School, Huang argued that AI automates routine tasks while preserving the broader purpose of j...
Japan’s 1970s Oil Crisis Lessons Offer a Roadmap for Today’s Energy and Price Shocks
As 2026 brings renewed Middle East instability and oil-driven inflation, Japan revisits the 1973 and 1979 crises: how st...
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