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Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Welcomes Next-Generation Nikkei Leaders
State Minister HORII Iwao received a courtesy call from nine next-generation Nikkei leaders from Latin America, emphasiz...
Rising Food Prices Expected in Japan This October
Japan is bracing for a surge in food prices this October, with inflation expected to rise to 3.05% from 2.8% in Septembe...
Tokyo Inflation Surges in September, Cementing BOJ Rate Hike Expectations
Tokyo's core inflation rate accelerated in September, exceeding forecasts and solidifying market expectations that the B...
Japan PM Takaichi Hands Top Startup Award to Physical AI Firm Mujin
Prime Minister Takaichi presented the Japan Startup Award 2026 to Mujin, an industrial robotics startup, and signalled s...
Japan Transport Ministry Targets Urban Floods, Driverless Taxis and Chimney Safety
MLIT will compile urban flood countermeasures by year-end and meet GO, Waymo and Nihon Kotsu over Japan's first fully dr...
Okayama University Venture Gives High Schoolers a Hands-On 3D-Printed Bridge Engineering Course
MOSAdemy, a student-led venture from Okayama University, ran an applied 3D printing workshop where high school students ...
Japan Current Account n.s.a.: Why the Release Matters, Even Without a Fresh Figure
A Hindi-language market page for Japan's current account n.s.a. contains only standard risk disclosures, not the actual ...
Kura Sushi Halts Chiikawa Collab After Employee Misconduct Found
Japan's conveyor-belt sushi chain stops all Chiikawa prizes, menu items and store events from September 6 after confirmi...
Japan's Core Inflation Accelerates to 1.8% in July, Raising BoJ Rate Bets
Japanese core CPI rose 1.8% year-on-year in July, a second straight acceleration, while government energy measures cloud...
Why Japan's I-400 Submarine-Aircraft Carriers Failed to Change Naval War
Imperial Japan built huge submarines that could launch floatplanes, but a slow, costly design and a rapidly worsening wa...
TOUCHBeauty Japan Opens Instagram Giveaway for LIFT2 Multi-Esthetic Device
The Tokyo beauty-device maker will give three winners a LIFT2 facial device, priced at ¥27,280, in an Instagram campaign...
Secret 1945 Army Study Planned Martial Law for Tokyo Air Raids, Far Understating Toll
A newly disclosed Imperial Japanese Army document from January 1945 planned martial law for Tokyo under an assumed 13,70...
Japan Medical Association Opens Applications for Harvard Takemi Fellowship
The Japan Medical Association will begin accepting applications September 1 for its funded fellowship at Harvard T.H. Ch...
Japan's New FIEA Amendment Moves Crypto Into Financial Product Rules, LDP's Kihara Says
LDP lawmaker Makoto Kihara says July's FIEA revision is the first step toward tokenized finance, where AI and blockchain...
Yasukuni Shrine, Explained: History, Rituals and the Diplomacy of Aug. 15
What the Tokyo shrine enshrines, why prime ministers' visits remain contested, and what Takaichi Sanae's cautious April ...
Kumamoto Earthquake Response: Japan Details New Loan Relief and Local Recovery Directives
Prime Minister Takaichi's disaster headquarters set out new support for at-home evacuees, small businesses, water restor...
Goldman: Japan's $1 Trillion Dollar Reserve Buffer Can Fund More Yen Intervention
Goldman Sachs strategists say Japan's cash reserves and access to a Fed repo facility leave room for repeated yen-buying...
Source Feed Corruption Leaves Japan Stat Report Unreadable
A crawled Japanese-language item from Stat (JP) arrived as garbled mojibake with no verifiable facts; NewsFormal cannot ...
Putin Threatens Mirror Response on Ship Seizures and Rebukes Japan During Pacific Fleet Drills
Speaking from the Varyag during Pacific Fleet drills, Putin promised a mirror response to any seizure of Russian merchan...
Metaplanet’s Siiibo Securities Buy Paves Way for Bitcoin-Backed Financial Products
The Japanese bitcoin treasury is betting a newly acquired securities firm can turn its crypto holdings into a regulatory...
Japan Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Oil Tankers and Civilians in Red Sea
Japan has strongly denounced Houthi attacks on Saudi crude tankers, oil facilities and civilian targets, warning of esca...
Tokyo's Cool Biz Dress Code Has Sparked a 'Hairy Leg Harassment' Debate — And a Surge in Laser Hair Removal
As Tokyo expands its casual Cool Biz policy to include shorts, some women are calling men's exposed hairy legs a form of...
Cast Revealed for Immersive ‘Belle’ Spin-Off Live Show Featuring Virtual Singer LAYRA
A new live performance blending virtual and real worlds, set five years after the hit anime film ‘Belle,’ will feature f...
Japan and Oman Pledge Joint Push to Restore Free Navigation in Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Takaichi and Sultan Haitham discuss the critical Iran situation, Oman’s mediation with Tehran, and the ne...
Sony and TSMC Plan $6.3 Billion Joint Venture to Produce Next-Gen Image Sensors
A Nikkei report says Sony and TSMC will invest 1 trillion yen in a joint venture to manufacture advanced image sensor ch...
Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi Visits Trinidad and Tobago, Pledges Closer Ties on Energy, Security
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with his Trinidadian counterpart Sean Sobers on August 7 to discuss ener...
Kumamoto Earthquake: Government Relief Portal Offers Health Tips, Recovery Steps
Japan's Prime Minister's Office launched a central resource for survivors of the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto earthquake, consolidat...
Relocating to Japan: Why eight years of planning still left this family with regrets
A New Zealand family’s careful preparation for moving to Japan left them well set up for arrival—but overlooked the dail...
PM Takaichi Pledges Two-Year Food Tax Holiday, Stands Firm on Non-Nuclear Principles
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announces a plan to slash food consumption tax to near zero for two years, paired with a n...
Japan’s Aluminum Industry Opens Hard Anodizing Training Program for Technicians
A new correspondence course on hard anodizing for aluminum surfaces will start in October 2026, organized by industry bo...