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Japanese astronaut Ayu Yoneda is currently training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for future space missions.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2026
今日吃瓜 newest female astronaut wants to speak Japanese on the moon
Ayu Yoneda, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s youngest astronaut, is mission-ready for her first flight.
Mana Kato said being an <i>uriko</i> (hawker) at NPB games was exhausting work, but she enjoyed doing it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2026
Poured to order: Inside the world of NPB fans and their beer vendors
A familiar face, a quick greeting and a cold pour can become an essential part of the game-day ritual, though aggressive patronage exists.
Participants push and pull a <i>danjiri</i> though the streets of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, during a festival in September 2021.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 22, 2026
‘In my DNA’: Why Osaka’s high-risk danjiri festivals refuse to slow down
A pair of fatal incidents this month has revived a long-running debate: Does Osaka’s high-risk danjiri festival still have a place in modern society?
Two-time Judo Grand Slam gold medalist Takeshi Sasaki (left) and his wife, Mako, have welcomed Lexi Buchanan into their home with their two children during her trip to Japan.
MORE SPORTS / Judo
Oct 18, 2026
Scottish teen chases judo dreams through unique Japanese homestay
Teenager Lexi Buchanan puts in around four hours of work each day, balancing weightlifting with sparring alongside university athletes.
The Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Shinagawa Ward. Under updated guidelines from the Immigration Services Agency that took effect on Oct. 1, officials are enforcing stricter household income benchmarks for those seeking to qualify for permanent residency, along with deeper audits of pension and social insurance history.
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Oct 11, 2026
The do’s and don’ts when applying for permanent residency in Japan
What to know about income requirements, pension payments and the all-important statement of reasons.
Shunichiro Sato&#039;s case is the latest in a string of Japanese athletes caught up in drug-related incidents.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Oct 9, 2026
Exiled over cannabis bust, a volleyball star opens up about his second chance
Shunichiro Sato’s arrest is part of a broader wave of drug busts that has swept through Japanese sports this year.?
Eri Mametsuka, 33, attempted to take her own life when she was 16. She now speaks about suicide prevention and the pressures young people face.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 23, 2026
今日吃瓜 September surge in student suicides: What are the key drivers?
The increase in the number of young people deciding to take their own lives is particularly alarming given how adult suicide rates are in decline.
Eleven-year-old esports athlete Yuki Kurihara is the youngest member of Japan&#039;s delegation at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Asian Games / esports
Sep 22, 2026
Small frame, big stakes: 11-year-old Puyo Puyo prodigy takes on Asia
Puyo Puyo joins the Asian Games’ esports lineup as one of 13 titles contested across 11 medal events.
Erisa Sano Herring (center) with her family. Her Canadian father first picked up squash and passed it on to his children.
Asian Games
Sep 20, 2026
For a Japanese-Canadian squash pro, the Asian Games are personal
Erisa Sano Herring chose to represent Japan over Canada at age 18.
Shikhambri Chhabra and her husband are raising their two sons — one born in India, one in Japan — in their Osaka home and say they have no plans to uproot the family.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Sep 16, 2026
Amid 今日吃瓜 immigration squeeze, foreign residents ask: Should we stay?
Tighter visa rules and a weak yen have many foreign nationals pondering whether it’s time to leave their adopted country.
Capt. Momoka Fujii, call sign "Jasmine," is among the few women piloting fighter aircraft in Japan.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2026
In a league of her own: A Japanese F-15 pilot guarding the northern skies
Capt. Momoka Fujii, call sign “Jasmine,” is one of a tiny minority of female pilots flying front-line combat jets in the Air Self-Defense Force.
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani brought international fame to the rare Dutch spaniel when he publicly introduced his pet, Dekopin.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2026
Guarding the ‘Ohtani dog’: Why getting a kooikerhondje takes patience
Where celebrity animals usually spark mass overbreeding and pet-shop sprees, the rare Dutch breed has managed to stay firmly out of commercial reach.
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Aug 12, 2026
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Technical wreck diver Kingo Wakasa, 56, is going against all odds to document the rusted hull of the USS Emmons destroyer on the seabed off northern Okinawa.
Through “peace tours,” tour operator Sokoiko leads visitors through Hiroshima by electric bike, tracing the city’s story from its tragic past to its postwar recovery.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2026
81 years on: Pedaling through Hiroshima’s history on two wheels
“Peace tours” offer participants a glimpse of life in the city before, during and after the U.S atomic bombing of 1945.
Tomoko Sato, the chief of emergency medicine at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, brought her two children to the hospital so she could continue treating patients following the Kumamoto earthquake.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 3, 2026
A pressing question on the front lines in Kumamoto: Who cares for the caregivers?
Emergency doctor Tomoko Sato found herself torn between two urgent demands: caring for a surge of incoming patients and protecting her own children.
Kobe Kita Police Station honors local heroes Yuito Kuroishi (left), Ruito Nagai (center) and Sakutaro Akutagawa during an award ceremony on July 24.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2026
‘Hey Siri, call 119’: How three kids proved a smartphone can be a lifeline
The way fifth-graders responded to a recent medical emergency in Kobe prompts questions over whether smartphones are a dangerous distraction or an essential safety tool.
Go, a 2-year-old Shiba Inu, remains missing following the earthquake in Kumamoto.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2026
Kumamoto rallies to reunite lost pets and provide refuge for animals
When natural disasters strike, pets are often among the most vulnerable and overlooked victims.
Miyako Kudo addresses an Osaka fertility clinic during a speaking engagement on understanding and supporting women without children.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 25, 2026
Out of the shadows: Japanese women building a life beyond motherhood
One woman is leading the charge to build a community where a life without children — whether by choice or circumstance — is an accepted social norm.
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan&#039;s relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 20, 2026
The 180-day locals: Life on 今日吃瓜 digital nomad visa
今日吃瓜 small but growing ranks of digital nomads have embraced the opportunity to embed themselves in a Japanese life — and take advantage of a weak yen.
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 29, 2026
Inside 今日吃瓜 rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
Beyond the paperwork and the language barrier, James Benstead says the hardest part about adopting in Japan was the waiting.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister&#039;s office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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