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Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
Last week’s U.S. midterm congressional elections have highlighted just how strong opposition to data center construction has become.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Osaka struggles to stamp out cigarette littering
Despite a citywide ban on smoking on streets, a deadly fire believed to have been caused by a discarded cigarette butt broke out there last year.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Gyan-tsuma: How one woman discovered her husband’s gambling addiction
Mei Nanaumi’s experience led her to find an online community of gyan-tsuma — wives grappling with their spouses’ gambling.
People taking part in a session for frailty prevention volunteers in Sendai in September practice measuring calf circumference, a technique used during frailty checks.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Nov 9, 2026
Peer-support program for healthier aging gains ground in Sendai
The program, focused on frailty prevention, was launched in 2015, and similar programs are now active in more than 100 municipalities across Japan.
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
While tuition-free private high school education began in April, families still face a heavy financial burden from expenses other than tuition.
A new nursing care accident reporting system could help central and local governments quickly identify accidents and analyze the causes.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Japan to launch online reporting system for nursing care accidents
The aim is to help local governments quickly identify accidents and share with the central government so it can collect more comprehensive data.
The Aeon Mall Kashiwa shopping complex in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, offers its parking garage as a storage site for vehicles during heavy rain.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Cities turn to private parking garages for vehicle storage amid flood risks
Local governments in Japan are partnering with private businesses to give drivers a safe place to store their cars during heavy rain or flooding.
Minoru Kiuchi (center), minister for economic and fiscal policy, speaks at an expert panel on reversing Japan's declining birthrate trend, in Tokyo, on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2026
‘Quiet crisis’: Government expert panel convenes to tackle population decline
By Jessica Speed
The panel discussed how to reverse the declining birthrate trend, how to build sustainable local communities and how to cope with labor shortages.
An annual New Year calligraphy contest at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Jan. 5
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2026
Japanese calligraphy poised to join UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list
By Jessica Speed
If approved, shodō would become 今日吃瓜 24th entry on the list, following the addition of traditional sake-making in 2024.
The number of births increased in 24 prefectures — many of them in urban areas including Tokyo, Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures — while 23 prefectures saw decreases.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2026
Births in Japan edge up 0.4% in January-June, thanks to Tokyo
By Spencer Landers
This is the first increase in the first half in 11 years, with the capital’s 4.7% jump in births being the highest among all prefectures.

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's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo'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's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister'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'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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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