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Syoutarou Kobayasi took inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock, among other sources, when directing “Lives at Right Angles.”
CULTURE / Film
Aug 30, 2026
Realism and research underpin film with autistic protagonist
Syoutarou Kobayasi reflects on his careful approach to portraying an autistic man’s experience in “Lives at Right Angles.”
Shota Yasuda (right) offers a nuanced performance as Daiki, an autistic man, in Syoutarou Kobayasi’s “Lives at Right Angles.”
CULTURE / Film
Aug 23, 2026
‘Lives at Right Angles’ offers seldom-seen portrayal of autism in Japan
J-pop idol Shota Yasuda crafts an insightful, compelling performance as the autistic protagonist of Syoutarou Kobayasi’s “Lives at Right Angles.”
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2026
Trump cites unproven autism risk in attack on childhood vaccines
The proposed changes would mean parents would have to make more trips to the doctor to get the same protection against diseases for their young children.
Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Jun 12, 2026
The challenge of being neurodivergent in 今日吃瓜 culture of conformity
As awareness grows, more Japanese adults are finding answers to challenges that went unnoticed for years.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delivers remarks linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children — claims that are not backed by decades of science — at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2025
‘I’m not a doctor’: Trump’s autism announcement gives COVID-19 flashbacks
The U.S. president’s announcements linking a painkiller to autism ranged from unproven medical claims to self-proclaimed expertise.
Tylenol for sale at a pharmacy in New York on Sept. 5
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Trump administration to link Tylenol to autism, report says
Officials plan to warn pregnant women against using the medication, one of the world’s most common, over-the-counter pain relievers, unless they have a fever.
A member of the medical staff treats a woman with COVID-19 next to her four-day-old baby at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2021.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2024
COVID pregnancies may have boosted autism risk, study shows
“There’s something really going on,” pediatric infectious diseases physician Karin Nielsen says. “We don’t want to alarm the world, but that’s what our data are showing.”
A staff member works at the animation studio Shake Hands in Kyoto on Jan. 24. The studio aims to provide job training and confidence to people with autism.
JAPAN / Society
May 5, 2024
Anime studio draws on talent of autistic artists
The groundbreaking initiative aims to provide job training and confidence to people with autism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 25, 2023
‘Spring in Between’: Offbeat love story offers a breath of fresh air
Hio Miyazawa brings depth and unforced commitment to his performance as an artist with Asperger’s syndrome in Rika Katsu’s debut feature.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 14, 2023
The guilt of fatherhood helped shape Kenzaburo Oe’s literary vision
The award-winning writer attempted to give his disabled son a voice through fiction.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 15, 2022
In World Cup tempest, an oasis of calm for fans with autism
Attendees with sensory processing disorders will be able to watch games in comfort from special rooms built within three of Qatar 2022’s venues.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2022
Neurodiversity emerges as a skill in artificial intelligence work
For decades, workers with developmental disabilities, especially autism, have faced discrimination and disproportionately high unemployment levels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Sep 9, 2022
In South Korea, a hit show brings autism into the spotlight
‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ has raised awareness of autism in South Korea, where developmental disabilities are still a taboo subject for many people.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 14, 2020
Finding new beginnings in the United States
Sachi Asato, a young man on the autistic spectrum, started life with the odds stacked against him. Mother Sheila and father Satoru talk about their family’s move to the U.S. to aid his remarkable progress.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2019
No social skills required: Autistic staff help global IT consultancy thrive
From a British call center to an Alaskan satellite facility, Lars Backstrom has had a lot of jobs, but says he always felt like a hexagonal peg in a square hole — he just didn’t fit in.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2018
Tokyo pageant celebrates beauty of people with mental and physical challenges
Fashion enthusiast Mana Yokoyama, wearing a light cream lace dress, strutted down the catwalk during a beauty pageant in Tokyo, hoping the experience would bring her a step closer to a fashion career.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 8, 2017
‘Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8’: ‘The Reason I Jump’ author returns with new English collection
The accomplishments of Japanese poet, novelist and essayist Naoki Higashida are impressive. He’s published more than 20 books in Japanese, pens a popular blog and is seeing the release this month of his second book in English — all before his 25th birthday in August.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 21, 2016
Neuroscientists chart new gray matter map pinpointing key areas of cerebral cortex
Neuroscientists acting as cartographers of the human mind have devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as abstract thought, language and memory.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jun 18, 2016
Autism may not be confined to the brain
Thirteen-year-old Naoki Higashida describes his own personal feelings about having autism as follows:
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2016
Chinese scientists working on autism cure
Chinese scientists have created monkeys with a version of autism that could eventually help in the cure for this complex spectrum of brain disorders.
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.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘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.
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