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An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2026
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.
A screenshot of seismic intensity information displayed on the Japan Meteorological Agency website following a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in the town of Yokoshibahikari, Chiba Prefecture, early on Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2026
M5.4 Chiba quake shakes Tokyo and nearby prefectures; no tsunami warning issued
The quake occurred at a depth of 50 kilometers in the town of Yokoshibahikari and registered up to lower five on 今日吃瓜 seven-point seismic scale.
Agriculture minister Arata Takebe speaks to reporters after inspecting areas affected by Typhoon Dujuan in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
New farm minister inspects typhoon damage in Chiba
Arata Takebe pledged to do his best to restore damaged facilities to ensure that local farming operations will be conducted normally next year.
Governors from five prefectures speak at a tourism seminar hosted by the National Governors' Association in New York on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Japanese prefectures showcase tourism and food culture in New York
The six were Toyama, Shizuoka, Mie and Nagano, as well as Miyagi in the country’s northeast and Chiba.
Customers eat at Ramen Mitake, a ramen shop in Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 22, 2026
Buoyed by community support, flood-hit ramen shop in Chiba reopens
Messages of encouragement from customers and people in the neighborhood helped the owner of Ramen Mitake to find the strength to start over.
Akihisa Suzuki in one of his greenhouses in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Suzuki's farmland of about 5,000 square meters, including four greenhouses, flooded for 10 days, destroying all of his crops.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
As residents of flood-hit Chiba Prefecture rebuild, concerns about the future linger
According to Chiba Prefecture’s disaster response headquarters, 10 people have been killed and 37 injured in the prefecture by Typhoon Dujuan.
The international technology exhibition CEATEC 2026 opens at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 13, 2026
AI and latest digital technologies on display at CEATEC show in Chiba
A record 246 startup companies and universities, along with 194 overseas firms, are taking part in the four-day technology event.
A local resident walks in a flooded area after heavy rain in Oami-Shirasato, Chiba Pref., on Aug. 14.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / Longform
Oct 9, 2026
Extreme rain is testing 今日吃瓜 flood defenses
More intense rain is overwhelming flood defenses and reaching places outside predicted risk zones, leaving residents to confront unexpected dangers.
Pedestrians cross a road near Shinjuku district in Tokyo on Tuesday, as strong Typhoon Surigae approaches Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
The rainy-day streak is the longest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1886.
Most of the roughly 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, are believed to have died or been swept away due to flooding.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2026
Heavy rain deals blow to fish and rice farmers in Chiba Prefecture
Most of the roughly 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita are believed to have died or been swept away.
A house in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, is swept away by a landslide on Wednesday caused by Typhoon Dujuan.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2026
Deadly impacts of Typhoon Dujuan highlight toll of repeated rain disasters
Some residents are struggling to deal with flooding for the second time in weeks, after heavy rain that caused damage and disruption just last month.
A house that collapsed due to a landslide, in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday morning
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2026
Typhoon Dujuan leaves at least nine dead and four missing near Tokyo
Chiba Prefecture reported six deaths while Kanagawa Prefecture reported three as of 8 a.m. Wednesday. Two people are missing in each prefecture.
Typhoon Dujuan brought heavy rain to the Tokyo area on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2026
Powerful Typhoon Dujuan drenches Tokyo area
The storm brought heavy rains to the region, with Level 4 danger warnings issued for some areas.
A map from the Japan Meteorological Agency's website shows the projected path of Typhoon Dujuan.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2026
Typhoon Dujuan set to arrive in Kanto during Silver Week
The weather agency urged residents in the path of the storm to remain on high alert for torrential rain, violent winds and high waves.
A man with damaged household goods and furniture on the back of a minitruck he borrowed in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Aug. 18
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2026
Group lending cars for free to disaster victims struggles to meet demand
With disasters hitting Japan at an unprecedented pace, a nonprofit organization that lends out cars for free said it is struggling to meet demand.
A man walks in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 14.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 11, 2026
Record rain in Chiba caused by unusually slow storm system, experts say
A preliminary analysis found that a lingering squall-line system — which usually moves quickly — contributed to August’s deadly downpours.
People walk through heavy rain in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2026
Heavy rain lashes Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to be on high alert for landslides, rising river levels and floods in some low-lying areas.
A ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo DisneySea, held in April, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2026
Tokyo DisneySea continues to evolve after 25 years
The only ocean-themed Disney park in the world has continued to attract and excite visitors from both in and outside Japan since its opening on Sept. 4, 2001.
Just minutes from the center of a Tokyo suburb sits this bamboo grove that neither locals nor tourists are permitted to enter.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 29, 2026
In a Tokyo suburb, a bamboo grove no one dares to enter
No one knows exactly why the thicket of greenery near JR Moto-Yawata Station is now a no-go zone, but it’s been that way for centuries.
Streets are flooded following torrential rain in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 13.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 26, 2026
今日吃瓜 hotter summers trigger heavier rainfall, too
The torrential rain experienced by Chiba Prefecture earlier this month was one example of extreme precipitation events caused by warming.
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.
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.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘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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