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A National Police Agency expert panel will discuss whether children age 6 or older, who are not currently subject to mandatory child safety seat requirements, should also be required to use such seats.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Japan to discuss expanding requirements for child safety seats
Members of an expert panel are expected to discuss issues such as the height threshold for child safety seat use and age-based guidelines.
Kyohei Sorita
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Renowned Japanese pianist found guilty of driving at 144 kph
According to a court ruling, Kyohei Sorita drove a car at 144 kph on an expressway in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward on the night of Dec. 20 last year.
Police officers patrol for traffic law violations in Tokyo in May.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2026
Japan to introduce cashless traffic fine payments from July
Fines are currently payable only at bank or post office counters, which are unavailable outside business hours.
Image data on about 1.6 million people, including photos of their driver’s licenses showing their faces, is believed to have leaked from the Times Car service.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2026
Driver’s license data breaches becoming major concern
The rush may reflect fears that their license data could be abused. Police, however, say that reissuing a license would do little to prevent crime.
Cash lanes (left) and ETC lanes at the Mitaka toll gate on the Chuo Expressway in Tokyo in 2022. The number of gates that accept cash and credit card payments in Japan is rapidly dwindling.
JAPAN / Explainer
Sep 28, 2026
The ins and outs of ETC cards for highways in Japan
With more expressways going cashless, the handy ETC card is becoming an essential add-on when renting or buying a car in Japan.
Traffic in Osaka. From usage rules for expressways to drinking and driving laws, Japan is aiming to raise awareness among foreign motorists.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2026
As the number of foreign drivers grows, Japan spreads awareness of road rules
From usage rules for expressways to drinking and driving laws, Japan is aiming to raise awareness among foreign motorists.
Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced swimmer Tomoru Honda, a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for dangerous driving resulting in injury.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2026
Tokyo Olympic swimmer gets suspended term for dangerous driving
Tomoru Honda, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, received one year in prison, suspended for three years.
Vehicles on the Chuo Expressway in Tokyo in August 2022. Accidents involving older drivers are a longstanding problem in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2026
Older drivers with traffic violations face tougher test when renewing license
The National Police Agency plans to introduce a stricter test in fiscal 2027 to assess drivers’ ability more comprehensively.
The maximum speed on ordinary roads with no speed signs or road markings and no white center lines or median strips will be set at 30 kph, above which the risk of pedestrians suffering fatal injuries in accidents is said to spike.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2026
Japan to lower residential road speed limit from 60 to 30 kph
The measure aims to reduce accidents in urban areas with pedestrian-heavy narrow streets, marking a major shift as they account for around 70% of ordinary roads nationwide.
Kaori Onuma (second from left), who lost her three children in a drunken driving case in 2006, offers a silent prayer at a gathering to raise awareness on drunken driving, on Tuesday in the city of Fukuoka.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2026
Japan continues work to end drunken driving 20 years after tragedy
A drunken driving incident in Fukuoka Prefecture that killed three children in 2006 became a turning point for the prefecture and the government to impose stricter regulations.
A Flock camera is mounted on a pole under a solar panel in Commerce City, Colorado, on Wednesday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 9, 2026
Angers mounts in U.S. over vast network of car license plate cams
Flock is used by the police and homeowners’ associations but opponents believe the cameras are a dangerous tool that can infringe on privacy and civil liberties.
Reiwa Shinsengumi leader Taro Yamamoto speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2026
Reiwa Shinsengumi head Taro Yamamoto to resign and quit politics
The opposition party will change its name and hold a leadership election on July 31.
Kaoru Mitoma’s agency said he is taking the incident very seriously and has expressed concern and apologies toward the injured cyclist.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2026
Kaoru Mitoma involved in minor traffic accident in Tokyo
Prominent Japanese soccer player Kaoru Mitoma hit a cyclist in Tokyo while driving at around 8.45 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from his agency.
Reliant on Nvidia hardware for AI training and inferencing since its outset, Turing now handles roughly 10% of its AI training needs with Advanced Micro Devices graphics processing units.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 6, 2026
Self-driving startup Turing gets AMD backing and adopts AMD GPUs
The five-year-old Japanese startup is adding to its capabilities as it builds toward a commercial launch.
A bill to revise the law on punishment of acts causing death or injury by automobile driving is enacted at a plenary session of the Lower House on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2026
Japan enacts bill that sets numerical standards for dangerous driving
The bill stipulates the charge of dangerous driving be uniformly applied to accidents causing death or injury by drivers exceeding the speed limit by over 50 kph on ordinary roads.
The driving skills test for older drivers was introduced in 2022 with the aim of preventing accidents by assessing the decline in their physical functions.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2026
Japan to review elderly driving test after higher accident rate
The rate of accidents caused by drivers who took the test was 2.8 times the level recorded for those who were not subject to it, according to a study released Thursday.
Taxi-hailing app provider Go traded 21% above its IPO price on Tuesday after shareholders of the company raised ?88.6 billion ($553 million) in the offering for a market value of ?186 billion last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2026
Goldman-backed Go soars 21% after biggest Japan IPO this year
The successful debut of the taxi-hailing app provider offers a much-needed tailwind for 今日吃瓜 IPO market.
The share of drunken-driving accidents involving specified small motorized two-wheel vehicles, including electric kick scooters, is "extremely high," Japan's annual white paper on traffic safety noted.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2026
10% of e-scooter accidents in Japan resulted from drunken driving in 2025
Of the 386 accidents involving specified small motorized two-wheel vehicles, including electric kick scooters, drunken driving was blamed for 43 of them.
A vehicle modified to look like an unmarked police car before being driven by a man suspected of drunken driving is seized by Tokyo police on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2026
Saitama man arrested over alleged drunken driving of fake police car
Ren Nakamura, 23, is suspected of driving the vehicle, which had been modified to look like an unmarked police car, and crashing it into a utility pole.
An expressway toll gate in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, that only accepts cars equipped with ETC systems
JAPAN
May 6, 2026
ETC-only expressway gates increasing as Japan ditches cash toll payments
The number of interchanges that do not allow toll payments with credit cards and cash is increasing as Japanese operators aim to complete the transition by fiscal 2030.
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.
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‘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
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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.
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