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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 / Media
Nov 9, 2026
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
The planned app would target young people overseas, allowing them to have AI-powered conversations in Japanese with popular anime characters.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2026
Japan to boost education programs for U.S. forces in Okinawa after robbery-murder
Among the recurrence prevention measures, which were agreed upon by both sides, are lectures on Okinawa’s culture and history.
Japan's Foreign Ministry has said that about 3,600 sets of personal information may have been compromised following unauthorized access to a network at the ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2026
Foreign ministry says 3,600 sets of personal information may have been leaked
The records contained names and email addresses, including those of some 900 individuals not employed by the ministry.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2026
U.S. Marine signals involvement in murder-robbery in Okinawa
The 20-year-old Marine allegedly strangled a 39-year-old woman with a telephone cord in a hotel room in Naha early this month.
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside the Foreign Ministry building following the killing of a Japanese woman in Okinawa Prefecture, for which a U.S. Marine was indicted on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 25, 2026
U.S. Marine indicted in Okinawa robbery-murder case
According to the indictment and other sources, the suspect allegedly strangled the woman with a telephone cord in a hotel room in Naha.
The government-affiliated Japan Foundation holds an anime song concert in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Japan works to promote soft power diplomacy using manga and anime
The government plans to actively use popular manga and anime works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi as they meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 21.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2026
Rubio cites ‘necessity’ of U.S. sanctions on ICC in call with Japanese counterpart
The court’s legislative body demanded “the immediate revocation” of the sanctions, urging “the international community to stand firm” in its defense.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest outside the Foreign Ministry building following the killing of a Japanese woman in Okinawa, in which a U.S. Marine is a suspect, in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2026
Dozens protest in Tokyo after U.S. Marine accused of murder in Okinawa
The case is the latest in a string of incidents going back years that have fueled unease over the large U.S. troop presence in Okinawa Prefecture.
A Russian Embassy vehicle involved in a traffic incident is seen in front of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2026
Russian Embassy vehicle in traffic incident near 今日吃瓜 Foreign Ministry
Four people were left slightly injured. Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Osprey military aircraft are seen at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, where the 20-year-old suspect in a robbery-murder is stationed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2026
Japan delivers ‘strong protest’ to U.S. after marine arrested in Okinawa robbery-murder
The 20-year-old suspect, who has denied the charges, is suspected of killing a woman and stealing her backpack and wallet at a hotel in Naha.
A photo of an antiterrorism drill that the Foreign Ministry posted on its X account but was removed after it has drawn criticism on social media that costumes used in the drill were specifically associated with the Middle East and the Islamic world.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2026
Japan Foreign Ministry draws flak over costumes used in anti-terror drill
The drill was held at a government facility in Tokyo to prepare for potential terror attacks and the abduction of Japanese nationals abroad.
August exports rose 19.3% year-on-year, slowing from July’s 23.2% gain but remaining strong on surging shipments of semiconductors and chipmaking equipment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2026
今日吃瓜 export growth stays solid as shipments of chips jump
The value of exports rose 19.3% from a year earlier, slowing from a 23.2% gain in July, the Finance Ministry reported.
A woman walks past houses damaged by last month's massive flash floods in the town of Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2026
Nepal takes its floods to the U.N. — and asks who will pay
Experts have attributed the flooding to a massive rockslide in the Himalayas, a hazard that climate change is making more frequent as the region warms.
A sidewalk near the the place where a Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in September 2024
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2026
Free legal consultation service expanding for Japanese abroad
The initiative was first introduced in China last year and has since been launched in the Philippines and Thailand.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to the media about U.S.-Japan joint forex action upon her arrival at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 5, 2026
Takaichi seen retaining foreign, defense and finance ministers in Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering keeping Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, defense chief Shinjiro Koizumi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama in their posts.
The Foreign Ministry is developing an app that is expected to help verify the safety of Japanese citizens swiftly in the event of an armed conflict or a massive disaster overseas.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2026
Japan developing GPS-based app to locate nationals overseas
The app is expected to help verify the safety of Japanese citizens swiftly in the event of an armed conflict or a massive disaster overseas.
The Foreign Ministry has established a new division to strengthen international cooperation and rule-making on cybersecurity amid growing cyberattack risks driven by advances in artificial intelligence.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2026
Foreign Ministry sets up Cyber Security Policy Division to combat cyberattacks
The Foreign Ministry determined that a dedicated division to cyber security is needed amid increasing cyber threats driven by advances in artificial intelligence.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Japanese officials battling misinformation on social media
A ministry official highlighted a benefit of sharing information under individual names, saying that officials “can post (information) smoothly without complicated procedures.”
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reacts as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, during a visit to U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, last October.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2026
Japan and U.S. begin working-level talks on host nation support
The U.S. government during preliminary talks indicated that it would ask Japan to increase its host nation support.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra?Modi greets Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum in New Delhi on July 2.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2026
Japan eyes diplomatic support for firms’ entry into India
India has ranked first for the fourth straight year as the most promising overseas market in a survey released in 2025 by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
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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