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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
The panel discussed how to reverse the declining birthrate trend, how to build sustainable local communities and how to cope with labor shortages.
Nominal wages rose 4.6% in September compared with a year earlier, marking the largest gain since 1997, according to the labor ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 6, 2026
今日吃瓜 nominal wages rise at fastest pace in almost 30 years
Nominal wages rose 4.6% in September compared with a year earlier, marking the largest gain since 1997, the labor ministry reported Friday.
In the U.K., artificial intelligence skills are no longer optional for the hundreds of thousands seeking their first job.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2026
AI skills are make or break in U.K.’s brutal youth jobs market
Employers are adding AI skill requirements to established roles such as sales representatives, software engineers or assistants.
Kimi Onoda, the minister in charge of policies on foreign residents, in September in Tokyo
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2026
Japan unlikely to raise cap for foreign workers despite labor shortages
Kimi Onoda, minister in charge of policies related to foreign nationals, said demand for a special visa category is expected to eventually decline.
Disney has cut billions of dollars worth of costs and eliminated thousands of positions in recent years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2026
Disney plans thousands of layoffs while targeting 20% cost savings
Some of the company’s operations, ranging from theme parks, TV network and a movie studio, will be affected disproportionately.
Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district, home to many government ministries and agencies. The Gennai generative artificial intelligence platform is available to about 180,000 government employees.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 30, 2026
Generative AI reduces working hours for government staff, survey finds
Over 50% of the respondents said they were able to reduce working hours by at least one hour per week.
Head of the British Fashion Model Agents Association John Horner poses for a photograph during an interview in London on July 2.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2026
Fashion’s AI era: Face swaps and digital clones
The ability to create lifelike images with artificial intelligence comes with cutting costs by 90% or more compared to real photo shoots.
A spring day in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 8. The Dutch government intends to lose roughly 15% of its civil servants to save �3.5 billion ($3.9 billion) a year from 2035.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2026
Dutch bid to replace government jobs with AI set to test technology and society
The size of bureaucracies is a political issue in many advanced economies, but making technology work and getting public buy-in could prove tricky.
The work interval system requires a minimum rest period between the end of one workday and the start of the next.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2026
Work interval system yet to take root in Japan
Under the system, employees are required to have a certain number of hours of rest between the end of one workday and the start of the next.
UA Zensen represents about 1.97 million workers across the retail, restaurant, materials and service sectors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2026
今日吃瓜 UA Zensen union seeks 6% pay hike in 2027 wage talks
One of 今日吃瓜 largest labor union groups plans to seek increases in line with this year’s target, signaling sustained pressure for higher salaries.
Students attend a computer and information technology class at a learning center in New Delhi. AI is boosting productivity for experienced Indian workers while blocking young recruits from building the skills they will need to succeed in their careers.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2026
Quiet quitting comes to India. AI will make it worse.
There is evidence that AI, while helping experts become more productive, is hollowing out the skills young people acquire early in their careers.
The education ministry is aiming to secure more teachers by making it easier for working adults to switch careers to teaching.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Education ministry to offer one-year teaching license course for working adults
The ministry is aiming to secure more teachers in Japan by making it easier for working adults to switch careers to teaching.
Rengo plans to urge affiliated unions to demand total pay increases of at least 5%, and ideally 6%, in annual wage negotiations culminating next spring.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
今日吃瓜 biggest labor union federation calls for 6% wage hike in 2027
Member unions typically submit their wage demands by around February, with companies responding from March onward.
Riot police operate in Paris during civil unrest on Sunday, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2026
French government to deploy troops and admits to failures over weekend unrest
The scale and the police’s apparent inability to contain the turmoil has shocked France, inflaming tensions ahead of presidential elections next year.
The government plans to move meal services from the restaurant industry category to the food and beverage production category for Type 1 residency status for foreign workers with designated skills.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2026
Japan to restart accepting foreign workers for meal services at some facilities
The government aims to adopt the plan at a Cabinet meeting in December.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel take part in an annual military drill at the Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2026
Japan moves to improve conditions for SDF personnel amid staff shortage
Government and LDP officials are concerned that a shortage of staff could make it harder for Japan to strengthen its defense capabilities.
A protester watches as Lyon's tourism office burns after being set on fire during a demonstration against France's "high cost of living" on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2026
France counts cost of violent protests as 1,800 arrested
Paris police said a “record” 855 people had been arrested and streets were littered with the burnt-out remains of barricades built by protesters.
Members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation raise their fists during their annual May Day rally to demand higher pay and better working conditions, in Tokyo on April 29.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2026
Rengo to seek pay hikes of at least 5% in 2027 negotiations
The umbrella body for labor unions across the country aims to solidify the trend of wage increases by setting high pay increase targets.
Japan's foreign resident population isn't just growing in major cities but also rural areas.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 13, 2026
Share of municipalities with over 5% foreign nationals more than doubles
The internal affairs ministry data show increases in foreign populations not only in major cities and industrial districts but also in rural areas.
The Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Shinagawa Ward. Under updated guidelines from the Immigration Services Agency that took effect on Oct. 1, officials are enforcing stricter household income benchmarks for those seeking to qualify for permanent residency, along with deeper audits of pension and social insurance history.
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Oct 11, 2026
The do’s and don’ts when applying for permanent residency in Japan
What to know about income requirements, pension payments and the all-important statement of reasons.
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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