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Six Japanese men arrested over an alleged phone scam operation based in Vietnam are transferred to Japan after being detained by Vietnamese authorities in June.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Japanese police arrest six men over scam from Vietnam
The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ?1 million earlier this year.
The Kanagawa police are suspected of using information obtained from old driver's licenses illegally, to make investigation files.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2026
NPA suspects police in Kanagawa used old drivers’ licenses illegally
The national police agency has instructed Kanagawa police to confirm the facts in full detail, and has set up a team to conduct a probe nationwide.
Former Yokohama mayor Takeharu Yamanaka bows to supporters in Yokohama on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2026
Why harassment scandals continue engulfing 今日吃瓜 local leaders
The former mayor of Yokohama lost his reelection bid following a harassment scandal, in a case that highlights an ongoing problem in the nation.
A multivehicle accident occurred in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday that resulted in one death and 13 people being taken to the hospital.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2026
One dead and 13 taken to hospital after multivehicle accident in Fujisawa
A passenger car appears to have struck several vehicles traveling in the opposite direction, then collided with the back of a bus.
Atsumi Harasawa (left) celebrates after winning her first term as Yokohama mayor. Harasawa defeated six rivals, including scandal-hit former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, in Sunday's election.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2026
Yokohama elects new mayor after power harassment controversy
The poll was held after former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka’s resignation in September over a workplace harassment scandal.
An aerial view of the Green Expo site in Yokohama in September.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Oct 18, 2026
As Yokohama’s Green Expo nears, organizers draw inspiration from the past
From cutting-edge tech to lessons from the Edo Period, the six-month event will seek to help develop solutions to the planet’s environmental crises.
Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka leaving a supporters meeting in Yokohama on Sept. 28.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 16, 2026
Power harassment and a possible casino weigh on Yokohama mayoral election
While Takeharu Yamanaka promised to change his behavior, he has also rekindled the question of, and his opposition to, a potential casino development.
Takeharu Yamanaka, a former mayor of Yokohama, declares his candidacy for reelection in the Oct. 18 mayoral race during a news conference in Yokohama last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2026
Scandal-hit mayor up against six challengers in Yokohama race
Former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka is in focus ahead of the Oct. 18 poll, which comes just weeks after his resignation over harassment.
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.
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka on Sept. 7 in Yokohama after the city assembly approved his resignation
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2026
Former Yokohama mayor embroiled in harassment scandal to seek reelection
Former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka resigned on Sept. 7 after a senior city official accused him of power harassment.
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.
Kizo Hisamoto, head of the Japan Designated Cities Mayors Association and mayor of Kobe (right), and Norihiko Fukuda, mayor of Kawasaki and head of the special city study team within the mayors association, hold a news conference in Tokyo in July.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2026
Japan debates creation of ‘special cities’ independent of prefectures
Some major cities say the proposed system would help them respond more effectively to population decline, among other regional challenges.
Samsung Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun (third from the left) and others at the opening ceremony for the company’s research center in Yokohama on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 9, 2026
Samsung celebrates full opening of Yokohama semiconductor hub
The South Korean chip giant aims to enhance cooperation with Japanese manufacturers and research institutes.
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.
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka speaks to reporters in the city on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2026
Yokohama mayor resigns over allegations of power harassment
Takeharu Yamanaka’s resignation starts the clock for an election to take place within 50 days after it is approved by the city assembly.
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka during a news conference in the city on Thursday
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2026
Third-party probe confirms workplace harassment by Yokohama mayor
The report, submitted to the city on Thursday, found that Takeharu Yamanaka, 53, yelled at subordinates, called them “morons” and “human scum.”
People lay flowers at the memorial monument inside the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility on the 10th anniversary of the attack, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2026
Prayers offered for victims of Sagamihara care home attack
“The deep sorrow remains even after 10 long years,” said the head of the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility for those with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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