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A new nursing care accident reporting system could help central and local governments quickly identify accidents and analyze the causes.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Japan to launch online reporting system for nursing care accidents
The aim is to help local governments quickly identify accidents and share with the central government so it can collect more comprehensive data.
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.
The number of births increased in 24 prefectures — many of them in urban areas including Tokyo, Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures — while 23 prefectures saw decreases.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2026
Births in Japan edge up 0.4% in January-June, thanks to Tokyo
This is the first increase in the first half in 11 years, with the capital’s 4.7% jump in births being the highest among all prefectures.
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.
Tavneos was launched in Japan in June 2022 after receiving approval from the health ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2026
Health ministry questions reliability of vasculitis drug approval data
Tavneos was launched in Japan in 2022 after being approved by the ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
A rule barring women from bringing smartphones into shelters is believed to be deterring many women facing domestic violence from entering such facilities.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2026
Strict rules at shelters deter victims of domestic violence in Japan
One major obstacle is a rule barring women from bringing smartphones into shelters, a measure meant to keep abusers from tracking them down.
Births involving medical interventions, including C-sections and vacuum-assisted deliveries, have often been referred to as “abnormal deliveries.”
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan to drop term ‘abnormal delivery’ to ease emotional burden on parents
The move follows concerns that the wording could cause psychological distress to expectant parents.
The health ministry has drawn up guidelines for advertisements promoting government policies in collaboration with films and TV dramas, following social media criticism over a cancer support campaign poster.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2026
今日吃瓜 health ministry sets new guidelines for tie-up ads in movies and TV shows
The move came after a poster promoting support for cancer patients that the ministry created in a tie-up with a film drew criticism on social media.
Members of the government's council to discuss measures to prevent deaths from overwork meet at the health ministry in June.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2026
Workers’ compensation approvals for mental health rose in fiscal 2025
The figure, published in this year’s white paper on measures to prevent 办补谤ō蝉丑颈, marked a record high for the seventh consecutive year.
The health ministry declared the start of the flu season on Aug. 28, the second-earliest date since records began in 1999.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2026
As influenza cases rise, residents rush to get flu shots
The average number of flu patients in Japan jumped to 11.35 per clinic for the week through Oct. 4.
Boxes of medicine move along conveyor belts at Toho Pharmaceutical's distribution center in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture. Japan has increasingly positioned the drug industry as a strategic sector, citing its importance to economic security and future growth.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 5, 2026
Japan wants a pharma boom. It needs a new strategy.
Japan is seeking to make pharmaceuticals a pillar of economic growth and security, requiring innovation and manufacturing capacity.
Morning commuters cross a street near Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo on Tuesday. The health ministry said Friday that recent figures signal a nationwide flu outbreak.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2026
Japan hit by nationwide flu outbreak
The health ministry is asking the public to take basic precautions against infection such as handwashing and covering the mouth when coughing.
A medical worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Tokyo in June 2021.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 29, 2026
Japan can lead the world in making preventive health pay
Japan can strengthen healthy aging and economic resilience by expanding adult respiratory vaccination to reduce disease burden.
Remains of unidentified Japanese people who died abroad during World War II are interred at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2026
Japan returns wrongly collected remains to Kazakhstan and Myanmar
The move followed the revelation in 2019 that foreign people’s remains had been confused with those of Japanese people detained in Russia after WWII.
An elderly man receives a checkup from a nurse inside his home in Tokyo in July 2024.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2026
Japan considers raising nursing care premiums for high-income elderly
The review comes as higher public pension payments burden low-income earners with higher nursing care insurance premiums.
Japan marked the second-lowest level in the past 20 years of new HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 2025.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2026
Japan records fewer new HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 2025
The number of new HIV carriers fell by 38 to 624, the lowest in 20 years, while that of AIDS patients dropped by 66 to 266.
Under a new system for prescription drugs that are similar to over-the-counter medicines, patients will pay 25% of the prices of drugs that can be substituted with OTC drugs.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2026
Some patients to be exempted from additional drug payments
Those with rare diseases and under prolonged treatment won’t have to pay extra for prescription drugs that are similar to over-the-counter medicines.
The number of centenarians in Japan now exceeds 100,000 for the first time, a milestone that highlights the country's remarkable longevity.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2026
Number of centenarians in Japan top 100,000 for first time
The number of centenarians in Japan reached 107,677 this year, up 7,914 from last year. Nearly all of them — 94,298 — were women.
Health minister Kenichiro Ueno said on Tuesday that the Government Pension Investment Fund is still considering whether a review of its asset allocation is needed.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 8, 2026
GPIF still considering need for asset allocation review, minister says
With the fund overseeing about ?318 trillion in assets, a 1 percentage-point change in allocations translates to more than ?3 trillion in fund flows.
Japan plans to introduce additional fees for OTC-equivalent prescription drugs in March next year.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2026
Japan to exempt extra charges on OTC-like drugs from tax
Japan plans to introduce the additional fees for OTC-equivalent prescription drugs in March next year.
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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