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TAKEHARU YAMANAKA

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.
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.
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.
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.”
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka during a TICAD conference in Yokohama in August
JAPAN / Society
Jan 16, 2026
Senior official accuses Yokohama mayor of power harassment
The wide-ranging accusations, which the mayor denies, include the alleged use of abusive language toward senior city officials.
Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka won a second term on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2025
Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka wins second term
Takeharu Yamanaka, an independent who had the backing of three parties, pledged to enhance child-rearing support for households and strengthen disaster reduction measures.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2021
Loss by Suga ally in Yokohama election rattles the LDP
The prime minister’s position has become even more precarious, with questions growing within the LDP over whether he should lead the party into an upcoming general election.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2021
In major blow to Suga, opposition party-backed Takeharu Yamanaka wins Yokohama mayoral election
Takeharu Yamanaka’s victory in the Yokohama mayoral also puts the brakes on the city’s efforts to host a casino resort in the city’s waterfront Yamashita Pier district.
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.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
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.
‘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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