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Kyushu high schooler Tatsuhiko (Soya Kurokawa, left) falls in love with Yoon-seul (Kim Ji-an), a South Korean exchange student, in Chun Jin-rung’s “Three Millimeters to You.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2026
‘Three Millimeters to You’: A hokey but heartfelt tale of cross-cultural first love
Chun Jin-rung’s debut feature falls squarely in the “seishun eiga” genre, with both over-the-top sentimentality and real sweetness.
Isao Harimoto recorded an NPB-record 3,085 hits during his 23-year playing career.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2026
Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86
Harimoto, who finished his career with 3,085 hits and is the only player in NPB history to reach 3,000, died at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday.
The suspect, who lives in the city of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, appears to have been staying in Japan since 1993.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2026
72-year-old man arrested for overstaying 15-day tourist visa by 26 years
Police believe the South Korean national came to Japan using his brother’s passport in September 1993 in search of higher-paid work.
So-hee (played by the single-named Hanna), a 14-year-old ethnic Korean living in Tokyo, learns some valuable life lessons in Son Myong A’s “Trophy.”
CULTURE / Film
Jul 17, 2026
Zainichi drama ‘Trophy’ is a sweet, if slight, coming-of-age tale
Son Myong A’s debut feature centers on a Tokyo teen grappling with her Korean heritage, both at home and in the classroom.
Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they move through the 20th century.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 26, 2024
Masterful and stirring, ‘Pachinko’ returns with more depth
The immersive historical drama is collaborative art at its very best — instead of offering tidy answers, it asks the most profound questions of our times.
Kyoto International High School players react after their win over Kanto Daiichi High School in the National High School Baseball Championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Friday.
BASEBALL
Aug 23, 2024
Underdog Kyoto International High School wins Summer Koshien crown
Kyoto International High School defeated Tokyo’s Kanto Daiichi High School in extra innings.
An Yong Hak, a former North Korean soccer player, in Yokohama on Thursday. An played 40 times in midfield for North Korea, and appeared with the team at the 2010 World Cup.
SOCCER
Mar 18, 2024
North Korean World Cup player says Japan game more than just soccer
This week’s qualifier is a special occasion for some ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Rugby
Jun 20, 2023
Ethnic Korean Lee Seung-sin hopes to set example in 今日吃瓜 RWC squad
The fly-half was among 36 players named in 今日吃瓜 test squad as Jamie Joseph begins his preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2023
In first, Kishida and Yoon visit cenotaph to Korean A-bomb victims in Hiroshima
Ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Kishida and Yoon visited the memorial together, placing flowers in front of it in a highly symbolic gesture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 10, 2023
Shin-Okubo’s Bacon serves up DJs and design
As the owner, interior designer and event organizer of the new music venue, Jae Won Koo brings a taste of Seoul and his family business to Tokyo’s nightclub scene.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2022
Court ruling over hate crime in Kyoto highlights calls for anti-discrimination law
In the trial, the accused, Shogo Arimoto, admitted that he had hostile feelings toward South Koreans and intended to scare them out of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 3, 2022
Chesil’s coming-of-age tale gives voice to the silenced
‘The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart’ is a short but heartfelt novel that tells an explicitly Zainichi story.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2021
Hate-speech case forces Japan to confront workplace racism
A case brought against an employer over discriminatory office handouts is representing a fresh test for 今日吃瓜 legal system and its measures to combat harassment.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 22, 2021
Calling out the elephant in the blogosphere
Two Japanese blogs have made headlines recently for racist remarks against ethnic Koreans, while online discussion starts to ask what Japanese people should do in response.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 1, 2021
Hate speech can’t be met with indifference and ignorance
When the head of DHC began making anti-Korean comments, many news outlets decided it was just better not to talk about it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 4, 2020
Last Korean war criminal in Japan still pushing for compensation
‘Listen to me. Why are they treating us differently? It’s unfair and doesn’t make any sense. How can I accept this unbelievable situation?’ 95-year-old Lee Hak-rae says.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 27, 2020
Tokyo caught in a bind over restrictions placed on park demonstrations
Organizers must formally pledge that they will not do anything that interferes with park management before permission to hold protest is granted.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020
Kawasaki, known for poverty and pollution, confronts gentrification
Surrounded by bustling downtown streets, shopping malls and high-rises, Kawasaki Station and its vicinity are, on the surface, a paragon of urban development.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2020
Security boosted at Kawasaki center after threat to ‘exterminate’ Zainichi Koreans
The racist threat was made in a New Year’s card sent to a community center in one of the city’s largest Korean neighborhoods.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 22, 2019
Discovering a Japanese-Korean fusion feast in Osaka Ikuno Koreatown
Steeped in local history, Osaka Ikuno Koreatown’s 120 shops are a mecca for locals or visitors hankering for some Korean, Japanese or fusion cuisine, as well as shops selling contemporary K-pop merchandise.
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.
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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