23 articles
Japan
Japan sees record-breaking surge in foreign visitors
Japan welcomed a record-breaking surge in foreign visitors in March, marking the first time foreigners surpassed the 3-million mark in a sin...
Michelle De Pacina
Environmental
Japan gifts Washington 250 new sakura trees
Japan has pledged 250 cherry trees to the U.S. to replace those uprooted during the renovation of Washington’s Tidal Basin. Key Points: ...
Ryan General
Asia
Mark Zuckerberg discusses AI risks with Japan PM Fumio Kishida
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed artificial intelligence (AI) with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday during a stop on his o...
Government
How Japan is using AI to address population decline and boost marriage numbers
Japan is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in a nationwide effort to reverse the trend of dwindling marriage numbers and bolster its p...
Death toll nears 100 after massive earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day
The 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day has left at least 94 people dead, with rescue efforts ongoing to find...
7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes western Japan on New Year’s Day
A series of powerful earthquakes struck Japan, resulting in at least 48 deaths and thousands displaced. About the earthquake: On New Year’s...
Crime
Foreign YouTubers face investigation after sneaking ‘free’ train rides across Japan
Fifi “Fidias” Panayiotou, a 27-year-old YouTuber with 2.4 million subscribers, is under investigation for filming and traveling across Japan...
China
Disinformation fueling China’s outrage over Japan’s release of Fukushima water: reports
A government-backed disinformation campaign targeting Japan’s release of treated radioactive water may be responsible for stoking anger in C...
Carl Samson
Japan registers record population decline, unprecedented surge in foreign residents
This data underscores the growing significance of non-Japanese individuals in a nation grappling with demographic challenges ...
Watch: Chaos breaks out in Japanese parliament before controversial immigration bill passes
A Thursday parliament session turned chaotic after Japanese lawmakers passed a bill that would revise a refugee and immigration law that pre...
Bryan Ke
Business
Japanese gender equality proposal aims to have 30% of executive positions filled by women
The Japanese government recently unveiled a draft proposal aimed at increasing gender equality in the country’s labor force. Promoting...
Events
Japan PM in S. Korea: My ‘heart hurts’ over suffering caused by occupation
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered a spontaneous remark expressing his sympathy for the sufferings of colonial victims during h...
Culture
First ladies Jill Biden and Yuko Kishida plant sakura tree to mark US-Japan friendship
The first ladies of the U.S. and Japan honored the friendship between their countries by planting a cherry tree at the White House on Monday...
24-year-old man arrested for throwing pipe bomb at Japan PM Kishida
A 24-year-old man was arrested for throwing an explosive device at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in western ...
Why Japan PM Kishida welcomed S. Korea President Yoon to Tokyo with ‘omurice diplomacy’
On Thursday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol landed in Tokyo for the countries’ first bilateral meeting in 12 years. While the Asian co...
Civil Rights
Japan PM fires aide for homophobic remarks
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired and then apologized for his aide’s homophobic remarks. On Friday, Kishida’s now-former aide, Arai ...
Iris Jung
Japan PM aide apologizes for ‘shameful’ act of having hands in pockets on US trip
A Japanese official has apologized after being filmed with his hands in his pockets during an official trip to Washington, D.C. Deputy Chief...
PM Kishida vows Japan will never again wage war as China, S. Korea condemn visits to Yasukuni Shrine
During a ceremony on Monday for the 77th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to “nev...
Calling all allies: Here’s what happened on Biden’s mission-driven tour of Asia
In a news conference held on Monday in Tokyo, President Biden gave an unequivocal “yes,” when asked if the U.S. would get involved militari...
Jane Nam
History
Japanese PM Kishida asked German Chancellor Scholz to remove comfort women statue in Berlin
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to remove a statue in Berlin honoring Korean comfort women. Japan...
Rebecca Moon
Rescuers recover body of 3-year-old girl from Japan tourist boat sinking, raising confirmed dead to 11
Authorities have recovered 11 bodies so far from the sinking of a Japanese tourist boat on Saturday at Shiretoko National Park in northern ...
China, South Korea condemn honoring of war dead at WWII shrine by Japan PM and over 100 lawmakers
Over 100 lawmakers paid their respects this week at the Yasukuni Shrine, honoring millions of war dead, while Prime Minister Kishida sent a...
Daniel Anderson
Japanese lawmaker doesn’t back down after peers laugh at her push to protect teens from porn industry
A video showing Japanese lawmaker Ayaka Shiomura being laughed at by her colleagues during a session of the Japanese parliament recently we...
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