Fuji City residents complain that tourists are flocking to the Fuji Dream Bridge to catch a view of the famous mountain and leaving a mess behind.
A trip to Tokyo by Taipei’s mayor, who is tipped as a future presidential candidate, is the latest indication of the growing closeness of Japan and Taiwan.
Threats included office damage, slashed car tyres, letters with box-cutter blades, and messages about ‘crazy ideas’ and conspiracy theories.
A total of 17,034 individuals aged 65 or older in Japan died alone in the first three months of the year, according to a new report.
Senator Lindsey Graham ‘should have thought twice’ before his comments justifying the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Japan, analysts note.
Japan’s defence minister confirmed the footage was real and said Tokyo was taking the drone intrusion ‘extremely seriously’ – more than six weeks after the video first appeared online.
A new bill currently being pushed through parliament would give the state-run Japan Pension Service the power to revoke foreign nationals’ permanent residency status if they fail to make mandatory contributions.
Genkai town already receives billions of yen in subsidies every year to host a nuclear power plant. Now, the government wants to build an underground disposal site for high-level nuclear waste there, too.
A survey found over 70 per cent of Okinawans are against the new base, but analysts say the opposition is unlikely to sway Tokyo’s position.
Russia’s new development on the Kuril Islands aims to ‘punish’ Japan for supporting international sanctions and providing aid to Ukraine, analysts say.
Analysts say the move is insurance against an accelerating “arms race” in the region, as lessons are learned from recent flare-ups such as Iran’s drone and missile attack against Israel last month.
Japan ranked the lowest among G7 nations in Reporters Without Borders’ 2024 World Press Freedom Index. Observers say it’s because the country’s media has been shaped into a ‘good servant’ of the political class.
The problem has become so bad that some local governments and schools in Japan have drafted rules to deal with the ‘irritated and impatient’.
More than 9 million ‘akiya’ homes – 13.8 per cent of all Japan’s residential properties – have been left empty after owners die, a new report found.
The forensics team – Tokyo Prison Fire Project – have made ‘significant progress’ with the remains that were co-mingled and degraded by fire.
Academics said his use of the term was unfair given Japan’s unique cultural and historical context.
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More than 60 per cent of respondents to a survey said they supported granting more visas to skilled workers, compared to 44 per cent in a 2018 poll.
Observers say Japan’s prime minister is going to need a political miracle to remain in office after his Liberal Democratic Party suffered an electoral drubbing over the weekend.
Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.
Chinese professor Fan Yuntao, who teaches in Tokyo, has reportedly gone missing after returning to Shanghai in February 2023.
Japanese authorities have issued a warning for hikers and others to stay alert for bears emerging from hibernation.
Elderly Japanese are at highest risk from the elevated temperatures, while agriculture – especially the crucial seasonal fruit sector – and fish prices will also feel the impact.
The Mobile Cooperation Team initiative was first set up in 2017 as part of Tokyo’s efforts to train and equip the coastguards of Southeast Asian nations that felt threatened by China’s presence.
A newspaper group’s publication of a translated version of ‘Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters’ has raised freedom of expression concerns on both sides of Japan’s political divide.
Attended by the king and villagers from across the country, Bhutan’s high-altitude Royal Highland Festival involves dancing, horse racing, wrestling and other trials of strength.
Eight-year-old Labrador retriever, the equivalent of 60 in human age, began her tour of duty at Narita and Haneda airports in 2017.
Ministry of Health study highlights severe lack of sleep among Japanese, raising alarms over potential societal impacts.
The upgraded Kaga, now capable of deploying the vertical take-off variant of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, will be a welcome addition to Japan’s arsenal, analysts say.
Moscow’s ‘carrot-and-stick’ tactic with Tokyo over the peace agreement goes back decades, analysts say, after a Kremlin spokesman dredged up the Cold War-era strategy in an effort to drive a wedge between the US and Japan.
