投稿者: Gavin Blair in Tokyo
Few had heard of the crude oil-derived chemical until recently, but shortages caused by the blockade of the strait of Hormuz have led to a spike in concernJapan’s government is fighting to cushion the economic impact of the Middle East war, as the shor…
Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in inkJapan’s biggest snack maker has been forced to use black-and-white packaging for some flagship products because of …
‘Terrible fuel efficiency, no right-hand drive’: why trade deal won’t warm up Japan to American cars
Few vehicles like the Ford F-150 pick-up make it to Japan – as well as being made for the wrong side of the road, they are seen as too big and unreliableDonald Trump has declared that Japan is opening up its domestic market to US cars as part of the bi…
Analysts say the Japanese are suffering a crisis of confidence that is feeding xenophobia amid economic insecurity and a record number of foreign residents The emergence of a rightwing populist party in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday running on…
Tokyo’s failure to secure a US trade deal sooner had caused political uproar and economic uncertainty in Japan, with prime minister Ishiba reportedly considering his futureDonald Trump has announced a trade deal with Japan, potentially resolving weeks …
Search for missing man comes after series of attacks across Japan this month in which at least two people have diedAuthorities in Japan are searching for a hunter who went missing on a mountain in Hokkaido near where a brown bear was recently spotted, …
Outage occurred between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity poleJapan’s busiest bullet train line was brought to a halt on Wednesday after a metre-long snake wrapped itself around a power line, shor…
Planned missiles on Kyushu said to be part of ‘counterstrike capabilities’, as fears grow over US security pactJapan is planning to deploy long-range missiles on its southern island of Kyushu amid concerns around the Trump administration’s stance towar…
Police said 86cm stainless steel blade – mounted on a wooden plaque and sold in the hundreds – contravened Japan’s firearms and sword control lawFull-size replica swords sold as souvenirs at a popular Harry Potter exhibition in Tokyo have fallen foul o…
Organised in a deliberately loose fashion, tokuryū pose fresh problems for police, as years of crackdowns see the appeal of a yakuza life fadeWatching three masked men smash their way into a luxury watch shop in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district in broad…
New figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty but the glut is attracting growing interest from foreigners As the declining population continues to impact Japan’s society and economy, the number of vacant houses has topped nine million – …
Six people have been killed and more than 200 injured in attacks by bears over the past yearJapan is to trial an AI bear-warning system after a record number of attacks on humans over the past year as the animals struggle to find their staple foods.A p…
Toyota subsidiary has admitted falsifying data on some models for more than 30 yearsProduction was suspended at the last operating domestic factory of Japanese automaker Daihatsu on Tuesday, as the Toyota subsidiary grapples with a safety testing scand…
Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?Murumuru spends his weekends toiling on building sites in Japan in the sticky heat of summer to supplement the…
Changing demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline have so far had little impactEvery one of Japan’s 47 prefectures posted a population drop in 2022, while the total number of Japanese people fell…