Japanese startup to develop refueling satellite for U.S. Space Force (japantoday.com)
Bank of Japan sticks to ultra-loose monetary policy (japantoday.com)
U.S. mulls support for Japan scallop business hit by China import ban (japantoday.com)
U.S. mulls support for Japan scallop business hit by China import ban (japantoday.com)
Japan warns of excessive currency moves; says all options on table (japantoday.com)
Where is this "strong wage growth" the article is talking about? (japantoday.com)
Did your wages go up? Mine didn’t, neither my wife’s.
India, Japan look to collaborate in building semiconductors and resilient supply chains (japantoday.com)
Red Cross seeking to use Japan AI to detect landmines in Ukraine (japantoday.com)
Woman calls police, saying she killed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter (japantoday.com)
Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have detained a 39-year-old woman who called them on Monday to say that she had killed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter According to police, the woman called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. Monday and said she had stabbed her two children, Kyodo News reported.…
Man dies after apparently being pushed off bridge into river in Osaka (japantoday.com)
A man in his 70s died after he was apparently pushed off a bridge in Osaka on Monday morning. According to police, the incident occurred at around 1:05 a.m. on Mikunibashi bridge which spans the Kanzaki River in Yodogawa Ward. Kyodo News reported that police received a call from a pedestrian…
Man arrested for stealing taxi in Gunma (japantoday.com)
Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, said Sunday they have arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a taxi. According to police, the incident occurred at around 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Local media reported that the man got into the taxi and during the journey, started hitting the driver on the…
U.S. guitar maker Fender opens flagship store in Tokyo (japantoday.com)
Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship store” in its 77-year history. The American guitar manufacturer has chosen for its location Tokyo’s Harajuku, a hot spot for Japanese youngsters who love…
Mount Fuji climbing season starts as 1 of 4 main trails reopens (japantoday.com)
Mount Fuji's climbing season started on Saturday as one of its four main hiking trails reopened and a ceremony was held to pray for the safety of climbers at a shrine on Japan's tallest and most iconic mountain. With Mount Fuji's three other trails set to reopen on July 10,…
'More than words': The Japanese men joining Ukraine's fight (japantoday.com)
Yuya Motomura, a mahjong parlor manager in Japan, had always wanted a way to prove himself to a society he felt looked down on him. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. The 45-year-old is one of a handful of Japanese men who have joined Ukrainians battling the Russian invasion, defying their government's…
Paris 2024 Olympic headquarters searched in corruption investigations (japantoday.com)
The headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee and those of its infrastructure partner were searched by police on Tuesday as part of investigations into alleged embezzlement of public funds and favoritism, prosecutors said. The national financial prosecutor's office (PNF) said the Paris 2024 headquarters were...
Japanese police make first-ever YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay videos (japantoday.com)
In the most basic terms, the plot of visual novel "Steins;Gate" involves sending messages into the past in order to set changes in motion that will improve the present and future. Odds are that’s something that Shinobu Yoshida wishes he could do right now.
