Meet Japan’s first literacy ambassador
In a childhood divided between Japan and Nepal, books were a constant for Aditi Paudel. Now the 17-year-old is Japan's first literacy ambassador.
World
japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Is Japan backpedaling on its work-style reforms?”
Japan will soon stop asking companies to cap employees' overtime at 45 hours per month, leaving many wondering if it is going back on its work-style reforms.
World
japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Amid global turmoil and a weak yen, energy poverty emerges as a concern in Japan
Experts say the first step toward dealing with energy poverty is to simply acknowledge the issue.
World
japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Myopia prevention in Japan reaches a milestone
For the first time, Japan's Basic Policy includes language on preventing childhood myopia. It's a start, but more must be done.
World
japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Sandisk and Kioxia Plan to Invest More Than $31 Billion in Japanese Memory Plants — About 60% of What They Have Spent There in 25 Years.
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
29.08.2026
Japan’s Jiji Press publishes report on Shusha’s reconstruction
Japan’s Jiji Press has published a report highlighting the rapid reconstruction of Shusha in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region.
Azerbaijan
azernews.az
29.08.2026
Metaplanet’s Dylan LeClair Eyes Japan-U.S. Capital Bridge as Super League Raises $2.3M
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
29.08.2026
Japan to send SDF helicopters to wildfire-hit Indonesia
The helicopters will be used for firefighting activities — the first time the SDF will conduct such operations overseas.
World
japantimes.co.jp
29.08.2026
Japanese family of five believed missing in Nepal flash floods
The family includes the parents in their 40s, as well as a 10-year-old girl and two boys age 6 and 3, a media report said.
World
japantimes.co.jp
29.08.2026
Japan spends record ¥15.39 trillion in July-August forex interventions
The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions.
World
japantimes.co.jp
29.08.2026
Sandisk’s (SNDK) $31B Japan Bet Raises A Bigger Question
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
28.08.2026
Japan Spent Record $98.7 Billion to Prop Up Yen in Joint Move With U.S.
Finance
wsj.com
28.08.2026
Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death
Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were
World
france24.com
28.08.2026
Japan spent record $96.5 billion to support yen over past month, ministry data shows
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
28.08.2026
Japan inks deal to acquire former Nippon Steel site for ‘integrated defense hub’
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the project is of "critical importance to Japan's national security."
World
japantimes.co.jp
28.08.2026
Why Japan’s centrist opposition parties can’t get along with one another
The Centrist Reform Alliance was supposed to have merged by now with the remaining elements of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito.
World
japantimes.co.jp
28.08.2026
Weather tracker: More extreme rain in Japan and a tornado in France
Flash flooding and mudslides in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, while convective storms hit western EuropeFollowing an “unprecedented” deluge in Chiba in mid-August, Japan has had more extreme rainfa
World
theguardian.com
28.08.2026
Japan to incorporate AI into the handling of emergency calls
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to introduce a system that automatically transcribes emergency calls and assists staff on follow-up action.
World
japantimes.co.jp
28.08.2026
Japan enters an unusually early flu season
This year marks the second-earliest start of the season, according to health ministry records dating back to 1999.
World
japantimes.co.jp
28.08.2026
Japan’s nursery school waiting lists grow for first time in nine years
The number of children on nursery school waiting lists in the nation as of April 1 rose by 181 from a year earlier to 2,435, up for the first time in nine years due largely to a sharp increase in Toky
World
japantimes.co.jp
28.08.2026