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Chairperson Hiroyuki Nagahama (center rear) and others attend a House of Councilors constitutional review committee hearing at the Diet building on Wednesday.

JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS

Four things to understand in Japan’s constitutional debate

By Michael MacArthur Bosack

91仓库 legislature started debate on constitutional amendment as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to have a proposal ready in a year.

Chairperson Hiroyuki Nagahama (center rear) and others attend a House of Councilors constitutional review committee hearing at the Diet building on Wednesday.

Nearly 60,000 people age 65 or older were found dead alone in their homes last year, with many of them discovered more than a week after they died.

JAPAN / Society

Some 77,000 people found dead alone in their homes in 2025

By Jessica Speed

People age 65 or older accounted for three-quarters of these cases of solitary deaths.

An oil refinery in Yokohama. The government has stressed that the total volume of oil needed for Japan as a whole can be sourced from reserves and alternate locations that do not require transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

BUSINESS / Companies

Japanese government urges suppliers not to hold back critical materials from the market

By Francis Tang

It insists that shortages are in part the result of companies limiting sales due to fear of future scarcity.

Sanrio said Thursday it has suspended an executive suspected of receiving off-the-books compensation totaling several hundred million yen from a subsidiary.

BUSINESS / Companies

Sanrio executive suspended amid accusations subsidiary gave him extra money

By Yukana Inoue

Kiyoshi Saito is believed to have received compensation from a U.S. subsidiary of the group that he was in charge of, on top of his executive salary.

Sculptor Kohei Nawa's first solo show in Los Angeles debuts 20 new artworks this month.

CULTURE / Art

At Kohei Nawa’s studio, the world is seen through glass bubbles

By Jennifer Pastore

Kohei Nawa's "PixCell" series, a play on the words pixel and cell, explores the way we view objects by covering them in glass beads that magnify and distort.

Sculptor Kohei Nawa's first solo show in Los Angeles debuts 20 new artworks this month.

Japan on Friday adopted a new name for days with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius or higher.

JMA introduces new name for days of 40 C heat

By Yukana Inoue

Beginning this summer, the weather agency will refer to the hottest days as kokushobi, a description that translates as "severely hot day."

The Justice Ministry setting up a study panel regarding the misuse of generative artificial intelligence comes amid a sharp rise in such cases and concerns legislation in Japan has not kept up with the rapid advancement of AI.

Government to launch study panel for generative-AI misuse

By Jessica Speed

With a meeting scheduled for late April, the group will examine civil liability for the unauthorized use of people's likenesses and voices.

Takaichi to skip Yasukuni visit during spring festival

China says Japan stirs ‘trouble’ with vessel in Taiwan Strait

Father of Kyoto boy admits to choking him to death, investigators say

Investigators in Kyoto murder case say suspect's dashcam footage was deleted

Shoji Terayama, co-CEO of ACSL, at the company’s headquarters last month

Japanese drone maker notes tailwind as demand jumps and China frozen out of U.S.

By Kazuaki Nagata

Escalating geopolitical tensions might present opportunities for Japanese companies in a market long dominated by China's DJI.?

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.

Ueda cites upside, downside risks as he avoids clear hints ahead of BOJ meet

By Erica Yokoyama and Toru Fujioka

The BOJ Policy Board meets on April 28.

Lawson and FamilyMart post record operating profits

Nippon Express to buy Metro Supply for as much as ?255 billion

Five Japanese oil distributors indicted over cartel after FTC probe

Japan’s wage growth holds momentum after small firms reach deals

By Erica Yokoyama and Akemi Terukina

Myanmar President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrive to attend a reception in Naypyidaw in February 2019.

Myanmar reduces ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence and frees former president

Suu Kyi, 80, was serving ?a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences her allies said ?were ?politically motivated to keep her at bay.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.

Xi welcomes slew of world leaders as Trump fights with allies

By Rebecca Choong Wilkins

Xi has held at least five high-profile tête-à-têtes, despite the lack of any formal gathering in China's capital this week.

China's information war turns Taiwan’s own voices against it

By James Pomfret and Yimou Lee

Mumbai’s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housing.

By Ranjani Raghavan, Advait Palepu and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen

New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads

By Thomas URBAIN

Chinese slimmers trade lost fat for beef

By Emily Wang

Riku Miura (left) and Ryuichi Kihara pose with their medals after winning gold in the pair competition at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Feb. 16.

Pairs figure skating Olympic gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announce retirement

By Jason Coskrey

Known as "RikuRyu" to their fans, the pair won gold in dramatic fashion in Italy in what can now be considered a fairy-tale ending to their careers.

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 'pretty sure' about playing next season

Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama eager for NBA playoff debut

LIV Golf CEO promises 'surprise' changes amid shutdown rumors

Switzerland fires ice hockey coach for fake COVID vaccination certificate

By Trevor Stynes

An experiment by a small city in Aichi Prefecture suggests that smartphone restrictions targeting only children are less effective than those targeting the entire family, as children’s screen habits closely mirror their parents.

The parent problem: When smartphone rules end at the school gate

Waka Ikeda

Children who exceeded two hours of daily screen time tended to have parents with similarly high usage. The relationship held across age groups.

Blockade as war: The perilous logic of strangulation

By Brahma Chellaney

Japan squeezed between economic and social demands

Has the death of the department store reached Japan?

By Gearoid Reidy

Rubber’s history could be a window into AI’s future

By Gautam Mukunda

Damage caused by Hurricane Michael at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida in October 2018

Pentagon chief says climate change is ‘crap.’ The military is still bracing for it.

By Amanda Kolson Hurley

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled nearly 100 research studies related to global warming and security.

China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035

Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short

By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie

India's green fuel plans collide with farmers' water fears

By Bhasker Tripathi

Chernobyl containment at risk of 'catastrophic' collapse, Greenpeace warns

Sculptor Kohei Nawa's first solo show in Los Angeles debuts 20 new artworks this month.

At Kohei Nawa’s studio, the world is seen through glass bubbles

By Jennifer Pastore

Kohei Nawa's "PixCell" series, a play on the words pixel and cell, explores the way we view objects by covering them in glass beads that magnify and distort.

'Rhapsody, Rhapsody’ falters between rom-com whimsy and psychodrama

By Mark Schilling

In Tokyo, Margiela’s art exhibition creates a haunting house

By Uliana Dobrova

‘Sakamoto Days’ is a faithful adaptation, rather than a good one

By James Hadfield

Three Japanese directors vie for top prize at Cannes, a first since 2001

By Alyssa I. Smith

After working at his family's restaurant in Kyoto, chef Koki Watanabe moved to the countryside far north of the city, opening Inaka no Taiho in 2021.

Chickens go from coop to table at Inaka no Taiho

By Robbie Swinnerton

The talented Koki Watanabe offers a farmhouse-style dining experience in the woods of northern Kyoto.

After 91仓库 cherry blossoms fade, spring keeps blooming

By Eric Margolis

No buffet, no karaoke: Filipino food gets elevated at Bananas

By Carolyn Ramoran Hamilton

‘Nuisance streamer’ Johnny Somali sentenced to six months in prison

By Patrick St. Michel

Can AI replace a priest? Japan’s temples and shrines are testing the limits.

By Alex K.T. Martin

Islamic Yokocho in Shin-Okubo is home to a plethora of grocery stores specializing in halal food and fresh produce, among other goods and services.

Please your palate with Tokyo’s international grocery stores

By Mike Fu

The capital has a surfeit of specialty supermarkets with ingredients from all over the world — if you know where to look.

Labrador mix Luca is a bundle of love

In rural Japan, a consultant code-switches and connects

By Mishu Callan

Cool cat Coulis waiting for a second lucky break

Women in Law Japan marks 10 years amid persistent gender gap in the profession

By Louise George Kittaka

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.

Can AI replace a priest? Japan’s temples and shrines are testing the limits.

By Alex K.T. Martin

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