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The Metropolitan Police Department’s headquarters in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2025
Mother of Thai girl in Tokyo sex work case to be returned to Thailand
The mother arrived in Taiwan in September, leaving her daughter in Japan, and was later detained by Taiwanese authorities for her alleged involvement in prostitution.
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu poses for a photo during an interview with The Japan Times in Taipei in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister made secret trip to Israel
It was unclear if Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu touched upon Taiwan’s new multilayered air defense system, which is partly modeled on Israel’s air-defense system.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a party leaders' debate in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 26. Takaichi has refused to back down from recent Taiwan-contingency remarks that were fiercely criticized by China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2025
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
Japan has never formally accepted that Taiwan is part of the PRC and Taiwan has never, for one day, been under the Communist Party’s control.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2025
Japan looks to international community to lower temperature in China row
Gaining the understanding of other nations on Japan’s stance “is of the utmost importance,” the government’s top spokesman said.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
Japan and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito says he hopes to visit China soon to help ease tension between Beijing and Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Japan-China spat lacks immediate off-ramp despite Komeito talks
Tetsuo Saito, the head of former ruling coalition partner Komeito, says he’s spoken several times with China’s ambassador.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a Lower House budget committee session on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. backs Japan in radar row with China as Tokyo refutes Beijing’s claims
Washington criticized Beijing over its military’s use of radar on Japanese fighter jets Saturday — the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the incident.
Ami Bera, a Democrat in the U.S. Congress, has sent a joint letter with another lawmaker to U.S. President Donald Trump to support Japan in its escalating spat with China.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Two U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to support Japan amid China’s coercion
Beijing’s actions “threaten Japan’s economic stability and undermine broader security and strategic interests across the Indo-Pacific,” the lawmakers, both Democrats, said.
Hiroyuki Takahashi, chairperson of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, speaks during an interview on Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2025
Don’t depend on just one country, Japan Association of Travel Agents chief says
Japan’s travel industry needs to woo visitors from elsewhere to make up for a drop in Chinese tourists, says Hiroyuki Takahashi.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) has told his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, that Japan is threatening China militarily after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Japan threatening China militarily, Chinese foreign minister tells German peer
The remarks made by China’s top diplomat in Beijing came after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.
The Jian Zhen Hao ferry in Shanghai in June 2024. Ferry services between Japan and China have been halted amid tensions.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2025
Japan-China passenger ferry services halted
The move apparently comes in response to Beijing urging its citizens to refrain from traveling to Japan amid tensions between the countries.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2025
Chinese fighters target SDF jets with radar lock-on as tensions surge
Beijing pinned the blame for the encounter on Tokyo, saying that SDF aircraft had repeatedly harassed a Chinese naval formation during training.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2025
‘Free-riding’ U.S. allies that don’t step up ‘will face consequences,’ Hegseth warns
In an apparent jab at Japan, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington is “optimistic” that Indo-Pacific allies will ramp up defense spending “in a few years.”
Generational shifts are changing how Japanese people get the news and perceive the world, with younger generations showing different attitudes, particularly toward China, compared with older generations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 7, 2025
In Japan and elsewhere, a ‘generational shift’ is upon us
In short, how people get news — especially political and international information — is undergoing a global generational shift.
People attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 81th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, in December 2018.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
Japan issues safety advisory in China ahead of Nanking Massacre anniversary
The advisory urged citizens to pay close attention to their surroundings and make every possible effort to ensure their safety when outside.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
Trump strategy demands more of Japan as U.S. unveils ‘burden-sharing network’
The strategy, the first of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, reflects his longstanding view that the American system of alliances is “one-sided” in favor of allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
New Trump strategy vows shift from global role to regional
The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump’s norms-shattering “America First” worldview, signals a sharp reorientation from longstanding U.S. calls to refocus on Asia.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in parliament in October
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
Japanese envoy sends U.N. chief another letter over China’s claim
The Japanese ambassador to the U.N. reiterated Tokyo’s stance outlined in his previous rebuttal letter sent to the U.N. leader Nov. 24.
A Chinese warship participates in joint Navy exercise of Iran, China and Russia in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, on March 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2025
China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say
The country is in the middle of a traditionally busy season for military exercises, though its army hasn’t made announcements of large-scale officially named drills.
The Rapidus semiconductor foundry construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture, in December 2023. The state-backed company is attempting a high-risk, high-cost leap into making the world’s most advanced chips to revive the nation's tech industry.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 4, 2025
What TSMC and Shakespeare can teach Japan’s Rapidus
If Rapidus pulls it off, though, this moonshot could rewrite the history of Japan’s tech industry.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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