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People enjoy the autumn leaves while walking along a street at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2025
Imperial Palace street opened to public for autumn season
Until Dec. 7, visitors can enter the 750-meter street from the Sakashita gate and exit through the Inui gate between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Art Week Tokyo featured a live performance of Keiichiro Shibuya’s “Android Opera Mirror — Deconstruction and Rebirth —,” starring an advanced humanoid robot.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2025
Is human-machine collaboration the future of fine art?
At this year’s Art Week Tokyo, AI emerged as a major and incredibly nuanced theme among participating artists.
Plaintiffs and supporters hold up signs reading "unjust ruling" in Tokyo on Friday after the Tokyo High Court ruled Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2025
Same-sex marriage ban constitutional, says Tokyo High Court
The ruling departs from those of five other high court rulings made previously that had deemed Japan’s failure to recognize such unions as unconstitutional.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the Tokyo area advanced 2.8% in November from a year earlier, matching the result for the previous month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 28, 2025
Tokyo inflation beats forecast, keeping BOJ on rate hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital advanced 2.8% this month from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
Mataro's <i>kawaribina</i> dolls, reflecting notable people and events of 2025, on display in Tokyo on Thursday
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2025
Dolls featuring iconic figures and events from 2025 showcased in Tokyo
Among the featured kawaribina dolls were those of Ichiro Suzuki, 52, who was inducted into the baseball halls of fame in both Japan and the United States.
Tourists at Sensoji temple at the Asakusa district in Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it would shift its accommodation tax to a 3% fixed rate starting in fiscal 2027.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2025
Tokyo government to shift to fixed-rate accommodation tax
The move is designed to align the tax with guests’ ability to pay as people are increasingly opting for high-priced accommodation.
The land ministry said overseas acquisitions remain small relative to the overall market and cannot be considered a major factor behind price increases for new condominiums at this point.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2025
Overseas buyers snapped up 3.5% of new Tokyo condos in first half of 2025
The figure has risen from 1.6% for all of 2024, demonstrating a growing interest in Japanese real estate from abroad.
The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay ¥2.2 million in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2025
Kodansha ordered to pay damages to comedian over defamatory reports
Comedian Sense Watanabe had sued Kodansha and its weekly magazine editor, claiming that a series of articles harmed his reputation.
Police investigators examine the site of a fatal hit-and-run incident in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2025
Man held on suspicion of stealing car and causing fatal hit-and-run in Tokyo
The suspect is believed to have taken a car from a used car dealership without alerting the staff, then plowing through a busy street nearby in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, killing one.
Ginza gCube (center)
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2025
Tokyo Gas said to plan sale of Ginza building for $191 million
Mantomi Asset submitted the highest bid for the building being sold, Ginza gCube.
A car that hit several pedestrians in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday. A pedestrian in his 80s has died while 10 others are injured following several collisions near the Adachi Ward office that took place around midday on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2025
Pedestrian dies after apparent Tokyo hit-and-run that injured 10 others
The driver attempted to flee the scene on foot after the collisions, which took place about 500 meters north of the Adachi Ward office around midday on Monday.
Located just one stop away from Shinjuku on the Yamanote Line, Shin-Okubo has long been known as Tokyo’s Koreatown — but in recent years, a range of immigrant communities from across the Asian continent have made it a hotspot for food, services and even spirituality.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Nov 24, 2025
A perfect day in Shin-Okubo, more than just Tokyo’s Koreatown
Long known as Tokyo’s Korean enclave, Shin-Okubo has grown even more multicultural over the years in everything from its restaurant options to its spiritual sites.
Tokyo's western outskirts are home to some of the city's best ramen shops, such as Kotobuki Seimen Yoshikawa.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 22, 2025
Tokyo’s western edge is a ramen wonderland
Tokyo’s western outskirts hide some of the city’s most distinctive ramen, from fish-forward broths to old-school Chinese noodles.
Yoichiro Otsu, the suspect arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman in Akasaka, Tokyo, enters the Akasaka Police Station on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2025
GSDF officer arrested over stabbing of woman in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
The suspect, Lt. Col. Yoichiro Otsu, who belongs to the GSDF’s Camp Asaka in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, has denied the allegations against him.
Masahisa Takemi, a 50-year-old teacher at the Central School for the Deaf, played an instrumental role in the development of the "starting light" and the adoption of the device at sporting events.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 19, 2025
‘Starting light’ developer voices hopes for Deaflympics
Masahisa Takemi pursued a solution that could even the odds after seeing a deaf student of his struggle in track events in which a starting pistol is used.
Police officers examine a poster, marked with a large “X,” at a building where a woman was stabbed in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2025
Akasaka stabbing suspect carried out attack in under 30 seconds, police say
Footage captured near the commercial building’s entrance shows a man, believed to be the attacker, entering directly after the woman, then leaving about 30 seconds later.
Ramen is a versatile global dish, ranging from traditional tonkotsu broth to innovative mazemen and whole-grain noodles, enjoyed for its endless variations and worldwide appeal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2025
How Japanese does that bowl of ramen need to be?
Ramen purist argue about what’s orthodox and what’s allowable, while cooks who love to experiment and improvise push those boundaries.
Metropolitan Police Department investigators examine a poster put up at a building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025
Suspect on run after stabbing woman in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
The victim, a woman in her 40s, was stabbed in her side and her left hand while in the basement of a building in the busy Akasaka area, according to police.
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Nov 17, 2025
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Since its founding in 1945, the club has been an important professional hub and played host to a startling array of political and cultural figures from around the world.
Footage of sea lion hunting on Takeshima filmed in 1934, shown at a commemorative ceremony on Friday marking the opening of a new facility at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2025
New facility opens at Japan’s territory museum
The 300-square-meter facility, called gateway hall, also has a library housing related books.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan&#039;s renewable goals.
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.

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