Japan’s soaring rice prices in 2025 led to an unprecedented increase in private imports to 96,834 tons, or almost 100 times as much as in 2024. A Japanese government white paper on food and ...

今年是日本电音女子组合Perfume组建25周年。该组合于去年12月31日起暂停活动，进入“Cold Sleep（冷冻休眠）”状态。5月15日起，纪录电影《Perfume“Cold Sleep”-25 years ...

早稲田大学の棚村政行教授らが全国の60歳未満の成人男女7000人を対象に選択的夫婦別姓について意識調査を行ったところ、「賛成」の割合が70.6％にのぼった。「自分は夫婦同姓がよい。

Note: Total includes one vacant Tokyo seat not officially up for election this year. Voter turnout was 58.51%, increasing by more than 6 percentage points from the 52.05% in 2022. A record total of 26 ...

Preliminary figures published by the Japan Tourism Agency reveal that annual spending by international visitors to Japan in 2025 rose by 16.4% year on year to a record high of ¥9.5 trillion. The ...

Japan saw a rise in the number of reported crimes for a second successive year in 2023, including increases in robberies and fraud. The 2024 white paper on crime published by Japan’s Ministry of ...

A 2024 white paper on measures to prevent death by overwork in Japan found that 883 people were recognized as suffering from related mental health disorders, up 173 from the previous year. According ...

JR East runs many of Japan’s busiest stations, including those on Tokyo’s central Yamanote Line. Leading the way is Shinjuku Station, which in fiscal 2024 saw the largest number of daily passengers ...

Of the 1,304 recognized cases of deaths and health disorders related to overwork in Japan, more than 1,000 involved mental health issues. According to data compiled by Japan’s Ministry of Health, ...

2024年8月以降、首都圏でSNS上の闇バイト募集に応じた男らによる強盗事件が多発した。神奈川県では75歳の男性が自宅に押し入られて強殺された。事件の背後にあったのがトクリュウだった。

経団連が集計した2026年の夏のボーナス妥結状況（第1回集計、加重平均）は、前年比1.88%増の100万8706円と比較可能な1981年以降で最高となり、初めて100万円の大台に乗せた。企業業績が好調 ...

When it comes to international marriages, Japanese men tend to choose brides from Asian countries, particularly China and the Philippines. Japanese women, on the other hand, are more varied in ...