91仓库

Home page

Tokyo Weather

Subscribe
Digital Print

Shinagawa area redevelopment

Tropical Storm Jangmi

“Tokuryu” crime

Latest News

Subscribe for more access

Shady business manager visa applications using shell companies can often be identified from the paperwork, with unusually small offices and addresses shared by multiple firms among the red flags.

JAPAN / FOCUS

Dubious immigration brokers helped spark business manager visa crackdown

By Himari Semans

Shady immigration consulting firms, many in China, help people set up shell companies to apply for a business manager visa, or advertise the option of renting out properties.

Shady business manager visa applications using shell companies can often be identified from the paperwork, with unusually small offices and addresses shared by multiple firms among the red flags.

A push by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to criminalize the desecration of the national flag is reviving a long-running debate over the limits of political expression.

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS

LDP’s flag desecration bill rekindles debate over limits of expression

By Kenji Yoshida

Advocates say the measure is meant to address a legal gap but critics argue the bill's language is "extremely vague."

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, one of the world's largest nuclear facilities, stands along the seaside in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.

JAPAN

Japan proposes rebuilding aging nuclear plants to meet power demand

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a strong backer of nuclear power, seeking to ease the bill for imported coal, gas and oil.

Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 1 following reports of Japan's possible intervention in the currency market.

BUSINESS / Markets

Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund yen intervention

By Erica Yokoyama and Toru Fujioka

Treasury sales may not go down well in Washington where officials have become increasingly focused on the stability of the U.S. government bond market.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15, shortly before the start of hostilities on Feb. 28.

COMMENTARY / Japan

Is an honorable U.S. surrender to Iran inevitable?

Kuni Miyake

The only path left may be what could be called an "honorable surrender" — a unilateral declaration of victory while ending the war without achieving its objectives.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15, shortly before the start of hostilities on Feb. 28.

Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.

How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck

By Eric Johnston

With no end in sight for the Iran war, supply chain bottlenecks for the oil-derived material are set to continue, prompting calls for government-enforced energy saving measures.

Officials of the Environment Ministry and prefectural governments in northeastern Japan hold a meeting in Sendai on Wednesday to discuss measures to cope with bears. In neighboring Fukushima Prefecture, authorities are on the hunt for an "extremely intelligent" bear that remains at large.

‘Extremely intelligent’ bear at large after hurting four in Fukushima

The bear apparently unlatched a window while evading capture and turned on a water tap to drink from.

Parliament leaders adopt draft proposal for imperial succession

Man arrested over ?15 million December burglary in western Tokyo

Bears emerge as serious safety threat in Japan, says white paper

Japan could end up an ’AI colony’ if it falls behind, digital minister warns

By Kantaro Komiya

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday that the United States will honor its trade agreements with Japan and the European Union as it moves forward with plans to impose additional tariffs of up to 12.5% under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

U.S. will respect trade deals with Japan, EU over new tariffs

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says that the U.S. understands that a deal is a deal.

Japan’s real wages have risen 1.9% from a year earlier, extending gains to a fourth month and reinforcing expectations for another Bank of Japan rate hike.

Japan’s real wages rise for fourth month, backing BOJ hike

By Erica Yokoyama

Inflation-adjusted wages rose 1.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from a revised 1.4% gain in the previous month, the labor ministry reported Friday.

Mitsubishi UFJ says Japan may need jumbo rate hike to boost yen

By Mia Glass and Ruth Carson

Indonesia’s radical export plan takes effect as doubts swirl

By Eko Listiyorini and Stephen Stapczynski

South Korea labor minister calls on tech firms to share excess AI profits with suppliers, staff

By Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin

China speeds past Japan in car exports to Australia on EV bonanza

By James Mayger

A banner with a picture of Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on a building during a rally in support of him in Tehran, on Thursday.

Is Iran’s new supreme leader taking up the reins of power?

By Stuart Williams

It remains to be seen whether Mojtaba Khamenei will replicate the rule of his father, who was all-powerful during his more than 3? decades in power.

Teenagers hug outside an apartment block that was damaged when a nearby building was struck during overnight Russian missile and drone attacks in Kyiv on Tuesday.

‘In the queue’: Busy with Iran, U.S. has little energy for Kyiv

By Maria DANILOVA

When pressed to address the Ukraine conflict during congressional testimony, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S.-led negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv were at a stalemate.

Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight

South Korean riot police clear protesters after ballot shortage blockade

China’s Xi to visit North Korea next week for first time since 2019

Green jobs can’t fix South African unemployment, experts say

By Kate Bartlett

Mirra Andreeva celebrates after winning her semifinal match against Marta Kostyuk at the French Open in Paris on Thursday.

Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska set up unlikely French Open final

Early exits for marquee names including defending champion Coco Gauff, four-time?winner Iga Swiatek and world No. 1?Aryna Sabalenka opened the door for a new cast of contenders.

Hurricanes rally past Golden Knights in Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final

Monaco favorite Charles Leclerc insists Mercedes is still team to beat

Japan ditch pre-World Cup pitch in Monterrey due to poor conditions

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani shines on mound and at plate in win over Diamondbacks

An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15, shortly before the start of hostilities on Feb. 28.

Is an honorable U.S. surrender to Iran inevitable?

Kuni Miyake

The only path left may be what could be called an "honorable surrender" — a unilateral declaration of victory while ending the war without achieving its objectives.

Nobody knows what ‘working class’ even means anymore

By Allison Schrager

A bleak prognosis for Japan’s demographic future

Do Japan’s chip workers need a Samsung-style strike?

By Gearoid Reidy

India’s China dilemma: engagement vs. dependence

By Manish Sharma

Park Gyeong-je, 65, a migratory beekeeper, stands among beehives at an acquaintance's family gravesite where he received permission from the family to keep hives as a second location for migratory beekeeping in Okcheon, South Korea, on May 13.

A South Korean beekeeper counts the cost of climate change

By Hongji Kim and Minwoo Park

Rising temperatures are disrupting South Korea's beekeeping industry, as earlier blooms, harsher weather and disease cut honey production and put pressure on migratory farmers.

Takaichi calls for cooperation at meeting with leaders of island nations

How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan’s ailing forestry industry

By Annelise Giseburt

New gold rush threatens indigenous havens in Brazil’s Amazon

By Fran BLANDY

Trees taking drastic measures to survive climate-driven heat

By Sofia BOUDERBALA

“Fujiko” stars Yuki Katayama (left) as a scrappy single mother who fights for her autonomy in 1970s and ’80s Japan.

‘Fujiko’ transforms a mother’s resilience into festival gold

By Mark Schilling

Fresh off a major festival win and new international distribution deals, Taichi Kimura reflects on the deeply personal project that honors his mother's perseverance.

‘Never After Dark’ finds fresh chills in familiar J-horror territory

By James Hadfield

‘Fujiko’ is a stirring portrayal of a scrappy single mom

By Mark Schilling

J-pop group Arashi takes its final bow at Tokyo Dome

By Alyssa I. Smith

10th Anime Awards spotlight industry’s international reach

By Patrick St. Michel

More than 500 plants are growing in Luftbaum's rooftop garden.

Five things to look out for while getting lost in Takanawa Gateway City

By Mark Thompson

It's not easy to navigate the sprawling new redevelopment complex in what JR East calls the Greater Shinagawa Area, but here are a number of themes to help guide you.

In Japan, a bull market for bear deterrents

By Alex K.T. Martin

At 1 Hotel Tokyo, luxury is a zero-waste journey

By Gendel Gento

Rare Yamazaki whisky sells for record $1 million

By Weiwen Lin

The Frenchmen who gave sake a Champagne soul

By Weiwen Lin

Members of the Kawasaki Foreign Resident Council discuss issues faced by foreign residents during a meeting on May 17.

As immigration rises, Kawasaki’s foreign council shows path toward inclusion

By Moe Shimizu

The council aims to improve the lives of foreign residents and foster a harmonious co-existence with native Japanese.

Sturdy Tanpopo is a ‘dandy lioness’

Anglophone bookworms unite across Japan

By Mike Fu

Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears

By Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings

Italian creatives find their niche in Japan

By Agnese Dionisio

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.

He told his wife he was ‘coming home.’ Then he disappeared.

By Alex K.T. Martin

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER

international-reports

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN