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BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda, pictured here in March, said last week that the Iran war could fuel inflation while also potentially being a drag on growth.

BUSINESS / Markets

Bank of Japan set to hold rates steady, with Iran war a factor

By Kazuaki Nagata

Forecasts have changed significantly in recent weeks as conflict continues and the price of oil remains high.

BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda, pictured here in March, said last week that the Iran war could fuel inflation while also potentially being a drag on growth.

A wildfire near homes in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Thursday

JAPAN

Firefighters struggle to contain wildfires in northern Japan

By Jessica Speed

Authorities have said there is still no clear timeline for containment of the wildfires, which have prompted evacuation orders for 2,500 people in Iwate.

ITAMAE aims to build a community of young challengers across the country and build a foundation to grow the innovators of tomorrow.

BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS

The fresh faces behind SusHi Tech Tokyo — the students driving Japan’s entrepreneurial turn

By Yukana Inoue

A student group is pushing to reshape how young Japanese people think about success, risk and entrepreneurship.

A woman adjusts her posture due to pain in her back and neck. In Japan, multidisciplinary pain centers have been established to provide coordinated care, but many patients continue to suffer from severe symptoms without a clear underlying cause.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Japanese study links ADHD symptoms to severity of chronic pain

By Jessica Speed

The research team found that patients with symptoms of the disorder were more likely to report extreme pain than those without.

Under the new blue ticket system, cyclists will have one week in which to pay fines for minor traffic violations.

LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL

The language around Japan’s new bike rules leaves no room for ‘maybe’

By Yuko Tamura

Blue tickets are now being issued for minor traffic offenses, but you have to watch you don't get scammed.

Under the new blue ticket system, cyclists will have one week in which to pay fines for minor traffic violations.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks during a news conference at Malacanang Palace in Manila in March.

Philippines President Marcos to make state visit to Japan

The two nations have been strengthening military ties in recent years, with Tokyo supplying Manila with coast guard ships and radar systems.

Hideko Hakamata, of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, speaks during a gathering in Tokyo in June to call for a revision of Japan's retrial system.

Former death-row inmate's sister further denounces Japan’s review of retrial system

Hideko Hakamata says she opposes the draft government bill, which seeks to ban the use of evidence disclosed during court proceedings on retrial petitions for any other purpose.

After Netflix’s controversial broadcast deal, Japan urges WBC organizer to allow more people to watch

By Kanako Takahara

Half of disadvantaged mothers in Japan lack child care products, survey finds

Record 8,196 in Japan serve as 'community reactivators'

Japanese passport fees going down to ?9,000 in July

Residential buildings in the Kachidoki area of Tokyo. Used condominium prices in central Tokyo fell for a second month in March, raising concerns that Japan’s property boom may be losing momentum.

Tokyo condo prices fall two months in row in sign boom may fade

By Ryo Horiuchi

Average prices of previously occupied apartments in the six central wards of Tokyo fell 0.2% in March from the previous month to ?187.3 million.

Pan Pacific International Holdings, the owner of discount chain Don Quijote, opened its first Robin Hood store, a new food-focused chain, in Aichi Prefecture on Friday.

Don Quijote owner opens discount grocer as Japan inflation bites

By Eru Ishikawa

With food and daily necessities becoming more expensive in Japan, the company is betting fast, cheap and convenient offerings will drive traffic at stores designed for quick trips.

An AI agent takes over a store and orders too many candles

By Shirin Ghaffary

Laps of icy roads in China show sodium batteries making an EV breakthrough

By Annie Lee

Nissan to ramp up Egypt carmaking in bid to boost Africa sales

By Sherif Tarek

Hanoi reviews petrol motorbike ban opposed by Honda ahead of Takaichi visit

By Francesco Guarascio

A man navigates the rubble of a building at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran after it was targeted by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, on April 4.

Iran war has drained U.S. supplies of critical, costly weapons

By Eric Schmitt and Jonathan Swan

White House officials have refused to estimate the cost of the conflict so far, but two independent groups say the expense is just under $1 billion a day.

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted at Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City on Jan. 5.

U.S. soldier charged with using classified info to bet on Maduro’s capture

By Patricia Hurtado

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old special forces soldier, allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket's prediction market.

Greece to be overtaken by Italy as eurozone’s most indebted country in 2026, sources say

By Lefteris Papadimas and Giuseppe Fonte

India’s digital currency push targets its leaky welfare system

By Jaspreet Kalra - ashwin manikandan

Iran war revives European rooftop solar demand to cut energy bills

By Christoph Steitz

EU loan throws Ukraine a lifeline but more help needed for war

By Daniel Flynn

Japan coach Eddie Jones watches his team warm up before a match against France in Saint-Denis, France, in November 2024.

Eddie Jones wants citizens of Rugby World Cup host city to rally around Japan

Jones ?did not rule out Japan setting up its World Cup ?base in Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port.

Italy dismisses talk of replacing Iran at upcoming World Cup

Lamine Yamal expects to be ready for World Cup despite season-ending injury

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel to take indefinite break amid photo scandal

Raiders take quarterback Mendoza with No. 1 NFL draft pick

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda meets with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, in August 2023.

Rethinking how Japan chooses its central bank governor

Kumiharu Shigehara

The future challenge for Japan is therefore not to depoliticize central bank appointments completely, but to build institutions that make expertise visible.

SoftBank is going all in on OpenAI, but at what cost?

By Shuli Ren

Falling for Beijing’s anti-Japan propaganda is dangerously naive

By Stephen R. Nagy

Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace

By Daoud Kuttab

New AI tool reshapes the cybersecurity landscape

By Brad Glosserman

Environmental advocacy group Market Forces is calling on investors at Japan's three megabanks — Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui — to vote against directors failing to recognize the risks posed by fossil fuels.

Climate investor calls for votes against directors at Japan’s megabanks and trading houses

By Anton Bridge

Environmental advocacy group Market Forces is arguing that directors are failing to oversee material ?financial risks to the banks and trading houses' businesses.

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

By Nick Perry and Anna PELEGRI

France and other World Bank shareholders seek solution to preserve climate strategy

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

By Amanda Kolson Hurley

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

A sprawling retrospective on Moriyama, a giant of Japanese street photography, is on view at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, as part of annual international photo festival Kyotographie.

Kyotographie's Daido Moriyama retrospective resonates in an age of endless images

By Thu-Huong Ha

A dense, sprawling retrospective at the annual photo festival reflects Daido Moriyama's lifelong question: What does a photo do?

Haruki Murakami to release first novel in three years with ‘The Tale of Kaho’

By Alyssa I. Smith

‘Leave the Cat Alone’: Even when life and love get messy, creativity survives

By James Hadfield

After years away, BTS and its fans reunite at full volume

By Patrick St. Michel

‘Lost Land’ director captures play and peril on a migrant's journey

By James Hadfield

Rooms at Capella Kyoto, a new luxury hotel located steps from one of the city's most historic geisha districts, start from ?394,200 per night for two people.

Capella Kyoto continues ancient capital’s luxury hotel boom

By Melinda Joe

The newly opened lodging occupies the site of Shinmichi Elementary School between the Kaburenjo Theatre and Kenninji, Kyoto's oldest Zen Buddhist temple.

New-harvest onions add layers of flavor to any dish

By Makiko Itoh

No one else will do: What a pair of figure skaters can teach us about familiarity in Japanese

By Brooke Lathram-Abe

Chickens go from coop to table at Inaka no Taiho

By Robbie Swinnerton

After 91仓库 cherry blossoms fade, spring keeps blooming

By Eric Margolis

Navigating cancer treatment as a foreign resident of Japan can be an added layer of stress, but nonprofit organizations and community resources are available to support those with a diagnosis.

Counseling and community for foreign cancer patients in Japan

By Jason Bartashius

Navigating cancer treatment as a foreign resident can be daunting, but mental health clinics, nonprofit organizations and other platforms can support the journey.

Please your palate with Tokyo’s international grocery stores

By Mike Fu

In rural Japan, a consultant code-switches and connects

By Mishu Callan

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

By Louise George Kittaka

Sundae, a spry and special dog, wants a walking companion

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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