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Students from Okinawa Prefecture speak with Hiroshi Tokuno (left) at an exchange center for the Northern Territories issue in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 27.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Mar 2, 2026
Okinawa students visit Hokkaido to learn about disputed islands
Over 80 years after Soviet forces seized four islands from Japan, former Japanese residents remain unable to return to their hometowns.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during an event marking the country's 107th anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2026
South Korea's Lee to take steps for better ties with Japan
The South Korean leader highlighted the importance of cooperation with Japan and stopped short of criticizing Tokyo or mentioning thorny issues of history.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Russia's relations with Japan "have ?been reduced to zero" over what he cast as Tokyo's "unfriendly stance" toward Moscow.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2026
Russia says no peace dialogue ongoing with Japan over territorial dispute
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia's relations with Japan "have ?been reduced to zero" due to its "unfriendly stance" toward Moscow.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
China¡¯s top diplomat warns Japan of ¡®ghosts of militarism¡¯ in rebuke of Takaichi
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poured cold water on calls by Tokyo to return to dialogue in the wake of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s general election victory last week.
Fences protect an abandoned building known locally as one of the "Russian houses" in the eastern Berlin district of Karlshorst, Germany.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2026
Berlin's crumbling 'Russian houses' trapped in bureaucratic limbo
Known locally as the "Russian houses," they sheltered Soviet soldiers and their families in the eastern neighborhood of Karlshorst, the site of the Nazis' final capitulation.
Takeshi Furumoto addresses an event held in New Jersey on Saturday to honor Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American civil rights activist.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2026
Event held to honor WWII-era Japanese-American rights activist
At a time of immigration raids in the U.S. participants emphasized that forced detentions like those during WWII must never be repeated.
The plaintiffs said the three hibakusha had long been excluded from aid due to a government notice stating they would lose their right to receive related state aid if they leave the country, and therefore had been "forced to live with health problems and anxiety."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2026
Court orders government to pay damages to relatives of hibakusha who left Japan
The hibakusha, originally from what is now South Korea, were exposed to radiation in the U.S. bombing of?Hiroshima and returned home after the war.
Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, and honors the victims of the Holocaust while urging the world to confront antisemitism and hatred.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2026
A message to the world on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Like many Jews, I prefer not to call it a ¡°concentration camp,¡± for that is what the German Nazis called the places where they confined the people they sought to exterminate.
The Supreme Court has confirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the state in a damages lawsuit filed by 27 children of hibakusha in Hiroshima.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2026
Top court rejects damages suit by children of Hiroshima hibakusha
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed that the exclusion of hibakusha children from the hibakusha support law was unconstitutional.
Alumni of Hatsukaichi Junior High School in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 23 look at a wooden relief depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which was restored and returned to the school.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 21, 2026
Wooden atomic bomb relief returns home to Hiroshima after alumni restoration
About 50 former classmates helped restore the wooden relief, which after years of exposure to the elements had been slated for possible disposal.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and chief priest Shokaku Furuya see off South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at Horyu-ji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 14, 2026
Rich in symbolism, Takaichi-Lee talks highlight strong Japan-South Korea ties
The amicable environment was all the more notable considering that the conservative Takaichi and liberal Lee sit on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Residence halls and the playground at Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jan 12, 2026
Hiroshima child welfare home marks roots in founder¡¯s A-bomb experience
The facility initially cared for children who had lost their guardians during World War II and now cares for those who have?faced difficulties at home.
The Siyuan Aircraft Bunker in Yilan City, Taiwan, which was built by the Japanese during World War II, contains small historical displays and has a bamboo model of Zero fighter plane on its roof, used as a decoy to fool American bombing raids.
JAPAN / History
Jan 11, 2026
Aircraft bunkers in Taiwan¡¯s Yilan county shine light on little-known kamikaze outpost
The Pacific-facing county hosts the largest concentration of such bunkers in Taiwan that are among the best-preserved examples still remaining anywhere.
The New York Times placed Nagasaki 17th on the list of "52 places to go in 2026."
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2026
Nagasaki and Okinawa make New York Times¡¯ list of ¡®52 places to go in 2026¡¯
The New York Times put Nagasaki in 17th place on a list it has released every year since 2005, and Okinawa was 46th.
A member of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) solicits signatures for a petition urging Japan to ratify the nuclear weapons ban treaty at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in October 2024. The organization won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 5, 2026
What happens when the last hibakusha is gone?
As the Peace Clock advances, another clock is running out: The number of people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling.
Setsuko Kawai, a member of a group seeking state relief for civilian victims of U.S. air raids during World War II, participates in a rally outside the parliament building in Tokyo on Dec. 4.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2025
Japanese group resolved to seek air raid damage relief
In lawsuits on air raid damage, all petitions by victims seeking compensation from the government have been dismissed.
(Left to right) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a news conference during a meeting of the ¡°Coalition of the willing,¡± in Kyiv on May 10
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
¡®Never again,¡¯ and yet here we are again
The promise not to repeat the mistakes that led to World War II has for decades shaped international institutions and security policy, but now, this motto¡¯s influence has waned.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito takes a walk with Empress Emerita Michiko in the garden at their Sento Imperial Residence in Tokyo on Dec. 8.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2025
Emperor Emeritus Akihito turns 92
With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Emperor Emeritus Akihito reflected on the war, including remembering his evacuation to the countryside.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko visit a special photo exhibition themed on Tokyo during World War II at the National Showa Memorial Museum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2025
Emperor Naruhito and family visit photo exhibition on wartime Tokyo
The family also met with people serving as "next-generation storytellers," who share knowledge about the war with museum visitors.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel participate in a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Japan should have nuclear weapons, official reportedly says
The comments come at a sensitive time for Japan amid a tense security environment in East Asia.
Drones and missiles: U.S. Marines in Okinawa evolve for sea-denial role
Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to marines and sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America at Naval Base White Beach in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 10.
Japan¡¯s national museums to implement dual-pricing system
Admission fees for the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and 11 other state-run museums are set to increase for visitors from outside Japan.
Three arrested over illegal hiring of Vietnamese workers in Japan
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested three men over alleged involvement in employing Vietnamese nationals without work permits in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Violence in sumo provokes anger but little surprise
Terunofuji pictured at Isegahama stable on Jan. 29, 2024
Netflix deal shuts out Japan¡¯s sports bars from freely showing WBC
Fans watching from Tokyo react after Japan beat the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic in March 2023.
Taiwan¡¯s FM calls for Taipei to be part of 'first island chain' security framework
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung speaks during an interview last week in Taipei. Lin has called on Japan and other partners to step up cooperation in areas such as intelligence-sharing, joint exercises, defense-industry tie-ups, data links and dealing with hybrid threats such as China¡¯s gray-zone activities.
Netflix deal shuts out Japan¡¯s sports bars from freely showing WBC
Fans watching from Tokyo react after Japan beat the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic in March 2023.
¡®My hope has fear inside it¡¯: Iranians in Japan react to attacks back home
Somayyeh Mehri speaks in an interview on Monday in Tokyo. The psychological weight of watching events unfold from Japan is gut-wrenching for Mehri.
Shohei Ohtani returns to Japan as the center of attention ahead of WBC
Shohei Ohtani is back with Samurai Japan for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Ohtani was the MVP of the 2023 tournament.
Inside a Japanese bookshop: Words you need to browse in Jimbocho
Tokyo¡¯s Jimbocho neighborhood has all kinds of bookshops and cafes, but it is mainly known for its abundance of stores selling secondhand books.

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