TOPIC
 / location

Japan

Related Topics:
Still from Northern Food Story. Photo: KUANI

Rich culinary history of Japan’s Hokkaido island captured in new film

Kita no Syokukei – Northern Food Story in English – made a splash at the San Sebastian Film Festival, screening to enthusiastic applause.

Japan’s Narita airport gets tough on harassment by customers with new policy

Philippines boosts coastguard fleet with 49 new ships from France, Japan

10

South Korea slaps travel ban on American live-streamer for ‘causing a commotion’

A convenience store worker reported Johnny Somali, real name Ramsey Khalid Ismael, to the police last month.

A still from a TikTok video showing US live-streamer Johnny Somali, real name Ramsey Khalid Ismael, harassing pedestrians on the street in South Korea. Photo: TikTok/JohnnySomali

Will Trump ‘close bases abroad’? Some in Japan are hopeful

US president-elect Donald Trump pressured Japan to pay more for American troops stationed on its soil during his first term.

Beyond Goodbye’s stars open up on Netflix’s new Japanese series

Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi talk coffee, playing the piano and which of their body parts they would like to live on in someone else.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement

Asia-Pacific to see slowing economic growth amid trade tensions: Apec

Protectionism ‘harms economic relations’ among 21 member countries, group’s report says, as unease rises over Donald Trump’s agenda.

videocam
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte waves at the government palace in Lima on November 12, 2024. Peru is hosting this year’s summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, an intergovernmental group that promotes free trade. Photo: Reuters

Japan pledges fresh US$65 billion for chips, AI to help narrow gap with China

The US and its allies are racing to keep ahead of China in AI-powering semiconductor capabilities, seen as essential to economic security.

Hong Kong stock benchmark drops below 20,000, surrendering stimulus gains

Hang Seng Index falls to lowest point since September 25, erasing a policy-induced rally that had added as much as 27 per cent.

17

France sends its nuclear-powered carrier to Japan – and a ‘message’ to China

Analysts say the deployment aims to bolster alliances, deter adversaries and demonstrate France’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

30
Rafale and Super Etendards fighter jets are seen on board France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine vandalised with kanji for ‘death’

It follows similar defacement incidents in June and August.

videocam
Japanese Shinto priests attend a ritual at Yasukuni Shrine. Yasukuni has long been a source of diplomatic friction with China and other Asian countries because it honours Japan’s wartime leaders convicted as war criminals in the post-World War II international tribunal. Photo: Reuters

Japan man loses wife, 3 kids in quake, runs emotional marathon in their memory

Grieving father runs race, trains for it in places where he and late family members used to play together.

Lawmakers vote to keep Shigeru Ishiba as Japan’s prime minister

Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan’s PM on Monday after a rare run-off vote in a parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls.

videocam

In Japan, call to ban women marrying after 25 stirs backlash

Naoki Hyakuta, founder of the Conservative Party of Japan, also angered many when he proposed uterus removal for women at the age of 30.

10
A young Japanese couple at a garden in Tokyo. Photo: Shutterstock

Art Collaboration Kyoto, contemporary art fair with a difference

For the Japanese fair’s 4th edition, art was shown not only in a gallery but at historic sites to deepen visitors’ understanding of Kyoto.

Art in Kyoto’s Murin-an temple as part of Art Collaboration Kyoto. Photo: courtesy of neugerriemschneider gallery

It’s Pocky Day! How yearly celebration of the Japanese snack began

The classic chocolate-coated biscuit treat is celebrated every year on November 11, and there is also a Korean version known as Pepero Day.

videocam

Opinion | Trump will ask Asia-Pacific what it can offer. Leaders must think hard

From support for the US military industrial complex to countering China, leaders must start deciding their trade-offs, bottom lines and no-go areas.

videocam
4
Advertisement
Advertisement

Opinion | South Korea may find itself stranded as North Korea’s sole adversary

Pyongyang is being emboldened by its defence pact with Moscow while US support for Seoul is expected to be diluted under Trump.

videocam
5
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gives a speech in Seoul on March 1. Photo: Kyodo

Think the Japanese are all super polite? Not their shoppers

An increase in abusive customers, which in extreme cases has driven workers to suicide, is seeing some Japanese companies take a stand.

Macroscope | IMF is changing its tune on trade. Should Asian economies listen?

In matters of open trade, Asian policymakers can no longer rely on the IMF, which is now advising Asia to focus on building domestic demand.

videocam

Will Tokyo’s giant fountain make a splash or be a US$17 million washout?

The cherry blossom-shaped fountain planned for Tokyo’s Odaiba Marine Park district has divided residents over its cost and potential economic benefits.

videocam
An artist’s rendering of the new fountain to be built in Odaiba Marine Park. Photo: Bureau of Port and Harbour of Tokyo Metropolitan Government

How should Indo-Pacific leaders deal with Trump 2.0? Analysts say get personal

Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister during Trump’s first term, is cited as an example of how to work with the US president-elect.

videocam
7
World leaders are considering how best to deal with US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Could Japan seaweed be a new supercrop?

Calls in Japan for more suicide prevention steps targeting schoolchildren

Japanese culture experts urge authorities to do more after new data shows suicides among Japanese schoolchildren remain high.

videocam

Think Japan isn’t friendly for tourists with disabilities? Think again

Japan has made big steps in accessible travel, one expert says, while bodies like Accessible Japan and TokudAw help those with special needs.

Josh Grisdale says he has received assistance everywhere he has travelled in Japan, including from this priest in Kyoto. Photo: Josh Grisdale

How Japan’s innovative Nakagin Capsule Tower is finding new life

The Tokyo structure’s dismantling in 2022 saw a number of its capsules repurposed globally – even at Hong Kong’s M+ – fulfilling designer Kisho Kurokawa’s vision.

Architect Kisho Kurokawa with his creation, Japan’s Nakagin Capsule Tower, in 1972. Photo: Tomio Ohashi/M+

Japan brokerage giant told to probe alleged arson, murder attempt by ex-worker

A former employee is accused of stealing US$170,000 in cash from an elderly client’s home and setting it on fire.

My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Japan
Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on Japan, covering politics, economy, society, the country's relationships with China, North Korea and South Korea and the legacy of World War Two in Asia.
Capital
Tokyo
Head of State
Emperor Naruhito
Head of Government
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
last updated:
2 October, 2024
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement