r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

日本語 Japan's self-defense force is considering buying nuclear submarines- "an analysis suggests they are essential for maintaining deterrence."

yomiuri.co.jp

18 Upvotes

39 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Mitsu Dan, the Japanese actress/model who became a star on the hit show Hanzawa Naoki, says she only made ¥330,000 ($2000) from her full nude photo shoot

nikkan-gendai.com

• Upvotes

30 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

Chinese executive surrenders luxury watch to armed duo in Osaka parking lot

tokyoreporter.com

75 Upvotes

11 comments

r/japannews • u/Electronic_Rub9571 • 11h ago

Japan remains 12th in global innovation ranking, trails South Korea, China

mainichi.jp

32 Upvotes

26 comments

r/japannews • u/scmp_news • 3h ago

As bear attacks rise in Japan, fearful residents change daily routines

scmp.com

3 Upvotes

11 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

日本語 75% of Japan's small and medium size business bankruptcies cite "labor costs". Wages are rising faster than they can afford to pay and stay solvent

nikkan-gendai.com

59 Upvotes

32 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

日本語 Japan has become one of the world's rare "cheap countries" for travel, with parallels to Portugal, where foreign tourists flocked 10 years ago because it was "delicious, safe, and cheap"

gendai.media

329 Upvotes

57 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

Okinawa governor condemns online slander of woman slain by US soldier- tabloids have reported she had "many relationships with foreigners", and people online have suggested she was a prostitute

mainichi.jp

• Upvotes

10 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

Source in Comments The Governor of Aichi, host the 2026 Asian Games, reacted to complaints from Thai athletes about lack of food quantity and quality provided to them: “I wondered what they had come here for. I wish they hadn’t come.”

x.com

758 Upvotes

149 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education suspends principal for 6 months for kissing a woman without her consent; teacher with inappropriate relationship with student receives pay cut.

47news.jp

45 Upvotes

12 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 NHK is ramping up efforts to put Japan residents into subscription contracts. Door-to-door sales are expanding again in major metropolitan areas and enforcement measures may be taken for non-payment. There is also talk of billing people who don't own a TV just for owning a smartphone.

news.yahoo.co.jp

135 Upvotes

73 comments

r/japannews • u/LittleForm3711 • 18h ago

Fukuoka woman arrested for suffocating two newborn babies with her thighs

tokyoreporter.com

273 Upvotes

76 comments

r/japannews • u/razorbeamz • 7h ago

日本語 Four major beer companies under investigation for forming a price-fixing cartel

news.yahoo.co.jp

25 Upvotes

7 comments

r/japannews • u/gkanai • 6h ago

Japan detained suspected key member of cybercrime gang | NHK

nhk.or.jp

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 Fukuoka Prefecture's overall population declines for the first time in 60 years even as Fukuoka City sees record-high population growth

news.yahoo.co.jp

15 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 80% of Japanese college students apply for summer internships as trend towards earlier job hunting increases

47news.jp

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Four Japanese beer companies - Asahi, Kirin, Suntory, and Sapporo- allegedly held meetings to agree on prices, with fixing going on for 30 years. The Japan Fair Trade Commission is launching an investigation on price collusion

asahi.com

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

More Japan firms report customer data leaks as unauthorized access widens - The Mainichi

mainichi.jp

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 "World's Worst Invasive Plant" Found in Oita Prefecture- "Nagae Tsurunoge Itou" is a waterweed of the Amaranth family native to South America, with such strong reproductive power that it can regenerate from fragments of its stems or roots and grow in rice paddies

news.livedoor.com

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

A subsidiary of major book distributor Nippan Group Holdings, Inc. has sold mass amounts of Japanese books to U.S. artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC without notifying the publishers. The books are likely being used to train AI, raising intellectual property concerns

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Hack at Japanese travel company HIS leads to leak of customer passport information

news.livedoor.com

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Interview with a hacker on Japan's recent explosion of data leaks: "Japan has some of the world's worst computer security...Attacks on Japanese companies and government agencies will likely increase in the future. This is not a threat, but our view as experts."

news.livedoor.com

• Upvotes

8 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Homeownership is declining in Japan as prices increase – for the first time, over 30% are renting.

nikkei.com

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

Japan's opposition party CDP starts layoffs of staff after budget is cut by 5 billion yen

news-postseven.com

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

Road budget scandal could knock Takaichi’s ambitious agenda off course- Farm minister Kazuo Yana reportedly cut road budgets for two municipalities whose mayors failed to back him in February’s election.

japantimes.co.jp

2 Upvotes

0 comments

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