r/japannews • u/BigPapaSlut • 2h ago

日本語 "Is this the only way to treat me as a suspicious person?" The Kanagawa Prefectural Police warned a man who asked how to use Suica to an HS Girl. Controversy Suspect

news.yahoo.co.jp

15 Upvotes

10 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 2h ago

Paywall Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

theverge.com

14 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 2h ago

Japan tells G20 must watch FX moves with high sense of urgency

reuters.com

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 3h ago

PRC Launches Campaign to Isolate Japan - Jamestown

archive.ph

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/KingofBabil • 3h ago

Paywall Japan’s women-only universities go co-ed in battle for survival

timeshighereducation.com

24 Upvotes

9 comments

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 4h ago

Meeting with Families of Abductees and Others | Prime Minister in Action | Prime Minister's Office of Japan

japan.kantei.go.jp

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 5h ago

Russia wrongfully arrests Japanese journalist for alleged espionage

bbc.com

0 Upvotes

The journalist, identified as Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, was detained in the far-eastern Sakhalin region, a day before he was due to leave Russia. He was flown to Moscow where a court ordered he be placed in pre-trial detention, Russian reports say.

7 comments

r/japannews • u/Infinite_Doubt5012 • 9h ago

IMF: Japan to fall to 6th in 2027 global GDP rankings

nhk.or.jp

58 Upvotes

6 comments

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 10h ago

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning spotted off Japan's Okinawa

english.kyodonews.net

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 10h ago

Russia Restocks its Hostage Bank

cepa.org

0 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10h ago

日本語 Japanese university students used to spend large chunks of their time in "clubs" and "circles", but a new survey shows they are cutting back on these activities to focus on early job hunting and internships

asahi.com

9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10h ago

日本語 Recently, Buddhist Priests on Japan's Mount Koya have been caught not declaring huge amounts of money in taxes. One was caught because he spent 100 million yen on the "Puyo Puyo" smartphone game using shrine funds.

president.jp

103 Upvotes

12 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10h ago

日本語 Japan Teacher's Union proposes cutting school hours for elementary school students to the shortest levels in the OECD, stating "There is a limit to the amount of time in a day"

news.yahoo.co.jp

77 Upvotes

16 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 A pro-Takaichi think tank is proposing she save time by not attending Diet sessions or answering questions from opposition, saying "the Prime Minister's attendance at budget committee meetings will be unnecessary in principle" and "answers should be consolidated into debates between party leaders"

dailyshincho.jp

28 Upvotes

23 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Netflix is competing in Japan by making shows about "taboo" topics- “We have a culture of putting a lid on unpleasant or uncomfortable subjects…one of Netflix’s strengths is its willingness to embrace forms of expression that would not be possible on terrestrial television.”

japantimes.co.jp

37 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Maybe Japan’s Brewery ‘Cartel’ Didn’t Collude Enough- accused of price fixing within Japan, The companies have been fighting over a shrinking domestic beer sector, and failed to go global and form national champions big enough to take on international rivals like Anheuser-Busch

bloomberg.com

8 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Top Japanese adult influencer Rurutan rakes in ¥100 million yen a month, credits success to "childhood reading"

tokyoreporter.com

756 Upvotes

49 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

The Japanese media is reporting that the next Minister of Agriculture will likely be veteran Hokkaido politician Takebe Arata. His father served in the same post under PM Koizumi in the early 2000's and once suggesting that Japan's unemployed youth should join the JSDF & be deployed to Iraq.

x.com

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Police suspect inside job after ¥1 million vanishes from Saitama Police Station safe

tokyoreporter.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Paywall Japan Protests Russia’s Detention of Journalist Accused of Spying- Tokyo summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Japanese reporter was arrested in Russia’s far east and accused of collecting military intelligence. (NYT)

nytimes.com

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Japan's scandal-hit agriculture minister quits in blow to PM Takaichi- Yana was implicated in the LDP slush-fund scandal that engulfed Kishida's administration in 2023, and was only brought back into the cabinet a month ago. He was a member of the Abe faction that was at the centre of that scandal.

asia.nikkei.com

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Allegations mount as Japan farm minister quits over funding scandal; home district furious - The Mainichi

mainichi.jp

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 The number of foreigners on business visas leaving Japan has increased almost 4X

47news.jp

275 Upvotes

40 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 Burger King Japan Official App Member Data -Approximately 11.18 Million Records- Leaked after cyberattack

news.livedoor.com

49 Upvotes

24 comments

r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 12h ago

Survey: 40% of aviation staff face abuse from passengers

asahi.com

10 Upvotes

0 comments

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