NIPPON
 
The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at boosting disaster prevention measures in peninsular areas of the country.
The bill to revise peninsular areas development law aims to conduct the measures with consideration for the geographic features of peninsulas, whic...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted legislation to set new rules designed to prevent candidates from using inappropriate tactics, such as presenting images of scantily clad women, on election posters to promote themselves, their candidacies or even products.
In official campaigni...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded more than 217 million yen in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
The payout represents 12,500 yen for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamata spent ...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja, at a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
This marked the first welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace for state guests since a trip to Japa...

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AP NEWS
 
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The church said it was considering an immediate appeal of the Tokyo District Court’s revocati...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
In response to the issue of medical institutions having to give up on accepting organs from braindead patients for transplants due to understaffing and lack of hospital beds, the University of Tokyo Hospital, which performs the highest number of transplant surgeries in Japan, plans t...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The land ministry has selected 26 model projects nationwide to promote a "dual habitation" lifestyle in which people divide their time between rural and urban areas, informed sources said.
Local governments and private companies will work together to support the projects, including ...

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SORA NEWS
 
After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.
Though Japan celebrates the start of the new year in January, it’s really spring that’s the time for new beginnings in the country. Spring is when the school year begins, when most companies start their fiscal y...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones are still seeking justice.
Thirteen people were killed and thousands were sickened when cult members released sarin nerve gas in the capital's subway trains on...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday instructed his government to develop a system to operate so-called hospital ships by January 2026.
on the same day, the government adopted a program for the introduction of hospital ships, which provide medical care at sea in the event of...

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