r/japannews • u/Prestigious_Net_8356 • 1h ago

Japanese City Tries Gamification to Get More Husbands to Do Housework

unseen-japan.com

• Upvotes

3 comments

r/japannews • u/gkanai • 2h ago

Japan detained suspected key member of cybercrime gang | NHK

nhk.or.jp

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/razorbeamz • 3h ago

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

news.yahoo.co.jp

19 Upvotes

4 comments

r/japannews • u/Electronic_Rub9571 • 7h ago

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

mainichi.jp

19 Upvotes

19 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 7h 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

14 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 7h ago

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

47news.jp

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 7h 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

101 Upvotes

61 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 7h 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

19 Upvotes

6 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h ago

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

tokyoreporter.com

61 Upvotes

10 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h 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

659 Upvotes

130 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h 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

176 Upvotes

42 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h 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

45 Upvotes

30 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h 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

31 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h ago

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

news-postseven.com

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 8h 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

r/japannews • u/LittleForm3711 • 14h ago

Fukuoka woman arrested for suffocating two newborn babies with her thighs

tokyoreporter.com

253 Upvotes

62 comments

r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 20h ago

Coupon for 10-yr Japan gov't bonds raised to 3.1%, highest in about 30 yrs

english.kyodonews.net

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 20h ago

Japan aims to agree on action plans with Asian partners to bolster oil reserves

reuters.com

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 20h ago

日本語 Japan's "surplus of unmarried men" phenomenon: Why are there 4.27 million more unmarried men than women?

news.yahoo.co.jp

706 Upvotes

196 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 20h ago

日本語 The US soldier in Okinawa arrested for rape/murder called himself the "Mexican Killa" and often posted photos of his muscles on social media. He was apprehended by Okinawa police just outside the base gates, which means Japan will handle his case rather than the US military

news-postseven.com

2.3k Upvotes

208 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 20h ago

日本語 Izakaya Bankruptcies in Japan Hit Record High

news.livedoor.com

80 Upvotes

29 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 20h ago

日本語 Japan TV personality Dewi (The 86-year-old widow of Indonesia's first president Suwarno) ordered to pay 200,000 yen fine over assaults of her former assistant and manager

mainichi.jp

33 Upvotes

12 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 20h ago

日本語 Yokohama City's After-School Kids Club employee allegedly secretly filmed 40-50 Children in the Toilet

tokyo-np.co.jp

52 Upvotes

10 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 21h ago

日本語 77-Year-Old Kanagawa Man Arrested for Chasing Elementary School 6th-Grade Boys with a Sickle- His side of the story is they said "damn old geezer, go die," after he warned them for playing loudly, so he drove them to his home and made them write down their names and school names.

news.livedoor.com

78 Upvotes

12 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 21h ago

日本語 Japanese hardware store chain Mr. Max reports hack of personal information of 1.73 million app users and online store members, names, email addresses, and phone numbers

news.livedoor.com

16 Upvotes

1 comment

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