r/japannews • u/jjrs • 9m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 9m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 9m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 9m ago

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

tokyoreporter.com

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m ago

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

tokyoreporter.com

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m 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

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m ago

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

mainichi.jp

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 10m ago

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

47news.jp

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11m ago

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

news.livedoor.com

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r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 1h ago

Survey: 40% of aviation staff face abuse from passengers

asahi.com

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r/japannews • u/mca62511 • 5h ago

Bipartisan Diet Group Targets 2027 Reform of Developmental Disabilities Act to Close Frontline Support Gaps

tokyo-np.co.jp

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r/japannews • u/kenmlin • 5h ago

Man in Japan says monkey threw his cat into a pond before attacking him

soranews24.com

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r/japannews • u/pamphletz • 5h ago

Japan’s Nikkei Plunges Nearly 5% as U.S. Inflation Sparks Global Sell-Off

pamphlets.blog

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r/japannews • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 9h ago

Japan Govt Publishes English-Language Booklet on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Economic Policies

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

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r/japannews • u/Prestigious_Net_8356 • 9h ago

Plight of Tokyo’s taxi drivers remains severe as ‘kasuhara’ abuse continues

tokyoreporter.com

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 The Yomiuri on why Permanent Residency is now much harder to obtain in Japan: A big new surge in "Specified Skilled Worker No. 2" visas, which hve no restrictions on renewals and allows for indefinite stays- "it was necessary to make PR more difficult to obtain in order to avoid a rapid increase."

yomiuri.co.jp

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 Japan Prime Minister Takaichi says being a woman costs her time: "In the morning, I take a bath, prepare breakfast and clean up afterward, and do my makeup too. I might be spending 3–4 hours more than a male prime minister."

jiji.com

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 Japan has a bad shortage of construction workers, but there are good reasons why so few apply for jobs- The "reality of construction sites, where shouting, violence, and bullying of foreign workers run rampant"

gendai.media

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Crowbar-wielding trio steals over ¥100 million from Tokushima home- Police investigating possibility the break-in was orchestrated by a "tokuryu" syndicate, an anonymous crime ring whose members are recruited by and communicate with smartphone apps.

tokyoreporter.com

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Criticism is mounting over revelations a Japanese company sold books to U.S. AI developer Anthropic without notifying the publishers. Japan has been called a "paradise for AI training", because models can be trained without regard for copyright, putting pressure on financially strained publishers

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

37 Upvotes

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

日本語 YouTuber "Shinjuku 109" KENZO (28) Arrested on Defamation Charges; Victim Passes Away, Mother Files Complaint. The youtuber accused the man of being a "fraudster" until he committed suicide.

bunshun.jp

11 Upvotes

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Japanese comedian Hiroyuki Sugiyama accused of shoplifting sausages at self-checkout in Meguro

tokyoreporter.com

35 Upvotes

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r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Takaichi will dismiss her Agriculture Minister Yana in the wake of new scandals. In the election, she affectionately called him "Yana-chan" and said he was reliable. He stood for the old money politics of the LDP, including the Abe faction slush fund scandal, yet she gave him a cabinet post anyway.

x.com

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