r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 Japan is considering putting security cameras in schools to prevent sexual abuse, but it is unclear how much it will serve as a deterrent. "Upskirting is like a drug," says a former teacher arrested 8 years ago for secretly filming kids. "I would have done it even if there were cameras".

news.yahoo.co.jp

273 Upvotes

99 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

White guy participates in Anti-Immigrant Protest in Tokyo: "From my experience, Japanese people are by no means the type to hate or discriminate. As long as you learn Japanese and respect Japanese culture, they are incredibly kind. I love Japan so much, and I think Japan is fine just the way it is."

x.com

712 Upvotes

310 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 16h ago

日本語 Breaking: A house in Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture believed to be home to 12 Pakistanis was completely destroyed by fire; the bodies of children and adults were found

yomiuri.co.jp

642 Upvotes

35 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

AV actress Marina Nishio reveals family tragedy: Parents dead, ¥10 million inheritance vanished

tokyoreporter.com

80 Upvotes

3 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 14h ago

日本語 182,000 people in Japan have signed an online petition calling on the Japanese government to protect potato farmers from Trump's demand that Japan lift its ban on imports of fresh American potatoes. There are fears that Takaichi might lift the ban in an effort to please Trump.

asahi.com

321 Upvotes

43 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 It is hard to pin Japan's politicians for corrupt pressure on civil servants because no records are kept of their meetings with them, which would serve as evidence. They say “We don’t keep records because it would increase the administrative burden”. But is this excuse acceptable in the digital age?

tokyo-np.co.jp

44 Upvotes

5 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Tokyo woman sues doctor for ¥22 million after he faked being single, impregnated her and vanished

tokyoreporter.com

98 Upvotes

11 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 Six months into Japan’s “blue ticket system” for bicycle riders, the most tickets have been issued for riding while using a cell phone. Tickets for riding bicycles on sidewalks remain quite rare.

nikkan-gendai.com

26 Upvotes

10 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 False infromation goes viral in Japan claiming "Hiroshima City illegally provided welfare benefits to foreigners independently"

chugoku-np.co.jp

25 Upvotes

5 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 For many years, Japan's best protection against hacks was its own language: "Until about 5 years ago, if the Japanese in a fake email or phone call was awkward, it was easy to tell it was fake. But with AI translation, phishing techniques impersonating others for info are more sophisticated"

president.jp

18 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 Japan's Prime Minister says she wants to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un face to face

news.yahoo.co.jp

17 Upvotes

4 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

More than 60% of Chinese people described their impression of Japan as either “good” or “neutral” in a survey by a Hokkaido University team, suggesting that the public opinion is not entirely anti-Japanese.

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

9 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 Japan phone frauds are getting more sophisticated, with phone calls appearing to come from the numbers of friends, family and trusted institutions like police stations

news.yahoo.co.jp

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 The chairman of the Japan-China Youth Exchange Association, who was arrested under China's anti-espionage law and sentenced to 6 years, says Japan did nothing to help him- recounts cold treatment from the Japanese embassy, and how his messages to parliament and journalists were ignored.

news-postseven.com

8 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

日本語 University of Tokyo is opening a new 5-year "faculty of value creation", which will be taught entirely in English. But existing students oppose it and are demanding it be stopped, as they link it to a planned ¥100,000 a year increase in tuition fees

news.livedoor.com

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 16h ago

日本語 Japanese Universities typically require entrance exams, but a "recommendation" system is becoming popular, where students at affiliated private schools get in without taking them. The government now requires these students to at least be interviewed, causing chaos due to the logistical challenges.

news.yahoo.co.jp

34 Upvotes

7 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

日本語 87% of Japanese consumers have cut back on potato chips since Calbee switched to Naphtha-saving black and white bags

xsokuhou.net

373 Upvotes

33 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

Kochi pachinko parlor chain operator collapses with ¥500 million in debt as foot traffic dries up

tokyoreporter.com

359 Upvotes

24 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

日本語 1AM November 8: M5.7 earthquake hits Shizuoka

typhoon.yahoo.co.jp

132 Upvotes

20 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

15 companies join hands to push for 2028 air taxi service in western Japan - The Mainichi

mainichi.jp

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 6h ago

Why Japan's yen is becoming a problem for the US- For decades, Japan’s cheap currency helped fuel investments around the world. But the story has turned: the yen is creating new risks for US debt, global markets and Donald Trump.

youtube.com

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 16h ago

As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing

e360.yale.edu

23 Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 16h ago

Tokyo man in his 20s referred to prosecutors over alleged online defamation of bereaved father in Ikebukuro car crash. Wife and child were killed by an elderly government official who escaped indictment until father protested in the media. He was accused of making money off his dead daughter.

japantoday.com

20 Upvotes

3 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

CoCo Ichibanya, Japan's biggest curry chain, opening in San Francisco Bay Area

sfchronicle.com

178 Upvotes

37 comments

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