2025年9月6日土曜日

JAPAN VOWS UP TO $550 MILLIONS FOR VACCINES FOR CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING NATIONS - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPAN VOWS UP TO $550 MILLIONS FOR VACCINES FOR CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING NATIONS - TOKYO JAPAN

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday that Japan will contribute up to $550 million over the next five years to an organization responsible for supplying vaccines to children in developing countries, a lawmaker said.


Ishiba conveyed the plan during a meeting at his office with Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates, a supporter of the international organization, according to Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party, who attended the gathering.


The contribution is expected to be officially announced at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, scheduled to be held in Yokohama for three days from Wednesday, as Japan seeks to bolster ties with resource-rich emerging nations.


In Tuesday's meeting, Ishiba was quoted by Saito as expressing respect for Gates' efforts in the field of global health, saying Japan also intends to make a solid contribution. Komeito is the junior coalition partner of Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.

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2025年9月5日金曜日

JAPAN EYES ADDRESSING POSSIBLE MISTREATMENT OF CERTAIN VISA WORKERS - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPAN EYES ADDRESSING POSSIBLE MISTREATMENT OF CERTAIN VISA WORKERS - TOKYO JAPAN

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Japan's immigration agency plans to step up efforts to address the potential mistreatment of foreign nationals holding certain visas and employed through temporary staffing agencies, finding some have been inappropriately assigned to menial labor, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.


The Immigration Services Agency plans to examine the working conditions of foreigners holding the visa supposedly for engineers and specialists in humanities and international services -- a visa that allows them to work in Japan for a long period of time as there are no limits in seeking extensions.


A record-high 410,000 foreign nationals in Japan had been given the visa as of the end of 2024. Some 10 percent appear to be contracted to dispatch firms, part of a growing trend, with many of them engaging in jobs such as interpreting and production management.


The visa requires the holder to have achieved certain educational qualifications, such as graduating from a university in their home country, and in principle only allows them to engage in highly professional jobs.


But the agency has found cases in which temporary staffing companies told clients that such workers can perform duties outside their field of specialism, leading them to be engaged in menial tasks.


The immigration agency said it will look into whether there are additional cases and take steps to raise awareness of the problem, according to the source.


If the situation does not improve, the agency is considering obliging foreign workers to report when they are assigned to a different company during their residency period.


A group supporting foreigners has also pointed to a rise in complaints that temporary staffing agencies do not offer jobs.


The agency, meanwhile, is considering tightening conditions for the business manager visa that is intended to support start-ups, after individuals applying with shell companies were approved.


It may raise the required minimum capital from 5 million yen to 30 million yen, the source said.

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2025年9月4日木曜日

PRICIER TICKETS FOR FIREWORKS, THEME PARKS TEST SUMMER HOLIDAYMAKERS - TOKYO JAPAN

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The scorching summer heat may be forcing some holiday goers to rethink their vacation plans, but leisure businesses have shown no hesitation in raising ticket prices for those seeking assurance of quality time.


About 80 percent of the 106 fireworks festivals surveyed in Japan offer paid seats this year, with the average "premium" ticket fee, which promises nice viewing and seating along with other luxury features, jumping 7.2 percent from a year earlier to 36,193 yen per seat, with some over 50,000 yen, according to research firm Teikoku Databank.


That compares with the average 5,227 yen for a regular reserved seat, up 1.8 percent from a year ago, meaning that premium seating costs about seven times more than regular seating, the biggest difference since 2019 when comparable data became available.


The highest-priced ticket in the survey was 120,000 yen for a table of four, or 30,000 yen per person for about an hour-long event.


The increases reflect the broader trend of inflation in Japan, partly because more organizers are passing on running costs, such as those for pricier fireworks and the hiring of security staff.


The trend can also indicate how people choose to spend money. Some surveys point to spending patterns more "polarized," with people willing to pay more for leisure activities or experiences while remaining frugal when buying daily necessities.


Leisure facilities are also hiking ticket prices, adopting dynamic-pricing, a strategy in which prices fluctuate according to demand. In a high season, for instance, prices may go up to maximize profits.


Entry tickets for amusement and theme parks, zoos and aquariums in Japan rose 4.2 percent from a year earlier to an average 1,695 yen. On average, unlimited passes to amusement and theme parks marked the biggest increase of 5.4 percent over the year to 4,846 yen, according to a separate survey by Teikoku Databank.


Among one-day passes, Universal Studios Japan in Osaka sells the priciest at 11,900 yen.


Rising ticket fees can still risk scaring some potential visitors away when wage growth is canceled out by inflation.


The operator of Tokyo Disney Resort, one of the most popular entertainment facilities, has said it is considering a review of ticket prices. At present, one-day ticket prices fluctuate depending on the day and season, ranging from 7,900 yen to 10,900 yen per adult.

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2025年9月3日水曜日

MAN FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT IN AICHI PREFECTURE, SUSPECT ARRESTED - AICHI JAPAN

MAN FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT IN AICHI PREFECTURE, SUSPECT ARRESTED - AICHI JAPAN 

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Police in Iwakura City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 56-year-old man at his apartment.


According to police, Hayato Kiyama, an office worker from Minami Ward, Nagoya, is accused of fatally assaulting Hiroyuki Kato by hitting him multiple times in the head and face with a bottle, NTV reported.


Police said Kiyama told them he assaulted Kato at his home in Nagoya and the apartment where the body was found, between Monday and Wednesday.


A witness to the assault called 110. Kiyama subsequently turned himself in at a police station in Iwakura at around 10 a.m. Wednesday and said he had killed someone.


Police said Kiyama is an employee of an apartment management company, and is believed to have met Kato through his management duties.


Police said Kato had previously lived in another apartment managed by the suspect.

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2025年9月2日火曜日

NOWADAYS BUGS ARE POPULAR PETS IN JAPAN, BUZZING WITH LESSONS ABOUT ECOLOGY AND SPECIES - TOKYO JAPAN

NOWADAYS BUGS ARE POPULAR PETS IN JAPAN, BUZZING WITH LESSONS ABOUT ECOLOGY AND SPECIES  - TOKYO JAPAN  

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TOKYOThe pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug.


The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The Tale of Genji” to popular modern-day manga and animation like “Mushishi,” featuring insect-like supernatural creatures.


Japanese people appreciate the glitter of fireflies let loose in the garden or the gentle chirping of crickets kept in a little cage. You can feed the bug pets watermelon, but special jelly pet food for bugs is also available at stores. Naturally, bugs are on sale as well, with the more esoteric ones selling for 20,000 yen.


Here, crawly and buzzing critters are not just relegated to the scientific realm of the entomologist working on a taxidermy of pinned butterflies. Celebrities boast about their fascination with bug-hunting as their hobbies just like a western movie star might talk about his yacht or golf score.


The bug as companion is an essential part of what’s observed, enjoyed and cared for in everyday life, reflecting a deeply rooted celebration of humankind’s oneness with nature.


“They are so tiny. If you catch and study them, you’re sure to discover something new,” says Munetoshi Maruyama, professor of bioenvironmental sciences at Kyushu University, whose fascination with bugs began as a child, like many Japanese.


“They are so beautiful in shape and form.”


One thrill that comes from studying insects is discovering a new species, simply because there are more than 1.2 million known kinds of insects, far more than mammals, which translates to a lot of undiscovered ones, said Maruyama, who has discovered 250 new insect species himself and shrugs that off as a relatively small number.


Japan differs from much of the West in encouraging interaction with bugs from childhood, with lots of books written for children, as well as classes and tours.


“In Japan, kids love bugs. You can even buy a net at a convenience store,” he said. “It’s fantastic that bugs can serve as a doorway to science.”


The fact some insects go through metamorphoses, transforming from a larva to a butterfly, for instance, adds to the excitement, allowing kids to observe the stages of a life span, Maruyama said.


Tracing the movement of bugs can be a way to study global warming, too, while so-called “social insects,” like bees and ants show intelligence in how they communicate, remember routes to find their way back to their nests or burrow elaborate underground paths as colonies.


Because bugs carry out important functions in the ecosystem, such as pollinating crops and becoming food for birds and other wildlife, human life isn’t ultimately sustainable if all bugs were to disappear from earth.


The love affair with bugs was clear at an exhibit in Tokyo, aptly called “The Great Insect Exhibition,” running through the end of this month at the Sky Tree Tower, where crowds of children gathered around trees inside indoor cages so they could observe and touch the various beetles.


One kind of rhinoceros beetle known as Hercules, which originated in the Caribbean but is now also found in Japan, is reputed to be the biggest beetle on record, although it’s just several inches in length. Its back coat is a shiny khaki color, though such shades change depending on the season. The other parts, like its horn and delicate but spiky legs, are dark.


“We want the kids to feel the emotions and joy of actually touching the insects here. That’s really positive for the workings of a child’s brain,” said Toyoji Suzuki, one of the event’s organizers, who insisted everyone, including adults, touch the bottom of the beetles’ horns and wings to feel how surprisingly soft and fluffy they are.


Four-year-old Asahi Yamauchi, who was at the exhibit with his grandmother and getting his photo taken inside a special installation that made it look like he was inside a beetle, loves bugs as much as he loves dinosaurs and has what he called a cute beetle as a pet at home.


“My friend had one so I wanted one,” he said.

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2025年9月1日月曜日

TEAM PULLS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AMID ABUSE CLAIMS - TOKYO JAPAN

TEAM PULLS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AMID ABUSE CLAIMS - TOKYO JAPAN

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A high school baseball team has withdrawn from one of Japan's most popular national tournaments, the school's principal said Sunday, amid social media controversy over reports of abuse.


The Koryo High School team's withdrawal from the annual summer national high school baseball championship follows revelations that the event's national body issued a severe reprimand in March over a case in which four students physically abused a younger boy at a dormitory in January.


Principal Masakazu Hori said with further allegations circulating on social media and students targeted by online attacks, the decision was made with "protecting the lives of students, teachers and local people as our greatest priority."


Employees at the school in Hiroshima have been targeted online amid the claims, which include allegations of abuse by coaching staff and a bomb threat made to a dormitory.


According to the school, police are investigating the January incident after the victim filed a complaint, and a third-party committee is examining new allegations from a former member.


Hori expressed "deep regret" over the situation. The school has said it plans a fundamental review of the baseball team, with head coach Tetsuyuki Nakai relieved of his duties until the investigation is complete.


The tournament organizer, the Japan High School Baseball Federation, said that due to the withdrawal, the team has forfeited its second-round game scheduled for Thursday.


Organizers will "continue efforts to eradicate violence, bullying, and unreasonable hierarchical relationships," the federation's statement said.


The national high school baseball championship, held annually at Koshien Stadium in western Japan, is one of the country's most popular sporting events.


Koryo High School is a three-time winner of the event's spring edition and has a history of producing professional players.


Its withdrawal marks only the third in the tournament's roughly 110-year history, and the first after games have begun.

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2025年8月31日日曜日

JAPANESE WARSHIPS VISIT NEW ZEALAND CAPITAL FOR FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 90 YEARS - WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND

JAPANESE WARSHIPS VISIT NEW ZEALAND CAPITAL FOR FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 90 YEARS - WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND  

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Japanese warships docked in New Zealand ’s capital Friday for the first time in almost 90 years amid efforts by Tokyo to deepen its strategic ties in the South Pacific Ocean.


Two destroyers with more than 500 crew on board sailed into Wellington harbor accompanied by the New Zealand navy ship HMNZS Canterbury. The JS Ise and destroyer JS Suzunami were on an Indo-Pacific deployment and arrived from Sydney, where Japan’s military took part this month in war games involving New Zealand, Australia and other countries.


The Wellington visit was a ceremonial one, but it came as Japan, whose only treaty ally is the United States, has increasingly sought to deepen bilateral military cooperation amid ongoing regional tensions.


“Our defense force are developing cooperative work, not only with New Zealand and Australia but also many Pacific Island countries,” Japan’s envoy to Wellington, Makoto Osawa, told reporters Friday. “Our main goal is the free and open Indo-Pacific.”


The ambassador’s remarks followed the announcement Tuesday by Australia’s government that Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had won the bid for a contract to build Australian warships, beating out a German firm. While officials in Canberra said the Japanese proposal was the best and cheapest, they also hailed it as the biggest defense industry agreement between the countries.


New Zealand too has sought to shore up its strategic and military relations in Asia as part of a foreign policy reset in recent years that the government says has turned more attention on Pacific cooperation and security. Officials in Wellington announced in July that work had started on a defense logistics agreement with Japan, intended to make it easier for the countries’ militaries to work together.


Japanese naval vessels do not often make visits so far south in the Pacific Ocean, but the rich and strategically important waters of New Zealand, Australia and smaller Pacific Island countries are increasingly contested by the world’s major powers, making it the site of a fierce battle for influence between Beijing and Western nations.


Although remote, New Zealand has recently been drawn into more fraught questions of regional security. In February, live firing exercises by Chinese naval frigates in the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia drew alarm from those countries’ governments after flights were forced to divert at short notice.


The last port visit to Wellington by a Japanese naval vessel was in 1936, New Zealand’s military said. A Japanese ship visited New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, in 2016.

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2025年8月30日土曜日

VIRAL - JAPAN SUMMER HOLIDAY TRAVEL RUSH UNDERWAY AS TRAINS, FLIGHTS FULL- TOKYO JAPAN

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Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked as people returned to their hometowns or set off on domestic and overseas vacations.


JR Tokyo Station was crowded from the early morning as all seats on the Nozomi shinkansen bullet train services to the major metropolises of Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka were booked out, with long lines of passengers seeking unreserved seats on other trains.


Traffic jams snaked along the country's expressways, while travelers at train stations crowded concourses and waiting rooms to shelter from the summer heat on the platforms.


Keisuke Nakagawa, 7, who was returning with his father to Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, from Chiba Prefecture neighboring Tokyo, said he planned to play in the water at Lake Biwa and see his grandparents.


Throngs of people passed through JR Shin-Osaka Station on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines in western Japan. Karin Takimura, 10, from Utsunomiya city in Tochigi Prefecture, met her father in Osaka before they set off on a family trip to Hiroshima.


"I learned about Itsukushima Shrine in school, and want to go and see it," she said.


Yoko Nishio, 75, and her friends, all wearing matching t-shirts, were headed to western prefecture of Kochi to perform at the yosakoi dance festival there. "We've been practicing since June," she said. "Even though it is supposed to rain, we hope to enjoy dancing."


A malfunction of the E8-series shinkansen trains in June had led to a reduction in the number of direct trains between Tokyo and northeastern Yamagata Prefecture, with regular services resuming only at the beginning of the month.


"It is challenging to make transfers with small children," said Takamichi Okudaira, 36, at JR Yamagata Station on his way home to Sagae in the prefecture with his family after coming from Saitama, near Tokyo. "I am grateful to be able to make it here directly."


Rail operators said Tokaido Shinkansen bookings were nearly full on Saturday morning for bullet trains departing from Tokyo.


While regular trains on the Yamagata Shinkansen are operating normally, the number of extraordinary services has decreased, with operators calling for passengers to spread out their travel dates.


All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines flights departing from Tokyo's Haneda airport were fully booked out on routes to Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, where the new theme park Junglia Okinawa opened last month.


Departure flights from the Narita airport, the other hub serving the capital, were also robust.

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2025年8月29日金曜日

VIRAL - JAPAN AT NUCLEAR CROSSROADS 80 YEARS AFTER A-BOMBINGS AS SURVIROS AGE - NAGASAKI JAPAN

VIRAL - JAPAN AT NUCLEAR CROSSROADS 80 YEARS AFTER A-BOMBINGS AS SURVIROS AGE - NAGASAKI JAPAN

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Eighty years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear weapons as generational memory fades and nuclear risks rise amid the advancement of technology.


Atomic bomb survivors, who have helped shape the nuclear taboo over the past decades, are now on average over the age of 86, meaning that the generation of those who witnessed firsthand the horrific effects of nuclear weapons is nearing its end, leaving a void increasingly difficult to fill.


Positioned close to an assertive China and North Korea that is honing its nuclear capabilities, the Japanese government is unlikely to give up its reliance on the U.S. nuclear deterrent anytime soon, despite viewing its mission as advocating for a world without nuclear weapons.


Following this week's 80th atomic bomb commemorative events, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a press conference Saturday that the government is committed to defending the country and its people, while at the same time working to eliminate nuclear weapons.


"So how do we balance these two issues? I firmly believe that we have to fulfill both responsibilities," he said.


Heigo Sato, a professor with expertise on security issues at Takushoku University in Tokyo, said Japan, the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks in war, should continue to play a key role in leading global efforts toward nuclear disarmament through what he calls a "multiple-pronged approach," given the challenges seen in international treaties regarding nuclear weapons.


While the U.N. nuclear ban treaty lacks the support of nuclear weapon states, a broader arms control regime based on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is increasingly under strain. In June, the United States carried out air strikes on Iran to degrade its nuclear programs, leading Tehran to issue threats to withdraw from the NPT.


"We should neither be too dominated by talks on nuclear deterrence, nor be obsessed with the nuclear ban treaty," Sato said, suggesting that other approaches could include reinforcing a system to prevent nuclear proliferation or "fostering an international social movement that rejects nuclear weapons."


As nuclear weapon states continue to modernize and expand their arsenals amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, conflicts in the Midde East and other geopolitical tensions, the landscape could be further complicated as artificial intelligence is eventually incorporated into nuclear command and control systems.


Melissa Parke of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, warned of a "perilous" nuclear age in which AI, rather than human judgment, drives decision-making.


She argues that this technological detachment makes it all the more urgent that policymakers heed the messages of those who have experienced the consequences of nuclear weapons firsthand.


"We need global leaders to be listening to the hibakusha (survivors) about the reality of what nuclear weapons actually do to people. They talk in very abstract terms about nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence," said Parke. "But the reality is actually what the hibakusha are talking about."


The testimonies of the survivors to convey the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons can only increase its significance as time passes, with both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki city governments training future generations to become "storytellers" to carry forward the account.


But Sato is doubtful about the effectiveness of such efforts, saying that future storytellers are "no different from a game of telephone" as they are essentially recounting someone else's story.


"As with any game of telephone, the further along the chain you go, the more the message gets distorted or loses impact," he said.


Mitsuhiro Hayashida, whose grandfather survived the atomic blast in Nagasaki, said a broader understanding of history, including Japan's aggression in the lead-up to and during World War II, will help encourage the youth to link the stories with present day action to realize peace.


In contrast to Germany, where children study the history of World War II in the hope of preventing future atrocities, the discourse in Japan tends to focus on victimhood, he said.


"We need to explain the atomic bombings not just as isolated events, but in connection with the broader history of the war -- why that war happened, and what kind of reflection followed in postwar Japan," said the 33-year-old, who founded Peace Education Lab Nagasaki in 2023 to provide such training.


While the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize last year to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, has helped to reinvigorate citizens' movements and individual activists, a significant impact on a government policy level has yet to be seen.


Terumi Tanaka, 93, who has long played a key role in Nihon Hidankyo, said that the government, as a democracy, reflects the will of the people.


"If we have a government that supports policies like nuclear deterrence, ultimately, it's the responsibility of the citizens," Tanaka, a co-chair of the group, said at an event in Nagasaki on Friday.


For Tanaka, who was exposed to the bombing in the city at age 13, seeing his efforts culminate in the signing and ratification of the nuclear ban treaty by Japan and meaningful steps toward eliminating nuclear weapons is one of his greatest wishes in life.


"If we can begin to see a path to abolition, I think I can finally say farewell with peace in my heart," he said.

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2025年8月28日木曜日

JAPAN PUBLISHER SORRY FOR COLUMN TARGETING PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN ROOTS - TOKYO JAPAN

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A Japanese publisher has apologized for running a column in its weekly magazine last month that was criticized as discriminatory toward people with foreign roots and for promoting xenophobia.


In the column in the July 31 issue of "Shukan Shincho," published by Shinchosha, journalist Masayuki Takayama discussed naturalization and attacked author Ushio Fukazawa -- who is of Korean descent -- for speaking out against discriminatory attitudes in Japan.


Shinchosha said in a statement, "We offer our sincerest apologies. We are acutely aware of, and take responsibility for, our shortcomings as a publisher."


"We recognize that while 'freedom of speech and expression' is extremely important, the scope of that freedom varies depending on the subject matter and social context, and changes over time," the publisher added.


At a press conference the same day, Fukazawa said, "I wonder how frightened people with foreign roots must feel." She added, "I hope Japan remains a country where people from diverse backgrounds can live with pride."


Comments condemning the column from around 40 individuals, including novelist Natsuo Kirino and manga artist Akiko Higashimura, were also presented.


In the column, Takayama also bashed model Kiko Mizuhara for accusing a producer in the Japanese film industry of sexual harassment, saying, "She was born to an American and a Korean, and has absolutely no connection or ties to a Japanese."


"It's hard to accept someone using a Japanese name while sounding as if they are exposing Japan from the inside. Shouldn't they speak openly under a foreign name instead?" he wrote.


Shinchosha previously suspended publication of its monthly magazine "Shincho 45" after it was lambasted in 2018 for running a contributing piece that used a derogatory term to describe the LGBT community.

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