SUDDEN RENT HIKE TRIGGERS LAWSUITS IN TOKYO - TOKYO JAPAN

SUDDEN RENT HIKE TRIGGERS LAWSUITS IN TOKYO - TOKYO JAPAN 

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TOKYO

In June 2024, a couple living in a rental apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward received an email from their landlord requesting a rent hike of 40,000 yen after their lease renewal -- a shock that made them consider moving.

For four years, the husband, in his 50s, and wife, in her 30s, had been renting the 1DK (one room plus kitchen) unit of about 40 square meters. It is in a reinforced concrete building over 20 years old.

Just a one-minute walk from the station, the apartment features floor heating and a bathroom dehumidifier, while the basement houses a mechanical multi-level parking garage and storage lockers. The monthly rent, including management fees and parking, was 163,000 yen.

Although the landlord's email was prefaced by an apology, it sparked a legal dispute. While the Japanese economy had been battling deflation for years, rent prices have surged recently, with some rising more than 10 percent in parts of Tokyo.

According to Lifull Co, which operates a housing information site, the average listed rent for rental properties in Tokyo's 23 wards has reached record highs: about 120,000 yen for single-person units and 250,000 yen for family units.

The couple's landlord claimed the rent hike is "being driven by the weak yen, soaring electricity prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and inflation due to labor expenses." The email adds that the property was "rented out too cheaply" because of an inexperienced staff member.

When the couple balked, the parties agreed to a phased rent hike: 188,000 yen starting the following month for two years, then to 208,000 yen at the next renewal.

However, in December 2024, the landlord again demanded a rent increase, claiming the couple was profiting from an unreasonably low rent. The email the couple received contained harsh language, condemning them and threatening a lawsuit to retroactively claim the increased rent.

On Jan 29, 2025, the landlord filed a lawsuit demanding the rent hike. It argued that "the current rent is provisional, and the lease agreement states that litigation may occur. Please reconsider whether this is an issue worth your time and money."

The couple, already bewildered by the landlord's sudden hardline stance, was dealt another blow in February when the landlord notified them via email of a 5,500-yen monthly increase in parking fees. In April, 11,000 yen for two months' parking was withdrawn from their account without their consent.

Consulting a lawyer, they refused the parking fee increase and demanded the money be returned. In response, the landlord cut off access to the parking spot.

The couple countersued, claiming the landlord's act constituted an illegal eviction, and sought 700,000 yen in attorney fees and compensation for emotional distress.

A trial for both lawsuits was concluded in one hearing. In November, the Tokyo District Court confirmed that the rent was 188,000 yen as agreed by both parties and ordered the landlord to pay the tenant's attorney fees and excess parking fees totaling 131,000 yen that had been deducted without their consent.

The judge ruled that merely "renting it out too cheaply" does not automatically justify an immediate rent hike.

"I feel immense relief. I was constantly terrified, wondering what the landlord would say next after all those repeated demands," the wife said at a press conference following the verdict.

Her husband became ill from the mental strain, she said, adding that their daily lives were severely disrupted. Although the couple won, they decided to move out.

After that, neither party appealed, and the court decision became final. The landlord had no comment about the result.

"Amid rising land prices, cases demanding steep rent hikes are increasing, and we are frequently seeing landlords using parking lot rent hikes or contract termination as bargaining chips," said the couple's lawyer, Naoto Akiyama, who also holds a real estate appraiser license.

The Law on Leasing Land and Buildings protects tenants, who are in a weaker position, by prohibiting landlords from unilaterally terminating leases unless there are valid reasons such as rent delinquency.

"There was some ambiguity regarding parking lot rent, which is excluded from the scope of the Law on Leasing Land and Buildings," said Kentaro Kaneshige of Meikai University's Department of Real Estate.

"The significant ruling here is that when the lease agreements for the building and parking lot are deemed integrated, certain restrictions apply to termination or rent increases."

Under the law, landlords can negotiate with tenants if the rent is lower than the local market price, he noted. Tenants can request an explanation of how a specific rent was determined, or seek a third-party appraisal of what constitutes fair rent for a property.

Kaneshige also recognized the plight of landlords. "While forceful action is out of the question, landlords are also struggling with rising costs. The likely best solution is to keep talking until both parties are satisfied and find a compromise."

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ECONOMY MINISTRY WARNS AGAINST PANIC BUYING OF TOILET PAPER - TOKYO JAPAN

ECONOMY MINISTRY WARNS AGAINST PANIC BUYING OF TOILET PAPER - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Social media really is a great way for governments to disseminate information to the masses.

Now, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has posted a message that we also should pay close attention to.

“Regarding the distribution of toilet paper in light of the situation in Iran and other matters, toilet paper is almost entirely produced domestically. The raw materials are domestically collected recycled paper and pulp, with almost no dependence on the Middle East, so there will be no direct impact. There is also sufficient capacity to increase production, so we ask that you use sound judgment based on accurate information before buying any.”

The ministry also linked to a web page with more details, stating that the advice was due to reports on social media that stocks of toilet paper had been disappearing in some parts of Japan, and confirmed by the Japan Household Paper Industry Association.

This begs the question: Why, of all things, is toilet paper what people in Japan scramble for whenever the proverbial poop hits the fan? To answer that, we’ll need to look at the country’s surprisingly long history of toilet paper and crises, dating back to the Oil Crisis of 1973, and it can all be traced to a single supermarket in Osaka. 

Back then, the global economy was upended when Middle Eastern oil-producing countries imposed an embargo on countries that had supported Israel, Japan among them. This resulted in mass shortages of oil and skyrocketing prices.

At the same time, much of Japan was still in the process of widespread urbanization, and many people were still using pit toilets where they could get away with using newspaper to wipe themselves with if need be. But for people living in newly modernized parts of the country, such as Senri New Town — one of the most state-of-the-art neighborhoods in Japan, made in the spirit of the upcoming 1970 Osaka Expo — flush toilets were standard but still a relatively new concept and very prone to clogging if the wrong things were sent down one.

But even when the Oil Crisis first hit, these people still weren’t focused on toilet paper in particular. Rather, they were concerned about prices of everything skyrocketing due to the rapidly rising cost of logistics.

In the days leading up to October 31, 1973, the Daimaru Peacock supermarket in Senri New Town announced that they would be having a sale on that day, selling four-packs of toilet paper rolls for 138 yen each, down from the regular price of 200 yen. Such a discount on a daily necessity in the face of soaring prices ended up bringing nearly every housewife within a mile radius, some 200 in total, lining up around the block. It was far more than Peacock expected, and their stock was sold out almost instantly. As a result, they had to bring out other toilet paper that sold for the regular price of 200 yen.

The spectacle of so many people buying toilet paper at once caught the attention of the media. However, by the time a Mainichi Shimbun reporter came down to check it out, they only saw the regularly priced paper on the shelves. As such, they reported it as if people were hoarding toilet paper merely as a result of the Oil Crisis rather than just pouncing on a really good price. Whether that was a misunderstanding or done intentionally to make it a more sensational article is unclear, but the topical angle of the ongoing oil shock helped the story spread, and it became national news before too long. People hearing the news then began feeling that if it could happen there, it could happen where they lived too, and all across the country, flocks started securing their own toilet paper for fear there would be no more.

▼ A news report from 1973 about panic buying all over Japan. It had also spread to other products by this time, such as salt, detergent, and feminine hygiene products.

Thus began the great toilet paper panic-buying of 1973. The mass hysteria grew so large that it eventually became international news, and in a bizarrely ironic twist, Johnny Carson made a joke about it on the Tonight Show, forgetting to add the word “possibly will be” and making it sound like there actually was a shortage in the USA to his tens of millions of viewers. That ended up triggering panic-buying of toilet paper there as well. He later apologized, saying he didn’t want to be remembered as the guy who caused a fake toilet paper scare.

Of course, the truth was that toilet paper was never in danger of running out in Japan or the USA. The massive spike in purchases did cause temporary shortages, but manufacturers at the time said they never had trouble making more.

And yet, the seed of paper psychosis had already been planted in the public at large in Japan, and from time to time, whenever it looked like things were about to take a turn for the worse, people still started inexplicably buying up toilet paper. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the first things to run out, possibly even faster than face masks, was toilet paper.

And now, as we look down the barrel of an even nastier oil shock, toilet paper is again becoming the canary in our economic coal mine. As the ministry pointed out, there is no issue with the supply of toilet paper in particular, but the reaction of other social media users felt otherwise.

“I’m buying it now because prices are going up on April 1!”

“Is there enough fuel for the machines that manufacture it? How about the plastic packaging?”

“What? People are hoarding toilet paper again?”

“I think the factories mostly use natural gas now, but what if that stops too?”

“And how do they plan to transport it?”

“You should probably put this info on the TV, where all the old people who were around in 1973 can see it.”

“Is the ministry planning on carrying all the toilet paper to us by hand?”

“People need to hear this. Today I saw four elderly people with 18 rolls each at the drug store.”

“I get that the toilet paper won’t run out, but won’t the cost of producing it go way up?”

And quite frankly, these people are all correct, too. Even the ministry was very cautious about their wording, using terms like “almost” or “no direct impact” and recognizing the fact that this current oil crisis will almost certainly affect prices at the very least.

But the important thing to remember is that this will basically affect everything, not just toilet paper. So, the ministry’s advice is sound in that we should take a deep breath and think carefully about how much toilet paper we buy, but mainly because we should probably buy lots of other stuff too before the cost of everything really starts popping off.

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JAPANESE NATIONAL DETAINED IN IRAN LAST YEAR YEAR HAS BEEN RELEASED, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPANESE NATIONAL DETAINED IN IRAN LAST YEAR YEAR HAS BEEN RELEASED, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Sunday that one of two Japanese nationals detained in Iran has been released and will be returning to Japan.

Motegi, speaking on a Fuji Television talk show, said the person had been detained since last year and was released on Wednesday.

He said another Japanese national who was arrested earlier this year is still in custody.

Motegi said the release came after his repeated demands to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and that he is “working to win an early release” of the other detainee while communicating with his family and other concerned parties.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has named the person detained in Iran in January as a journalist at Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. The CPJ said the NHK journalist was arrested Jan 20 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was transferred Feb 23 to Evin Prison, quoting unidentified sources citing fear of persecution.

Motegi did not identify either of the people detained and said the released Japanese national was detained in 2025.

The Foreign Ministry said earlier this month the detainees were safe and in good health, but only acknowledged that one was detained last year and the other one in January.

The ministry gave no further details such as whether the two cases were related.

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TEPCO NUCLEAR PLANT IN NIIGATA RESUMES GENERATION, PART REPLACED - TOKYO JAPAN

TEPCO NUCLEAR PLANT IN NIIGATA RESUMES GENERATION, PART REPLACED - TOKYO JAPAN 

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TOKYO

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc on Sunday resumed power generation and transmission at a nuclear reactor in central Japan after replacing a cracked metal part found to have caused a fault signal that prompted its removal from the grid.

An alarm went off earlier this month indicating a possible electricity leak at the recently rebooted No. 6 reactor of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture.

TEPCO concluded that a damaged electric conductor linking a power generator and earthing device had triggered the alarm, not an electricity leak.

Commercial operation was due to begin on Wednesday but has been postponed until April following the recent incident.

Located on the Sea of Japan coast about 220 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, the unit became in January the first reactor to be restarted by TEPCO since its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex suffered meltdowns in the wake of the 2011 major earthquake and tsunami.

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DEER SPOTTED IN CENTRAL OSAKA - JAPAN

DEER SPOTTED IN CENTRAL OSAKA - JAPAN

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OSAKAA young male deer appeared Sunday at a part in the middle of city area in Osaka, drawing local people wanting to glimpse the unexpected visitor and capture it in photos.

The sudden appearance of a deer in Osaka's Miyakojima Ward, around 2.5 kilometers from JR Osaka Station, fed speculation that it may have traveled all the way from Nara Park, a popular tourist spot known for over a thousand wild deer, following recent similar sightings in Osaka.

Nara Park, which had a record 1,465 wild deer last year, is located a few dozen kilometers from Osaka. Deer sightings were reported in places like Higashiosaka bordering Nara Prefecture.

The deer seen in a riverside park appeared accustomed to people, grazing on grass in the park and laying down as onlookers watched with smiles.

"I've been living here for more than 30 years but this is my first time to see this," said a 69-year-old woman in the neighborhood. "We have no choice but to keep an eye on it."

The city government said it has no plans to capture the deer because it shows no signs of harming people. Local police are urging the public not to approach it or feed it.

A local group promoting the preservation of the deer at Nara Park said it cannot say the deer spotted in Osaka had left the park just because it appeared used to having people around. But the group said it is possible for a young male deer to leave its herd after losing a territorial fight.

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JAPANESE NATIONAL RETURNS HOME AFTER MONTHSLONG DETENTION IN IRAN - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPANESE NATIONAL RETURNS HOME AFTER MONTHSLONG DETENTION IN IRAN - TOKYO JAPAN  

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TOKYOJapan's top government spokesperson said Monday that one of two Japanese nationals detained in Iran has safely returned home in good health.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara's confirmation came one day after Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced the person's release.

Motegi, speaking on a Fuji Television talk show Sunday, said the person had been detained since last year and was released on Wednesday. He said the person took a flight from Azerbaijan.

Kihara, at a regular news conference Monday, confirmed that the former detainee returned to Japan on Sunday in good health.

Kihara said another Japanese national who was arrested earlier this year is still in custody but “we have confirmed that there is no problem with the safety and health" of the person and that Japan is continuing to press Iran for a release as soon as possible.

Motegi said the release came after his repeated demands to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and that he is “working to win an early release” of the other detainee while communicating with his family and other concerned parties.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has named the person detained in Iran in January as a journalist at Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. The CPJ said the NHK journalist was arrested Jan 20 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was transferred Feb. 23 to Evin Prison, quoting unidentified sources citing fear of persecution.

Motegi did not identify either of the people detained but said the released Japanese national was detained in 2025.

The Foreign Ministry said earlier this month the detainees were safe and in good health, but only acknowledged that one was detained last year and the other one in January.

The ministry has given no further details and did not say whether the two cases were related.

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HAY FEVER HITS JAPAN'S WILD MONKEY PARKS - FUKUOKA JAPAN

HAY FEVER HITS JAPAN'S WILD MONKEY PARKS - FUKUOKA JAPAN

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FUKUOKA

Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be dealing with hay fever-like symptoms again this year, with some rubbing their eyes and noses or sneezing -- not unlike the humans watching them.

Staff hope visitors will feel a sense of empathy and kinship, finding common ground in the serious monkey business of spring allergies.

At the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, in southwestern Japan, nearly 10 percent of about 760 monkeys on the mountain were observed sneezing and experiencing runny noses, with some exhibiting these symptoms as early as late February. Staff have occasionally observed what appears to be pollen drifting in the wind, given the presence of Japanese cedar and cypress on the mountain.

In western Japan, Arashiyama Monkey Park in Kyoto and Awaji Island Monkey Center in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, also confirmed similar pollen allergy symptoms among macaques there, including severe cases, the facilities said.

Toshikazu Nobuhara, director of Awaji Island Monkey Center, said some monkeys suffered so badly that they could not open their swollen eyes, adding, "Unlike humans, they have no medicine, so all they can do is wait for hay fever season to end."

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GOVERNMENT OKS EXTRA COST FOR DRUGS SIMILAR FOR OVER - THE - COUNTER MEDICINES - TOKYO JAPAN

GOVERNMENT OKS EXTRA COST FOR DRUGS SIMILAR FOR OVER - THE - COUNTER MEDICINES - TOKYO JAPAN 

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TOKYO

The Japanese government has approved a bill to introduce a system requiring patients prescribed drugs similar in ingredients and efficacy to over-the-counter medicines to pay an additional 25 percent of the medication costs.

By reforming the medical insurance system, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government plans to strictly apply a mechanism reflecting financial income, such as stock dividends, in determining the share of medical costs borne by people aged 75 or older.

The move is designed to ease insurance premium burdens on the working generation, but it will raise out-of-pocket costs for some people, as Japan is facing a rapidly aging population and declining birthrate.

Japan's national burden rate for fiscal 2026, covering taxes and social insurance premiums, is projected at nearly 50 percent, higher than the United States.

The government, meanwhile, considered a provision to review the cap under the high-cost medical care system at least every two years, but it dropped legislation after ruling party talks, fearing it could create the impression that increases would become routine.

The government specified in the bill that any review of the burden should take into account the impact on the household finances of patients undergoing long-term treatment.

The new system for additional payments for OTC-like drugs is targeted to begin next March.

It is expected to cover around 1,100 items with 77 ingredients, including Loxonin tablets for pain and fever, and Allegra tablets for pollen allergy. Children and patients with cancer or intractable diseases will be excluded.

The mechanism for factoring in financial income when calculating the share of medical costs and insurance premiums for people aged 75 or older is part of the government's policy of determining burdens based on ability to pay.

The government aims to establish a system allowing local authorities to obtain financial income data online from financial institutions and launch it around 2030.

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JAPAN EYES INTRODUCTION OF UKRAINE - MADE DRONES FOR DEFENSE - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPAN EYES INTRODUCTION OF UKRAINE - MADE DRONES FOR DEFENSE - TOKYO JAPAN 

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The Japanese government is considering introducing Ukraine-made attack drones to bolster its defense capabilities, banking on the Eastern European country's combat experience against Russian military aggression, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.

The signing of a bilateral arms transfer agreement to safeguard secrets is one option for facilitating the move, the sources said, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy eager to exchange his country's defense technology for weapons provided by Japan, which restricts arms transfers under its war-renouncing Constitution.

The idea comes after Ukraine sounded Japan out about it, a diplomatic source said.

While purchasing drones from Israel is also an option, the Japanese government apparently believes that sourcing the unmanned aerial vehicles from Ukraine would be less controversial, amid widespread international criticism of the Israeli military's actions in the Gaza Strip.

Ukrainian drones are known for their long-range capabilities and resistance to jamming.

"While Japan has little expertise in drones, Ukraine has repeatedly upgraded theirs over a short period of time based on real battlefield experience, making them highly capable," a Japanese Defense Ministry source said.

In the draft budget for fiscal 2026, starting April, the ministry earmarked 277.3 billion yen ($1.7 billion) for reinforcing defense through unmanned assets, including by establishing "Synchronized, Hybrid, Integrated and Enhanced Littoral Defense," or SHIELD, to repel enemy attacks on far-flung islands.

The plan involves acquiring massive numbers of drones, including those for attack and surveillance.

In an interview with Kyodo News in February, Zelenskyy pitched Ukraine's expertise in the "massive production of cheap drones which are destroying big expensive drones and missiles."

He also said air defense is "crucial" for his country in repelling Russia's invasion and expressed hope to cooperate with Japan in the area, as the Asian nation -- a close U.S. ally -- produces Patriot surface-to-air missile interceptors under a U.S. license.

The Japanese government is on course to ease its defense equipment transfer rules, possibly in April, to allow, in principle, exports of lethal weapons.

A proposal by the ruling parties, which was submitted to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi earlier this month, created room for Ukraine to receive weapons from Japan as long as it has signed a defense equipment transfer agreement and is deemed as entitled to be granted exceptional treatment in light of Japan's national security needs.

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62.6% OF UNMARRIED PEOPLE UNDER 30 IN JAPAN DON'T WANT CHILDREN: JAPAN SURVEY

62.6% OF UNMARRIED PEOPLE UNDER 30 IN JAPAN DON'T WANT CHILDREN: JAPAN SURVEY

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Over 60 percent of unmarried young people in Japan said they do not want children in 2025, up from 56.6 percent who said so in 2024, a survey showed despite the government's measures to reverse the record low birth rate.

The poll conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co in December found that 62.6 percent of 400 men and women between 18 and 29 are reluctant to have children, citing concerns over finances and career development.

These respondents also said social media or online posts about pregnancy and childrearing also make them anxious about having children.

Some 64.7 percent of women are unwilling to have children, topping the rate for men, which stood at 60.7 percent in the latest survey, for the first time since 2020 when the survey started collecting answers by gender.

Those hoping for a childfree lifestyle have been on the rise since 2020 when the ratio was 44.0 percent. The figure exceeded 50 percent for the first time in 2023 to 55.2 percent.

A Rohto spokesperson said the results showed the need for society and the workplace to provide support for young people even before they have children, helping them gain appropriate knowledge about childbirth.

To raise the birth rate, the government plans to expand childcare allowances and benefits for those on parental leave, among other measures.

However, its efforts have yet to bear fruit. According to health ministry data, the number of children born in Japan in 2025 fell to 705,809, marking a record low for the tenth consecutive year.

In February, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October, vowed to strengthen measures to reverse the country's declining birthrate, calling the situation a "silent emergency" that undermines Japan's vitality.

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