3+ week, 3+ day ago   (136+ words) Russia's Pacific Fleet holds drills near Japan's Northern Territories nhk.or.jp Russian defense officials said they have conducted an exercise with their Pacific Fleet that simulated an attack on ships off the coast of Japan's Northern Territories. Russia controls…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (92+ words) Japan agency orders photo-editing app firm to stop stealth marketing nhk.or.jp In response, 72 influencers posted endorsements None of them were identified as part of a PR campaign, despite the fact that the influencers were paid They received gift…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) Japan's weather authorities are urging people in some parts of western Japan to take extra caution against possible landslides resulting from heavy downpours. A Level 4 Urgent Warning for landslides is in place for some areas of Yamaguchi, Fukuoka and Oita…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (158+ words) There has been a surge in social media posts falsely claiming the suspect in the death of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto Prefecture is a foreign national, despite police denying the claims. The boy's father has been arrested on suspicion…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (190+ words) A limit on the number of foreigners allowed to work in Japan's food service sector is nearing full capacity. The government is pausing relevant entry documents, and more firms are reviewing their plans. More than 800,000 people in 19 industrial fields are…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (183+ words) Police in Tokyo say they received a record number of reports of lost items last year. The missing property included more than 28 million dollars' worth of cash. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department says there were about 4.5 million reports of lost…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (267+ words) The Japanese government says it will continue diplomatic efforts with relevant countries in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid US-Israeli attacks on Iran. There was a flurry of questions about Iran during a meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee…...

8+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (203+ words) An organization representing Japanese businesses operating in China has called on Beijing to reaffirm that the restrictions it announced last week will not affect exports of civilian-use items to Japan. China's Ministry of Commerce last Tuesday announced tighter restrictions on…...