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DxP head Noriaki Imai explains the results of a survey conducted on young people who use the organization's consultation service, on Nov. 26 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2025
Over 30% of youths in need are anxious about New Year’s holidays, survey finds
For reasons for the anxiety, with multiple answers allowed, 65.5%, the largest group, pointed to financial difficulties, followed by 29.3% who said they have no place to be.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Nov. 1.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2025
Record 76% of people in Japan value ties with South Korea, survey shows
The improvement apparently reflected efforts by the two countries’ leaders to develop ties.
Prices for 217 food and beverage products, including chocolate snacks and miso, from 195 major Japanese makers are set to rise in December, Teikoku Databank said Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 28, 2025
Prices of 217 food products to rise in Japan in December
The total number of items whose prices have risen or are expected to rise this year is projected to reach 20,609.
A building housing the health ministry in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2025
Profit margin at minus 7.3% for Japan general hospitals
The figure improved by 0.2 percentage point from the previous year, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday.
The land ministry said overseas acquisitions remain small relative to the overall market and cannot be considered a major factor behind price increases for new condominiums at this point.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2025
Overseas buyers snapped up 3.5% of new Tokyo condos in first half of 2025
The figure has risen from 1.6% for all of 2024, demonstrating a growing interest in Japanese real estate from abroad.
The National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo’s Chuo ward
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2025
Five-year pancreatic cancer survival rate hits 10.7% for men and 10.2% for women
The rates are the lowest among all cancer types except for childhood cancers.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Nov. 7.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2025
Announcement of Japan-China survey results postponed amid diplomatic spat
This is the second time that the announcement of the latest survey results has been postponed at the request of the Chinese side.
Iwao Hakamata's legal team heads to the Shizuoka District Court in the city of Shizuoka on Oct. 9 after Hakamata, a former death row inmate who was acquitted in a retrial for the 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture, filed a damages lawsuit against the central and prefectural governments.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025
Ban on prosecutors’ appeals in retrials wins expert support
For Iwao Hakamata, a man who was acquitted of murdering four people in a retrial, it took about nine years for the decision to start a retrial to become final because of appeals.
According to the labor and education ministries, 73.4% of job-hunting university students expected to graduate in March 2026 secured informal job offers, up 0.5 percentage point from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2025
More university students in Japan get job offers
The rise in informal job offers comes amid a continued labor shortage.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi talks with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Nov.1.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2025
Takaichi’s summit diplomacy scores highly in Jiji poll
A total of 75.1% of respondents rated highly the prime minister’s summit meetings with the leaders of the U.S., China and South Korea.
The No. 6 unit of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2025
61% of nearby residents negative about Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant restart
A survey found 61% of people who live within 30 kilometers of the nuclear plant said they do not think the conditions for bringing it back online have been fulfilled.
The Justice Ministry is assessing the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2025
Japan assessing impact of tougher penalties for insults
The Justice Ministry is assessing through an expert panel the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult three years after their enforcement through a penal code revision.
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2025
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
The Japanese capital excelled thanks to its “operational excellence, technological sophistication, and disciplined economic governance,” according to a recent report.
Financially struggling families are burdened with educational expenses, as many schools require students to purchase designated uniforms and digital devices, according to a survey.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025
Educational expenses for schoolchildren on the rise, survey finds
The average cost of uniforms for first-year junior high and high school students has risen by about ¥10,000 this year.
Prices of 143 products from major Japanese food and beverage makers will rise in November.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2025
Prices of 143 food items to rise in Japan in November
The figure is down 58.4% from a year earlier and marks the first decline in 11 months, according to research firm Teikoku Databank.
Despite responders to a Japan Press Research Institute survey ranking newspapers as among the most trustworthy sources, readership was in decline.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Online news increasingly consumed despite being viewed with skepticism
While online news was the most accessed news source, in terms of trustworthiness, it trails behind traditional media sources.
According to the education ministry, an increase in nonattendance at elementary and junior high schools may have reflected, in part, widespread views on the need for children to take time off.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2025
Elementary and junior high schools see record nonattendance figure
The figure of 353,970, in an education ministry survey, marked the 12th straight year of increase.
The most common factor behind work-related mental health issues in Japan is “relationships with people,” a government white paper on death by overwork found.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2025
Record number of applicants seek compensation for job-related mental stress
Despite efforts to reduce overtime hours and workplace harassment in Japan, a white paper released Tuesday shows the problems remain persistent.
The health ministry's Suicide White Paper for 2024 has found that numbers for both men and women peak at age 21, with “concerns over future career paths” being identified as the most likely cause.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025
Number of suicide cases among students in Japan hits record high in 2024
The figure for those in their 20s also remained high, underscoring the need to beef up care for the younger generation.
The cost to raise a child totaled ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to a survey on mothers nationwide.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2025
Child-rearing costs in Japan soar when a child reaches junior high school
The total cost to raise a child was ¥16.32 million through junior high school graduation and ¥21.72 million through high school, according to the survey.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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