Japan will send two Ground Self-Defense Force instructors to a mine removal training program in Lithuania as part of Tokyo's assistance to the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/ukraine-mine-removal-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukraine #gsdf #landmines #ukrainejapanrelations

The requirements for foreign nationals seeking business manager visas will become stricter starting next Thursday, such as requiring visa applicants to now have ¥30 million in capital, up from ¥5 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/stricter-business-management-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigrationservicesagency #immigration #visas #foreignworkers

The calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate stood at 38% for fiscal 2024, unchanged for the fourth year in a row, the agriculture ministry said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/food-self-sufficiency-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #maff #food

Dassai, a sake brewer in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said that a Japanese H3 rocket will carry ingredients for Dassai sake, as well as brewing equipment developed by the two for use in space. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/sake-brewing-test-space/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dassai #mitsubishiheavy #space #rockets #sake #kagoshima #iss

The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5% from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/foreign-residents-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #foreignworkers #justiceministry #immigration

The University of Tokyo has reached its highest place yet in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings at 26th, the only Japanese university to crack the top 50. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/university-of-tokyo-top-50-global-universities-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #universities #education #surveys

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party's Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/onodera-ldp-tax-panel-head/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #itsunorionodera #ldp #dpp #taxes

Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki virtually ruled out the possibility of his party joining the LDP coalition at the start of an extraordinary session of the Diet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/dpp-tamaki-negative-about-joining-ruling-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #komeito #cdp #diet

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is considering decommissioning one or more reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/tepco-kashiwazaki-kariwa-decommissioning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #energy #nuclearenergy

Kazutaka Yonekura, 48, the founder and former president of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt, has been arrested with three others on suspicion of padding the firm's sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/ai-developer-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #ai

In a rare development, newly elected Liberal Democratic Party president Sanae Takaichi faces the possibility of not being elected the next prime minister when parliament convenes later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/takaichi-pm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito #dpp #cdp #yuichirotamaki

Iwao 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. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/hakamata-files-suit-against-government/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

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Jiji Press said that it has strictly reprimanded a photographer of its Photo Desk for making inappropriate remarks apparently related to new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/jiji-photographer-inappropriate-remarks-on-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jijipress #media #journalism

Typhoon Halong was east of the island of Hachijojima, part of the Izu island chain, and moving east-northeast as authorities warned residents to brace for destructive winds, landslides, high waves and flooding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/typhoon-halong-october/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #typhoons #meteorologicalagency #izuislands #storms

With Liberal Democratic Party president Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, her spouse, former LDP lawmaker Taku Yamamoto, is set to become the country’s first-ever first husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/takaichi-first-husband/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #takutakaichi #takuyamamoto #ldp

About 80% of households in Japan have felt the impact of rising prices on their family budgets, a recent survey shows, with 91.3% of those households saying hikes have impacted food expenses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/society/japan-inflation-hit-family-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #inflation #sumitomolifeinsurance

Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s best large city for the second consecutive year, solidifying Japan’s position as a global tourism powerhouse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/tokyo-large-city-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #hotels #tourism

The late Empress Kojun received lectures from academics and other experts that ranged from women's roles to World War II, according to official records of her life recently released. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/history/japan-empress-kojun-historical-records-lectures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #empresskojun #emperorshowa #wwii #shigetohozumi #imperialhouseholdagency #imperialfamily