While the global order was shaken in 2025, Japan still found reasons for optimism in 2025: It swore in its first female prime minister, the stock market hit record highs and the Osaka Expo was deemed a financial success. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/japan/society/2025-japan-news-photography/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #2025inreview #photography
A nonprofit organization called Japan Toilet Labo is calling for consumers to choose emergency portable toilets that meet its quality standards, such as a structure that prevents leakage and breakage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/portable-toilet-standards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #toilets #disasterpreparedness
Tetsuzo Fuwa, a former Lower House lawmaker and a longtime leader of the Japanese Communist Party, died at age 95 of acute heart failure on Tuesday, the party announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/politics/japanese-communist-party-ex-head-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tetsuzofuwa #jcp #obituary
A controversy over off-the-record remarks advocating nuclear weapons exposes deep divisions in Japan’s media and raises questions about journalistic ethics, source protection and democratic debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/the-meaning-of-record-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #media #journalism #sanaetakaichi #nuclearweapons #defense #article9 #constitution
"Security autism" isn’t a moral failing; it’s a cognitive one. Just as individuals on the autism spectrum struggle with social cues and environmental awareness, nations can lose the ability to read geopolitical signals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/beware-of-security-autism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #china #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #defense #sdf #northkorea #donaldtrump
David B. Himself
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Something really unexpected happened in the end of the year. I stumbled a J-Pop singer that I kinda like (and I just saw her sing live on TV, she can actually sing, she's not just about dancing and looking pretty and the producers do the rest).
Something really unexpected happened in the end of the year. I stumbled a J-Pop singer that I kinda like (and I just saw her sing live on TV, she can actually sing, she's not just about dancing and looking pretty and the producers do the rest).
Tokyo police have arrested a 35-year-old Chinese national on attempted murder charges following the stabbing of a woman in the Takadanobaba district of the capital’s Shinjuku Ward on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-takadanobaba-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #takadanobaba #shinjuku #japanesepolice
A real estate expert on a panel set up by the Cabinet believes the government is better off regulating how land is used rather than who is allowed to own it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/politics/foreign-national-policy-real-estate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation #expats
A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the Island of Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/japanese-tourist-death-hawaii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hawaii #tourism #marineaccidents
Despite many clues left at the scene, police are still desperately searching for whoever is behind the brutal murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #setagaya #japanesepolice #stabbings
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has moved into the official residence of the head of government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/takaichi-moves-to-official-residence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #primeminister039sofficialresidence
Western strategic dissonance, U.N. cowardice, a gutted civil society and cynical Thai aggression are providing cover for a weakened Hun Sen https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/the-world-is-failing-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #cambodia #thailand #defense #cambodiathailandrelations #hunsen #hunmanet #cpp
A woman was stabbed in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Monday, with police searching for the suspect, according to investigative sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/crime-legal/woman-stabbed-shinjuku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #shinjuku #stabbings
Japan’s research vessel Shirase has berthed near the country’s Antarctic Showa Station and begun transfering fuel, observation equipment and other supplies to the research base. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/science-health/antarctic-research-vessel-showa-station/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #antarctica #shirase #showastation
Expect 2026 to be a year of opportunity for Japan as PM Takaichi seeks lasting power, Nintendo’s new Super Mario movie targets another $1.36 billion box office success, and Japanese athletes chase global glory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/japan-in-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #nintendo #supermariogalaxymovie #nikkei225 #interestrates #boj #yen #sports #2026 #yearofthefirehorse
Sixty households hit hard by the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake have had their welfare benefits terminated mainly due to income from donations, sources said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/society/noto-quake-donation-recipients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #socialwelfare
Japan is set to begin another round of screening for locations seeking to develop integrated resorts including casinos, following Osaka’s approval in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/new-casino-resort-site-selection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #casinos #tourism #osaka #hokkaido #tokyo #localgovernment
📣 New Podcast! "29 December 1968: Tokyo exams cancelled" on @Spreaker #history #japan #tokyo
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/29-december-1968-tokyo-exams-cancelled--68813163
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 31 on Monday with an even stronger wish for peace after studying about World War II, as this year marked 80 years since its end. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/princess-kako-turns-31/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princesskako #imperialfamily #imperialhouseholdagency