Random #Japan street view taken in September 2023, near Ashoro District in Hokkaido prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=43.331886,143.589858

An Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter crashed into the ocean off Ibaraki Prefecture during a training exercise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/asdf-fighter-crash-ibaraki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #asdf#ibarakiprefecture

Dressing up at the World Cosplay Summit can be makeup-meltingly sweaty in Japan's baking summer, and after this year's event in record heat, organizers have pushed the 2027 edition to November. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/world-cosplay-summit-heat-2027/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #anime #manga #videogames

Random #Japan street view taken in July 2025, near Yachiyo in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.7689026,140.0969309

The chief of Shiga Prefectural Police department has apologized to a former assistant nurse who was acquitted of murdering a patient in a retrial after serving her prison term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-apology-false-conviction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #shiga #mikanishiyama #nurses

Random #Japan street view taken in October 2023, near Gero in Gifu prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.786218,137.2537022

The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #us #harrytruman

Random #Japan street view taken in May 2023, near Narita in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.7685446,140.2939525

Japan faces a demographic crisis that threatens its research talent and must build a more inclusive and welcoming society to attract and keep world-class scientists amid rising nationalism and economic challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/japan-needs-world-class-researchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #science #japaneseeconomy #agingsociety #immigration #racism

The Tokyo police admitted Thursday that it made a "serious mistake" in accusing executives of a spray dryer firm of illegally exporting equipment that could be converted into weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-illegal-investigation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #ohkawarakakohki

Random #Japan street view taken in April 2025, near Kofu in Yamanashi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.6814003,138.5365081

The number of Japanese nationals in Japan fell by around 910,000 during 2024, to 120.7 million, while the population of foreign residents rose 10.65%, to 3.68 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/society/japan-population-foreign-residents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #population #depopulation #expats #foreignworkers

Random #Japan street view taken in September 2024, near Kadoma in Osaka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.7366985,135.5989139

Random #Japan street view taken in May 2025, near Takatsuki in Osaka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.911916,135.6003487

People in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan are working to pass down the stories of "mock atomic bombs" the United States dropped in the country during World War II, which resulted in over 400 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/wwii-us-mock-atomic-bombings-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #fukushima #wwii

Random #Japan street view taken in May 2023, near Kikugawa in Shizuoka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.6950413,138.0813191

Random #Japan street view taken in May 2025, near Isawa District in Iwate prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=39.2406113,141.0246739

A health ministry panel approved a plan to cut the price of Lecanemab, an Alzheimer's drug that Japanese drugmaker Eisai and U.S. industry peer Biogen codeveloped, by 15% in Japan starting Nov. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/science-health/japan-alzheimer-drug-price-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #alzheimer039s #medicine #pharmaceuticals#eisai #health

Random #Japan street view taken in December 2021, near Soja in Okayama prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.6789378,133.7760676

Random #Japan street view taken in August 2022, near Muroran in Hokkaido prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=42.3758758,140.9593978