In his bid for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has pledged to continue the work of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his predecessor, Fumio Kishida. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/politics/hayashi-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #ldp #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #sanaetakaichi
Random #Japan street view taken in August 2025, near Takayama in Gifu prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=36.0019002,137.5413042
Polls suggest a Koizumi–Takaichi showdown for LDP leadership, but internal powerbrokers may push aside veteran candidates to engineer a youth-versus-youth race between Koizumi and Kobayashi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/18/japan/whiteboarding-the-ldp-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, is best suited to be the next president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to an opinion poll by Jiji Press released Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/politics/jiji-poll-koizumi-most-favored-for-ldp-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #ldp #surveys
Random #Japan street view taken in November 2024, near Yoshino District in Nara prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.2213861,136.0046258
Random #Japan street view taken in November 2024, near Bungotakada in Oita prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.5872726,131.48115
Japanese citizens in China remain concerned about their safety a year after a 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death on his way to a Japanese school in Shenzhen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/society/china-japanese-boy-stabbing-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #chinajapanrelations #stabbings #shenzhen
Theoretical physicist Fumitaka Sato, known for his contributions to unraveling the mystery of black holes, died at a hospital in Kyoto on Sunday. He was 87. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/black-hole-researcher-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #space #obituary #physics #kyotouniversity #fumitakasato
Random #Japan street view taken in October 2018, near Takatsuki in Osaka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.8345609,135.6255842
The government plans to expand support for the domestic content industry to boost exports of anime and films with the aim to triple overseas revenue from Japanese content to ¥20 trillion in 2033. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/content-industry-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #anime #japanesefilm #film #meti
Kansai Electric Power says that it will complete a geological survey to build a safer next-generation nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture around 2030. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/kansai-electric-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kepco #nuclearenergy #earthquakes #fukui #surveys
Just a month after Hiroshima was devastated by the U.S. atomic bomb, Typhoon Ida killed 3,756 people in Japan including atomic bomb survivors and specialist medics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/hiroshima-a-bomb-typhoon-tradegies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #typhoons
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2023, near Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.9472187,130.8850776
Stitching the Liberal Democratic Party back together again will be no easy task, no matter who wins the presidential race on Oct. 4. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/politics/ldp-breakup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba
Random #Japan street view taken in June 2024, near Kawakami District in Hokkaido prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=43.3549738,144.5674987
Japan would be a "capable participant" in the evolving U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense partnership, an unreleased U.S. State Department assessment to Congress has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/japan-role-in-us-uk-australia-defense-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf #aukus
Nippon Ishin no Kai expelled three member lawmakers critical of its new leadership team who called on other member lawmakers to leave the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-expel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2025, near Yachiyo in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.7683138,140.1338445
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2023, near Gojo in Nara prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.3805993,135.7192618
