Random #Japan street view taken in July 2019, near Katori in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.8564608,140.6091103
Random #Japan street view taken in August 2023, near Narita in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.792955,140.413114
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund, reported a significant $61.1 billion loss in the first quarter of 2025 (January–March), marking its first across-the-board quarterly loss since mid-2022.
https://franknez.com/worlds-largest-pension-fund-now-loses-61bn-as-dollar-falls/
Random #Japan street view taken in July 2021, near Ikeda in Osaka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.8313746,135.4247903
Japan's infrastructure ministry is aiming to replace utility poles on emergency transport routes in urban areas with underground power cables by fiscal 2030. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/eliminating-utility-poles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #utilities #electricity #mlit #disasterpreparedness
Lawson is planning to allow visitors to use some of its larger parking lots as vehicle campsites for a fee amid a rising number of inbound tourists in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/lawson-parking-lot-stay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #lawson #conveniencestores #hotels #tourism
Yoshiomi Tamai, the founder and longtime president of the Ashinaga Foundation, which has supported over 110,000 orphaned students, has died. He was 90. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/society/ashinaga-president-yoshiomi-tamai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #ashinaga #parenthood
Random #Japan street view taken in July 2023, near Kitashitara District in Aichi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.1682562,137.6039423
Ahead of the Upper House election, political parties have come up with proposed solutions to problems caused by a record number of foreign nationals in Japan to visit, work and invest in real estate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/politics/foreign-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #yoshihikonoda #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpp #yuichirotamaki #nipponishinnokai#hirofumiyoshimura #sanseito #komeito #2025upperhouseelection #diet
Random #Japan street view taken in October 2023, near Hagi in Yamaguchi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.3276767,131.4028101
A customer allegedly stabbed to death two women working at a girls bar in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/girls-bar-workers-stabbed-to-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #japanesepolice #stabbings #bars
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2024, near Toki in Gifu prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.3715869,137.1928644
Many public day care centers in Hiroshima Prefecture are adopting a subscription service that offers an unlimited supply of disposable diapers and baby wipes for a fixed monthly fee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/hiroshima-nurseries-diaper-subscription/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #daycare #children #diapers
Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture for allegedly assaulting Japanese nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/two-us-servicemen-in-okinawa-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #okinawa#usbases
To ensure that lessons learned from misguided policy are passed on to future generations, former Hansen's disease patients are speaking up about their experiences of discrimination. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/japan-hansens-disease-discrimination-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #leprosy #health #discrimination #akita
Random #Japan street view taken in March 2024, near Nakagami District in Okinawa prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=26.2386771,127.7449198
Random #Japan street view taken in September 2023, near Kaho District in Fukuoka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.5630454,130.6948021
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2021, near Aki in Kochi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.5127391,133.8381845
Random #Japan street view taken in June 2015, near Tomakomai in Hokkaido prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=42.6666365,141.6598375
Random #Japan street view taken in February 2025, near Hashimoto in Wakayama prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.3133999,135.5706345
