Japan is one of the world’s safest countries. So why do so many people feel uneasy? This week, @AlexktMartin takes a look at crime, perception and the growing gap between data and fear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/japan-safety-security-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #demographics #crime #tokyo #adachiward #saitama #depopulation #elderly #expats
Several municipalities in Japan are giving Osaka a run for its money in the race toward winning the designation as the country’s secondary capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/politics/back-up-capital-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #disasterpreparedness #cities #nipponishinnokai #osaka #ldp #hirofumiyoshimura #fukuoka #kumamoto #saitama #nagoya
As Red Bull expands its soccer empire, the energy drink giant has faced some resistance from diehard fans. But not in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/28/soccer/j-league/red-bull-omiya-ardija-ownership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #jleague #redbull #omiyaardija #saitama #philippwunderlich #jurgenklopp
The mother of a 10-year-old killed in a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture in 2009 submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry calling for the statute of limitations for the offense to be abolished. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/crime-legal/hit-and-run-limitations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #trafficaccidents #justiceministry #driving #saitama
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Happy Monday from Japan!
A set of film photography from an autumn visit to Kita-in Temple in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture. The place is famous for its 540 Rakan statues.
📷 Mamiya 6, 50mm f/4
🎞️ Fujicolor Pro 400H
#photography #streetphotography #filmphotography #autumn #fotografie #japaneseautumn #temple #kawagoe #saitama #japan #mamiya #mediumformat #photographersofmastodon
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Happy Monday from Japan!
A set of film photography from an autumn visit to Kita-in Temple in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture. The place is famous for its 540 Rakan statues.
📷 Mamiya 6, 50mm f/4
🎞️ Fujicolor Pro 400H
#photography #streetphotography #filmphotography #autumn #fotografie #japaneseautumn #temple #kawagoe #saitama #japan #mamiya #mediumformat #photographersofmastodon
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Tanztheater Wuppertal returns to Japan with "Sweet Mambo" long-awaited performances in Kyoto and Saitama. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/16/stage/pina-bausch-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #pinabausch #tanztheaterwuppertal #dance #saitamaartstheater #saitama #kyoto
A Saitama court handed down a suspended prison sentence to a 43-year-old Chinese man who hit a group of elementary school children with his car and fled the scene to avoid being caught for drunken driving. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/china-hit-and-run-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #china #misato #children #trafficaccidents #driving #japanesecourts
The Tokyo District Court ordered the government to pay ¥1.5 million in damages after finding medical care provided to an inmate at a juvenile detention facility in Saitama had been “grossly unsatisfactory.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/crime-legal/state-damages-detainee-cancer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #saitama #japaneseprisons
A man suspected of killing two women last week at a nursing care facility in Saitama Prefecture where he previously worked has revealed that he “entered the facility with the intent to kill.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/crime-legal/saitama-elderly-murder-followup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #japanesepolice #nursingcare #elderly
A former care worker is believed to have used an unchanged passcode to gain entry into his old workplace in Saitama Prefecture where a double murder took place. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/crime-legal/saitama-murder-password/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #nursingcare #japanesepolice #tsurugashima
Police have apprehended a former employee of a care facility near Tokyo following the deaths of two residents who were found bleeding and unconscious on their beds in the early hours of Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/crime-legal/saitama-care-facility-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama #tsurugashima #nursingcare
Three unknown storyboards apparently by Osamu Tezuka, dubbed the "god of manga," have been discovered at the original artwork repository of Tezuka Productions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/manga-artist-osamu-tezuka-works-discovered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #manga #osamutezuka #saitama
The father of a woman murdered after being stalked in 1999 says he is "shocked" by the April stalking and murder case in Kawasaki, and he called on police "to care for victims with a determination to rescue them." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-stalking-case-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stalking #kanagawa #japanesepolice #saitama
An expert panel has concluded that a sinkhole that swallowed a truck in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, in January was created due to corrosion of a sewer pipe by hydrogen sulfide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/saitama-sinkhole-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #yashio #sewage #motohiroono
Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday as temperatures rose as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of 41.2 C set just last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/society/japan-records-hottest-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatwaves #heatstroke #climatechange #gunma #saitama #tokyo #hyogo
Four male workers were confirmed dead after falling into a manhole in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday morning, fire authorities said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/saitama-manhole-four-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #sewage #water
Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly record this year, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/society/record-heatstroke-sufferers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatstroke #heatwaves #tokyo #saitama #hokkaido
"The Hiroshima Panels," depicting the nightmare victims experienced in the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, continue to draw in viewers ahead of next month's 80th anniversary of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/hiroshima-panels-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #saitama #hiroshima #wwii #museums #us