The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a man to 2 years and 6 months in prison for burning his girlfriend’s body and dumping it in the sea on Izu Oshima, an island south of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/izu-oshima-ruling-girlfriend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #izuoshima #tokyo
Central Japan Railway has said that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to ¥11 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/maglev-shinkansen-double-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued a €300 million (¥53 billion) bond to boost flood defenses and other climate-related countermeasures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/tokyo-climate-resilience-bond/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #climatechange #floods #bonds
The stars were out at Midtown Hibiya on Monday as the Tokyo International Film Festival opened its 38th edition. The event, which runs through Nov. 5, features 184 films — but tickets are moving fast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/28/film/tokyo-film-festival-opening-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #filmfestivals #japanesefilm #tiff #tokyo
Beneath Tokyo’s constant motion lie traces of another era. These “phantom” stations — once bustling gateways for commuters — now act as monuments to Japan’s prewar ambition and resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/history/tokyo-phantom-train-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #trains #tokyo #rail #wwii
The man armed with knives who was arrested near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Friday for alleged obstruction of official duties also carried a foldable saw and scissors in his backpack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/crime-legal/us-embassy-man-more-weapons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice
A man carrying a knife was arrested near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Friday after allegedly injuring a police officer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/crime-legal/man-knife-us-embassy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched a portal that lists English-language international schools in the Japanese capital in a bid to attract and retain global talent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/tokyo-international-schools-portal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #education #tokyometropolitangovernment #tokyo
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visited the Tokyo memorial hall on Thursday to mourn the victims of the U.S. military’s air raid on the Japanese capital during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/emperor-tokyo-air-raid-mourn/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #wwii #tokyoairraids #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #imperialfamily #princessaiko #wardead
No street parties, no chaos — just a good Halloween. Here’s how to ask (politely!) where to celebrate this year, plus the grammar to sound natural doing it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/23/language/japanese-halloween-questions-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #tokyo #shibuya #halloween
Participants of a conference in Tokyo have agreed to accelerate aid to Ukraine by training personnel involved in land-mine removal and investing in technological development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/mines-ukraine-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukraine #tokyo #landmines #ukrainejapanrelations
I always wanted an Emacs world clock I could easily add cities to and shift the times (ie. find meeting times across timezones).
https://github.com/xenodium/time-zones
edit: now on GitHub
#emacs #timezones #macos #linux #oss #foss #time #madrid #london #tokyo #sanfrancisco
I always wanted an Emacs world clock I could easily add cities to and shift the times (ie. find meeting times across timezones).
https://github.com/xenodium/time-zones
edit: now on GitHub
#emacs #timezones #macos #linux #oss #foss #time #madrid #london #tokyo #sanfrancisco
Jimbocho may have topped Time Out magazine's “coolest neighborhoods” list, but residents say their home is more than just a bunch of books. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/18/lifestyle/jimobocho-coolest-neighborhood-in-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #bookstores #chiyodaward #jimbocho #tokyo #books
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been ordered by a court to pay damages to a South Asian woman over a police response in a park dispute that led to a man posting abusive social media posts against her. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/foreign-lawsuit-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #tokyo #discrimination
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is planning to extend its Oedo Line northwest, adding three new stations in Nerima Ward to improve rail access in areas of the capital currently underserved by public transportation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/oedo-line-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #oedoline #tokyo #rail #nerimaward
The Tokyo International Film Festival is back — and The Japan Times’ film critics have handpicked the must-watch titles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/16/film/tokyo-international-film-festival-recommendations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #filmfestivals #japanesefilm #tiff #tokyo
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought Japan National Stadium naming rights for five years, with the financial services company seeing opportunity in the investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/15/more-sports/mufg-national-stadium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nationalstadium #tokyo #2020tokyoolympics #mufg #banks #sponsorship #advertising
Tokyo’s skyline is changing — and it’s not just office towers. A new wave of arenas is redefining Japan’s entertainment landscape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/society/kanto-arena-boom-basketball/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyo #yokohama #bleague #livemusic #jpop #urbanredevelopment
Tokyo is still the region’s top performer, but Hong Kong is now the talk of the town with Bar Leone named the world’s best bar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/10/food-drink/worlds-50-best-bars-2025-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #bars #worlds50bestbars #tokyo