Orphaned by a massive air raid during World War II, Yoriko Suzuki had to endure living on the streets before she finally found refuge. It took her decades before she finally opened up to tell her story. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/history/tokyo-air-raid-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #tokyoairraids #tokyo
A 35-year-old man arrested in Kobe in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young woman last week had reportedly been staying in a hotel near the victim’s home for several days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/japan/crime-legal/kobe-stabbing-arrest-hotel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kobe #tokyo #stabbings
Police arrested a 35-year-old man on Friday on suspicion of stabbing a 24-year-old woman to death in Kobe, people familiar with the investigation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/japan/crime-legal/kobe-stabbing-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #murder #stabbings #tokyo #kobe #japanesepolice
Eric Trump plans to visit Tokyo next month as part of his family’s expanding push into the cryptocurrency industry, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/22/eric-trump-japan-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #erictrump #cryptocurrencies #bitcoin #tokyo #us
At 7 years old, Tetsuzo Shiraishi escaped a Tokyo firestorm that killed 100,000 people. Eight decades later, his life tells the story of a city reborn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/history/wwii-tokyo-reconstruction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #tokyo #wwii #tokyoairraids
Toshiba, Fujitsu and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response to the spread of remote work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/japanese-manufacturers-relocating-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #manufacturing #tokyo #kawasaki #toshiba #fujitsu
Facing the growing threat of defeat, the military planned to move its headquarters from Tokyo to an area that is now a part of the city of Nagano. Construction continued until the day of Japan's surrender in the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/nagano-hq-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nagano #tokyo #wwii
As the population concentration in Tokyo is accelerating, the government has begun to take a different approach to help stem depopulation in regional areas and rev up local economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/japan/post-war-tokyo-overconcentration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #population #depopulation #rurallife #cities #decentralization
Civilians who survived the U.S. air raids on Japan in the closing stages of World War II are still fighting to receive compensation from the government 80 years on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/japan/history/end-of-war-anniversary-civilian-relief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #tokyoairraids #tokyo #us #usmilitary #katsueihirasawa #shigeruishiba
Tokyo has temporarily halted the operations of its emergency medical helicopter, also known as a doctor helicopter, due to a staff shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/tokyo-medical-helicopter-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #helicopters #medicine #tokyo #hospitals
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
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
Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-senior-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #fraud #japanesecourts #philippines #tokyo #organizedcrime
Tokyo police have arrested a 56-year-old sushi restaurant worker for allegedly murdering a coworker at their restaurant in the capital's Toshima Ward on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-sushi-killing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #murder #tokyo #japanesepolice
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike expressed her eagerness to attract part of the United Nations' functions to the Japanese capital during a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/koike-un-functions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un #tokyo#yurikokoike #antonioguterres
International students continue to choose Tokyo, with affordability seen as a major driving factor for it maintaining its No. 2 rank in popularity for studying abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/society/tokyo-best-student-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyo #kyoto #surveys #schools #students
The cost of living in Tokyo cooled for a second month in July on the back of some temporary factors even as food inflation stayed hot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/economy/tokyo-area-inflation-slows-july/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #inflation #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators
As voters went to the polls on Sunday for what could be one of the most turbulent elections in recent history, constituents across Tokyo reflected the nation’s diverging political beliefs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/politics/voice-street-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #ldp #cdp #dpp #jcp #sanseito #tokyo
With its policies of focusing on helping Japan's working generations, many younger voters are turning to the Democratic Party for the People as an alternative to the traditionalist Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/politics/upper-house-election-tokyo-district/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #yuichirotamaki #kazuyashimba #dpp #sanseito #ldp #2025upperhouseelection #cdp #jcp #komeito
How did your favorite bar perform on this year’s list? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/17/food-drink/2025-asias-50-best-bars-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #drinking #alcohol #bars #awards #asias50bestbars #tokyo