A breathtaking piece of property in the heart of Tokyo has become the ultimate souvenir for wealthy foreign nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/foreign-property-buyers-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #expats #tokyo #realestate #housing #china #inflation
The extent to which home field advantage plays a factor in sports is hotly debated. But for Japanese athletes at the World Athletics Championships, it's clear the fervent home support is providing a morale boost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/16/more-sports/japanese-athletes-home-track-advantage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports#worldathleticschampionships #tokyo
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport on suspicions that he had stolen some ¥1.5 million from 70 to 80 passengers undergoing baggage inspection since around August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/crime-legal/haneda-airport-worker-arrested-over-theft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #hanedaairport #airports #theft
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Radar analysis suggested the central parts of the city received more than 100mm rain in the same period – almost half the city’s usual rainfall for the entire month of SeptemberJapan has faced a succession of severe weather events this summer, with flooding, landslides and record heat adding to mounting concerns about how climate change is amplifying extremes in one of the world’s most densely populated regions
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/rainfall-tokyo-power-cut-latest-b2825147.html
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Radar analysis suggested the central parts of the city received more than 100mm rain in the same period – almost half the city’s usual rainfall for the entire month of SeptemberJapan has faced a succession of severe weather events this summer, with flooding, landslides and record heat adding to mounting concerns about how climate change is amplifying extremes in one of the world’s most densely populated regions
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/rainfall-tokyo-power-cut-latest-b2825147.html
With Tokyo International Comedy Festival finding its foothold, stand-up comedy isn’t just visiting Japan anymore — it’s becoming part of the culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/11/stage/tokyo-international-comedy-festival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #tokyointernationalcomedyfestival #comedy #bjfox #patrickharlan #tokyocomedybar #standup #shibuya #shibuyaward #tokyo
Bullet trains were suspended as heavy rain lashed parts of Tokyo and its surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon, with flood risk advisories issued for several rivers in the capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/rain-tokyo-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meteorologicalagency #tokyo #rail #shinkansen
Record-high temperatures and debilitating humidity have prompted World Athletics Championships organizers to move up the start times for the race walk and marathon events this weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/road-event-moved-forward-heat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #weather #heatwaves#racewalk #marathon #tokyo #worldathletics
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has raided East Japan Usami, Shin-Idemitsu and six other companies for allegedly forming a price-fixing cartel over diesel fuel sold to other businesses, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/crime-legal/firms-raided-over-diesel-fuel-cartel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ftc #oil #tokyo
After refraining from setting up a retail outlet for some 20 years, MUFG Bank will open a novel small branch to deal exclusively with individual customers in Tokyo's Minato Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/mufg-bank-new-retail-outlet-near-takanawa-gateway-station/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks #takanawagateway #tokyo #osaka
Junko Kobayashi, then a fourth-year student at Sophia University, was days away from leaving to study in the United States when her body was found in the burned remains of her family home in Katsushika Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/crime-legal/sophia-university-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo#sophiauniversity #japanesepolice
East Japan Railway has purchased from Goldman Sachs Group several floors in an office building connected directly to Tokyo Station, paying more than ¥50 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/companies/goldman-office-jr-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #goldmansachs #rail #tokyo #realestate #depopulation
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What happens to lost and found items in Tokyo? Metropolitan police give them a new lease of life by channeling them to secondhand goods stores and the export market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/society/police-lost-found-items/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #japanesepolice #tokyo #auctions #secondhand
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