Over 60% of residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture do not believe the conditions for restarting the facility have been met, a survey by the prefectural government showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart-negative/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #nuclearenergy #surveys
The Justice Ministry is assessing through an expert panel the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult three years after their enforcement through a penal code revision. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/crime-legal/japan-crime-of-insult-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #socialmedia #surveys #penalcode
Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s richest city — ahead of New York, London and Los Angeles — thanks to its smooth operations, technology, economic governance and GDP. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/economy/tokyo-worlds-richest-city-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #surveys #gdp
The cost of sending children to school in Japan is continuing to increase, with the average price of just uniforms for first-year junior high and high school students rising by about ¥10,000 from last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/society/school-expenses-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #education #schools #surveys #savethechildren #poverty
A nickname for ChatGPT, Trump tariffs and words related to the election of Japan’s first female prime minister have been nominated for 2025’s buzzword of the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/society/buzzword-nominees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #media #language #socialmedia #surveys #theosakaexpo #bears #inflation
Prices of 143 products from 195 major food and beverage makers in Japan are set to rise in November, down 58.4% from a year earlier and marking the first decline in 11 months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/food-price-rise-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #food #surveys #wages #snacks
NHK and newspapers are considered the most trustworthy news sources, according to the Japan Press Research Institute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/online-news-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newspapers #media #surveys #television #nhk
A record number of workers applied for mental health-related compensation in fiscal 2024, according to health ministry data released Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/society/karoshi-white-paper/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mhlw #overwork #surveys #jobs #karoshi #mentalhealth
The number of suicides among students in elementary to high school hit a record in 2024, with the figure for those in their 20s also remaining high, underscoring the need to beef up care, health ministry data showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/students-suicide-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #suicide #students #children #mhlw #mentalhealth #surveys
Total costs to raise a child in Japan rise when they start junior high school or high school, a study by the National Center for Child Health and Development found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/child-rearing-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #inflation #surveys #education
With the election of Sanae Takaichi as prime minister this week, Japan joined the ranks of countries that have had a woman serve as head of state or government since World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/politics/japan-among-80-nations-with-female-leader/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #women039sissues #margaretthatcher #surveys
Potential homebuyers in Tokyo are divided on their property purchasing plans as surging living costs add to affordability concerns, according to a survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/economy/tokyo-homebuyers-purchase-plans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #realestate #japaneseeconomy #surveys #inflation
More than 40% of respondents support Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine if she becomes prime minister, according to an opinion poll by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/takaichi-war-shrine-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #surveys #yasukunishrine
An opinion poll for October showed that 43.8% of respondents will support Japan's new Cabinet that would be formed by Sanae Takaichi, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, if she becomes prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/takaichi-public-support-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #surveys
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/society/japan-internet-top-news-source/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #internet #media #newspapers #japanesetv #surveys
More than half of needy pregnant women and new mothers in Japan said that they have no savings, a survey by Save the Children Japan showed on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/pregnant-women-savings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #poverty #pregnancy
The University of Tokyo has reached its highest place yet in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings at 26th, the only Japanese university to crack the top 50. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/university-of-tokyo-top-50-global-universities-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #universities #education #surveys
About 80% of households in Japan have felt the impact of rising prices on their family budgets, a recent survey shows, with 91.3% of those households saying hikes have impacted food expenses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/society/japan-inflation-hit-family-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #inflation #sumitomolifeinsurance
The number of corporate bankruptcies involving liabilities of ¥10 million or more in Japan in the April-September period has hit the highest level in 12 years, according to Tokyo Shoko Research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/corporate-bankrupticies-high-level/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #surveys #bankruptcy
Elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan still work the longest hours among their peers worldwide, according to an OECD report released Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/society/oecd-survey-japan-teachers-working-hours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #teachers #surveys #oecd #education #schools #ai