Hello Fedifriends in #Japan 🙂

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My wife and I are going to be visiting #Tokyo, #Kyoto, and #Osaka in a few weeks time. It would be lovely to meet you, have dinner / drinks somewhere local, and see your beautiful cities.

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We did this on our recent trip to Europe and it was lovely chatting with new friends.
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The Osaka District Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man to four years and six months in prison for swindling ¥1.45 billion in a real estate scam in the busy Minami area in Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/osaka-real-estate-scammer-prison-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #osaka

A group of 1,191 people across Japan has sent a petition to a court seeking the return of about ¥11.4 billion from a company based in the city of Osaka over real estate investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/petition-real-estate-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #realestate #osaka #investments #japanesecourts

Hello Fedifriends in #Japan 🙂

Would you like to meet for a beer?

My wife and I are going to be visiting #Tokyo, #Kyoto, and #Osaka in a few weeks time. It would be lovely to meet you, have dinner / drinks somewhere local, and see your beautiful cities.

DM me for dates.

We did this on our recent trip to Europe and it was lovely chatting with new friends.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/meeting-my-fedifriends-afk/

Hokkaido’s future as a “great dairy district” was already foreseen by an American academic in November 1925. In 2000, the founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group was arrested in Osaka after years on the run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/history/japan-television-hokkaido-strike-shigenobu-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #dairyindustry #television #japanesenationalrailways #rail #unions #fusakoshigenobu #japaneseredarmy #osaka

To become prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi struck a deal with the Japan Innovation Party that includes the goal of cutting Lower House seats by 10%, which would mostly affect smaller parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/election-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #nipponishinnokai #sanaetakaichi #hirofumiyoshimura #fumitakefujita #tetsuosaito #hiroshima #osaka

Osaka police have arrested a man after a 14-hour standoff in which he held a woman he was living with at knifepoint. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/crime-legal/osaka-hostage-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #japanesepolice #theft

The charm of Osaka's Nakatsu has earned it a spot on Time Out magazine’s “world’s coolest neighborhoods” list. Locals hope the area retains its balance of old and new to preserve its identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/21/lifestyle/nakatsu-osaka-worlds-coolest-neighborhoods/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #osaka #tourism

The Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai are fine-tuning discussions on forming a coalition and electing LDP chief Sanae Takaichi as prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/politics/coalition-talks-ishin-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #osaka #sanaetakaichi #fumitakefujita

The 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, which concluded on Monday, attracted a total of 25,578,986 visitors during its 184-day run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/osaka-expo-visitors-exceed-25-million/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #tourism #osaka

After 184 days, the Osaka Expo came to an end Monday, with organizers sending a message of unity, while also vowing to pass along the lessons learned from the event to future generations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/society/osaka-expo-closing-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #2025osakaexpo #osaka

During the Osaka Expo, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba managed to meet with about 50 foreign leaders in what is called "expo diplomacy," with the topics including measures to strengthen bilateral relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/politics/ishiba-expo-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025osakaexpo #osaka #shigeruishiba

Nearly 160 countries and regions participated in the Osaka Expo, with each bringing staff from overseas to help run their respective pavilions. Here’s a look at their experiences and how it has impacted them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/osaka-expo-pavilion-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osakaexpo #osaka #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #sudan #switzerland #malaysia

Merchandise sales for Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot character of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, will continue through next March, after the end of the event Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/expo-mascot-sales-to-continue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka

The 2025 Osaka Expo was a resounding success, taking in some 28 million visitors over 184 days. But how its legacy will look in the decades to come remains a question mark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/osaka-expo-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka

The Osaka High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that the central government's decision to cut special tax grants to the city of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, due to its hometown tax donation revenue, was illegal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/izumisano-illegal-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #izumisano #japanesecourts #taxes #furusatonozei #osaka

As the Osaka Expo comes to an end next week, academics and diplomats, as well as a petition a high schooler founded, are calling for its Grand Ring, the largest wooden structure in the world, to be fully preserved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/society/calls-for-full-preservation-of-osaka-expo-grand-ring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #2025osakaexpo #osaka #architecture

Discussions should be held on how new technologies and ideas showcased at the World Exposition in Osaka will be put to practical use, local business leader Masayoshi Matsumoto said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/osaka-expo-legacies-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #masayoshimatsumoto #osaka #2025osakaexpo

The Osaka Expo, set to close next Monday, is expected to generate a profit of up to ¥28 billion thanks to strong sales of admission tickets and goods related to the Expo's official mascot, Myaku-Myaku. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/osaka-expo-profit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osaka #2025osakaexpo