Otsu District Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of Osaka and Shiga prefectures to shut down three Kansai Electric Power nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/court-dismissal-fukui-nuclear-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #otsu #osaka #fukui #nuclearenergy #japanesecourts #kepco
The Finance Ministry disclosed a fifth set of Moritomo Gakuen papers to the widow of a regional official who died by suicide after being ordered to tamper with official records on the sale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/politics/moritomo-papers-widow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #akieabe #corruption #financeministry #japanesecourts #osaka #shinzoabe #moritomogakuen
Victims of an arson attack on a mental health clinic in Osaka were remembered on Wednesday, the fourth anniversary of the 2021 incident, which killed 26 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/crime-legal/osaka-arson-four-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #mentalhealth #hospitals
In a first, Tokyo has surpassed New York to come in second in the Global Power City Index, which ranks cities according to their ability to draw in people, enterprise and capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/society/tokyo-global-power-index/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #cities #fukuoka #globalpowercityindex #japaneseeconomy #osaka #surveys #tokyo
Four years after a deadly arson attack on a psychosomatic clinic in Osaka, the sister of the clinic's director is helping rehabilitate inmates and those who have a drug addiction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/crime-legal/arson-osaka-sister-rehabilitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #arson #osaka #mentalhealth #hospitals #japaneseprisons
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, have decided to reconsider the route of the planned Hokuriku Shinkansen section. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/hokuriku-shinkansen-route-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #hokurikushinkansen #bullettrains #rail #fukui #osaka #kyoto #ldp #nipponishinnokai #environment
Osaka, Japan’s second-largest economic hub and one of the clearest symbols of the nation’s reliance on Chinese tourism, is bearing the brunt of China's pullback. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/osaka-chinese-tourists-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osaka #tourism #chinajapanrelations #china
Osaka Gas aims to sell 70,000 tons of liquefied natural gas a year as ship fuel through offshore supply by 2030, President Masataka Fujiwara said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/osaka-gas-lng-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #osakagas #lng #osaka #hyogo
The transport ministry will likely delay starting work to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to link Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture and Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka Prefecture, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/hokuriku-shinkansen-extension-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #hokurikushinkansen #bullettrains #rail #fukui #osaka #kyoto #ldp #nipponishinnokai #environment
A 17-year-old high school student in Osaka has been arrested for allegedly carrying out a cyberattack on the operator of an internet cafe chain with a program he created using ChatGPT. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/japan/crime-legal/police-arrest-cyberattack-net-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cybersecurity #hacking #internet #cafes #osaka #ai
Found vegan ramen in #Osaka!
Lots of people said it would be impossible to eat a vegetarian diet while travelling in Japan. That's nonsense. It hasn't been as easy as some countries - but there are loads of veggie restaurants and veggie friendly places if you're prepared to look.
A lightning strike left 20 people trapped on Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel for up to nine hours after it came to an emergency stop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/ferris-wheel-lightning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osaka #storms
Overseas buyers accounted for 3.5% of newly built condos purchased in Tokyo’s 23 wards in the first half of 2025, a sizeable increase from last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/foreign-condo-buyers-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #mlit #surveys #tokyo #osaka
The Osaka prefectural government and several municipalities submitted a proposal to stop accepting new applications for “minpaku” private-lodging services in special zones starting next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/osaka-halt-minpaku-applications/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osaka #tourism #localgovernment
While Japan's ruling coalition has agreed to enact legislation to create a backup capital in next year’s regular session of parliament, the concept itself faces tough questions about what it would look like in practice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/backup-capital/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #disasterpreparedness #cities #nipponishinnokai #osaka #ldp #hirofumiyoshimura #naomichisuzuki #seitarohattori
As a response to the recent surge in rice costs, officials are considering the distribution of “rice tickets” to make the staple grain more affordable for certain households. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/society/rice-tickets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #food #rice #agriculture #maff #osaka
Box464 (Not Hipster Santa)
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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/
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