Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te "exuberantly" congratulated former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/japan/politics/taiwans-lai-congratulates-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #laichingte #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #taiwanjapanrelations
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2023, near Kikugawa in Shizuoka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.7863188,138.1101151
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JR East on Saturday started operating trains decorated with designs of two past Yamanote Line models, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the line's circular operation on Nov. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/yamanote-commemorative-trains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jreast #yamanoteline #tokyo
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2023, near Kasai in Hyogo prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.854775,134.8755403
Random #Japan street view taken in January 2014, near Niimi in Okayama prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.0414906,133.5550515
Random #Japan street view taken in August 2023, near Naka District in Tokushima prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.8311494,134.4010898
Random #Japan street view taken in August 2024, near Yamagata District in Hiroshima prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.687695,132.576088
JR East on Saturday started operating trains decorated with designs of two past Yamanote Line models, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the line's circular operation on Nov. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/yamanote-commemorative-trains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jreast #yamanoteline #tokyo
In the small town of Kutchan, near the internationally renowned Niseko ski slopes in Japan, a barren field once planted with potatoes has become a flash point for a national conflict over labor, tourism and immigration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/society/japan-foreign-workers-ski-resort/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #tourism #immigration #jobs
Random #Japan street view taken in August 2024, near Konan in Kochi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.5770966,133.7047988
A woman in northern Japan has died after being attacked by a bear while picking mushrooms and another was missing, police and local media said on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/miyagi-bear-attack-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #miyagi
"Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister"
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japans-ruling-party-votes-new-leader-hoping-regain-126206550
#Japan #Politics
Random #Japan street view taken in September 2021, near Kasama in Ibaraki prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=36.2794137,140.3026448
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2023, near Saru District in Hokkaido prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=42.5571086,142.4037562
The Liberal Democratic Party is electing a new president on Saturday to unify the divided party and, in all likelihood, steer a minority government as Japan’s next prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/politics/ldp-election-voting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2025, near Kitakami in Iwate prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=39.2392154,140.9926502
Random #Japan street view taken in July 2025, near Minamiuonuma in Niigata prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=37.0502168,139.0132226
The CDP will push for taxable ¥20,000 cash handouts to be included in the upcoming extra budget, leader Yoshihiko Noda said, framing it as a key test of whether deeper cooperation with the ruling coalition is possible. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/politics/noda-cdp-ldp-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #ldp #yoshihikonoda
The Yokohama District Court on Friday sentenced Mai Nishitaka, 33, to 17 years in prison for killing her ex-partner, whose body was found in a suitcase by the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/woman-sentenced-murder-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #kawasaki #kanagawa #japanesecourts
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2024, near Hirosaki in Aomori prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=40.6803485,140.3916379
