Random #Japan street view taken in January 2024, near Tagawa District in Fukuoka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.5579309,130.8525167
China has denied that its warplanes risked collisions with Japanese surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea last week, calling “close-in reconnaissance and harassment” by Tokyo “the root cause” of the incidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/japan-china-military-close-encounter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #pla #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands
A U.S. minesweeper has made a port call in the city of Niigata as part of moves to enhance bilateral cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/us-minesweeper-niigata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #us #defense
Random #Japan street view taken in November 2023, near Yasugi in Shimane prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.3719197,133.2599135
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako deepened their bonds with Mongolia during an eight-day state visit to the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/politics/emperor-empress-ties-mongolia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#emperornaruhito #empressmasako#imperialfamily #mongolia #mongoliajapanrelations
The Japan Foundation will begin distributing Japanese movies online for free in all 54 countries of the African continent on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/japan-foundation-movies-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanfoundation #japanesefilm
General visitors to the World Expo in Osaka are expected to exceed 10 million on Sunday, which marks the halfway point of the six-month event which began on April 13. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/visitors-osaka-expo-10-million/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kansai #osaka #2025osakaexpo
Random #Japan street view taken in November 2024, near Takaoka District in Kochi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.1818822,132.9718698
The Pentagon is urging Japan to make clear the role it would play in the event of a U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan, a report has said, with the U.S. Defense Department’s No. 3 official appearing to confirm the push. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/us-japan-taiwan-contingency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwanjapanrelations #usjapanrelations #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #defense #donaldtrump #elbridgecolby #defenseministry #indopacific
Random #Japan street view taken in October 2024, near Sannohe District in Aomori prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=40.4093816,140.989701
This is just a normal #advertisement in #Japan. If you guess what it is an ad for, consider yourself a genius. But you won't guess it. It's inexplicable
A man and a woman undress looking at each other. The woman pours white paint on herself and goes prostate. The man, pink paint, and lays himself over her. They become salmon nigiri, salmon draped over rice
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2025, near Ozu in Ehime prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.4508255,132.7036212
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2023, near Inzai in Chiba prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=35.789645,140.204236
Random #Japan street view taken in May 2023, near Tōno City in Iwate prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=39.388593,141.6278807
Random #Japan street view taken in March 2024, near Tokoname in Aichi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=34.9351133,136.8420084
Random #Japan street view taken in March 2021, near Miyama in Fukuoka prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=33.1465183,130.5118258
Random #Japan street view taken in February 2025, near Miyakonojo in Miyazaki prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=31.6405919,131.0599477
Random #Japan street view taken in April 2023, near Oyama in Tochigi prefecture. https://maps.google.com/?q=36.3440786,139.7490898
Police arrested a man on Saturday, alleging he murdered his former girlfriend, whose body was found at his house in the city of Kawasaki in late April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/kawasaki-murder-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #kawasaki #kanagawa #stalking
The Osaka Prefectural Police department is cracking down on a crime ring for allegedly forcing about 130 underage girls into prostitution around the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/crime-legal/osaka-police-underage-prostitution-crack-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #sexcrimes #prostitution #gangs