First woman enters Japan's submarine academy
The first female student was admitted to Japan’s national naval submarine academy Wednesday after the end of a ban on women on the country’s submarines. Risa Takenouchi, 26, entered the academy …
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Suicides in Japan fell below 20,000 to record low last year
There is still a possibility that final tallies, which will be published in March, will show a slight increase to above 20,000, the ministry said. The ministry’s figures show that 2019 marked a …
30 years on, world's longest undersea tunnel faces challenges as Japan balances bullet trains with freight
The tunnel was the world’s longest railway tunnel until the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland in December 2016. We will make efforts so that freight trains will continue playing…
Japan journalist Shiori Ito awarded ¥3.3 million in damages in high-profile rape case
A Tokyo court Wednesday awarded ¥3.3 million ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former reporter at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. of rape in one of the most high…
Poll shows 1 in 10 in Japan identify as LGBT or other sexual minorities
A recent online survey has found that 1 in 10 in Japan identify as LGBT or another sexual minority. The Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc., a Tokyo-based think tank specializing in issues r…
List of organizations subject to harsh penalties for leaks under Japan state secrets law slashed
The Public Security Examination Commission, which is authorized to designate state secrets, is also removed from the list. These institutions had no information classified as state secrets in th…
Traditional Japanese sitting style to be recognized as punishment under new law
A welfare ministry panel said Tuesday that forcing children to sit for long periods of time in the formal Japanese seiza style will be recognized as a morally unacceptable form of punishment under a …
Japan tops Global Climate Risk Index as extreme heat hits countries both rich and poor
The report says Japan faced “three exceptionally strong extreme weather events” that year. “Recent science has confirmed the long-established link between climate change and the frequency a…
Household spending takes 5.1% dive as Japanese tighten purse strings after tax hike
Households cut their spending for the first time in almost a year in October as natural disasters disrupted business and the sales tax hike, from 8 percent to 10 percent, prompted consumers to rein i…
Japan's return to commercial whaling brings criticism from conservationists and praise from industry players
Commercial whaling will be resumed only within the country’s exclusive economic zone — or 200 nautical miles from its shores. At its peak in the 1960s, the consumption of whale meat reached as h…