The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun

01/07/2025

Japan’s National Tax Agency announced that roadside land prices as of Jan. 1, 2025, rose 2.7% on average from the previous year, marking the fourth consecutive year of increases.

The National Tax Agency announced on Tuesday that roadside land prices as of Jan. 1, 2025, rose 2.7% on average from the previous year, with the increase higher than the 2.3% posted in the previous year, marking the fourth consecutive year of increases.

01/07/2025

The Suspension of Thailand’s Prime Minister over a Leaked Phone Call Stirs Familiar Turmoil

BANGKOK (AP) — The Constitutional Court’s suspension of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has raised questions about whether her family’s political comeback last year would end with another downfall.

01/07/2025

Mt. Fuji opened for the summer climbing season on the Yoshida Trail from the Yamanashi Prefecture side.

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01/07/2025

Following the arrest of two municipal elementary school teachers on suspicion of secretly taking indecent photos of girls and sharing them in a group chat, Nagoya will establish a panel to determine whether similar incidents have occurred in the city.

NAGOYA — Following the arrest of a municipal elementary school teacher on suspicion of secretly taking indecent photos of girls and sharing them in a group chat, Nagoya will establish a panel to determine whether similar incidents have occurred in the city, Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa said Monday...

01/07/2025

EDITORIAL: H2A Rocket / Pass Advanced Technology on to Next Generation
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20250701-266869/

01/07/2025

The National Cybersecurity Office, which will serve as the nation’s control tower for an active cyber defense, was established Tuesday.

The National Cybersecurity Office, which will serve as the nation’s control tower for an active cyber defense, was established Tuesday. Part of new cyber-defense-related legislation also went into effect on the day.

01/07/2025

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman after they gained entry to her home in Tokyo by pretending to be water inspectors

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman after gaining access to her home in Tokyo by pretending to be water meter inspectors, according to sources close to investigators.

01/07/2025

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry announced that it had chosen 20 projects to support as they develop technologies to combat dis- and misinformation.

Originator Profile (OP), a digital technology aimed at preventing dis- and misinformation on the internet, was among 20 projects chosen to receive support from the government, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry announced Monday.

01/07/2025

EDITORIAL: Support Ratings for LDP / Can the Party Regain Public’s Trust?
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20250701-266842/

01/07/2025

A man was stabbed to death in the Sunshine 60 building in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, at around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday.

An ambulance was called from Adire law firm in the Sunshine 60 building in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, at around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, with the caller saying that “a male employee was stabbed by a man with something like a knife.”

01/07/2025

TEPCO plans to make proving power to data centers its main source of revenue, as the proliferation of AI is set to ramp up power demand even further.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to formally enter the data center business as early as fiscal 2027, designating the venture as a new core business under its ongoing reconstruction plan, it has been learned.

01/07/2025

Eighteen months on from Noto Peninsula Earthquake, only 60% of disaster public housing plans have been secured as 19,735 victims still live in shelters.

With Monday marking 18 months since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck Ishikawa, Toyama, and Niigata Prefectures, claiming 616 lives, including disaster-related deaths, securing permanent housing for disaster victims remains a pressing issue.