No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down. ( read original story ...)
Sexual deepfakes face first crackdown; Nagoya teacher referred to prosecutors, Indicted
A male elementary school teacher in Nagoya has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly possessing obscene images of children created using generative artificial intelligence, it has been learned. ( read original story ...)
Kagiyama uses mistake by Malinin to lead short program at Grand Prix Final
Yuma Kagiyama has upstaged world champion Ilia Malinin of the United States to lead the men’s short program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Nagoya. ( read original story ...)
Local groups step in over Sapporo travel crunch as Arashi tour, univ. exams coincide
SAPPORO -- Locals here are poised to help students expecting a travel crunch as the Sapporo leg of Japanese idol group Arashi's final tour will be hel･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Police arrest 4 people suspected of ordering series of robberies around Tokyo
Police in Japan have arrested four people in their 20s suspected of being the masterminds behind a robbery that caused the injury of a woman in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, last year. ( read original story ...)
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry join Tokyo lunch with Japan’s former PM Kishida
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry had lunch with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. The pair have been seen together several times since July, ... ( read original story ...)
Grand Green Holiday 2025 at Grand Green Osaka
Aside from being part of the sprawling Champagne Gold Illumination – where some 480,000 LEDs bathe the entire Umekita area in a warm, luminous glow – ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo rejects Beijing’s letter to UN over Japanese premier’s Taiwan remarks
Kazuyuki Yamazaki's Thursday letter responds to China’s latest message to the UN on Monday, in which China’s permanent representative, Fu Cong, raised concerns over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ... ( read original story ...)
Australian defence minister to visit Japan as ‘strategic alignment’ grows
SYDNEY, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to Japan on Saturday to meet his counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, and discuss deepening defence ties, his office said on ... ( read original story ...)
CLI-backed SC Capital starts work on US$600 million first phase of Osaka data centre
The 100MW facility in a prime location will have direct access to robust power infrastructure and major network routes Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)
SC Capital begins construction of 100MW data centre in Nanko island, Osaka
[SINGAPORE] Singapore-based institutional real estate investment management firm SC Capital Partners Group on Friday (Dec 5) began construction of a data centre in Osaka, which has been allocated 100 ... ( read original story ...)
SC Capital Partners breaks ground on 100MW Osaka data centre site
Singapore-based institutional real estate investment management firm SC Capital Partners Group (SCCP) has started construction on a new 100-megawatt (MW) data centre in Osaka, Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan rebukes China’s second UN letter accusing Tokyo of ‘reviving militarism’ as tensions over Taiwan simmer
In the response, Japan’s UN ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki wrote that China’s claims “are inconsistent with the facts, unsubstantiated, and are categorically unacceptable.” ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis-in Japan, Prime Minister Takaichi tries to avoid a ‘Truss shock’
By Tamiyuki Kihara, Leika Kihara and Tom Westbrook TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - As Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was finalising her $137 billion spending plan last month, which in recent weeks has put ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rebuts China’s second letter to UN as spat keeps simmering
China had directed a second missive to the UN complaining about Japan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Shooter of Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe makes first apology
Tetsuya Yamagami said during his trial that he felt '"deeply sorry" towards Abe's widow Akie. ( read original story ...)