Over half of deepfakes with under-18 victims made by classmates
World 17:16 18/12/2025TOKYO -- More than half of cases reported to Japanese police of sexual deepfakes targeting those aged under 18 were created with the involvement of students from the same schools as the victims, National Police Agency data have shown.
Japan local govts, fishers working to save seaweed forests
World 17:44 17/12/2025TOKYO -- Local governments and fishery operators in Japan have sprung into action after lush "moba" seaweed and seagrass beds throughout the country have turned barren due to rising sea temperatures and overgrazing by fish and shellfish.
16 scam-linked Japanese nationals held in Cambodia
World 17:22 17/12/2025BANGKOK -- Cambodian authorities have taken into custody 16 Japanese nationals for their suspected involvement in so-called special fraud, such as telephone scams, the Japanese Embassy in the Southeast Asian country said Wednesday.
Hokkaido: When Japan means more than Tokyo and Kyoto
World 16:46 17/12/2025Tokyo, Kyoto, temples, neon lights, crowds. For many, Japan is nothing more than that. But in the north, Hokkaido provides an entirely different experience. It is a journey where the sounds of silence, open spaces, and nature take center stage. As travelers around the world look to escape mass tourism, the island stands as a true alternative: a destination where travel still means discovery.
Japan's Space One to launch Kairos rocket February 25
World 18:17 16/12/2025TOKYO -- Japanese startup Space One Co. will launch a Kairos small rocket carrying artificial satellites on February 25 next year after two failed attempts.
Japanese public urged to stay vigilant after quake advisory ends
World 18:10 16/12/2025TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Tuesday called on people to remain prepared for a possible major earthquake and tsunami although the Japan Meteorological Agency's week-long advisory for a potential megaquake in northern and northeastern Japan expired at the end of Monday.
Japan's Diet enacts 18.3-t.-yen extra budget for stimulus package
World 18:10 16/12/2025TOKYO -- The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Tuesday enacted the government's 18.3-trillion-yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2025, which will finance the first comprehensive economic package under the leadership of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Tsukiji market urges tourists to avoid visiting in year-end
World 17:42 15/12/2025TOKYO -- The Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, a popular tourist spot crowded with food shoppers and inbound visitors, has issued an unusual request this month asking tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists there toward the end of the year to avoid causing problems.
Japan's last 2 pandas to return to China in January
World 16:56 15/12/2025TOKYO -- Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, the only giant pandas in Japan, will be returned to China in late January, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday.
Man arrested after 2 stabbed near Fukuoka dome
World 16:55 15/12/2025FUKUOKA -- A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder in an incident in which a man and a woman were attacked near the Mizuho PayPay Dome stadium in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.
Tsunami advisories issued briefly for northern Japan
World 22:35 12/12/2025TOKYO -- Japan issued tsunami advisories for the Pacific coast of Hokkaido and Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures from northern to northeastern Japan after another offshore earthquake shook the regions late Friday morning.
Nearly half of Japanese familiar with loneliness, isolation
World 19:04 12/12/2025TOKYO -- Almost half of Japanese nationals feel familiar with loneliness and isolation, a government survey showed Friday.
