3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (185+ words) Japan Eyes Stronger Regulations over “Dark Pattern” User Interfaces nippon.com - Japan Eyes Stronger Regulations over “Dark Pattern” User Interfaces Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency plans to comprehensively strengthen regulations over “dark patterns,” or website designs and…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (214+ words) Japan Dept. Stores Adapt "Osechi" New Year's Dishes to Youth Trends nippon.com - Japan Dept. Stores Adapt "Osechi" New Year's Dishes to Youth Trends Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japanese department stores have started offering "osechi" traditional New Year's dishes for…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (151+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government proposed Wednesday that the aviation sector be added to a new "employment for skill development" program for foreign workers that will start in April 2027 to replace the technical intern training program. The government…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (164+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his "Ashita no Joe" series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (199+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has begun working with an industry group to take steps against malicious businesses among those that collect used goods for sale at secondhand shops, as the reuse market continues to boom. In early…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (196+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese students earned top scores among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in all three major domains of the OECD Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, for the first time…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (187+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s land ministry will introduce a program to provide low-interest loans to businesses that renovate vacant houses and offer them as rental housing for families with children and low- and moderate-income households, in a move to…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (127+ words) nippon.com - OPINION: Giving Govt Workers Sense of Growth Would Benefit Japan Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--After years of decline, applications for Japan's national civil service examination for career-track positions are showing signs of recovery, with the spring 2026 exam attracting…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (473+ words) Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A major earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in July has caused the cancellation of the highlight of a festival in Yatsushiro, a city in the southwestern Japan prefecture, that dates back to the Edo…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (515+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's emergency bear shooting system was used in a total of 81 cases in 14 of the country's 47 prefectures in the first year after its introduction in September 2025, according to the Environment Ministry. It was used mainly in…...