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MENTAL HEALTH

The number of suicides by students including college students last year stood at 1,082, increasing for the second consecutive year.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 23, 2026
Japan calls for more support amid rising youth suicides
The white paper emphasized the importance of support aimed at reducing the risks of self-harm among young people.
Children from the Hokagorubi after-school program rehearse for a performance in Chuo Ward, Kobe.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Program helps children with developmental issues through theater
Nabi Ito said that theater can make communication easier for children who struggle with conversation because scripts provide a framework.
A mock bus stop and a waiting room outside the Anki Cafe in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Oct 14, 2026
The bus stop where buses never arrive: Japan offers space for those with dementia
Mock bus stops set up outside facilities for people with dementia can provide them with a place to pause undisturbed.
Members of the government's council to discuss measures to prevent deaths from overwork meet at the health ministry in June.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2026
Workers’ compensation approvals for mental health rose in fiscal 2025
The figure, published in this year’s white paper on measures to prevent 办补谤ō蝉丑颈, marked a record high for the seventh consecutive year.
Less sunlight can trigger seasonal affective disorder by lowering serotonin levels.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2026
For mind and body, Tokyo hopes for brighter October after record run of rain
Lack of sunlight, like what the Kanto region experienced during its record string of rainy days, can cause seasonal affective disorder.
A former prosecutor, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her male boss, holds a news conference in Osaka on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2026
Ex-prosecutor pushes for recognition of PTSD caused by sexual violence
The former prosecutor formed a group to seek recognition of PTSD caused by sexual violence as an injury under criminal law.
Eri Mametsuka, 33, attempted to take her own life when she was 16. She now speaks about suicide prevention and the pressures young people face.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 23, 2026
91AV原创 September surge in student suicides: What are the key drivers?
The increase in the number of young people deciding to take their own lives is particularly alarming given how adult suicide rates are in decline.
Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2026
Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatment face global shortage of participants
The shortage of trial participants risks slowing progress in dementia therapies, Alzheimer’s Disease International warns.
The EU's rules for social media platforms would include a ban on addictive features and push notifications while children sleep.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Sep 18, 2026
Kids and social media: What would change under new EU law
The EU has been pushed to act after evidence has shown children’s physical and mental wellbeing are damaged by social media.
An average of 120 people per day were transported to the hospital in 2025 for acts of self-harm.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 10, 2026
Cases of attempted suicide and self-harm rise for seventh straight year
About 120 people a day were transported to the hospital due to self-injury in 2025, according to the Japan Suicide Countermeasures Promotion Center.
Hitoshi Kikawada, minister for children's policies, on Aug. 15
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2026
Japan to subsidize community efforts to prevent child suicides
The move comes at a time when the number of suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students marked a record high of 538 in 2025.
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, has warned that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to humanity.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2026
When AI does the thinking, what could possibly go wrong?
Bill Gates’ message is simple: “Even under the best circumstances, the transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history.”
As the European Union considers how to protect and empower young people in a digital world, it must resist the impulse to rely solely on a social?media ban for minors.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2026
Social-media age bans won’t make children safer — but this will
A more effective strategy to protect young people would force tech firms to remove addictive features by holding them to product-liability standards—as with most other industries.
Meta policy bars children under 13 from using Facebook or Instagram and permits teenagers to use the platforms with some limits on content.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2026
Settlement requires Meta to check young users’ ages. How will that work?
The owner of Facebook and Instagram recently came to an $18 billion legal settlement with U.S. states that is aimed at curbing children’s use of social media.
Shinji Ito, one of the founders of Tokyo-based Genyukai, a self-help group for people who stutter, talks about the “declaration of people who stutter” that he drafted 50 years ago.
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 31, 2026
After 50 years, spirit of ‘declaration of people who stutter’ lives on
Many who try to cope with symptoms of the speech disorder live their lives with confidence instead of becoming obsessed with trying to find a cure.
Syoutarou Kobayasi took inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock, among other sources, when directing “Lives at Right Angles.”
CULTURE / Film
Aug 30, 2026
Realism and research underpin film with autistic protagonist
Syoutarou Kobayasi reflects on his careful approach to portraying an autistic man’s experience in “Lives at Right Angles.”
Japan has come a long way to change its culture of working long hours. But fresh moves to cut back on overtime limits are prompting some to ask if the nation is backtracking on reforms.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2026
Is Japan backpedaling on its work-style reforms?
Japan will soon stop asking companies to cap employees’ overtime at 45 hours per month, leaving many wondering if it is going back on its work-style reforms.
Meta Platforms' headquarters in Mountain View, California
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2026
Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm
Meta’s up to $18 billion settlement with nearly all U.S. states over social media harm to teenagers has opened a new front in a global government fight to protect children.
In a landmark deal with state attorneys general across the U.S., Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and implement design changes such as limiting the amount of time users under 18 can spend scrolling on its apps.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2026
Kids will be kids, and that’s the biggest risk with Meta’s new safeguards
Guardrails can only work as well as a company’s ability to accurately identify a user’s age, and young people around the world have repeatedly found ways to get past restrictions.
Olivia Konar, joined by other demonstrators, holds a banner with the names of young people who allegedly died due to the impacts of social media, during a protest outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & US Courthouse in Oakland, California, on Aug. 18.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2026
Meta says it’ll pay up to $18 billion in social media claims
Key parts of the deal require Meta Platforms to put new guardrails on its platforms, including restricting how much time youths can scroll.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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