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Students and faculty members of Zen University attend an exchange event in the city of Fukuoka in April.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Sep 7, 2026
Online university draws students with flexibility and training programs
At Kanagawa Prefecture-based Zen University, half of its students are fresh high school graduates.
In a survey of young people in six nations, only around 16% of Japanese respondents were optimistic about the future of their country.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 8, 2026
Young people in Japan express lowest hopes for themselves and their country in poll
Only 16% of Japanese respondents were optimistic about the future of their country, the lowest rate among young people surveyed in six nations.
The Olympia Dream Seto ferry is set to use autonomous navigation technology on a route between the city of Okayama and Shodoshima, an island in Kagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2025
World’s first autonomous passenger ship to start service in Japan
The initiative is aimed at addressing ship crew shortages and reducing accidents caused by human error.
Yohei Sasakawa, honorary chair of Nippon Foundation, attends a news conference at at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2025
Nippon Foundation’s Sasakawa meets head of Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian church is seeking dialogue with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the honorary chair of the foundation says.
Susumu Hyodo, director of the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (right), and others announce a project to analyze seawater temperatures during an event in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2025
Japan to study sea changes using fishers’ data
Japanese catches of major fish species such as salmon and saury have been slumping since around 2010, according to a national fishing industry group.
Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa (center) poses with Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (left) in London on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2025
Nippon Foundation to fund Scottish study of deep-sea ‘dark oxygen’
The discovery is attracting attention worldwide as it challenges the conventional scientific consensus that oxygen is produced solely from light through photosynthesis.
Professor Yasuhiro Kato of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (center right) and Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation (left), hold manganese nodules, a seafloor resource found in the waters surrounding Minamitorishima, Tokyo, on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2024
Over 200 million metric tons of rare metals found near remote Tokyo island
The sea-bottom mineral concentrations abundantly contain rare metals such as cobalt and nickel — both essential for lithium-ion batteries.
Foreign tourists get their photos taken in front of a public toilet that was redesigned as part of a project to transform public toilets into restrooms that can be used comfortably by everyone, during a Tokyo Toilet Shuttle Tour, in Shibuya Ward, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 6, 2024
Flushed with pride, public toilets a tourist draw in Tokyo
Along with taking in temples and cherry blossoms, Tokyo visitors can now join a curated pilgrimage of the city’s more modern wonders: its public toilets.
JAPAN
May 4, 2023
Almost half of young people in Japan have had suicidal thoughts, survey finds
About 56% of those who had suicidal thoughts did not speak to anyone about it, while 12.4% of people said they opened up to friends and 11.7% to their mothers.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2019
78% of older teenagers in Japan anxious about natural disasters, survey says
A majority of the respondents found education about disaster preparedness and related risks helpful in times of disaster.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Jun 26, 2018
Nippon Foundation invests in high school, university Paralympic athletes
The 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo will not only be a significant event for Olympic-caliber athletes in Japan, but it will also provide an opportunity to motivate Paralympic sport athletes.
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.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
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