January 17, 2026Chinese Embassy post on Twitter/X: “Why does Japan repeatedly cause trouble and threaten peace?”, sparks a barrage of criticism Japan
January 17, 2026“Takaichi’s snap election is a ‘dark trick’ to avoid being investigated in the Diet about ties to the Unification Church and corporate donations…While the saying ‘strike while the iron is hot’ is true, a third national election in one year and four months is simply too much.” Japan
January 17, 2026Majority of Japanese women in survey regret marrying their husband, but that’s only half the story Japan
January 17, 2026Universal Studios Japan Announces 5th Anniversary Celebration for Super Nintendo World – Inside Universal Japan
January 17, 20266 ministries hold emergency meeting after multiple cell phone videos of violent bullying in Japanese schools appear on social media, resolve to tell social media sites to cooperate in removing all such videos and “defamatory” posts as they appear Japan
January 17, 2026The US attack on Venezuela is a chance to “change Japan” – Prime Minister Takaichi should be replaced and this should be the beginning of breaking away from being a “vassal state of the US” Japan
January 16, 2026Proposal to temporarily reduce consumption tax rate on food to zero emerges in Takaichi administration’s House of Representatives election manifesto Japan
January 16, 20262025 Year in Review: Progress, Tensions, and What Comes Next for South Korea and Japan Japan
