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Japan’s real wages rise for fourth month, backing BOJ hike

Inflation-adjusted wages rose 1.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from a revised 1.4% gain in the previous month, the labor ministry reported Friday.

Japan real wages in April up for 4th month as firms aim to attract talent

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's real wages in April rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, increasing for the fourth straight month, as companies offered high

Nagoya court recognizes AI-created explicit images as child pornography

The sentence marked the first case in Japan in which the law has been applied to the possession of AI-generated sexual deepfakes.

Major Japanese Firms Boost Wages by Over 5% Again in 2026

Major Japanese companies increased wages by more than 5% for the third successive year in 2026.

Satellite images fuel speculation of Xi visit to North Korea

The imagery on May 30 by satellite firm Vantor appears to show a fenced-off section and a structure being built in Kim Il Sung Square.

Editorial: Japan gov't must confront public anxiety over naphtha shortages amid Mideast war

As the turmoil in the Middle East drags on, concerns have been raised over shortages of naphtha, which is refined from crude oil. While Japanese Prime

Tracking down Ebola survivors in remote mountains to find a cure

The road into Bundibugyo winds through steep green mountains along Uganda’s border with the Congo, where villages cling to hillsides and people have long moved easily between the two countries on foot.

Bring your own plastic: Japan's takeout shops face container, bag shortages

Soaring Costs Stall Redevelopment Projects Across Japan

Rising costs, supply disruptions and labor shortages are forcing revisions to major projects, raising concerns over infrastructure renewal and urban resilience. The post Soaring Costs Stall Redevelopment Projects Across Japan first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

Experts urge Japan to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packages

Many countries require cigarette packages to display images warning of health hazards related to smoking, such as a blackened lung.

Realistic AI-created content to require labels during Japan’s election campaigns

The requirement will apply to videos and images that may be mistaken for those not generated by AI, while those that can be clearly identified as made using AI will be excluded.

Japan's IHI receives first images from observation satellites

Health ministry to give financial aid to organ transplant hospitals

The aid program is designed to reduce cases in which transplants are canceled due to staff shortages, as more people become organ donors.

Australia sues 3M over ’forever chemical’ contamination near military bases

Canberra is seeking damages to recover the cost of managing environmental contamination at 28 military bases from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Shiden Kai WWII fighter recovered from ocean off Kagoshima after 81 years

Developed as a state-of-the-art successor to the AM6 Zero fighter in the later stages of the war, the Shiden Kai boasted high combat power and maneuverability.

Samsung workers accept wage deal that averts chip plant strike

The agreement avoids what could have been a damaging strike for Samsung and the tech industry amid shortages in the memory chip sector.

Japan carmakers squeezed by high aluminum prices, possible shortages

Africa’s business capital is on the brink of financial collapse

Water and power outages are frequent in Johannesburg, and many of the abandoned high-rises in the city center have been appropriated by armed gangs who extract rent from squatters.