3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (55+ words) JIJI PRESS 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 2027, pushing products that reflect current trends in an effort to attract…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (57+ words) JIJI PRESS 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 other user interfaces that lead consumers to make decisions…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (54+ words) JIJI PRESS Japanese Attempted Murder Victim Demands Statute of Limitations Removal Nagoya, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A victim of attempted murder in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2002 and his wife are advocating for the removal of the statute of limitations…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (64+ words) JIJI PRESS (Update 5) 3 Die in Possible Cake Shop Arson in Central Japan Motosu, Gifu Pref., Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--A fire broke out at a cake shop in the city of Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Saturday night, and two bodies…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (62+ words) JIJI PRESS (Update 3) 3 Die in Possible Cake Shop Arson in Central Japan Gifu, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--A fire broke out at a cake shop in the city of Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Saturday night, and two bodies were found…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (62+ words) JIJI PRESS (Update 2) 2 Die in Possible Cake Shop Arson in Central Japan Gifu, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--A fire broke out at a cake shop in the city of Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Saturday night, and two bodies were found…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (65+ words) JIJI PRESS Japan Govt May Fully Cover Local Losses from Consumption Tax Cut Tokyo, Sept. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government is considering a plan for the expected income falls at local governments from a proposed consumption tax cut to be fully…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (65+ words) JIJI PRESS Shelter for Families with Kids Opens after Kumamoto Earthquake Hikawa, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--An evacuation shelter catering to the needs of pregnant women and families with children has been set up in Hikawa, a town in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (64+ words) JIJI PRESS Easy Japanese in Focus as Way to Deliver Info to Foreigners Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--Easy Japanese is in the spotlight as a way to disseminate information to foreigners in Japan, especially at the time of disasters such…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (58+ words) JIJI PRESS Japan to Give Schools More Discretion over Class Hours Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese education ministry plans to give elementary and junior high schools more discretion to determine class hours as part of an overhaul of the…...