Japan Today

Japan Today is a digital newspaper located in Tokyo, Japan. It started in September 2000 and offers a variety of content including wire articles, press releases, and images, along with opinion pieces and company profiles, all in English. Japan Today is a brand owned entirely by GPlus Media Co. Ltd., which also runs other online platforms like Gaijinpot.com and RealEstate.co.jp.

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Fireflies in downtown Tokyo - Beautiful hotel garden begins 'hotaru' season event

15 hours ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

Japan likes to mark the passing of the seasons by going out to see the beautiful sights of nature throughout the year. In April, of course, the sakura/cherry blossoms bloom, followed not too long after by the fuji/wisteria. Next on the list of delicate but breathtaking seasonal beauty? Hotaru, which aren’t flowers, but fireflies.
Nissan posts ¥670.9 bil annual net loss

1 day ago | japantoday.com | Kyoko Hasegawa |Tomohiro Osaki

Nissan Motor Co posted an annual net loss of 670.9 billion yen ($4.5 billion) on Tuesday while saying it plans to cut 15 percent of its global workforce and warning about the possible impact of U.S. tariffs. The heavily indebted carmaker, whose mooted merger with Honda collapsed this year, is engaged in an expensive business restructuring plan. "Nissan must prioritize self-improvement with greater urgency and speed," CEO Ivan Espinosa told reporters. "The reality is clear.
Microsoft to lay off about 3% of its workforce

1 day ago | japantoday.com | Matt O'Brien

Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday, its largest mass layoff in more than two years. The tech giant didn't disclose the total amount of lost jobs but it will amount to about 6,000 people. That includes 1,985 workers in its home state of Washington, according to a notice it sent to the state workforce agency Tuesday. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June, the last time it reported its annual headcount.
Krispy Kreme Japan has Pac-Man donuts to celebrate video game star’s 45th birthday

1 day ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

There’s a big birthday in the video game world coming up this month, as May 22 will mark the 45th anniversary of the arcade release of developer Namco’s original Pac-Man arcade game. And while many people celebrate their birthday with cake, this year Pac-Man is one of those cultured individuals who instead will be opting for birthday donuts, specifically Pac-Man donuts, which are being offered by Krispy Kreme Japan.
More than 100 killed in jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso

2 days ago | japantoday.com | Wilson McMakin

An attack by a jihadi group in northern Burkina Faso killed more than 100 people, mostly soldiers, an aid worker and local residents said Monday. The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday, said an aid worker actively involved in dialogues in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit communities. A student from the area said her father was among those killed.
Japanese high school ends tradition of having all students walk 85-kilometer all-night trek

2 days ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

Tochigi Prefecture’s Otawara High School takes its school motto, “Shisso kenjitsu,” very seriously. Roughly translating to “spartan and sturdy,” it embodies the ideals of resilience and determination Otawara High seeks to instill in its students, and perhaps the clearest example of how it puts that philosophy into practice is its annual kyoho event.
Pokemon Sleep’s sleep-promoting eats step into the real world with Japanese nutritionist recipes

2 days ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

The title of "Pokemon Sleep" is simultaneously highly accurate and slightly misleading. Part video game and part wellness app, "Pokemon Sleep" wants to promote healthy sleep habits, which is why players are given a Snorlax, the sleepiest Pokemon species to take care of. But even Snorlax doesn’t sleep for 24 hours a day, and during its waking moments it makes friends with other Pocket Monsters and eats meals that you prepare for it.
Temple in tiny town in Japan transforms into otherworldly beauty on special summer nights

2 days ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

Tokoji Temple, in Gifu Prefecture, has a pretty cool backstory. The legend goes that sometime around the year 1501, a local Zen practitioner was meditating in the mountains when he heard a clap of thunder and saw a dragon rise to the heavens. Using the indisputable logic that any place where a dragon appears must be special, a Zen temple was then founded in the area, which is today part of the Gifu town of Yamagata (not to be confused with Yamagata Prefecture).
Philippines heads to polls with Marcos-Duterte feud center stage

3 days ago | japantoday.com | Cecil Morella |Pam Castro

Millions of Filipinos headed to the polls Monday in a mid-term election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. Long lines were already forming at polling stations across the capital Manila before voting officially began at 7 a.m., AFP journalists saw. The race will decide more than 18,000 posts, from seats in the House of Representatives to hotly contested municipal offices.
Starmer, under pressure from Farage, tightens UK migration rules

3 days ago | japantoday.com | William Schomberg

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new salvo of measures to toughen up Britain's migration system on Sunday, saying many immigrants would have to wait longer before getting the status they need to claim welfare. Starmer's government - which is due to publish plans for new legislation to reduce immigration on Monday - is under pressure to counter the rise in popularity of Nigel Farage's right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK party.