r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

Japan struggles to attract foreign nurses amid staff shortages due to low pay and tough language requirements. Only 8.5% passed the nursing exam last year- “Filipino nurses speak English, so as the yen weakens they go to Europe or the US...even some Japanese nurses want to go to Europe now"

asia.nikkei.com

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38 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Under a new law in Japan, it is a crime for a suspect held by the police to refuse to give them their cell phone password. The first person to be charged with the law is a foreigner

asahi.com

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44 comments

r/japannews • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 17h ago

Source in Comments China Is Learning to Sell Japanese Culture Better Than Japan

thediplomat.com

1.8k Upvotes

245 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Japan Conservative Party member Kitamura proposes "suspending immigration from certain areas if crime rates are high", citing the French riots.

news.yahoo.co.jp

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29 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 JAL reports cyberattack leak of info for 92,000 customers, including passport numbers

news.livedoor.com

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5 comments

r/japannews • u/Tokyometal • 6h ago

Japanese virtual desktop cloud hacked so hard it asks to be banned

theregister.com

48 Upvotes

7 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

Japan steps up measures to stop Halloween gatherings- In addition to Shibuyas "Goodbye Bad Halloween" campaign, Nagoya and Fukuoka will shut down parks and other areas where cosplayers traditionally meet

japantoday.com

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14 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 12h ago

日本語 Japanese consumers tend to avoid food made with ingredients sourced from China due to the country's lax health standards, but an investigation shows Chinese ingredients show up in menu items at several popular chains, including Starbucks, McDonald's, Torikizoku, Isomaru Suisan and Unagi no Senose.

dailyshincho.jp

124 Upvotes

22 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

After a long sting operation, Tokyo police arrested a famous hostess for possession of 0.4 grams of cocaine. Now, and ex-Tokyo cop says a hand gesture she made after being arrested is a gang sign

tokyoreporter.com

1.3k Upvotes

188 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

10 years after son killed by car, Japan father fights smartphone use while driving - The Mainichi

mainichi.jp

112 Upvotes

12 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Japan is making it harder to get student visas, acceptance rate drops from 77% to 65. Acceptance for students from Bangladesh drops from 58% to 3%, for Sri Lanka, 51% to 3%

nationaljobcouncil.com

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0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

日本語 It has been revealed that Germany and France have agreed to exclude Japanese-made cars from the preferential measures for electric vehicles (EVs) that the EU plans to implement. France is reportedly furious because Prime Minister Takaichi skipped the G7 online summit.

nikkan-gendai.com

817 Upvotes

145 comments

r/japannews • u/BigPapaSlut • 7h ago

日本語 A 33-year-old woman who claims to be an employee of a sex shop is involved in the incident of defrauding 200 million yen of crypto assets from a man in his 70s

news.yahoo.co.jp

28 Upvotes

6 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

日本語 Sendai's Mayor Kori spent 66 million yen on 11 business class trips to destinations like Paris and New York from 2023-25, raising questions about wasteful spending. She has affirmed that she will continue flying business class for "security reasons" and to "carefully review materials" while flying.

news.yahoo.co.jp

709 Upvotes

58 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

Famous Japanese manga writer Kobayashi Yoshinori, supporter of princess becoming Emperor, has filed a lawsuit against the new succession law. He argues limiting it to men in royal families violates constitutional ban on "discrimination based on family origin, lineage, or hereditary social status."

mainichi.jp

4.2k Upvotes

145 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Yokohama Doctor arrested for defamation of his former nurse- was so angry she quit he sent a fax to her new hospital falsely accusing her of stealing his clinic's funds and giving drugs to other employees

news.livedoor.com

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0 comments

r/japannews • u/diacewrb • 2h ago

Purported data of GMO clients leaked after ransom denied

asahi.com

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1d ago

日本語 A Japanese rice farmer in Hokkaido is on trial for burning a Pakistani mosque to the ground. He speaks of his "anxiety and remorse" to the court, saying "I watched too many strange videos" online

news.jp

464 Upvotes

61 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Kitakyushu school board recalls 74,000 Hewlett-Packard student tablets after child suffers burning finger

news.livedoor.com

• Upvotes

2 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 11h ago

Japan's new justice minister eager to legalize sole use of maiden names

japantimes.co.jp

26 Upvotes

3 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 34m ago

A Japanese man found 22 million yen ($146,000) on his way home from the hospital on the day he was told he had just two months to live. He spent most of it and was later arrested. In court, he said it felt like “a gift from God.”

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3 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

Some pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong have faced needless uncertainties from Japanese immigration officials while trying to enter the country after completing their prison sentences, detained for hours for questioning or refused entry

japantoday.com

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0 comments

r/japannews • u/Prestigious_Net_8356 • 4h ago

Son of former SFCG boss Kenshi Oshima assassinated in Laos street shooting

tokyoreporter.com

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Japan Self-Defense Force Officer faces disciplinary action for threatening 12-year-old boy into giving him ¥300,000

asahi.com

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/japannews • u/jjrs • 1h ago

日本語 Hacker group's website targeting GMO shut down; possible action taken by US provider; Tokyo Police investigating

news.yahoo.co.jp

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1 comment

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