https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-hirakata-3-year-old-bruises-abuse Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T02:00:15.610Z Bruises on 3-year-old's body exceeded 50, Osaka police say https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-taiwan-office-chief-ito Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T02:00:11.879Z Japan's Taiwan office to get new chief as trade talks near signing https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-trust-erosion-data-outage-rebuke Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T02:00:08.186Z NTT Docomo's reliability under strain after data handover, outages and a ministry rebuke https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yakuza-expressway-etc-lawsuit-dismissed-fukuoka Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T00:45:13.900Z Yakuza member's suit over expressway access dismissed in Fukuoka https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/awa-mayor-arrest-deputy-mayor-press-conference Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T00:45:10.610Z Awa mayor arrested over ¥3.5m cable-TV fraud; deputy mayor clashes with reporters https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/jlpt-test-cannot-apply-residency-risk Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-15T00:45:07.065Z Japan's JLPT language test fills up in days, leaving foreign residents unable to apply https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/yasukuni-shrine-online-site-breach Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:49.050Z Yasukuni Shrine site breached; data on about 14,500 users may have leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/supreme-court-upper-house-vote-disparity-unconstitutional Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:45.800Z Top court calls Senate election disparity 'unacceptable,' leaves fix to Diet https://tokyodispatch.com/business/amazon-japan-ftc-commitment-featured-offer Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:43.145Z Japan's antitrust watchdog applies commitment procedure to Amazon Japan over seller pricing https://tokyodispatch.com/business/kadoya-sesame-oil-takeover-battle Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:40.088Z Kadoya Sesame Oil takeover fight draws in Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/vietnamese-suspects-fraud-proceeds-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:36.704Z Two Vietnamese suspects held over ¥500,000 in fraud proceeds https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/manga-theft-buyback-shops-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:30.992Z Man arrested over theft of manga including Kingdom; 3,000 volumes sold to buyback shops https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kobe-school-clubs-abolished-fukumoto Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:28.089Z Kobe ends all junior high school clubs, and its education chief says the old model had already collapsed https://tokyodispatch.com/business/yen-159-intervention-warning Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:25.162Z Yen Falls to Upper 159 Against Dollar as Finance Ministry Warns on Speed https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yokohama-vietnamese-man-killing-rearrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:22.119Z Vietnamese man stabbed to death in Yokohama flat; 24-year-old rearrested https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ehime-university-hospital-alarm-medical-accident Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:19.424Z Ehime University Hospital says nurse ignored heart monitor alarm, leaving patient with severe brain damage https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/father-discipline-bruises-osaka-girl-death Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:15.791Z Father held over 3-year-old's death told police he hit her 'as discipline' https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-group-boss-watanabe-first-trial Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T23:30:07.901Z Trial of 'Luffy' group boss opens at Tokyo District Court https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/reserve-fund-energy-subsidy Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:51.937Z Government to spend ¥650 billion in reserves on winter energy bills https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kabukicho-raid-illegal-bars-arrests Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:49.332Z Tokyo police raid two Kabukicho bars, arrest five over illegal nightlife operations https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aso-rebukes-ishiba-tax-walkout Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:46.962Z Aso Rebukes Ishiba and Three Others Over Tax Bill Walkout https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-wholesale-prices-october-ai-oil Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:42.895Z Wholesale prices climb 7.1% in October as oil and AI demand bite https://tokyodispatch.com/business/sompo-japan-tamahome-fire-insurance-halt Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:38.771Z Sompo Japan to stop new fire insurance sales through Tamahome https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/izumi-pinko-lawsuit-stage-greeting-3 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:33.895Z Film company sues Izumi Pinko over stage-greeting insults https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-lower-house-3 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:30.515Z Consumption tax cut bill clears lower house with funding still unresolved https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-consumption-tax-bill-ldp-walkout Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:25.000Z Four LDP veterans walk out as Takaichi's consumption tax cut bill clears lower house https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-ryukyu-okinawa-status-undetermined Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:20.049Z China presses 'Ryukyu' framing in a push against Japan's security policy https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/abductee-families-resolution-takaichi-rally Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:16.890Z Abductee families adopt resolution demanding all return together as Takaichi looks on https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukui-body-identified-nakada-confinement-murder-probe Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:13.682Z Body found in Fukui mountains identified as woman in confinement case; death by suffocation https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-hirakata-3-year-old-beating-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T22:15:06.495Z Osaka father arrested over beating death of 3-year-old daughter; mother also held https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ginza-fake-cell-tower-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:49.411Z Tokyo police arrest Chinese man over car-mounted fake cell tower in Ginza https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/iwaki-3-year-old-death-mother-police-consultation Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:46.382Z Mother told police of partner's abuse months before 3-year-old's death in Fukushima https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/koizumi-backs-takaichi-ldp-leadership-race Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:40.655Z Koizumi backs Takaichi for re-election, rules out own run https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-gang-leader-first-trial-komae-robbery Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:37.962Z Alleged 'Luffy' gang leader admits helping in four robberies, denies conspiracy in three https://tokyodispatch.com/business/amazon-japan-ftc-improvement-plan Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:34.689Z Amazon Japan drops lowest-price rule for sellers after antitrust probe https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yokohama-yami-baito-robbery-trial-opens Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:26.904Z Yokohama home-invasion robbery trial opens with accused 24-year-old denying fatal-injury charge https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-consumption-tax-bill-upper-house Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:22.666Z Tax-cut bill enters Upper House with Takaichi seeking opposition help https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-onozuka-tax-panel-car-tax-ev Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:19.205Z LDP tax chair wears 'no tax hike' headband while weighing fairer car levies https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/nakamori-kondo-kohaku-gold-screen Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:15.847Z NHK紅白 considers Nakamori Akina and Kondo Masahiko duet; 1989 'gold screen' press conference still raw https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/gmo-hack-karpeles-circus Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:12.014Z Former Mt. Gox CEO says GMO is turning the hack probe into a circus https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yugawara-unsolved-arson-murder-11-years Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:08.710Z Unsolved Yugawara arson-murder still grips a town 11 years on https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/calligraphy-unesco-china-objection Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T21:00:05.983Z Calligraphy Heads to UNESCO List, and China Objects https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hirakata-3-year-old-death-stepping-stool Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T18:15:09.375Z Hirakata father says he made 3-year-old daughter practice stepping stool before fatal assault https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/licence-conversion-test-foreign-drivers-failures Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T17:00:08.871Z Foreign drivers fail Japan's licence conversion test, with no reason given https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hirakata-girl-bruise-march-abuse-death Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T15:45:05.723Z Bruise Seen on Hirakata Girl in March, Months Before Fatal Beating https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nissan-first-half-net-loss-second-year Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T14:30:15.007Z Nissan posts second straight net loss despite narrower deficit https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-gang-leader-watanabe-tokyo-trial Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T13:15:12.450Z Alleged 'Luffy' gang leader denies robbery charges at Tokyo trial https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/suzuki-detained-reporter-quiet-diplomacy Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T12:00:16.877Z Suzuki Says Quiet Appeals, Not Demands, Best Path for Detained Reporter https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/child-seat-rule-extension-height-standard Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T12:00:11.165Z Japan Moves to Extend Child Seat Rule to Some Children Six and Older https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kabukicho-rip-off-raid-arrests Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T10:45:13.527Z Police raid Kabukicho as rip-off losses hit ¥390 million https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-alarm-us-china-russia-summit Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T10:45:08.716Z Japan voices alarm as US, China and Russia move toward summit https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/foreign-residents-national-pension-payment-rate-55-percent Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T09:30:14.772Z Foreign residents' pension payment rate rises to 55%, still far below national figure https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kantei-nuclear-exception-backlash Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T09:30:07.419Z Kantei move to write nuclear exception into security documents stirs backlash https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/yumirink-cuenote-breach-47-million-records Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T08:15:12.627Z Yumirink email breach exposes 47.86 million records, hitting JR Central and @cosme operator https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-china-russia-summit-shenzhen-apec Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T08:15:06.201Z Trump, Xi and Putin to Hold First-Ever Three-Way Summit in Shenzhen https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/osaka-arara-email-leak Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T07:00:19.402Z Osaka says 1.08 million email addresses leaked after vendor hack https://tokyodispatch.com/society/yokota-megumi-classmates-promise-49-years Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T07:00:14.332Z Two classmates keep Megumi Yokota's promise as abduction anniversary nears 50 years https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hirakata-father-stair-training-beating Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T07:00:06.768Z Osaka father held over daughter's death told police he beat her for stopping stair training https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ebina-hit-and-run-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T05:45:17.793Z Man, 49, arrested over hit-and-run deaths of two women in Ebina; denies charge https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hyogo-bond-review-ido Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T05:45:14.680Z Hyogo review finds former governor likely ordered improper bond handling https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/gsdf-intelligence-unit-personal-data Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T05:45:12.319Z Ground Self-Defense Force unit catalogued citizens' politics and sexuality, Kyoto Shimbun says https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yamashina-institute-defamation-ruling-imperial-adoption Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T04:30:22.679Z Court orders imperial relative's foundation to pay damages over email https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/wang-yi-munich-japan-speech Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T04:30:11.798Z Wang Yi's Munich tirade against Japan: a speech for a domestic audience https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/naito-satsuki-tokyo-district-court-8-years Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T04:30:08.061Z Wheelchair influencer gets 8 years for killing 3-month-old daughter; screams 'Why not death?' as court closes https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hirano-hosono-disaster-minister-criticism Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T03:15:18.148Z Novelist says disaster minister 'unfit' over remark on attacks during disasters https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ibayashi-election-law-gift-lottery Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T03:15:13.824Z Japan's transport minister faces new election-law complaint over gift lottery at women's lunch https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kabuki-nakamura-kotaro-second-assault-utaemon-name Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T03:15:05.941Z Kabuki's Nakamura Kotaro arrested again, and the family name is what's at stake https://tokyodispatch.com/society/school-refusal-parents-quitting-jobs Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T02:00:20.649Z When a Child Stops Going to School, a Mother Often Leaves Her Job https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-china-russia-summit-shenzhen Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T02:00:12.515Z US announces first-ever three-way summit with China and Russia in Shenzhen on the 19th https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/okawara-acquittal-court-avoids-scrutiny-lawsuit Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T02:00:08.473Z Court that admitted long detention in Okawara acquittal avoids scrutiny as family sues https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ex-insurance-investigator-arson-fraud-sentence Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T00:45:17.201Z Ex-insurance investigator gets 10 years for arson fraud worth ¥128 million https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-police-arrest-ame-zing-spider-man Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T00:45:11.158Z Tokyo police arrest the Ame-zing Spider-Man, a burglar who struck on rainy days https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hirakata-abuse-reports-coordination-gap Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-14T00:45:07.374Z Five abuse reports, three agencies, one 3-year-old dead in Hirakata https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/shinjuku-tourist-overcharging-complaints-triple Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:46.636Z Shinjuku tourist overcharging complaints triple to about 240 this year https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-seeks-trump-meeting-asean-apec Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:43.572Z Japan Seeks Trump Meeting Before China, Russia Summits https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jr-freight-kyushu-bribery-arrests Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:40.951Z JR Freight staff arrested over bribes tied to inflated construction orders https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hiroshima-nuclear-principles-protest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:37.579Z Hiroshima survivors protest plan to write nuclear exception into Japan's three non-nuclear principles https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/proportional-seat-cut-bill Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:34.134Z Three parties submit bill to cut 31 proportional seats https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tamahome-fire-insurance-fraud-five-years Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:30.510Z Tamahome Suspected of Fire Insurance Fraud for at Least Five Years https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yamasaki-masaki-dies-84 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:27.480Z Yamasaki Masaki, former upper house president and six-term LDP lawmaker, dies at 84 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/supreme-court-prisoner-voting-ruling Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:24.735Z Top court to rule on blanket ban on prisoner voting https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kawasaki-junior-high-suicide-bullying-panel Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:18.446Z Kawasaki school bullying linked to 2019 suicide of junior high boy, panel finds https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/osaka-data-leaks-email-addresses-exposed Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:15.396Z Osaka City and Prefecture Confirm Separate Data Leaks, Over 1 Million Email Addresses Exposed https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/rapidus-2nm-mass-production-late-2027 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:11.670Z Rapidus chief pins 2-nanometer mass production on late 2027 to early 2028 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/aichi-quake-intensity-5-upper-november-8 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T23:30:06.798Z Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes western Aichi, no tsunami warning https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-ishin-medical-copay-over-70s Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:44.645Z LDP, Ishin agree to review medical copay burden for over-70s https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-cash-handout-half-workforce Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:41.830Z PM Takaichi Widens Cash Handout to Over Half of All Workers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nidec-scraps-year-end-shareholders-meeting Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:35.831Z Nidec scraps year-end extraordinary shareholders meeting as audit drags on https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-hirakata-3-year-old-parents-arrested-2 Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:32.793Z Osaka police arrest parents over death of 3-year-old daughter https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/mine-wagashi-robbery-murder-indictment Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:30.163Z Two indicted over robbery-murder at Mine wagashi shop; ¥65 million taken https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ebina-crosswalk-hit-and-run-two-dead Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:27.398Z Two elderly women killed on crosswalk in Ebina; suspected hit-and-run truck found https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/saitama-sexual-deepfake-schools-minors Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:23.892Z Saitama police warn students over sexual deepfakes as under-18 cases pass last year's total https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-reprimand-ishiba-tax-cut-vote-walkout Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:20.316Z LDP to reprimand Ishiba and three others who left tax-cut vote https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/meta-maezawa-scam-ads-tokyo-court Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:17.101Z Tokyo court clears Meta of liability over scam ads using Maezawa's name https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/tokyo-23-wards-minpaku-rules-kita-taito-shinjuku Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:13.639Z All 23 central Tokyo wards now restrict minpaku rentals, with Kita Ward the latest to act https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-taiwan-answer-china-year Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:11.517Z A year after Takaichi's Taiwan answer, the China thaw is nowhere in sight https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-g7-absence-kihara-drinking-denial Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T22:15:07.535Z Kihara denies PM drank before G7, but absence questions persist https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/izumi-pinko-host-lawsuit-humanpictures Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:47.765Z Host says she was the one who bowed to Izumi Pinko as lawsuit widens https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aichi-governor-omura-fifth-term Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:44.963Z Aichi Governor Omura to seek fifth term, betting four terms of results are enough https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shopping-cart-level-crossing-arrest Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:41.882Z Man arrested for throwing shopping cart onto level crossing, halting trains https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/bobby-ologon-chiba-court-guilty-plea Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:38.056Z Bobby Ologon admits nonconsensual sex charge at Chiba court https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/income-linked-payouts-widen-takaichi Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:34.611Z Japan to widen income-linked payouts to over half of working earners https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/giants-fan-club-email-leak Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:29.996Z Yomiuri Giants say 807,030 fan club email addresses leaked after cyberattack https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/toyama-koban-attack-death-penalty Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:26.673Z Prosecutors seek death penalty again in Toyama police box attack case https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/non-nuclear-principles-exception-hibakusha-tanaka Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:24.031Z Hibakusha group head condemns move to add exception to Japan's non-nuclear principles https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nvidia-huang-removal-board Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:21.083Z Nvidia prepares to oust CEO Jensen Huang; board may meet as soon as today https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-us-base-cost-share-300bn Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:17.767Z Japan weighs raising its share of US base costs past ¥300bn a year https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-defense-budget-60-trillion-five-years Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:13.673Z Government weighs ¥60 trillion five-year defense budget, steering clear of big tax rises https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hirakata-kanao-erena-needs-protection Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T21:00:10.457Z Hirakata flagged slain 3-year-old as 'needs protection' but left her at home https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-hirakata-3-year-old-parents-arrested Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T18:45:06.703Z Osaka police arrest father on murder charge and mother over death of 3-year-old daughter https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-assembly-cash-for-posts-hatanaka Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T17:30:06.988Z Former Fukuoka assembly vice speaker says he paid ¥5 million for the post https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-ring-boss-watanabe-tokyo-district-court Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T16:15:05.485Z Alleged 'Luffy' ring boss denies conspiracy in 3 of 7 robberies https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/awa-mayor-arrest-fraud-repair-costs Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T15:00:10.210Z Awa mayor arrested over ¥3.5m repair bill added to city cable TV contract https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-bill-upper-house-scrutiny Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T13:45:11.615Z Tax cut bill clears lower house with benefit details still undefined https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-card-data-unencrypted-breach Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T12:30:06.034Z Muji operator kept card numbers unencrypted to identify MUJI Card holders https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-widens-payout-half-workers Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T12:15:08.411Z Takaichi Widens Cash Payout to Half of Workers, Leaves ¥10 Trillion Funding Open https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-election-law-complaint Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T11:15:16.116Z Japan's new farm minister reported to prosecutors over ¥860,000 camera payments https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jesse-rize-arrest-cocaine-suspicion Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T11:00:09.009Z RIZE drummer's arrest follows jeers at fans days earlier https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-seat-cut-three-party-bloc Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T10:00:09.939Z Three-party bloc abandons consensus, moves to cut 31 Lower House seats https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/japan-dbs-screening-december-volunteers-gaps Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T09:45:06.180Z Japan's DBS screening starts Dec 25, with volunteers and small operators outside the check https://tokyodispatch.com/business/russia-jt-temporary-management Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T08:45:06.739Z Russia Seizes Control of 7 JT Subsidiaries Under Presidential Decree https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hokkaido-shimbun-reporter-russia-detention-one-month Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T08:30:07.621Z A month on, no release for Hokkaido Shimbun reporter held in Russia https://tokyodispatch.com/business/amazon-japan-ftc-commitment-plan Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T07:30:06.322Z Amazon Japan ordered to change marketplace after pricing probe https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/used-bookshops-ai-bulk-orders Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T07:15:05.657Z Mystery bulk orders swamp Japan's used bookshops as AI firms buy up titles for training https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-group-leader-watanabe-trial-death-penalty Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T07:00:06.661Z Prosecutors to weigh death penalty for 'Luffy' group leader as trial opens https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-beer-vote-buying-allegation Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T06:15:05.820Z Japan's farm minister faces vote-buying allegation over 17 beers https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-upper-house Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T06:00:07.512Z Consumption tax cut bill reaches Upper House, funding still unnamed https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-card-numbers-retention-apology Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T05:45:06.293Z Muji parent kept full card numbers until 2021 to identify customers, president apologizes 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https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ishiba-reprimand-upper-house-anger Tokyo Dispatch en 2026-11-13T03:15:07.888Z Ishiba's reprimand draws anger from LDP upper house members