https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ex-sumo-kisenosato-arrested-assault-fukui2026-11-010.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/good-smile-company-card-data-leak2026-11-010.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/21b36e4993139c73cbcf.jpgGood Smile Company says card numbers and security codes may have leaked from its online shop https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-proportional-seats-cut-312026-11-010.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d2f4e6a7fd2c94e6eca8.jpgLDP, Ishin and DPFP Back Cutting 31 Lower House Proportional Seats https://tokyodispatch.com/business/toyota-first-half-sales-china-slump-20262026-11-010.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aead8eb9f011c02d8c3c.jpgToyota global sales fall 4% as China slump ends two-year run of first-half gains https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/order-of-culture-2026-miyamoto-soai2026-11-020.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e6fbf2f1655ce35c3e95.jpgMario creator Miyamoto among 8 named to Japan's Order of Culture https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shinjuku-poker-parlor-manager-arrested-illegal-gambling2026-11-020.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6a23bf4a165d20ae4574.jpgShinjuku poker parlor manager arrested over ¥120 million gambling ring https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yoshimura-ishin-31-seat-cut-70-percent2026-11-020.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ab43b6b89c32b3484659.jpgYoshimura puts Ishin's pledge at 70% after three parties agree to cut 31 lower-house seats https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/benefit-one-forestec-breach-saison-tokubai2026-11-020.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6a6fbdc13fdf74819bf1.jpgBenefit One contractor breached, data on 29,465 Saison cardholders exposed https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/north-korea-ballistic-missiles-oct-29-20262026-11-030.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4b8a9472d1dcd4c8ecb5.jpgNorth Korea fires barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/timelesz-inomata-arrest2026-11-030.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3dc6bb3bfb2b2943837f.jpgTimelesz member Inomata Shuto arrested on suspicion of injuring woman https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/gyoza-ohsho-tanaka-acquittal-appeal2026-11-030.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/nuclear-regulator-penalties-hamaoka-seismic-data2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b097e12117cff48eeac8.jpgNuclear regulator to add penalties for false applications after Chubu Electric seismic data falsification https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-data-leaks-260-million-records2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/356fcb197e63beb8ed68.jpgData leaks from unauthorized access reach about 260 million records since April https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/okawara-kakoen-bail-suit-state-defense2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7cb6edac898ad36b7478.jpgState defends judge who denied bail in Ōkawara Kakoen case https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/roppongi-high-school-stabbing-arrest2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/76dd75cf3ac8c3f310f9.jpgGirl arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing classmate at Tokyo metropolitan high school https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/chinese-survey-ship-hateruma-eez2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9e0f3d2348e5aa09c0a9.jpgChinese survey ship operating in Japan's EEZ off Okinawa's Hateruma Island https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/okinawa-marine-drink-driving-arrest-curfew2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9fa55042536a1f6a6871.jpgUS Marine arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in Okinawa during hours of off-base curfew https://tokyodispatch.com/society/doshisha-henoko-education-minister-apology2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6c76d53de2e61f569f59.jpgEducation minister says Doshisha chairman's apology falls short in Okinawa boat death https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ldp-headquarters-attack-trial-opening2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/76dae55c8f18a144432d.jpgMan goes on trial over firebombs at LDP headquarters and crash at PM's office https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kumamoto-base-isolation-world-first-damage2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3ba9f6d8cc3948196f7a.jpgBase-isolated Kumamoto city hall suffered world-first quake damage, report finds https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/newsham-second-island-chain-warning2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/efde79b0df7ba088f351.jpgFormer US Marine attache warns of voices in Washington backing a pullback to the second island chain https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hofu-newborn-body-sea2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cf10a8c34534fa413d18.jpgNewborn's body found floating off Yamaguchi fishing port, police suspect foul play https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/soumu-gmo-blocking-request2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fcc80faa1082b485e4d1.jpgJapan's communications ministry asks internet providers to block attacker site in GMO breach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/cosme-breach-3-million-members2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/27a0ffed06374d6f8fb3.jpg@cosme breach exposes data of about 3 million members https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-denies-bangladesh-worker-deal2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/df510e111c05ba37e0af.jpgJapan denies 100,000-worker Bangladesh deal as policy tightens https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yabumoto-kinshukai-nihon-university-first-interview2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/87225bbae849e776aec9.jpgArrested medical group ex-chairman breaks silence on Nihon University case https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/softbank-suspends-earthquake-alerts-php-flaw2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/84d61501a9ce73244d47.jpgSoftBank suspends earthquake alerts until Oct 26 over PHP flaw https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hitachiota-mayor-nuclear-waste-literature-survey2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dcba52c5611b87559905.jpgHitachiota mayor says town cannot survive without hosting nuclear waste site https://tokyodispatch.com/business/taisei-kajima-maglev-collusion-suspension2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/71d2083ed3cc868a71c4.jpgTaisei and Kajima suspended from bidding for four months over maglev collusion https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/iwai-cosmo-unauthorized-access-1-25-million-shares2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7dc9172d9a8cc1ea12ce.jpgIwai Cosmo chairman apologizes over breach that led to 1.25 million shares traded https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-fx-auto-trading-server-breach2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/85056dbcba3796c31fa4.jpgGMO Internet says FX auto-trading servers breached, account IDs and passwords possibly stolen https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/revised-imperial-house-law-takes-effect2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cf47a759a5291ef550d7.jpgRevised Imperial House Law takes effect, letting princesses stay after marriage https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-us-live-fire-drill-long-range-missile-first-use2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c9895f9dcada37ad5e93.jpgJapan and US hold large live-fire drill, using long-range missile for first time https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yamashita-maiden-name-law-change2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/former-osaka-prosecutor-sexual-assault-hearing2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d46632b566df4f72e624.jpgFormer Osaka top prosecutor to argue innocence at retrial hearing over sexual assault of subordinate https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nidec-nagamori-lawsuit2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a9d28c4e153479e776c0.jpgNidec to sue founder Nagamori and eight former chiefs over accounting scandal https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yamashita-harassment-survey-osaka-prosecutor2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/77138f3b63b2d5ac3eea.jpgJustice Minister says she will publish harassment survey findings in Osaka prosecutor assault case https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tepc-fukushima-evacuees-63-million2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7b887c5ea9b9fbb75810.jpgTokyo court orders TEPCO to pay ¥63 million to Fukushima evacuees, state cleared https://tokyodispatch.com/business/prudential-life-sales-freeze-customer-money2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ae1f0a8e3af499019129.jpgPrudential Life staff took customer money during sales freeze, NHK reports https://tokyodispatch.com/society/shinkansen-active-faults-79-crossings-kumamoto-quake2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d306ea66f4e327f5933.jpg79 Shinkansen points cross active faults, quake shows risk of damage from slippage https://tokyodispatch.com/business/chubu-electric-hamaoka-seismic-understatement2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/832e8b675a65dcbe9816.jpgChubu Electric understated Hamaoka quake ground motion by 10-20%, regulators say https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/okada-resigns-jfa-vice-president2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6de27c887dd583b70a32.jpgOkada quits as JFA vice president, citing 'gap' over World Cup handling https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/vietnam-scam-call-center-arrests2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/74f9c335b3b22ba1619a.jpgSix Japanese arrested over Vietnam-based scam calls; embassy walk-in led police to the site https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-vps-users-backup-power-off-ransomware-deadline2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f14a87d110514365cd19.jpgGMO tells VPS users to back up and switch off PCs before noon attack deadline https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-attacker-published-customer-data2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d5615398f2ce0da7a5f4.jpgGMO confirms attacker published customer data after ransom deadline passed https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-vps-breach-bounty2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d5615398f2ce0da7a5f4.jpgGMO offers $1m bounty for information on hackers behind VPS breach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-cyberattack-customers-threatened2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/501bc20a4387fa28c45f.jpgGMO attack escalates as attackers publish data and threaten customers' PCs https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-fx-breach-customer-data-compensation2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/65d8298b1bf6d50d773e.jpgGMO to weigh extra compensation for customers whose data was posted after FX server breach https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-branch-grant-underreporting2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c306b688dce67843d183.jpgTakebe farm minister's party branch failed to record ¥850,000 in grants to local branches https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/mube-campaign-staff-slush-fund2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f2aab2fd7ed70ba4147.jpgAgriculture Minister Mube's campaign staff pay raises fourth alleged breach https://tokyodispatch.com/business/fsa-inspection-sony-financial-group-sony-life2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3870aa4bc1db2a0c4b5.jpgFSA to inspect Sony Financial Group over ¥2.6bn misconduct at Sony Life https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/disaster-agency-hosono-nankai-trough-launch2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/302305a80299230a1cd2.jpgDisaster agency chief says a megaquake would be a fight for Japan's survival https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/prefectural-assemblies-overseas-trips-no-cap2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/28273c7e7b11c39f4ca4.jpg16 Prefectural Assemblies Sent Lawmakers Abroad With No Cap on Travel Costs https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-app-breach-27-million-members2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1f14c4b9df2a49070722.jpgMUJI app breach may have exposed data of up to 27.26 million members, including people who already quit https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-trust-login-file-exposure2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2de9a21762bf505e2a78.jpgGMO single sign-on stored customer files in public logo area, exposing 45,000 people https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-apology-press-conference2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6611bb59b30a8f42bcb0.jpgGMO's Kumagai apologizes again, this time for his own posts https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hyogo-governor-saito-walks-out-katayama-byelection2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cf1e658e0813544ce92c.jpgHyogo Governor Saito walks out mid-question after ex-deputy Katayama's by-election defeat https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/asahi-shimbun-publishing-recalls-mochizuki-uchida-book2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6b6ca044152d9e59f4c0.jpgAsahi Shimbun Publishing to recall Mochizuki book over errors about a junior-high newspaper's founder https://tokyodispatch.com/society/nara-park-fawn-carcasses2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hosono-funding-report-correction2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c33602b86e2ba2cd7f2a.jpgHosono corrects funding report over offices above legal limit https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/mos-burger-prepaid-card-data-leak2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d4eae8746d449439075b.jpgMos Burger prepaid card data leaks for about 570,000 cards https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/and-st-hd-customer-data-leak2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3178364bd5109f6f64bc.jpgAnd ST HD says data on about 2.5 million customers may have leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/chosei-coal-mine-dna-identification2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9c27300b98227a559e40.jpgDNA tests fail to identify remains from undersea coal mine where 183 died https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tokyo-watch-reseller-tax-free-back-taxes2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d3df64b477e9fcb12eb0.jpgTokyo watch reseller ordered to pay ¥580 million in back taxes over tourist tax-free claims https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-active-cyber-defense-request2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/30e96c598bc9aff6e242.jpgGMO asks government for active cyber defense after breach https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/times-car-data-leak-class-action2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/54b65e019490d240dfcf.jpgTimes Car data leak victims to file class-action suit, lawyers say https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hamaoka-reactors-injunction-rejected-shizuoka-court2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d0336da1b8312c106239.jpgShizuoka court rejects bid to halt Hamaoka reactors, citing idle plants https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/defense-review-panel-tax-rises2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0601e167ba30b1e1e891.jpgDefense review panel leaves room for tax rises to fund spending https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/zeon-vietnam-subsidiary-bribery-indictment2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-two-nationals-spain-train-crash2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/517f309e52b1bc380859.jpgJapan checks on two nationals listed on manifest after Spain train crash https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/germany-gcap-fighter-jet-cooperation2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2f86c6df83227af4bf6d.jpgGermany signals interest in joining Japan-UK-Italy fighter jet program, alarming Tokyo https://tokyodispatch.com/society/guardianship-assistance-fee-yokosuka2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/72e53738ebe8401da65f.jpgA guardianship fee that went from 450,000 to zero to 400,000 to 120,000 to 360,000 yen https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-data-breach-fatigue2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/32043cabd4ffcb9cc220.jpgRepeated data breaches leave Japanese users wary of their own inboxes https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/okinawa-ginowan-stalking-murder-indictment2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9acc82d9ad743bc856f1.jpgMan indicted over killing of ex-girlfriend in Okinawa apartment https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/narita-airport-expropriation-briefing2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3d8fcf994f8fa73752a.jpgNarita Airport holds first expropriation briefing as land talks stall https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-emergency-cyber-package-takaichi2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7dcb310a1ab67c256120.jpgJapan to draw up emergency cyber package next week, Takaichi tells first ministerial meeting https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-desktop-cloud-ransomware-pc-replacement2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/43335a229965f3791803.jpgGMO to replace ransomware-hit customers' PCs as extortion group posts one customer's data https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/discord-public-servers-search-indexing-japan-default2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d018cbd143dad5f2c2d0.jpgDiscord to open public server chats to Google search, with Japan users opted in by default https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/dentori-net-unauthorized-access-shutdown2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ef5bc34a36dbe8dd8808.jpgTrade ministry portal for power and gas operators shut down after unauthorized access https://tokyodispatch.com/society/henoko-boat-accident-family-meeting2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d803e39f50ff3ae653e6.jpgBereaved father cuts short meeting with boat operator over Nago accident answers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gmo-kumagai-criminal-complaint-threat2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/be8f1e9153d48a505d62.jpgGMO chief threatens criminal complaints over leaked data as posts draw scrutiny https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-elderly-work-post-backlash2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/36fe01e10f8f3ebd82bc.jpgKishida's 'work with purpose' post on older Japanese draws anger during G7 absence row https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/matt-sexual-assault-complaints-tokyo-police2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c2c2fdee18bb353c7063.jpgMultiple complaints filed with Tokyo police over sexual assault allegations against TV personality Matt https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/chudo-reform-alliance-subsidy-one-lawmaker2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3cf411c0cdee2de084e5.jpgOne-lawmaker party set to collect ¥2.9bn in subsidies as it winds down https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aso-faction-party-funds-2bn2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/792618962247b5a16c3c.jpgAso faction raised about ¥2bn at parties over 18 years, the only LDP faction to survive the funding scandal https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-farm-minister-grant-gap2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6e96941aff73191685f2.jpgFarm minister's ¥850,000 in unrecorded grants draws calls for a fuller accounting https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-farm-minister-election-law-allegations2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d3d3ae4ad3d5540e6fac.jpgJapan's new farm minister faces two election-law allegations on top of a ¥30m slush-fund claim https://tokyodispatch.com/society/doshisha-henoko-capsizing-chairman-press-conference2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/95f4d07c754f2c0b9fa5.jpgDoshisha chairman admits 'problem' with neutrality in peace program after boat capsizing https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-customer-data-exposed-nine-years2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7b5cae893c153e2f8253.jpgGMO unit's customer data was exposed to outside access for nearly nine years https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/han-hak-ja-bail-revoked-unification-church2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/551a865e86cb7a2f99d9.jpgCourt revokes bail for Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja after hospital trips https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/koizumi-non-nuclear-principles-debate2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ecd68431f0704b73f634.jpgDefense minister says Japan must build space to debate revising non-nuclear principles https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/russia-hokkaido-shimbun-reporter-detained2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d83bbc02629d475b58a.jpgRussia detains Hokkaido Shimbun reporter on spying suspicion; Moscow court orders two-month hold https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/sagawa-express-data-breach-53-million2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3684667761a2e30317bf.jpgSagawa Express says up to 53 million personal data records may have leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/marine-indicted-naha-robbery-murder2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/585ef577b6eb30ff6c56.jpgUS Marine, 20, indicted for robbery-murder in Naha https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-hacker-group-publishes-user-data2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fca4170700f350bada7f.jpgGMO hacker group publishes user data after ransom demand refused https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/highly-skilled-professional-visa-arrests2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-navy-coast-guard-osumi-strait-first-announcement2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b0c62a3b0c583c782976.jpgChinese navy and coast guard ships cross Osumi Strait together, defense ministry says https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/so-net-member-data-breach2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9ba84ecb8bfa7c7b7101.jpgSo-net breach exposes data on about 2.59 million members, plus email passwords https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/jal-jta-booking-data-breach-amadeus2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9a799d5d3afda4930d98.jpgJAL and JTA booking data exposed after breach at Spanish system provider https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/japan-tax-refund-system-tourists-november-20262026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9a00f4e4945169368fa2.jpgJapan ends instant tax-free checkout for tourists, shifting the work to airport refund counters https://tokyodispatch.com/society/foreign-births-record-high-municipal-share2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/290d54bd3ee787b7ae83.jpgForeign-born babies hit record high as some towns pass 10% of births https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kurdish-detainee-death-lawsuit2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4c910768cccb2767d914.jpgFamily of Kurdish man who died in police custody sues Tokyo and others for damages https://tokyodispatch.com/society/sennan-school-board-suicide-review2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9960f06d761cb0b769a5.jpgSennan school board admits 'grave negligence' over 2022 suicide of 13-year-old boy https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/go-meijin-2026-game-7-day-22026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2ee2224a11c02e6574ac.jpgMeijin decider turns into an endgame grind as AI favors Iyama https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-breach-news-conference2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e49a67797a97724cc874.jpgGMO chief says breach response left 'no room' to hold a news conference sooner https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kaminoseki-interim-storage-plan-stalls2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cd38f95a8e13b82b6afb.jpgKaminoseki nuclear storage plan stalls as nearby towns ask why Kansai Electric's waste is their problem https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-tax-cut-bill-questioning-nov62026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/472bf16bbced282f9b72.jpgTakaichi to face questions on tax-cut bill Nov 6 as LDP pushes for same-day passage https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-official-arrested-bid-leak2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5291e858afe1b5c7d4ae.jpgKawasaki city manager arrested over alleged leak of bid pricing to painters' group https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/judo-club-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-kobe2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/08e92fb20f93e1bb436a.jpgFormer student sues ex-teacher over decade of sexual abuse in judo club https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/white-taxi-arrests-tourist-sites2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/mube-political-funding-false-reporting2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e4705e787ffd3adb4840.jpgAgriculture Minister Mube's group failed to report over ¥30m in donations, professor says law broken https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/teacher-tokyo-court-student-photos-threat2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e9ac4db17916e0894019.jpgTeacher tells Tokyo court he 'fell in love' with student, then threatened to expose photos when she tried to end it https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nojima-online-breach-7-million-members2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6ac5b920980261441577.jpgNojima Online halts service after breach exposes data on about 7 million members https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/arara-message-breach-77-million-email-addresses2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f0822efa019470e57a55.jpgArara Message breach spreads to client servers, with up to 77 million email addresses exposed https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gmo-kumagai-governance-breach-scrutiny2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a6c520e6b6d07e085c20.jpgGMO president shared a stage with the attacker, expert says, as breach scrutiny mounts https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kawaii-lab-idols-x-hiatus2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4efca51602dd2d832fdb.jpgKAWAII LAB. pulls all its idols off X, saying the platform has changed https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kuramoto-so-furano-farewell2026-11-040.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/ayane-suzuki-hiatus2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/10db6ada994bb6535eda.jpgEx-Nogizaka46 member Ayane Suzuki halts work, citing continuing ill health https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/fujigaya-taisuke-car-collision-apology2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3d159b8e824f165329c.jpgKis-My-Ft2's Taisuke Fujigaya apologizes after car collision in Setagaya https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/masahiko-akuta-alpha-agency-obituary2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7a396ee60875ad719443.jpgPlaywright and actor Masahiko Akuta, who founded Alpha Agency, dies at 87 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/sanrio-hello-kitty-vivant-collaboration-cancelled2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a496ce905aa64542cec2.jpgSanrio pulls Hello Kitty's Vivant tie-in goods after China torture-scene backlash https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kawaguchi-haruna-itakura-ko-marriage-pregnancy2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fbd356a512f392a6dae5.jpgKawaguchi Haruna and Japan defender Itakura Ko marry, announce first pregnancy https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/ohno-satoshi-solo-tour-fan-club2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/76d974bc7acf8642f915.jpgOhno Satoshi starts solo tour as 30,000-yen fan club draws scrutiny https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/nishino-akihiro-apology-izumi-pinko-lawsuit2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bace32fc02c5d175ddb5.jpgNishino Akihiro apologizes over past remarks about Timedown Atsushi, days after Izumi Pinko lawsuit https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/matt-non-consensual-sex-accusation-saga-ng-list2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/091011b554fd06f1408a.jpgMatt accused of non-consensual sex as two women come forward https://tokyodispatch.com/business/falcon-yamato-chairman-exit2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f3e18612b878345bf6a.jpgUS fund Falcon demands Yamato Holdings chairman step down https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/giants-14-year-old-draft-seki2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/04741e05e589f9d59a9c.jpgGiants draft 14-year-old, then plan a pro life around high school https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/oda-mlb-pledge-tazawa-rule2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/456056d9fe2853470973.jpgOda's MLB pledge revives debate over the rule Japan scrapped https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/x-league-nishimura-rules-review-obic-withdrawal2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3a26b12fcd7c8049abb7.jpgX League chief vows full rules review after Obic pulls out of season https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/longas-sea-documentary-indonesia-japan2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/10e3a761e00e9cfb7e8c.jpgDocumentary 'Longa's Sea' Reopens an Unfinished War Between Japan and Indonesia https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/sushi-apprenticeship-debate-food-poisoning2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/41196cc0905293e6c8c5.jpgA food poisoning case at a summer festival reopens Japan's argument over whether sushi chefs need 10 years of training https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/masahiko-akutsu-dies-802026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/55258267e2a47c94c93c.jpgPlaywright Masahiko Akutsu, debater in Mishima showdown, dies at 80 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/whistleblower-transfer-osaka-tokyo-securities2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3a630cd477a6f9fd0051.jpgHe reported a bank pushing risky products on borrowers. Days later he was moved from Osaka to Tokyo https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tv-asahi-murakami-stake-5-percent2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce453282e74e177f210c.jpgMurakami-linked investor lifts TV Asahi stake to 5.06% https://tokyodispatch.com/business/fender-stratocaster-copyright-yamaha-warning2026-11-040.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f015fd8c5c5831fd6c86.jpgGerman court rules for Fender on Stratocaster body shape, and Yamaha gets a warning letter https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-post-ugx-cyberattack2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b178f8853fe7d2b48565.jpgCyberattack on contractor's system halts part of Japan Post's overseas delivery service UGX https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/atsube-donation-report2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f093d74a4f331210639e.jpgJapan's farm minister says he will 'handle properly' report of illegal donations https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/yamanashi-fuji-booking-data-leak2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b2d4e2dcce225d17d427.jpgFuji climbers' data may have leaked after breach at booking vendor, Yamanashi says https://tokyodispatch.com/society/nagasaki-board-failed-to-report-abuse-complaint2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3ce2129bae6af5a54cf.jpgNagasaki board did not report student's abuse complaint to police https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-official-arrest-oversight-gap2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8e33f550b37784db6584.jpgKawasaki admits it could not track official arrested over bid-rigging leak https://tokyodispatch.com/society/henoko-boat-operator-civilian-passengers2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-conservative-party-mogi-resigns-cervical-cancer-cold-remark2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b86b9aee9cb61240c876.jpgJapan Conservative Party lawmaker quits executive board over "cervical cancer is part of a cold" street speech https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-city-hall-search-bid-rigging2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ransomware-japan-239-cases-20262026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/14d6bdb05573f2ba3b04.jpgRansomware hits 239 Japanese firms in 10 months, 2.5 times the 2021 total https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-cop31-absence2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ntt-shimada-blocking-legislation2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3120edf29604a22ebd06.jpgNTT chief calls for law letting carriers cut off attackers' sites https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-elderly-medical-costs-30-percent2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/662c7f01a68d66b4bd20.jpgFinance Ministry calls for 30% cap on elderly patients' share of medical costs https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-governor-marines-guam-transfer2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f5c4dbe47c4f757781a4.jpgOkinawa governor says moving Marines abroad is the way to stop crimes repeating https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/white-taxi-arrest-tokyo-tourists2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/suzuki-quiet-diplomacy-hokkaido-shimbun-reporter2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4f82f0c62e7fd95b251b.jpgSuzuki backs Tokyo's silence on detained Hokkaido Shimbun reporter https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/matt-line-messages-complaints2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f15c21726a309073c997.jpgPolice complaints against Matt cite LINE messages that point to a sexual encounter, Bunshun reports https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kyoto-court-acquits-ex-yakuza-executive-gyoza-murder-dna-cigarettes2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7d9111c70e0404e0a3ce.jpgCigarette DNA matched the defendant. A Kyoto court still acquitted him of the gyoza chain president's murder. https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kizuna-holdings-bankruptcy-osaka-welfare-fraud2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a35d71bf94293a15b249.jpgOsaka welfare group that hired disabled users, then returned them to services, goes bankrupt with ¥28.9bn in debt https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/disaster-agency-hosono-emergency-stockpile-request2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/37cecc28a94a2d405b6c.jpgDisaster agency opens with a plea to households: stock three days, ideally a week https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/gsdf-intelligence-unit-covert-citizen-files2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9e4ec8dc06f3a6ebaeaa.jpgGround Self-Defense Force intelligence unit gathered citizens' beliefs under cover, ex-members say https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kochi-facility-abuse-report2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/64a53afc690f136aad80.jpgReport finds failures in supervision at Kochi facility where disabled resident died https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kudo-kai-shiomi-debt-arrest2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a31ed1b0152bdc01c368.jpgSenior Kudo-kai executive arrested over alleged debt write-off https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagasaki-special-needs-school-abuse-report2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/pakistani-group-white-taxi-arrest2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/21b910366535fcca0c43.jpgSix Pakistanis arrested over unlicensed sightseeing taxis to Arashiyama and Himeji Castle https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-arrest-abduction-11-year-old2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c550f6758a9b62f260b4.jpgMan arrested over abduction and sex with 11-year-old girl; suspect says he thought she was 19 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kanto-koshin-heavy-rain-typhoon-31-november-20262026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1e74f2a827dc5fd058b9.jpgJapan Meteorological Agency warns of warning-level rain in Kanto-Koshin as Typhoon No. 31 heads north https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/pachinko-certification-body-former-head-arrested2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-vivant-nhk-kohaku-criticism2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fc593f44fae475efcb64.jpgChina's criticism of Japan widens from VIVANT to NHK's year-end music show https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ishiba-short-video-politics-ishibashi-tanzan2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/18dc39af2102e52207b7.jpgIshiba calls short-video politics "very frightening" in magazine interview https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/nara-governor-race-ldp-ishin2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/89a1a8a69a6e93ab7b17.jpgNara governor's race could pit LDP against coalition partner Ishin https://tokyodispatch.com/society/akita-bear-alert-extended-habituation2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3a89670635ae7f6c1da3.jpgAkita extends bear alert as experts warn bears are losing their fear of people https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hiroshima-manbiki-g-men-guard-arrested-shoplifting-boot2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8c59408bd389f540700f.jpgStore's own anti-shoplifting guard arrested for stealing a single rubber boot https://tokyodispatch.com/business/ana-airdo-solaseed-wholly-owned-subsidiaries2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8a0cf78996232d6a0259.jpgANA to make Air Do and Solaseed Air wholly owned subsidiaries https://tokyodispatch.com/business/fair-trade-commission-cooking-equipment-subcontracting-warning2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dc12db1418c3fd1b30dd.jpgJapan's fair trade watchdog issues warning to major cooking equipment maker over unpaid subcontractor fees https://tokyodispatch.com/society/matsue-school-lunch-histamine-poisoning2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/94af43a3f913f496a27b.jpgHistamine in grilled fish sickens about 300 at four Matsue schools https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/todai-president-selection-details2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/328faee19e195351e810.jpgUniversity of Tokyo picked new president with 14 of 15 votes, selection minutes show https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/cabinet-office-poll-prices-top-concern-fourth-year2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a7eaa5deff48678b17ab.jpgPrices top Japanese voters' wish list for government for fourth straight year, Cabinet Office poll finds https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/aleph-cult-surveillance-extension2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5187fce1e57bd9ab20d6.jpgJapan's public security agency seeks to extend surveillance of AUM successor groups https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/constitution-80th-anniversary-hussey-preamble2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6ddcf0508314f0551684.jpgEighty years after promulgation, the pacifist preamble's author is back in focus https://tokyodispatch.com/business/ana-shizuoka-airport-withdrawal2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/316e52be60e4e9257f71.jpgANA quits Shizuoka after 17 years of losses, leaving a region's airport to face the fallout https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kagoshima-suzuyama-sumo-ends2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4b232d86fe839b520ff7.jpgA 300-year-old sumo festival in Kagoshima will end next year https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/osaka-arara-email-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f1be46d03bd621971b6b.jpgOsaka says personal data may have leaked through hacked email service https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nisshin-hit-and-run-arrest-792026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d1c3944669f3bdb86abc.jpg79-year-old woman arrested over hit-and-run that injured dog walker in Nisshin https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/tamaki-okinawa-non-nuclear-rally2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a97bb6f863282d1a7d76.jpgDenny Tamaki, voted out in Okinawa, warns scrapping non-nuclear principles would bring war's fear back https://tokyodispatch.com/society/itai-itai-last-plaintiff-takagi-dies2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/sony-life-data-breach-385000-records2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ec75c47e4846d0f65d69.jpgSony Life reports breach of about 385,000 customer records https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ana-amadeus-booking-data-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/82fe2c1a87606f11328c.jpgANA says booking data accessed without authorization through same vendor as JAL https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/php-vulnerability-municipal-websites-offline2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5f4e21a918d511213ae2.jpg31 Municipalities Keep Websites Offline Over PHP Flaw as Small Towns Struggle to Patch https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/club-tourism-data-breach-emergency-contacts2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8a6c517694ea8c34f760.jpgClub Tourism breach may have exposed data on 4.32 million members, including emergency contacts https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gmo-kumagai-press-conference-vulnerability-governance2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/714faa6667bdbf559d5e.jpgGMO chief says vulnerability warning went unreported to him as group faces questions over hack https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gmo-kumagai-jacket-button-press-conference2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/65d8298b1bf6d50d773e.jpgGMO chief scolds executive over open jacket button at data-leak press conference https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tsukishima-island-four-residents-interview2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0ed88760e5bd64d1dce7.jpgFour Residents Left on a Kyushu Island Where Almost Everyone Is a Tsukishima or a Kondo https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tsukishima-empty-homes-four-residents2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2eaf974796546f3001bd.jpgFour Residents, a Shuttered School and a Sea of Empty Homes on a Small Island Off Miyazaki https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tsukishima-four-residents-miyazaki2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/09ec052caafb5ff21d19.jpgFour People and No Ferry: The Island Most Miyazaki Residents Cannot Place https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/smart-ex-data-breach-170000-users2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/88830574d6290b781472.jpgSmart EX breach exposes data of about 170,000 Shinkansen booking users https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/tokyo-university-enzyme-plastic-ocean-degradation2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4fa0a75a294a42bdf460.jpgUniversity of Tokyo team develops plastic with enzymes built in to speed breakdown at sea https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-nursing-care-insurance-review-financial-income2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/33ccf56ee53b75e4b111.jpgJapan begins review of elder care costs, eyeing income from financial assets https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/dubai-fraud-suspects-arrested2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/oita-university-professor-breach-of-trust-arrest2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kumamoto-quake-three-months-shelters-aeon2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/71c6bab1f7b47e59524b.jpgThree months after Kumamoto quake, more than 1,000 still in shelters https://tokyodispatch.com/society/henoko-capsize-family-meets-captain-association2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nabari-wine-retrial-glue-test2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e274765fec7949935591.jpgNagoya court orders glue analysis in 65-year-old Nabari wine poisoning retrial bid https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-extortion-site-domain-suspended2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2b7d51d53b56ee17803a.jpgExtortion site tied to GMO hack goes dark after domain suspension https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-approval-money-politics-survey2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c26e08220c17421e15f8.jpgVoters souring on Takaichi point to money politics, survey finds https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/koizumi-hegseth-defense-china-alignment2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c6bb1477a251292e10d2.jpgKoizumi and Hegseth align on defense buildup aimed at China https://tokyodispatch.com/society/jr-west-hanwa-line-station-pass2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c4b0bd71628bceeada9b.jpgDriver's dozing, then a failed backup: JR West train skips station on Osaka line https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kyoto-park-closure-appeal-school-lunch-delay2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2b77cac1cc61080bc6c2.jpgKyoto appeals ruling that scrapped park for school lunch center https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hokkaido-university-union-survey-job-change2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f644c5e49127b752009c.jpgSix in ten Hokkaido University faculty have considered leaving, union survey finds https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jr-central-maglev-shizuoka-start-20272026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1cae01316c475a32ab6d.jpgJR Central says maglev work in Shizuoka can start after March 2027 without delaying the line https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/saitama-governor-gmo-cloud-breach-accountability2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/20653854dedae3b7f345.jpgSaitama governor tells GMO to answer for cloud breach https://tokyodispatch.com/society/care-customer-harassment-survey2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6ba618e7803de41728b9.jpgOnly 4 in 10 care providers have a procedure for the first hours of customer harassment https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hiroshima-ashes-name-error-returned2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1c8c7d5dcb546318e1c1.jpgHiroshima returns A-bomb victim's ashes after a clerical error hid his name for decades https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/japan-anime-awards-2027-creators2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2ab757ce929de17baffe.jpgJapan's animation industry plans a new award for the people who draw, not the properties they adapt https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/bocchi-the-rock-prequel-film-20272026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/adf66624ec286fc633a1.jpgBocchi the Rock! Gets a Prequel Film, and Fans Are Already Crying https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gifu-sake-brewer-sake-rice-prices2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6f7ea23603b999980b25.jpgGifu brewer pays 1.5 times more for sake rice as farmers switch to table rice https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-mayor-race-rerun2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/64ef83466a25c185550d.jpgFukuoka mayoral race with 13 candidates could end in a rerun https://tokyodispatch.com/business/rice-prices-fall-record-surplus-bento-chain2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ac0d3f47a69f5fca8ad1.jpgRice prices fall as Japan's largest-ever surplus piles up, and a bento chain cuts the upsize charge https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hamazaki-hong-kong-drugged-drink2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b30b8c743d1cb9e82804.jpgFormer Japanese adult-film actress hospitalized in Hong Kong after suspected drugged drink https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-cosmetic-clinic-levy-doctor-training2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/92d89c7b3d51ced0625c.jpgFinance Ministry proposes levies on cosmetic clinics to fund doctor training https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tsukuba-reiwa-peasant-uprising-tractor-demo2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bccb22004dccd975da67.jpgFarmers march in Tsukuba under 'Reiwa peasant uprising' banner https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-ishin-defense-documents-first-meeting2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-defense-industry-strategy-koizumi2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b6d801831ff4849d3713.jpgJapan to draw up defense industry strategy by year-end, Koizumi says https://tokyodispatch.com/society/typhoon-in-fa-kanto-rain-unstable-air2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nakano-broadway-watch-returned-by-mail2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/68e65555ce1ab90e7ae8.jpgThief mails 46 million-yen watch back to Tokyo store with note saying "I'm sorry" https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/tamaki-dpfp-tax-cut-bill2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f011771e3eeb95cd7a1e.jpgTamaki says DPFP cannot back tax-cut bill as drafted https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hokkaido-bar-federation-statement-detained-reporter2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8c0afb3b7e01a088af37.jpgHokkaido bar federation demands release of reporter held by Russia https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tobu-third-party-panel-first-meeting2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f98a8c16adfeb385e1eb.jpgTobu holds first meeting of third-party panel on track worker deaths https://tokyodispatch.com/business/inflation-two-months-shoppers-virtuous-cycle2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b4e5fd800cb0bf96443b.jpgTwo months of reporting on inflation finds shoppers who cannot opt out and a wage-price cycle still out of reach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/marui-securitize-japan-data-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/08e22a78453b48eb9b4a.jpgMarui Group says data on up to 9,086 digital bond applicants leaked after contractor breach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-data-leaks-suspicious-calls2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2522c7ee3eaa8cf28845.jpgAfter the Data Leaks, a Stranger's Voice on the Answering Machine Knows Your Name https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-trump-cards-video-20182026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4a3e95da7688a82c93aa.jpgVideo from 2018 shows Takaichi calling Trump playing cards 'the lowest level' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-government-us-midterms-trump-diplomacy-concern2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/035bad8ab5fa637b46dc.jpgTokyo braces for a less predictable Trump after US midterms https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/proportional-seat-cut-31-bill2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c261093f58a1d4731bcf.jpgThree parties move to draft bill cutting 31 proportional seats and merging two regional blocs https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shinjuku-choking-robbery-arrests-toyoko2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4ddd917f3670d738dc6b.jpgTwo arrested after man choked, robbed near Shinjuku Station; police link suspects to Kabukicho's "Toyo" https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kaji-tenth-arrest-setagaya-robbery-sexual-assault2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aa5941caafa11246555b.jpgMan arrested for 10th time over Setagaya break-in, robbery and sexual assault https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shinjuku-toyoko-robbery-arrests2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8739f75c7f9d7d7b187a.jpgTwo arrested over Shinjuku robbery; third suspect still at large https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-helicopter-neighbours2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/14469825c8b90feb255b.jpgGMO's Kumagai weeps over breach as neighbours describe helicopter noise and champagne parties https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/kono-ai-extractive-innovation-wages2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/71de86c6dbf81a512dd9.jpgEconomist warns AI could become "extractive innovation" as wages lag productivity https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jal-komatsu-flight-cuts-shinkansen2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/666d69f8f3d3509343ff.jpgJAL to cut Haneda-Komatsu flights, conceding a domestic route to the shinkansen https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-domestic-defense-ai-sovereignty-gap2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a4bc6841889fec36af5f.jpgJapan's push for domestic defense AI runs into a sovereignty gap https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-drone-defense-shield-ai-vbat2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0b27bfb5846b54c97c6d.jpgJapan's drone defense push leans on foreign suppliers as Shield AI's V-BAT joins the fleet https://tokyodispatch.com/society/nagoya-school-class-photos-cancelled2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6c7abe6b1fb06ea10197.jpgNagoya school scraps class photos, and parents want the ritual back https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-second-child-record-low-meiji-yasuda2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/045492df9da21f688f5f.jpgShare of parents wanting a second child falls to record low of 28.2% https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/mio-mercury-first-images2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/119e08f5229f96c39f6b.jpgJapan's Mercury probe to take first images next spring after eight-year voyage https://tokyodispatch.com/business/customer-harassment-measures-legal-duty-miyazaki2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b6fca4cd5fafbc97fff9.jpgCustomer harassment measures become a legal duty, but nothing punishes firms that ignore it https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-seat-cut-three-party-deal2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kobe-sannomiya-crash-psychiatric-evaluation2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a98dd3956a81b7b8dfaf.jpgKobe prosecutors begin psychiatric evaluation of driver in fatal crossing crash https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-vps-leak-site-warning2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1819968c741dd7662ae8.jpgGMO warns users not to open attackers' leak site, says visitors' data is being harvested https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/bandai-namco-gundam-base-members-email-leak-yumirink2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b93298f2bc02a4347edb.jpgBandai Namco says 346,247 email addresses leaked from Gundam Base points service https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/tamaki-kyiv-drones-defense-budget2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/93466e8901186bb8c4d3.jpgTamaki returns from Kyiv with a defense argument: send half the budget to drones https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-selfie-apology-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0cc235568d15621c1706.jpgGMO chief apologizes for smiling selfies during breach crisis, but won't delete them https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ota-board-education-parent-harassment-guidelines2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b66b578fc564d5a1737f.jpgGunma city schools get lawyer backup to handle parent harassment https://tokyodispatch.com/society/shizuoka-school-librarian-cuts2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a61ca2a9fa9085873d26.jpgShizuoka to cut school librarian days, prompting fears over children's reading access https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-press-conference-breach-response2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jr-central-linear-cost-increase2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/13f2aeda548db483ce13.jpgJR Central to raise linear maglev cost estimate again, past ¥11 trillion https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/kodansha-spain-manga-artists2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/53a86ac0b5e584bde0ca.jpgKodansha Looks to Spain for Its Next Manga Artists https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-data-breaches-ai-agents-subsidiaries-kpmg-sawada2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cc60710bf8fd686db1ac.jpgBreaches keep coming, and a security expert points to unmanaged AI agents and subsidiaries https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/dennys-app-breach-migration-credentials2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c90ad70ffeb4670814e5.jpgDenny's Japan app breached as migration flaw let outsiders create credentials https://tokyodispatch.com/society/typhoon-in-fa-ogasawara-kanto-rain2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a023e35dc4a2b221d2a9.jpgTyphoon In-fa to near Ogasawara islands Thursday; Kanto faces warning-level rain at morning commute https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-vivant-japanese-pop-culture-political-target2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f7cefa3ed62427e7a03.jpgChina Turns on 'VIVANT' as Japanese Pop Culture Becomes a Political Target https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-minami-vietnamese-drug-raids2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a392de1765045058ba51.jpgVietnamese man's death leads Osaka police to two drug hubs in Minami https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/aichi-car-theft-drop-middle-east-routes2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/86814d79d25c5f66f86e.jpgCar theft plunges in Aichi as Middle East turmoil disrupts smuggling routes https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hadano-bear-released-returned-killed2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f71229f7e950211a7133.jpgBear shot after return to Hadano splits residents who first thanked city https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/child-seat-bike-age-limit-review2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/japan-police-agency-fraud-account-data-centralised2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/085145b7cdb2eafedb92.jpgJapan's police agency to pool fraud-account data from all 47 prefectures https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nakano-broadway-watch-theft-returned-lawyer2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/38d86edb6140d5359243.jpgReturned watch and apology letter may not erase theft charge, lawyer says https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kono-denies-military-dogs-committee2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0f69d6098930c73b6644.jpgKono flatly denies plan for gene-edited military dogs, calls X photo link a misreading https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagoya-fake-police-scam-300-million-yen2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/115c8531d06d64ff48d3.jpgWoman in Nagoya loses about ¥300 million to scammers posing as police https://tokyodispatch.com/business/gmo-kumagai-apology-press-conference-crisis-pr2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/327410e86c9ff5a62351.jpgGMO chief's tearful apology: crisis PR experts say the show obscured the breach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nikke-pc-launcher-cdn-script-tampering2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b9707f0f64eb9d771c94.jpgNIKKE PC launcher ran malware after CDN scripts were altered, operator says https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/herbert-blomstedt-dies-992026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/667a076d1fad798f4fce.jpgConductor Herbert Blomstedt dies at 99, leaving a long bond with Japan's orchestras https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/calligraphy-unesco-heritage-practitioners-decline2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5c48f48f69a3aab81a4f.jpgCalligraphy wins UNESCO heritage status as its practitioners dwindle https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/fukuro-disbands-yoshiatsu-dismissed2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8434624cd0a055b0e174.jpgRock band Fukuro disbands four months after going on hiatus https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/regional-future-strategy-low-uptake2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f2669263adef2b9c683e.jpgTowns slow to apply for Takaichi's regional growth strategy https://tokyodispatch.com/business/toyota-first-half-hybrid-north-america-china2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aead8eb9f011c02d8c3c.jpgToyota's hybrid bet holds in North America as China sales slide 25% https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kanoya-snack-bar-murder-motive2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/zero-yen-akiya-investment2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6a930bf5167979c7006e.jpgFree Houses, a 298,000 Yen Fee: Japan's Vacant-Home Glut Becomes an Investment Market https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/japanese-school-contact-books-chinese-social-media2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e58130ec90ef223e149b.jpgJapanese school contact books posted on Chinese social media with pupils' and teachers' real names https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/nakayama-kinnikun-ex-manager-fraud-damages-suits2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/385e359ddd2ddcc73d13.jpgEx-manager's fraud case draws damages suits against Nakayama Kin'nikun https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nict-cyber-chief-japan-firms-breaches2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1a47322f87c2b6b1041e.jpgNICT cyber chief says attacks on Japanese firms 'have only just begun' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-mayor-race-13-candidates2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d9fb5602a7575838bf57.jpgFukuoka mayor's race draws record 13 candidates as old power networks fray https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-mayoral-race-13-candidates-aso2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d9fb5602a7575838bf57.jpgFukuoka mayoral race draws 13 candidates as Aso's backing fails to narrow the field https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-breach-press-conference2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a159498e36d02e4f25d2.jpgGMO says breach went undetected for two and a half months as in-house warning stalled https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jr-east-pay-system-overhaul2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/42c083f59184e4410a49.jpgJR East lifts annual personnel costs by ¥27bn in pay and grading overhaul https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/north-korea-trader-traitor-binance-theft2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1d9c061cbedcd30d4366.jpgFBI blames North Korean group for $6.36bn Binance crypto theft https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fake-police-scam-check-in-aichi2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/75ad56987e23d6351f7a.jpgA fake police officer, a daily check-in, and a ¥22 million request https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nikkei-midterms-ai-volatility2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9d4f8bf7b64c4495428a.jpgNikkei swings on US midterms as AI-regulation fears hit chip stocks https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tsu-house-fire-four-children-identified2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9233cef67b067fd3812a.jpgFour children, ages 4 to 13, died in Tsu house fire, police confirm https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-vietnamese-nightclub-arrests2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d1b10e8762cd70566c4.jpgOsaka police arrest five over unlicensed nightclub for Vietnamese customers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/aichi-ja-rice-surplus-record-collection2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/449e48b00ae16c6e6e24.jpgAichi JA warehouse fills with rice as new-crop collection hits record share https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/youtuber-rearrested-extortion-kyoto2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d176d6f4f2206b81bb32.jpgYouTuber rearrested over ¥3bn extortion demand tied to smear videos https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/taiwanese-man-arrested-fake-police-gold-scam-osaka2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hyogo-teacher-dismissed-teenage-girls-social-media2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5e5ad0961706994725d7.jpgHyogo teacher fired over sex with two teenage girls he met on social media https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-diet-pm-appearance-agreement2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/89654b457f15ff7b2c02.jpgJapan's ruling and opposition parties agree on PM appearance over food tax cut, but not on a vote https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-emergency-cyber-package-nov62026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/549f5cd5c62277e46708.jpgJapan to unveil emergency cyber defense package on Nov. 6 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ftc-municipal-system-vendor-switch-inquiry2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9577edd66b06bd83940b.jpgJapan's antitrust watchdog opens inquiry into costly vendor switches at municipal governments https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/former-nursery-teacher-arrested-filming-boys-us-tip2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dd40f9f4150fd4942058.jpgFormer nursery teacher arrested over filming of boys; US tip led to case https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yamazoe-koizumi-palantir-ai-defense2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d40cf630be6a7922d15e.jpgCommunist lawmaker calls Koizumi's praise of Palantir AI "repulsive" https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/toyama-police-box-attack-mother-testimony2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-cosmetic-clinic-levy2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f4b3e685658beb35cf82.jpgFinance Ministry proposes levy on cosmetic clinics to bring doctors back to public care https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/upper-house-constitution-panel-ldp-revision-debate2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/191ca0d10511a6bab342.jpgLDP pushes to draft and consolidate revision text as Upper House panel debates Constitution https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-metabolic-screening-review2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/132bbec4747c974ed2c2.jpgFinance Ministry questions value of Japan's metabolic screening program https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/police-neutralize-hijacked-home-routers-cyberattacks2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/setagaya-mayor-hosaka-hospital-lymphoma2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ec74bd056cb1f096cbc0.jpgSetagaya Mayor Hosaka to Enter Hospital for Three Weeks, Says Ward Office Will Run Without a Deputy https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/welfare-car-ownership-single-parents2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/09e46f44273a924741d2.jpgLawmakers Push to Clarify Car Rules for Welfare Recipients Raising Young Children https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/sega-fave-unauthorized-access-arcade-services-halted2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/af9a1a53c1676b327d0c.jpgSega Fave hit by unauthorized access; arcade services down, Bandai Namco titles affected https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/leaked-phone-numbers-spoofing-fraud-calls2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6624574e0d65d21fc62e.jpgLeaked phone numbers become a weapon as scammers call from your family's line https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-takaichi-questioning2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/af7e1e47d208b80480f3.jpgRuling bloc sets one-week pace on consumption tax cut bill, with PM set to face questions https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-official-arrest-bid-rigging2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/414ec8dca5b09090bb12.jpgKawasaki city official arrested over alleged bid-rigging tip-off on painting contracts https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ikebukuro-crash-book-seven-years2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/01ef24aab98aa60ba753.jpgSeven years after an Ikebukuro crash killed 12, a book records what policy has not fixed https://tokyodispatch.com/society/indonesia-beetle-collectors-japan-trade2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b5e94fbbbe4ae6700334.jpgIndonesia's chilled rooms where thousands of beetles wait for Japan https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/pachinko-council-special-breach-arrest2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f37f96052bc5af7dbe19.jpgTokyo police arrest former industry body chief over padded pachinko machine bills https://tokyodispatch.com/society/karuizawa-bear-zoning-bear-dogs2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b3d367537aae7ed7eb1c.jpgKaruizawa reports no bear attacks in 16 years as buffer zones and bear dogs keep the animals in the forest https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagakute-woman-critical-abuse-call2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/naito-satsuki-tokyo-district-court-trial2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/26e3eba81e9b26f292ad.jpgWheelchair influencer admits killing 3-month-old daughter; trial hears of custody fight and a suicide attempt https://tokyodispatch.com/society/disability-hiring-quota-small-firms-ototake2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4b2c1e42a5921ebf39f8.jpgJapan raised its disability hiring quota. Most small firms still miss it, and hires don't last. https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/asoview-arara-data-leak2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/677c9e6c0ec1cd279f7b.jpgAsoview says 15.8 million records leaked through contractor's mail service https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-payment-gateway-v-prepaid-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d79ad3789569c53d4ace.jpgGMO Payment Gateway breach leaks 69 V Prepaid card records, 3 with security codes https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/seven-eleven-7now-pickgo-breach2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/61588a19b258d3fda02d.jpgSeven-Eleven's 7NOW delivery data breached for more than 164,000 people; Demae-can also affected https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/disaster-agency-police-ministry-rank2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d62a1e0f6da75c566f30.jpgJapan's new Disaster Agency opens, and the police side is unhappy about rank https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-backup-capital-criteria2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7ef810514a2b1d6b7527.jpgJapan Sets Rules for a Backup Capital in Case Tokyo Is Crippled https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nihon-kotsu-data-breach-2900002026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cb5885709e393d12f14c.jpgJapan Taxi Operator Nihon Kotsu Says Data on About 290,000 People May Have Leaked After Unauthorized Access https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-breach-suspicious-victim-site2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ec81c564e7edd22fe5b2.jpgSuspicious site collecting GMO breach victims' details may be tied to hackers https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-drill-robbery-arrests2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d783c4e0fd6b57a0db1a.jpgOsaka police arrest five over drill threat in debt dispute https://tokyodispatch.com/society/elderly-medical-cost-share-30-percent2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1bb4202c976cb9b00852.jpgMinistry pushes to raise medical cost share to 30% for more elderly patients https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/pachinko-certification-breach-of-trust2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fc0c313a646b8739b890.jpgEx-pachinko certification chief accused of taking ¥175 million in fake consulting fees https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-assembly-kurauchi-press-conference2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2bdea57722daad24b49e.jpgKurauchi, the "don" of the Fukuoka assembly, denies money payments in first public remarks since resigning https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/paper-shaken-arrests-tochigi2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/siam-shade-daita-lawsuit-38-songs2026-11-050.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/fsa-inspects-sony-financial-group-sony-life2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c11efaec70fabfdfbd53.jpgFinancial Services Agency inspects Sony Financial Group over ¥180 million taken from life insurance customers https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-taxi-driver-arrested-alleged-rape-passenger2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b3781d7274de4a13c327.jpgTokyo taxi driver arrested over alleged rape of drunk passenger; note with his phone number left in her mailbox https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/mikeneko-vtuber-harassment-arrest2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9a56e62c3d76ab9268f0.jpgVTuber Mike Neko says harassment suspect arrested on defamation, obstruction charges https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kanto-izu-november-record-rain2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/50334b2eec83f3bd7776.jpgRecord November rain hits Izu islands as storm lashes Kanto https://tokyodispatch.com/society/nankai-trough-advisory-preparedness-survey2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8af7b3f3050b1e5ee9a8.jpgMegaquake advisory left personal preparedness largely unchanged, survey finds https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/disaster-agency-self-help-backlash2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3912fc90ca0d6aac6a0d.jpgJapan's new disaster agency asks public to fend for itself on day one https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/e-tax-suspicious-traffic-emergency-maintenance2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f806159948dc79d4d1d2.jpgJapan's e-Tax goes down after suspicious traffic, with no restart date https://tokyodispatch.com/business/sanrio-vivant-china-collaboration-cancelled2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bf1a9d211ba521daf62b.jpgSanrio Cancels VIVANT Tie-Up in China as Nationalist Backlash Hits Its Growth Story https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-kumagai-pay-cut-resignation-refused2026-11-050.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/92ab7c4b267a47321ae9.jpgGMO's Kumagai rejects calls to resign over breach, says he cannot 'leave the internet as it is' https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-driverless-type-approval-standards2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/95fa77b8c5061cc0a477.jpgJapan to let driverless cars skip steering wheels and mirrors in type approval https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-kurauchi-resignation-news-conference2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8d472d77682a766af69b.jpgFukuoka assemblyman who quit amid cash scandal says resignation was needed for a fresh start https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-my-docomo-online-shop-emergency-maintenance2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e49a6e2accb338135410.jpgNTT Docomo halts My docomo and online shop over suspected external intrusion https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tezuka-jidosha-fake-shaken-arrest2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/73cfd39aa3b0b4306ba1.jpgTokyo police arrest head of private inspection shop over fake shaken for modified cars https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/cyberattack-detections-record-october2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/87138d5080584ac45445.jpgCyberattack detections top 475 million in October, a record https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/naito-satsuki-trial-tokyo-10-years2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8611af19cd255f9a92b1.jpgProsecutors seek 10 years for mother accused of killing 3-month-old daughter https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ibaraki-teacher-voyeurism-sentence2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-bid-rigging-industry-fixer2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-nationwide-outage-server-breach-probe2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c53da99d3756ac749597.jpgNTT Docomo outage hits calls and data nationwide; company probes possible server breach https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/security-documents-publicity-budget-yoshimoto2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jiji-press-photographer-practice-balls-sold2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dde707d7b2f00877c9af.jpgJiji Press photographer sold practice balls taken from pro baseball camps https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hofu-newborn-body-sea-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6c3aea716ac55cfbed61.jpgNewborn boy found dead in sea off Hofu; police probe possible abandonment after killing https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yokota-megumi-49-years-sakie-appeal2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/847808c811f12f5dfab6.jpgMegumi Yokota's mother marks 49 years since abduction: 'I want to see her once' https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/supreme-court-audit-rooots-improper-payment2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/57c845b7deacd91b1097.jpgAudit board says Supreme Court broke accounting law, calls ¥1.4 billion improper https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/japan-police-chief-expired-licence-reuse-check2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/92ee0af952d1ed04d0a0.jpgJapan's police chief orders nationwide check after Kanagawa reused expired licences https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/bicycle-blue-tickets-six-months2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ddf1e118a56bc4f44c7c.jpgJapan's new bicycle fines: 15,919 tickets in six months, accidents down 9.1% https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/smbc-arara-email-leak2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/439819fa380ce84b1074.jpgSumitomo Mitsui emails leak after breach at mailing vendor Arara https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tokyo-gas-kashima-offshore-wind-exit2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/68ee7046876217e10153.jpgTokyo Gas pulls out of Kashima Port offshore wind project https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tajima-fifa-presidency-bid-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f94f475182aa1fdda313.jpgTajima announces FIFA presidency bid, JFA backs him unanimously https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/solaseed-airdo-email-leak2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1e2b2ebe797ff2ae37db.jpgSolaseed Air and AIRDO report email address leaks of 490,000 and 670,000 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hino-town-retrial-alibi-evidence2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ded16421648075cb8f8c.jpgRetrial of man who died in prison moves ahead as defense vows to prove alibi https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-lower-house-vote2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/df588e54d495decce3ba.jpgOpposition holds firm against tax-cut bill as ruling bloc pushes for Lower House vote on Nov 6 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/koryo-ex-player-defamation-lawsuit2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tajima-fifa-presidency-bid2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aa8da8e484fdb7199d72.jpgTajima to run for FIFA president, first Japanese candidate https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-governor-futenma-return-date-request2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tokyo-new-condo-prices-fall-40-percent-two-months2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/eb2b598e1b2e8e5272c8.jpgTokyo new-build condo prices fall about 40% in two months https://tokyodispatch.com/society/health-check-misnotification-1019-fiscal-20252026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7cae914eed72101c33ba.jpgHealth check results misreported for at least 1,019 people in fiscal 2025 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nogami-luxury-shokupan-bankruptcy-consideration2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f4a4415bd75a0d8d3978.jpgNogami, the bakery that started Japan's luxury shokupan boom, weighed bankruptcy proceedings this summer https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/police-share-fraudulent-accounts-banks2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4668427913c68a89083b.jpgPolice to share fraudulent bank account data with 807 institutions nationwide https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-nationwide-outage-nov-20262026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/819c1c20f6395008b079.jpgNTT Docomo reports nationwide service disruption affecting calls and data https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/e-tax-resumes-after-suspicious-traffic2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/60cdae969e15d381c02e.jpgJapan's e-Tax filing system back online after suspicious traffic forced shutdown https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/taito-gold-theft-tokuryu-arrests2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3ad662566f5540001bbd.jpgFour arrested over theft of 5 kg of gold from Taito offices; police suspect anonymous crime crew https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagoya-father-classroom-assault2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1c3e992c086b189f450d.jpgFather walks into Nagoya elementary classroom without permission and assaults two of his child's classmates https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kumamoto-city-assembly-member-fined-unreported-accident2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/cyclist-blue-tickets-six-months2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/malabar-quad-joint-drills-yokosuka2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/662c084ee366516c6864.jpgJapan, US, Australia and India open Malabar drills in the Pacific https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hofu-newborn-body-autopsy2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8fc84509e9f6399ef48b.jpgNewborn boy found floating in Hofu harbor died of blood loss, police say https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokai-hostage-drug-suspect2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a1710f99dea71d0e5c1b.jpgSuspect in four-hour Tokai hostage standoff held after alleged drug use, police say https://tokyodispatch.com/society/daikin-yodogawa-buried-toxics-pfas-cleanup2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/906de544d834f828980d.jpgDaikin Osaka plant cleanup unearths 24 banned substances buried on site https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kyoto-ishin-campaign-car-public-funds-relatives2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c5c2c1334931eccc6100.jpgKyoto Ishin chapter accused of routing public election funds to relatives through campaign cars https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-emergency-cyber-package2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/baf72da4f5ddd4e7e2de.jpgKishida to unveil emergency cyber package as attacks mount https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-quiet-icc-akane-us-sanctions2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8b12c827a245106cde67.jpgJapan Stays Quiet as Its Own ICC Chief Faces US Sanctions https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/nagoya-mayor-shelves-tax-cut-pledge-20272026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ae33f74879746c25d494.jpgNagoya mayor again shelves pledge to double resident tax cut, citing 44.5 billion yen shortfall https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hino-retrial-evidence-disclosure2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f97128d1233e93590d7e.jpgEvidence ruled nonexistent surfaces in Hino retrial case, defense says https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-concrete-body-verdict2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/145da8fe4b1536f60b72.jpgOsaka court convicts woman of moving body of 6-year-old encased in concrete https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/iwate-hamster-cruelty-trial-sentencing2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-committee2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d0ae7dd4c7f0c30b0c3.jpgJapan's Lower House committee passes consumption tax cut bill https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/food-tax-cut-lower-house-committee2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f24f4df04a13bf724682.jpgJapan's ruling bloc passes food tax cut over united opposition https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/putin-jt-russia-assets-temporary-management2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f60bb2cb8b85d499abc6.jpgPutin signs decree placing JT's Russian assets under temporary state management https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ibaraki-former-teacher-child-porn-sentence2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a7abc0c15ac6ea74763d.jpgFormer Ibaraki teacher jailed for filming 49 students, producing child porn https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hamada-coast-guard-trainee-assault-arrests2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/chubu-electric-business-improvement-order-hamaoka2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6dbca782c6401f51d63c.jpgJapan's industry ministry orders Chubu Electric to overhaul operations over Hamaoka data fraud https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sakaki-hideo-supreme-court-appeal-rejected2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b33e8c14d04565c26250.jpgDirector Hideo Sakaki's 8-year sentence for sexual assault finalized as top court rejects appeal https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-boj-etf-gains-bridging-bonds2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d8ae6b8b0ab19a83f41.jpgTakaichi floats Bank of Japan ETF gains as source for bridging bond repayments https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/noto-quake-building-collapse-lawsuit-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ced60f5b08d36d4ad766.jpgMan who lost wife and daughter in Noto quake sues state and building owner for ¥200 million https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/sega-fave-allnet-aime-outage2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/21e50d0a8603876dc733.jpgSega Fave network outage drags into sixth day after unauthorized access, with no fix in sight https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/board-of-audit-fy2025-report2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f2ce05dc33457d29c1a2.jpgAudit board flags ¥144.5bn in misspent subsidies and idle assets https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-benefit-threshold-30-percent2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a028c12c6d6f427e5f87.jpgJapan's benefit cutoff may widen beyond ¥3.5m, PM says https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-design-week-jungle-gym-fire-10-years2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d5d36c5d544e648b3fad.jpgA 5-year-old died in a burning wooden jungle gym. Ten years on, only the student on duty was convicted https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/openai-gpt-6-cyber-daybreak-red2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bb428fceab29b6745053.jpgOpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, an AI built to find flaws, and limits it to vetted defenders https://tokyodispatch.com/business/reserve-rice-discretionary-contracts-310-days2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/14590780433c71568129.jpgJapan's reserve rice took up to 310 days to reach retailers under no-bid deals https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/security-manzai-budget-upper-house2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/242705f6e984f91a5e9b.jpgOpposition questions comedy routine used to sell security policy, and its ¥300 million budget https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/noto-quake-building-collapse-lawsuit-32026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e04e474d2d6e9dc5c3f0.jpgBereaved husband sues Japan over Noto quake building collapse that killed his wife and daughter https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jiji-press-photographer-practice-balls-sold-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1609ee25834c8f9a33ff.jpgJiji Press photographer took practice baseballs from spring camp and sold them online https://tokyodispatch.com/society/toyama-census-inflation-surveyor2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c2185e8373a112bd5ec5.jpgToyama census probe widens as surveyor describes erased marks https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tokyo-court-engagement-surname-lawsuit-dismissed2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5d4a3742ee78a49f7f6c.jpgTokyo court rejects damages claim from woman whose engagement ended over surname https://tokyodispatch.com/society/fukushima-response-costs-13-9-trillion2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c88691084dc7f163108e.jpgFukushima disaster response has cost ¥13.9 trillion, 60% of government estimate https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/health-ministry-cybersecurity-budget-hospitals-ransomware2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fcd1c823936e65827ac2.jpgJapan's health ministry seeks ¥13.7bn to harden hospitals against ransomware https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yanai-road-budget-black-box2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c76bd853bac014851b7d.jpgYanai remark exposes opaque budget allocations that reward allies https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/government-pr-budget-fourfold-rise-cognitive-warfare2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2f430f3b8085545eb14c.jpgGovernment seeks fourfold rise in public relations budget, to ¥35.3 billion https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sagamihara-student-death-reverse-referral2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/arara-breach-late-admissions2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/48bed304151806309fd3.jpgCompanies reverse course on Arara breach as customer data leaks mount https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/applynow-breach-396920-my-number-bank-details2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/69d8df3b01d1a92dcd60.jpgApplyNow breach exposes 396,920 people, including My Number and bank details https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-hack-attribution-asia-white-hat2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0a5f8dd189e3e5530226.jpgGMO hack suspect likely in Asia, 18-year-old white hat says as attribution stalls abroad https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fake-bonbon-drop-stickers-arrest2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/007b79617200ebe33440.jpgCouple arrested over sale of 319 fake Bonbon Drop stickers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/taiwan-stocks-record-plunge-tsmc-nikkei2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ddea8d2b61f8e3e6b9c5.jpgTaiwan stocks plunge 9% in record intraday fall as TSMC hits limit down https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-ex-prosecutor-sexual-assault-testimony2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e0cdf05f18422292c65e.jpgFormer prosecutor tells Osaka court she was assaulted by her ex-boss, a 'god-like' figure https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-protests-russia-jt-assets2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/80a7cecab016a5db12e5.jpgJapan protests Russia's seizure of JT assets and demands the move be reversed https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/food-tax-cut-lower-house-committee-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5d89135cfdd5ffde59fa.jpgFood tax cut clears lower house committee with costs and effects still unanswered https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nikkei-below-60000-triple-punch2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/656a327f585c728e7dfa.jpgNikkei falls below 60,000 as AI worries and US midterm shock hit Tokyo https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hokkaido-cloud-sea-park-attack-arrest2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f4808430b727536568b0.jpgMan arrested after truck hits tourist, then attacker returns with a crowbar https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kihara-jt-russia-plant-takeover-protest2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e378e7180458c9d95811.jpgKihara says Japan protested to Moscow over takeover of JT plants https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/food-tax-cut-bill-lower-house-committee2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d2e6dd9a94705d9d8222.jpgFood tax cut bill clears lower house committee, heads for emergency floor vote https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-macron-ev-subsidy-call2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/food-tax-cut-bill-lower-house-committee-22026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/229f08e671bdfda048da.jpgFood tax cut bill clears Lower House committee, all opposition parties opposed https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-former-prosecutors-chief-assault-trial-testimony2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b7b7044493c3464a2b02.jpgFormer Osaka prosecutors' chief faces accuser in court as she says she spoke up 'prepared to lose my job' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/trump-midterm-rout-japan-impact2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c5f12d902c0e9549d23a.jpgRepublican rout weakens Trump, shifting Tokyo's calculus https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nikkei-plunge-below-60000-ai-rally-unwinds2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/86750bfcd9142e90dca8.jpgNikkei plunges below 60,000 for first time in six months as AI rally unwinds https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-us-okinawa-troop-education-agreement2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-cash-payout-30-percent-workers2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1d601b3a4ae9570bb9b0.jpgTakaichi sets cash payout threshold at 30% of all workers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/prudential-life-fraud-report-grading-panel2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f0a3a0335bffb53beb69.jpgPrudential Life fraud report gets low marks from review grading panel https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/dance-instructor-hidden-camera-arrest2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cc436f800756cf1364a5.jpgDance instructor arrested again over hidden camera in studio toilet https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yokohama-pachislot-gambling-arrests2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1cc1d2a1648488468315.jpgTwo arrested over pachislot gambling at Yokohama arcade https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-defense-fiscal-panel2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/662c7f01a68d66b4bd20.jpgFinance Ministry tells fiscal panel defense buildup needs a peacetime funding base https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ex-teacher-filming-sentence-nagoya2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0e43d57a8da61784e313.jpgEx-teacher who filmed girl at school gets 2½ years https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-non-nuclear-principles-wording-revision2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b520bc4428c4e5b4be04.jpgJapan to keep non-nuclear principles but reword the pledge to them https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/fdma-safety-system-breach2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/439819fa380ce84b1074.jpgFire and Disaster Management Agency system breached; no data leak confirmed https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ai-cyberattack-patching-gap-nagano2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d4917819b7611fce32f9.jpgAI finds a hole in 10 hours, companies take 55 days to close it, cyber expert warns https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tajima-fifa-presidency-bid-32026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aadb26b36a5bd5172c57.jpgTajima declares FIFA presidency bid, calling it Japan's message to the world https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/health-ministry-hospital-cybersecurity-budget-20272026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/99769e2ce46f66540788.jpgHealth ministry seeks ¥13.7bn for hospital cyber defense, up from ¥100m https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-breach-kalpuers-dark-web-trail2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f8d28f756f203d273e54.jpgGMO Breach: Attacker's Dark Web Trail Closed in Hours, Kalpuers Analysis Finds https://tokyodispatch.com/society/pfas-breast-cancer-nih-study2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e06779f15e26b1deb07b.jpgNIH study links high PFAS levels to near-doubled risk of one type of breast cancer https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-5g-sa-outage-exchange-congestion2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d1b684cef39f7fc3486d.jpgNTT Docomo outage ends after about 14 hours, traced to exchange congestion https://tokyodispatch.com/business/pandemic-loans-918bn-unrecoverable2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3816d0ca394bd446de6.jpgAudit finds ¥91.8bn of pandemic loans to care and medical providers unrecoverable https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yokohama-mayor-ill-first-council-session2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fb32c1e212ba2c2f078d.jpgYokohama mayor taken ill during first council session https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/income-linked-benefit-income-cap-takaichi2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a8ef11b5e3942f7b8bc7.jpgJapan's new income-linked benefit will reach past ¥3.5m cap, PM says https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/insurers-ai-faked-claims-photos2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/11ce73aa9ec3bce56427.jpgInsurers Turn to AI to Spot AI-Faked Damage Photos in Claims https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-real-wages-september-ninth-straight-gain2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/99082991688c73d10cc8.jpgReal wages rise 2.2% in September, ninth straight monthly gain https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-lottery-site-password-change-shutdown2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7942d5ad55b658b6962e.jpgJapan's official lottery site goes offline after users' passwords were changed without their consent https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shibuya-tokuryukai-extortion-arrests2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/edaa6f0b1a0df7c18f65.jpgThree Teenagers Arrested Over Shibuya Extortion Ring That Used a Gang's Name https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/atami-forest-act-complaint-former-landowners2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/toyama-insoles-school-thefts2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d0810e4be0a468671323.jpgPolice seize 451 shoe insoles; man, 35, says he stole from 30-plus schools https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-g7-absence-comprehensive-judgment2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/50d2bfffc8df4440c26c.jpgTakaichi defends skipping G7 summit as a 'comprehensive judgment' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-policy-council-restarts2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c6e10c66656141cfe0ff.jpgJapan's government and Okinawa restart policy talks after 13 years https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/land-minister-apologizes-fundraiser2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yokohama-mayor-harasawa-overwork-council2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dae77e8df91f53ecdd62.jpgYokohama mayor, in office two weeks, halts council questioning as exhaustion mounts https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kanazawa-couple-arrested-voyeur-videos-sold2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e3570594199f2a3af6f4.jpgKanazawa couple arrested over hidden-camera videos sold on social media https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/wakayama-poison-curry-son-28-years2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/48f3a83336f07a8631d6.jpg28 years after the Wakayama poison curry murders, a death row inmate's son fights on alone https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/heijo-kyo-ancient-crossroads-nara2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/48f695bd8f0b9843ecc0.jpgAncient crossroads found in Nara's Heijo-kyo, hinting at precise city planning https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/osaka-fukushuto-interim-report2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7ea152d4f4ae587dba3a.jpgOsaka proposes hosting core government functions at all times in disaster hedge https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/revised-imperial-house-law-princesses-wedding2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/osaka-governor-email-breach-warning2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/df842d1598dab8f8c7e9.jpgOsaka governor warns residents not to open suspicious email files after breach at online service https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/osaka-police-applicant-email-leak2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6c6a9c943f3937b0632e.jpgOsaka police say 4,800 applicant email addresses may have leaked after vendor breach https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/shelter-48-hour-supply-target2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1836c98e952818188c74.jpgCross-party group urges 48-hour shelter supply target after Kumamoto quake https://tokyodispatch.com/society/okinawa-camp-schwab-marine-training-death2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3e0ad75ca95c3631aae0.jpgUS Marine dies in training accident at Camp Schwab in Okinawa https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-midterms-trump-tariffs-tokai-impact2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dfd7738b42e8ee954950.jpgUS midterms deliver a blow to Trump, but auto tariffs stay in place, expert says https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sano-father-arrested-strangle-son2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4979ffaf733dd2a9699e.jpgMan, 59, arrested over attempt to strangle son with trousers in Sano 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mayor Takashi Kusano, who led Fukushima town through nuclear disaster, dies at 92 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/masakado-mound-livestream-referral2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-new-militarism-japan-defense2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/993c5966e8299e886e49.jpgChina calls Japan's defense buildup a 'new militarism,' tying it to the wartime past https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tokyo-public-crematoriums-surging-demand2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a255438e7ba5950880c2.jpgTokyo drafts plan for small public crematoriums as deaths outpace capacity https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hakodate-funeral-hall-workers-ill2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/29f0b4c668c2701b8101.jpgTen workers taken to hospital after falling ill at Hakodate funeral hall renovation 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https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-dbs-teacher-checks-male-sexual-abuse2026-11-060.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/oshi-katsu-akb-commercial-model2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5dc311859bf146e812de.jpgThe commercial machine behind 'oshi katsu': how idol fandom became a giant market https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/insurance-fraud-arrests-three-instructors2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/531ed8ff0964847e45c2.jpgPolice Arrest 3 Accused of Teaching Workers to Fake Injury Claims https://tokyodispatch.com/society/bear-culling-emergency-shoot-training2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c02f507dfec1137da8cd.jpgBear attacks leave a man with a ruptured eye as Tokyo holds its first emergency shooting training https://tokyodispatch.com/society/osaka-station-blocks-hostile-design-internal-documents2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ed5b400db96af4900ff9.jpgOsaka's station-front blocks: city denied anti-homeless aim, internal papers list it https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-active-cyber-defense2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/44a4d8f88f752b7925ab.jpgJapan's new cyber defense lets the state strike first, with little public oversight https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/okada-miyamoto-jfa-resignation2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/189853d7f990f33044de.jpgOkada quit JFA post over Miyamoto's deference to FIFA, and a deeper loss of trust https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/godzilla-minus-zero-record-opening-king-ghidorah2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce57fc9809b309f8f238.jpgGodzilla Minus Zero opens to ¥910m, a record for a live-action film in Japan https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/finance-ministry-hazard-zone-residence-limits2026-11-060.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/132bbec4747c974ed2c2.jpgFinance Ministry calls for legal limits on living in flood-risk areas https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kawasaki-bid-rigging-referral2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fb3c56dbe32ca51cd5e9.jpgKawasaki city ex-official referred to prosecutors over rigged bids https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/my-number-card-forgery-rearrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/480b7c5d5957afbef13f.jpgMan rearrested over forged My Number cards as police map a forgery network https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-over-75-medical-premium-review2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/21ffaf42da4e4ba2e854.jpgJapan opens review of premiums for over-75s as more elderly keep working https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/proportional-seat-cut-women-representation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d509529f144c7254a901.jpgCutting proportional seats by 31 would reduce women in the Diet from 68 to 50, estimate finds 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https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/gunma-isesaki-drunk-driving-appeal-20-years2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f872b2b3e58b9baff09e.jpgTokyo High Court Upholds 20-Year Term for Drunk Truck Driver Who Killed Three https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/fuji-tv-generative-ai-drama-production2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5bea87efe54d11266c6e.jpgFuji TV brings generative AI into drama production, starting with 'Kyumei Byoto 24-ji' https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-card-breach-full-numbers2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5349e3746281d10cd5bf.jpgMUJI app breach may have exposed full card numbers for 1.09 million MUJI Card holders https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/child-seat-age-review2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/90ea39ee6534a30ffba9.jpgJapan weighs extending child seat rule past age 6 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-kurauchi-one-health-news-conference2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/132a44f5eee1dd220ffe.jpgFukuoka assembly's 'don' denies One Health spending was padded, calls criticism a smear https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nikkei-plunge-takaichi-market-comment2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3d76aaffbef62794a686.jpgNikkei plunges; Takaichi says she cannot predict how long it lasts https://tokyodispatch.com/business/sony-record-second-quarter-profit-playstation-cyberattack-cfo2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4ddf4b5e139443b05a12.jpgSony posts record second-quarter profit as CFO pledges AI in defense against cyberattacks https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/acom-forged-licence-impersonation-fraud2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/izumi-pinko-lawsuit-stage-greeting-22026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/220c12b1811a90f8e521.jpgActress Izumi Pinko sued over stage-greeting conduct as director seeks damages https://tokyodispatch.com/business/hokkaido-labour-commission-mishigaoka-hospital-bargaining-order2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/790ae172785ab5a2d331.jpgHokkaido labour commission orders Sapporo hospital to negotiate with union over unpaid changing time https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/hokkaido-norokko-trackside-tree-felling-arrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0080bc5e7689c6d8edff.jpgMan arrested for felling trackside trees to get a better shot of retiring sightseeing train https://tokyodispatch.com/business/toyota-first-half-profit-forecast-upgrade2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/aead8eb9f011c02d8c3c.jpgToyota lifts full-year profit forecast as first-half operating profit rises 9.2% https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-midterms-republicans-trump-alliance-tokyo2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3ad4d1126f0a06b6ab54.jpgRepublicans reel after midterm rout, and Tokyo's bet on Washington looks shakier https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/arara-saison-phishing-breach2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8e58312da5f4ecc84a27.jpgFake Saison Card emails traced to breached bulk-mail vendor Arara https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-kurauchi-news-conference-denial2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce92430b61a5535d95cd.jpgFukuoka's 'don' denies cash allegations in 100-minute news conference, then walks out https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tashima-fifa-president-bid-morning-show2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/93ce9e46e6a03a23edd9.jpgTashima runs for FIFA president, says he will make the case for Japanese football's integrity https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ehime-governor-race-three-way2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/29cd2b86b4ef30677314.jpgEhime governor's race draws three candidates, with a fifth term on the line https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/higashino-galileo-eternal-memory-suspect-x-editor2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8ef1156a6709bb3dee47.jpgHigashino Keigo's Final Galileo Novel Passes 630,000 Copies as Editors Recall the Birth of 'Suspect X' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/sasakawa-cash-handouts-imperial-family2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d157550efec12ac1cd4e.jpgLDP elder Sasakawa backs cash handouts over a consumption tax cut https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/shuri-high-students-picture-guides2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/72881c9f57cc18ee780b.jpgShuri High students make picture guides to hand Shuri Castle's history to the next generation https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/dpp-donation-bill-before-seat-reduction2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d2e881f7f90f6f5b686a.jpgDPP Puts Donation Limits Before Seat Cuts, and Coalition Partners Balk https://tokyodispatch.com/business/agc-hirai-murano-succession2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7611826086c15265d3ad.jpgAGC's Hirai to step down as president; Murano takes over in January https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/otto-gpt-ai-dead-relatives2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f201dcf85931be2e8e03.jpgA Tokyo widow rebuilt her late husband as "Otto GPT" https://tokyodispatch.com/society/miyagi-juvenile-guidance-family-substitute2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cf0a47f802d1d1ca7097.jpgA boy found a family in a gang, then a drug habit at 13 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-midterms-trump-republicans-japan2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/960a1f83cd67714be3ed.jpgTrump Blames Iran War and Gas Prices as Republicans Lose Both Chambers https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/pachinko-parlor-charged-cash-prizes-three-store-system2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d9be605670d407cb4e9.jpgPachinko parlor operator charged after paying a customer cash for prizes https://tokyodispatch.com/society/bullying-aftereffects-petition-curriculum2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/362f2294b37f64fc631c.jpgBullying survivors ask schools to teach the lasting damage, take petition to ministry https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/osaka-metropolis-plan-fiscal-case-ward-names2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c40233a0982893dd2921.jpgOsaka merger plan returns with a fiscal case: four wards in the black through fiscal 2040 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-lower-house-electoral-reform-proportional-revival-sanseito2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cf3ee4b03694752890f9.jpgThree parties agree to tighten proportional revival rule, and Sanseito loses 14 seats https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/government-manzai-security-pr2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/13b50ade5103034a5012.jpgJapan's government turns to a husband-and-wife comedy act to explain security policy https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-profitable-layoffs-microsoft-voluntary-retirement2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/84bbd341dc551d930140.jpgMicrosoft seeks 60,000 voluntary departures while profits surge, and Japan's profitable layoffs follow https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-surgical-robots-ai-funding-gap2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c12550a1bf34bf2ab894.jpgJapan's surgical robot makers risk a flip-phone fate as money flows to AI https://tokyodispatch.com/society/bullying-aftereffects-curriculum-guidelines2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2600bc03477981fdc009.jpgBullying survivors press Japan's curriculum guidelines to name lasting harm https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/calligraphy-unesco-recommendation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/93b816e9eddb5d2526a4.jpgCalligraphers welcome UNESCO recommendation for Japanese calligraphy https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/sakata-hazuki-blackface-shaun-cosplay2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1d3344046495585f23eb.jpgVoice actor's blackface cosplay of Shaun the Sheep draws criticism from abroad https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/japan-interrogation-refusal-lawyers-group2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ed2ee19f97f6f8a155e7.jpgMore than 150 suspects refuse interrogation after arrest, lawyers' group finds https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukushima-tepco-support-recovery-39-years2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9be97874b875fafe627e.jpgFukushima support to TEPCO will take up to 39 more years to recover, audit board estimates https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-icc-dues-early-us-sanctions2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/90cd33ee4a2815eeb786.jpgJapan Weighs Paying ICC Dues Early to Keep Court Running Before US Sanctions Hit https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/prosecutors-manual-interrogation-refusal2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7f714efcdc9bac3811da.jpgJapan's prosecutors draft manual as suspects refuse to leave cells for questioning https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kofu-assembly-member-appeals-transgender-outing-ruling2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b78e85ec69d7fb1cb02a.jpgKofu city assembly member appeals order to pay over outing of Akutagawa-winning author https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nintendo-switch-2-sales-slow-profit-up2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/03c3b6e3f54a419b7f0b.jpgNintendo cuts revenue forecast as Switch 2 sales slow, but price rises lift profit https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/smbc-cf-card-loan-data-breach2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/439819fa380ce84b1074.jpgSMBC Consumer Finance says card-loan data for up to 320,118 customers leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kihara-taiwan-contingency-remark-retraction2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f174e550425a8c01a409.jpgKihara declines to say whether Tokyo will retract Taiwan contingency remark https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukushima-decommissioning-costs-audit2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/513c9ad9f8840003ed00.jpgFukushima No. 1 decommissioning costs already 70% spent, audit finds, with total likely to exceed ¥8 trillion https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-nuclear-exceptions-security-strategy2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/henoko-capsize-group-halts-sea-tours2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cb25fe77c9293b860ffe.jpgOkinawa boat group halts sea tours after fatal Henoko capsize https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/msad-insurers-customer-data-leak2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/439819fa380ce84b1074.jpgMS&AD's four insurers report 720,000 customer records leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-protests-russia-jt-subsidiary-management2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/631a0bd923f9b9885b43.jpgJapan protests after Russia places JT subsidiary under state-appointed management https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-policy-council-kojya-henoko-pivot2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1953b28ba067ee820022.jpgOkinawa and Tokyo pivot from standoff to cooperation as new governor accepts Henoko https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ntt-docomo-amazon-data-guidance2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c812845d47d3748ffb60.jpgNTT Docomo Sent 344,213 Users' Phone Numbers to Amazon Without Consent https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-police-officer-car-attempt-cambodia-arrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3da1803d48f65903222a.jpgMan arrested over 2024 attempt to run down Osaka police officer, after two years in Cambodia https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nikkei-third-largest-fall-tax-cut-bill2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/829f0567254fd9f30342.jpgNikkei closes down more than 3,600 points, third-largest fall on record https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-taiwan-china-dialogue2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fc77a5c6a9807624c5d2.jpgTakaichi holds Taiwan line, offers China dialogue to protect national interests https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/rohto-customer-data-breach-2-8-million2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b8799d100bc914268256.jpgRohto says data on 2.8 million customers leaked, including card details in 9,715 call recordings https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takabe-donations-refund2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6e0e44956aaec6904cfa.jpgAgriculture Minister Muneo Takabe admits ¥850,000 in donations from contractors during election periods, will refund https://tokyodispatch.com/society/type-10-tank-hijudai-barrel-debris2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c0b3df7f287e62f8a431.jpgDebris left in tank barrel likely caused fatal Oita training blast https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jt-russia-plants-state-management2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f78690c31da5b39aa439.jpgJT's Russian plants put under state management as Japanese firms count their exposure https://tokyodispatch.com/society/oita-gsdf-tank-blast-shell-fragment2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9040eb98b524ec124dc3.jpgShell fragment left in loading chamber blamed for tank blast that killed 3 GSDF members https://tokyodispatch.com/society/junior-high-pupils-foreigners-negative-survey2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6793fd048ad0dd05a294.jpgMore than 40% of Tokyo-area junior high pupils see rising foreign numbers as bad for society https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/japan-dbs-screening-briefing2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f06a198df9a96eb4a507.jpgJapan's DBS screening starts next month, with schools and nurseries covered and many sitters outside it https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jesse-arrest-rize-agency-statement2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/53cf511a522be654a27f.jpgPolice arrest singer JESSE on suspicion of cocaine use; RIZE's agency vows strict handling https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/masakado-mound-streamer-referred2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-active-directory-risk-warning-ignored2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f889cc77865535550d4d.jpgGMO unit flagged admin access to all user data two years before breach, NHK reports https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-us-troop-prevention-measures2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/eeda0959c8a5d032eb63.jpgJapan's Foreign Ministry pledges expanded education for US troops in Okinawa after robbery-murder https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/fire-agency-anpi-system-unauthorized-access2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/547a167f8f2925088cce.jpgJapan fire agency halts safety-status system after unauthorized access via contractor https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/okinawa-us-forces-curfew-extended2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yamanashi-daruque-tax-diversion2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a090fa671dc50da9822a.jpgHead of drug-rehab nonprofit diverted ¥110 million, Tokyo tax bureau finds https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ikebukuro-crash-sns-defamation-referral2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cde6d8a5f422de12c05a.jpgMan in his 20s referred to prosecutors over online abuse of Ikebukuro crash bereaved family https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jimbocho-station-random-attacks-arrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/579ce68bf9e2ed2b9b21.jpgMan arrested over random attacks on seven women near Jimbocho Station https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/shinkin-system-outage-128-banks2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagoya-school-intruder-parent-assault2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-assembly-hayashi-anonymous-account-committee2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d98e19b4514924b2d01.jpgFukuoka assembly picks lawmaker behind anonymous attack account for ethics inquiry https://tokyodispatch.com/society/leqembi-subcutaneous-price-282m-yen2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-online-store-suspended-data-breach2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e028e45dfffa5d4ab759.jpgMuji shuts its online store after customer data breach affecting up to 27.26 million records https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-emergency-cyber-defense-package2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d8ae6b8b0ab19a83f41.jpgJapan adopts emergency cyber defense package with staffing and equipment boosts https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/okinawa-us-military-curfew-e4-e52026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3105e46c1135240bf3a0.jpgUS military in Okinawa keeps midnight-to-5am curfew, but exempts senior ranks https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/disaster-minister-other-countries-attack-japan-disaster2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/845a1c10e90590fde45d.jpgDisaster minister says other countries may 'come at' Japan during a major disaster https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-taiwan-remark-one-year-japan-china-freeze2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bb4d163739f9eb59d19c.jpgA year after Takaichi's Taiwan remark, Japan-China talks stay frozen https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-data-breach-mimaikin2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/82db55cc9ecc54148acd.jpgDocomo says data on up to 294,839 lines leaked; weighs goodwill payments to customers https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagoya-court-suspended-sentence-child-filming-shared-teachers2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-internet-fx-breach-compensation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c62af893467c5bb86211.jpgGMO Internet begins individual contact with FX customers over breach losses https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sunshine-city-stabbing-suspect-dropped2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4aced5bea595e59403ab.jpgTokyo prosecutors drop Sunshine City stabbing case after suspect's death https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-family-theft-arrests2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/251329f097ef82884140.jpgFukuoka police arrest family of four over thefts on trips with children https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takebe-farm-minister-contractor-donations-prizes2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/relicensing-course-alcohol-use-disorder-survey2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e4670a44cd01ee3c19b4.jpgFour in ten drivers relicensed after drink-driving offenses show signs of alcohol use disorder https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-abe-line-signal-takaichi-speech2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d377571426fa2c3081ed.jpgBeijing's signal to Takaichi was lost when her office rewrote her speech https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-apology-press-conference-second-act2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1aa29f2a4739273e9c9e.jpgGMO's three-hour apology press conference, and the second act nobody asked for https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-population-strategy-foreign-workers2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9deb31532b35cf37b862.jpgTakaichi's population strategy to put the numbers first, and the foreign-worker question with them https://tokyodispatch.com/society/disaster-minister-self-reliance-backlash2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c4309c1cd17695dedcd9.jpgDisaster minister defends self-reliance call after online backlash https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-us-forces-education-motegi2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/tokyo-escalator-walking-slowdown-test2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a02737a8a6ea8f0d5b05.jpgTokyo to test slower escalators as "don't walk" campaigns fail to change habits https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/sony-playstation-breach-measures-no-disclosure2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c4024801349f5a82c4a6.jpgSony says it is 'taking measures' over PlayStation breach but won't say how many users are affected https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-restaurant-allergen-disclosure-study2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9a60a935ee5b0de78f9f.jpg22 of 100 major restaurant chains don't list allergens online, Osaka University team finds https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ai-data-centers-tokyo-kansai-resident-lawsuit2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a1bb253782c9bb2b0fa0.jpgAbout 90% of AI data centers sit in the Tokyo and Kansai regions, and residents are suing https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kihara-taiwan-stance-unchanged2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5c003d3106e7a4753529.jpgKihara says Taiwan stance unchanged, a year after Takaichi's survival-threat remark https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-g7-absence-diet-accountability2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4ea667e49040ae8b7aad.jpgTakaichi calls G7 absence a 'major failure' but gives no reason in Diet exchange https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-bill-upper-house2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/50d2bfffc8df4440c26c.jpgTax-cut bill moves to upper house, where the coalition is four seats short 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https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-funada-abstains-tax-cut-vote2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/chubu-electric-hamaoka-decommissioning-recommendation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f13f49ffedbf03b9bf5.jpgDecommissioning fund body orders Chubu Electric to carry out preventive measures over Hamaoka billing https://tokyodispatch.com/business/chubu-electric-hamaoka-impairment2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cd659bffc3cb9ddba45a.jpgChubu Electric books ¥380bn loss as Hamaoka restart slips away https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kitakyushu-fire-defendant-silent-questioning2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dbca456b991b679a6482.jpgDefendant in Kitakyushu fire that killed 6 refuses prosecution questions https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takibe-party-prizes-donation-law2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/70641bad26bed4a09cff.jpgFarm minister says party guests brought their own prizes, denies vote-law breach https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-cybersecurity-office-warns-operators-data-leaks2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/06b1d694b6685a328f6e.jpgJapan government warns website and app operators after repeated data leaks https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/meti-official-suspended-sentence-impersonation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/facca678af5a36feefc3.jpgTokyo court gives economics ministry official suspended sentence for impersonating woman in 147 sexual messages https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/noto-quake-goshimaya-building-lawsuit2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a17814f4489600b894da.jpgWidower sues building owner and state for ¥200m after Noto quake toppled tower onto his home https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/sanseito-kamiya-communists-consumption-tax2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c9c8262685124db216a7.jpgSanseito's Kamiya thanks Communists for backing 5% consumption tax bill https://tokyodispatch.com/society/welfare-single-parent-car-ownership2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5885faadd21c2c40c4e9.jpgJapan to let single-parent welfare households keep a car https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kanda-jimbocho-assaults-rearrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d46334be89603a80f3c.jpgMan rearrested over 7 women assaulted in 15 minutes in Kanda https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-growth-strategy-priority-items2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1448468143593dfb139b.jpgJapan names 28 products and technologies as priorities in growth plan https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/pacific-league-clubs-fan-data-leak2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bc105c5e1c7745aa384d.jpgFan emails leak at five Pacific League clubs; Chiba Lotte site also breached https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sendai-terminal-diagnosis-lost-cash-verdict2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/769157fdd780b57ae713.jpgMan sentenced to prison for keeping ¥22 million found after terminal diagnosis https://tokyodispatch.com/business/his-mobile-discount-order2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5c2539e2c91e381459f2.jpgJapan consumer agency orders HIS Mobile to fix discount ads that misled travelers https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nippon-paper-yatsushiro-mill-closure2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/714d2d2d53185d61e204.jpgNippon Paper to End Paper Production at Yatsushiro Mill Damaged in July Quake 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2050, with Japan cited for vaccine hesitancy https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/izumi-pinko-lawsuit-atami-reputation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/474419d2cae543b7b2f4.jpgFilm company sues actress Izumi Pinko over stage-greeting remarks, as her Atami neighbors shrug https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-japan-takaichi-taiwan-one-year-war-of-attrition2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4709c0aff9d3dbc10f3d.jpgA year after Takaichi's Taiwan remark, Beijing settles in for a long contest https://tokyodispatch.com/business/kishida-caution-govt-bond-nisa2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c978aa60c90cbd2ebcb0.jpgKishida voices caution on adding government bonds to NISA https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hokkaido-kerosene-record-price-winter2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6e87ebc7e1d1e9743a28.jpgHokkaido kerosene hits record ¥160 a liter as winter closes in 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91, was skipper https://tokyodispatch.com/business/daito-kentaku-indonesia-japanese-language-school2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5bed4edbe4f9f961cde8.jpgDaito Kentaku to open Japanese-language school in Indonesia next spring https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kitakyushu-arson-trial-inoue-prosecution-evidence2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e6979eaf14381bd66818.jpgProsecutors produce new statement in Fukuoka arson trial as defendant denies remembering fire day https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ogawa-opposes-sales-tax-cut-bill-cash-handouts2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/241fd5d4da92faa52c98.jpgOgawa says cash handouts beat a two-year sales tax cut as bill clears committee https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/koji-hagiuda-obituary2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2f97269ba70f3f5e9c87.jpgDirector Koji Hagiuda, whose films found audiences abroad, dies at 59 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/consumption-tax-cut-retail-prices2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6360b2fb52502d3298bb.jpgTax cut may not reach the shelf, retailers warn of cost squeeze https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/azone-azonet-close-data-minimisation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1beb21732b0a208fd665.jpgAzone closes its own online store, moving to hold as little customer data as possible https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-midterms-democrats-sweep-kyoto-shimbun-editorial2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ishiba-consumption-tax-vote-walkout2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/gasoline-price-cap-staged-hike2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/34cd807bd6a95bfd634b.jpgJapan to raise the gasoline price cap by ¥5 a month through spring https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/furukawa-sales-tax-cut-social-security2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/akazawa-x-translation-bangladesh-prime-minister2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d964dadca4c3a42ddaec.jpgJapan's industry minister tells X to fix its machine translation after a premier's name came out wrong https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/jiji-press-photographer-baseball-sale2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ff78d655044ca45215a5.jpgJiji Press photographer sold 54 baseballs taken from spring training camps https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-kurauchi-press-conference2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4412bd55f4be19ade2d8.jpgFukuoka assembly 'don' breaks silence on cash allegations under restricted press terms https://tokyodispatch.com/society/shimizu-tokachi-renaming-referendum2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7e2e709fa1f189e38749.jpgShimizu votes on becoming Tokachi-Shimizu as assembly passes referendum bill https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hashimoto-consumption-tax-cut-lower-house2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c1dc56c296455f109622.jpgHashimoto defends consumption tax cut after lower house passage: "If it doesn't cost lives, politics should do it" https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kitagawa-osaka-prosecutor-trial-witness2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ed6797ca100b069d0236.jpgWoman testifies at ex-Osaka prosecutor's trial: "Why, why did the top prosecutor do it?" https://tokyodispatch.com/society/sendai-high-court-fukushima-state-liability2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bba57cdabf4200ab991b.jpgSendai court rejects state liability for Fukushima disaster, despite TEPCO's own warnings https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/jnsa-security-quiz-breach2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a0616a0ddaac6daa1477.jpgJapan's security awareness association hit by unauthorized access, up to 15,128 records possibly leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ome-bear-cub-charge-danger-signal2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/634669ecbfd3a3eb237d.jpgBears in Tokyo's suburbs again as a cub charges an Ome doorway https://tokyodispatch.com/society/akita-yurihonjo-crow-bird-flu-first-case2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3130032d4753f008929d.jpgBird flu found in dead crow in Akita, Japan's first wild-bird case this season https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nakama-assembly-member-hit-and-run-charged2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/hokuriku-shinkansen-tsuruga-shin-osaka-20502026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/faa3384c4b327def64c7.jpgHokuriku Shinkansen extension to Osaka now seen opening after 2050 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/african-swine-fever-kansai-airport-quarantine2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c58e58d7683125602ea1.jpgJapan's last line against African swine fever runs through Kansai Airport https://tokyodispatch.com/society/child-recognition-ai-lawsuit-podcast2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/06dc534a22ebbcb1f44a.jpgSingle mother won child recognition suit with generative AI at her side, Mainichi podcast hears https://tokyodispatch.com/business/kyoto-station-height-rules-relaxed2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b79840f3d8147a5a86fb.jpgKyoto to lift height cap near station south side to 45 meters https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-fusion-promotion-bill2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/eb7993fa712b5fe66f3e.jpgJapan's LDP pushes fusion bill, betting public money on a technology with no commercial timeline https://tokyodispatch.com/business/coco-ichibanya-late-night-surcharge-customers-fall2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a11051a9b7dd51b4fac2.jpgCoCo Ichibanya's late-night surcharge lands: September customer counts fall 7% https://tokyodispatch.com/society/sapporo-station-redevelopment-delays2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cc79f6d97fedb07cbf1e.jpgSapporo subway platform work stalls behind a wall twice as thick as the plans showed https://tokyodispatch.com/society/population-strategy-expert-panel-first-meeting-22026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4ed793aded4345efdb73.jpgJapan Convenes New Expert Panel on Shrinking Population as Birthrate Keeps Falling https://tokyodispatch.com/business/haneda-airport-access-line-20312026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3a85fd27a60e8ce74812.jpgNew Tokyo Station–Haneda Line Targets Fiscal 2031 Opening https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kuni-kuniaki-dies-972026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hokkaido-shinkansen-kerosene-spill-river2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/yokkaichi-house-fire-unidentified-body2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/fe63d987c8014675461d.jpgA House Burned to the Ground, a Family Unharmed — and One Body No One Can Name https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/katayama-ueno-tax-cut-lower-house2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/df4609576e79c1857e72.jpgKatayama Tells Ueno Crowd Food Sales Tax Will Fall to 1% From April https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-cyber-emergency-package-rescue-team2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/880a5748343bd4efb0ce.jpgJapan to create public-private cyber rescue team under emergency package https://tokyodispatch.com/business/jr-east-haneda-access-line-shield-machine2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/10278408ce114dd4fbc0.jpgJR East opens Haneda access line site as boring machine prepares to dig https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nara-food-site-domain-taken-over2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0e2d8924565078a69443.jpgNara food site's old domain taken over by third party, county warns https://tokyodispatch.com/society/hachioji-bear-sighting-suburban-tokyo2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6677c77a20d7945a580d.jpgBear spotted eating persimmons in suburban Hachioji, 200 meters from site of September cull https://tokyodispatch.com/society/rural-home-care-flat-fee-travel-costs2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/91a4d18b4de164a249e4.jpgJapan's health ministry moves to pay rural home-care visits for the drive, not the visit https://tokyodispatch.com/business/newmo-kddi-self-driving-taxis-sakai-20282026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5ef39647e321c9e60763.jpgnewmo and KDDI tie up to launch self-driving taxis in Sakai by 2028 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yokkaichi-house-fire-burning-man-third-party2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/32a6c3a07f7d14b5b541.jpgBurning man walked into Yokkaichi house before fatal fire, witness says https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/akano-icc-japan-lawmakers-support2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c90ccea408a6348df912.jpgAkano asks Japanese lawmakers for support as US sanctions press the ICC https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ai-dead-replicas-ethics-sato2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/729dd7884bd8fc212a2c.jpgAI replicas of the dead spread with no rules, ethicist warns https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/kiyomori-fukuhara-capital-ruins-kobe2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b2fb6da149b2e4336293.jpgRuins of Kiyomori's 'phantom capital' found in Kobe https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/kashiwa-wakahara-concussion-twice2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f2a9abc20fc1266de2f2.jpgKashiwa keeper Tomoya Wakahara suspected of concussion twice in two games https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/saga-governor-race-ldp-split2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/361a9a3b1e1ccf8dd829.jpgSaga governor race splits LDP as party backs incumbent and challenger https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-wheel-detachment-winter-tires-tpms2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/975b2dacab9ad41e47da.jpgWheel-detachment crashes spike as drivers swap to winter tires, and Japan's rules lag the tech https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-5000-yen-worker-support-payment2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e0f841a4aad5f9d1f6a1.jpgA ¥5,000-a-Year Handout Draws Ridicule as Japan's Wage Relief Plan Takes Shape 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Kimono 'police' question Princess Kako's autumn garden party dress https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/mona-yamamoto-judicial-apprentice-502026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/64ef627ffe93a172aae6.jpgAt 50, a trainee lawyer and former TV presenter says she has dropped her guard https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/jesse-arrest-statement2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5da76eb86e2d88231977.jpgJESSE's website apologises over arrest reports, says facts still being confirmed https://tokyodispatch.com/business/labor-ministry-nationwide-hotline-overwork-unpaid-wages2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/42b53bbd33428dc54970.jpgLabor Ministry Opens Nationwide Hotline for Overwork and Unpaid Wages https://tokyodispatch.com/society/haneda-runway-tire-blowout-metal-plate2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0c6b53d9a383334e5d2a.jpgJapan's transport ministry finds no link between Haneda tire blowout and lifted runway metal plate https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/business-matching-site-deposit-fraud-arrest2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/87291a7f1eaa63e93b90.jpgMan arrested over ¥2.7 million deposit fraud on business matching site https://tokyodispatch.com/society/miike-coal-mine-survivor-paints-memory2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b6311cd2180cc5657d42.jpgSurvivor of Japan's deadliest coal mine disaster paints the tunnels he remembers https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ex-prosecutor-trial-consent-osaka2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4c18f28d11cfa3c1d766.jpgEx-prosecutor's trial turns on consent as his old office watches coldly https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuda-ishiba-2008-atago-collision2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/66d47dfc6cc7b65bdf89.jpgFukuda's quiet visit kept Ishiba in the defense job, former PM recalls 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reporter held by Russia https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/addiction-support-groups-back-taxes-kofu2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/31cfdfcd54ae560bdda7.jpgTwo addiction-support groups hit with back taxes over director's personal use of ¥110 million https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/police-agency-joint-cyber-task-forces2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/65bbdedaa992c9cbadf7.jpgPolice Agency Sets Up Joint Task Forces as Data Leaks Pile Up https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-high-court-acquittal-child-death2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukushima-evacuees-court-housing2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/196738f6243e6825995f.jpgTokyo court orders Fukushima evacuees to leave state housing https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kashima-breakwater-indonesian-men-drowning2026-11-070.8 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https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/saga-dna-forensics-case-closed-no-charges2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/sanseito-kamiya-communists-5-percent-sales-tax2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7fa917693b582c5ed6b5.jpgSanseito leader says he "respects" the Communists after they back his 5% sales tax bill https://tokyodispatch.com/society/group-homes-external-evaluation2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b3bb6001fe80bd236679.jpgJapan weighs mandatory outside reviews for group homes for disabled people https://tokyodispatch.com/business/nippon-life-forged-certificates-claims2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b4bc2998d475cc9af3f3.jpgNippon Life ex-employee forged medical certificates to claim insurance payouts https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-defense-agency-proposal2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b95d1cb71627727b6560.jpgLDP lawmakers urge defense agency to drive arms production and exports https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kushima-nuclear-waste-literature-survey2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3cb7eb8c5cd75c14a1b2.jpgEconomy Ministry briefs Kushima mayor on nuclear waste literature survey https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/toyohashi-my-number-email-leak2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c2e42a50e23058a8c39c.jpgToyohashi says citizen email addresses may have leaked after contractor hack https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/oita-yufu-akamine-charcoal-deaths-referral2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/osaka-metropolis-four-wards-surplus2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7e2ef5d06cf2d1d4bb09.jpgOsaka metropolis plan projects ¥50bn annual surplus across four special wards https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/jr-east-teppay-suica-code-payment2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/077d88b02d889832e00d.jpgJR East launches teppay, a code payment that lifts Suica's ¥20,000 ceiling https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-emergency-cyber-measures2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6f1b5197379ab7704a99.jpgJapan unveils emergency cyber measures, pledges bigger police and SDF response units https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ishiba-ex-pm-vote-revolt-precedent2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f5fcea2bb2a08c3ee4c2.jpgIshiba Leaves Chamber Before Consumption Tax Vote, Reviving a Rare Tradition of Ex-PMs Defying the Party https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-china-back-channel-iwaya-beijing2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a7efc4ef89cadc01e89f.jpgJapan's China back channel narrows as Iwaya's proposal meets a rebuff in Beijing https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/matt-bunshun-sexual-assault-claims2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0f497ae5a4aaac62906b.jpgMatt denies sexual assault claims as Shukan Bunshun publishes second report https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/counterstrike-missile-kumamoto-base-residents2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/awaji-minpaku-complaints-hyogo-rules2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-g7-absence-inner-account2026-11-070.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/meti-rare-earth-notice-business-unease2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7eb6d0df344abdd2062c.jpgMinistry's 'creepy' rare-earth notice leaves Japanese business uneasy https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-trump-cooperation-midterms-criticism2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6a785add90b5f7bd31bc.jpgTakaichi says she still wants to work with Trump after Democratic midterm sweep https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-lower-house2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/64e2bb289f9ba459a90e.jpgConsumption tax cut bill clears lower house with no funding plan and no benefit details https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kizugawa-school-fee-shortfall2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f7ec6443665d2b404354.jpgKyoto school staff paid ¥37 million out of pocket to cover missing lunch fees https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-cyberdefense-domestic-surveillance2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/880a5748343bd4efb0ce.jpgJapan weighs extending cyberdefense surveillance to domestic communications https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nintendo-console-price-revision-memory-costs2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3d152fd1bbec3dac4b4d.jpgNintendo says it may raise console prices as memory costs climb https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kofu-councilor-muramatsu-appeal-ri-kotomi-gender-disclosure2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ab3935edb3024d5624c7.jpgKofu city councilor appeals ruling over disclosure of author's gender history https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/kawagoe-mosque-kitamura-upper-house2026-11-070.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7c56676e5e067e7266f8.jpgLawmaker presses government on Kawagoe mosque built without permits https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/nishikawa-takanori-kohaku-2026-hot-limit2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c5f99566139389970c72.jpgTakanori Nishikawa to Return to NHK's Kohaku After 12 Years, Singing 'HOT LIMIT' for the First Time https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/new-roteka-disband-20282026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f307f7476855a4731d41.jpgPunk band New Rote'ka to split in January 2028, ending 43 years https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/spirit-circle-anime-december-sato-final-work2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cbb8b186c531f277d4dc.jpgSpirit Circle anime to air in December, the late Tatsuo Sato's final directing work https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/chiikawa-gig-worker-professor2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d1e22fe0cc94b5ceceb.jpgChiikawa Is a Struggling Gig Worker, Hawaiian Professor Says of Global Hit https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/godzilla-minus-zero-opening-day-record2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a59ab0af71fe8c90a919.jpgGodzilla Minus Zero Opens to ¥910 Million on Godzilla Day, a Record for a Single Day in Japan https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/ikuta-toma-four-tops-acting-career2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/351143354570671bd93a.jpgIkuta Toma on why he never debuted in a group: "They told us from day one" https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tenryu-genichiro-wheelchair-ring-daughter2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d9b0005444aeeb48fe3d.jpgGenichiro Tenryu, 76, lifted into the ring in his wheelchair as daughter pushes him to keep working https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/tenryu-genichiro-wheelchair-rehabilitation2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9811539d478820ca2961.jpgTenryu Genichiro, 76, on life in a wheelchair with four bolts in his skull https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/morishita-hiroshima-free-agency2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/54c027bd0caba199fd35.jpgHiroshima's Morishita files for free agency, with SoftBank, Giants and DeNA among possible suitors https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/inoue-bam-rodriguez-featherweight-decision2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6c263b47399ae57bc4c0.jpgInoue's featherweight move hinges on Bam Rodriguez talks https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/zip-morning-drama-hashimoto-kawajiri-kodama2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/27c6a145cb8e73a0ac3f.jpgNTV's 'ZIP!' revives its morning drama after about four years, with Kanna Hashimoto starring in 'Atasha Kawajiri Kodama da yo' https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/vivant-sakai-masato-sequel-talk2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9a07e16e41e265209893.jpgSakai Masato's parting words on VIVANT set off sequel talk https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/yamamoto-mona-tv-femininity-interview2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f4dfd68b2b87af91eda4.jpgYamamoto Mona on playing up her femininity to survive 1990s TV https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/betty-osaka-show-pub-mama-dies2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/11cdb10c623a2da11b44.jpgBetty, veteran Osaka show pub mama and pioneer of Japan's new-half culture, dies at 74 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/tmrevolution-kohaku-return2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5bf74243c82fc7f11633.jpgT.M.Revolution to Return to NHK's Year-End Song Show After 12 Years https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/new-roteka-disband-2028-22026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/02da7eb1542e3470f3c4.jpgPunk band New Rote'ka to split in January 2028, singer Atsushi says the reason is "my own selfishness" https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/neil-broadley-square-enix-localization-director-dies2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0a3e0835f87f668d32ec.jpgSquare Enix localization director Neil Broadley dies of colon cancer https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/super-maradona-takechi-alcohol-quit2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5f8d8f569a2dd575b692.jpgSuper Maradona's Takechi on quitting alcohol: "Do comedy, or fall apart" https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/kamiki-ryunosuke-godzilla-minus-zero-interview2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/95b0329c6bd5be0eb934.jpgKamiki Ryunosuke on returning to Godzilla: "We were going to beat the last one, no matter what" https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/3mm-no-koi-karatsu-busan-review2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/580373493fcf6f19af88.jpgA Japanese boy, a Korean girl, and the 3 millimeters between Karatsu and Busan https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/hana-kimi-drama-30th-anniversary2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7a9ff04690922b398ad8.jpgHana-Kimi Manga Gets NTV Drama With Kawamura Hana, Two THE RAMPAGE Members as Leads https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/yakusho-nishikawa-war-orphans-film2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce3216e177abb65543c0.jpgYakusho Koji and Nishikawa Miwa on filming Japan's war orphans: 'I wanted to record it' https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/oibokkeshi-99-documentary2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/df1666f0a9592c51ffb2.jpgA 99-year-old actor takes the stage one last time in documentary 'OiBokkeShi' https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/hokkaido-calligraphers-unesco-shodo2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b2ea3e68960b6a39e94c.jpgCalligraphers in Hokkaido welcome UNESCO listing, vow to protect the hand-written art https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/hiroshige-edo-best-angle-tnm2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3d011c0f5a0408e3f8a4.jpgHiroshige's three great series go on show together at Tokyo National Museum https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/wayne-wang-diary-of-a-mad-old-man2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8b57e13601db9ac3b2a3.jpgWayne Wang adapts Tanizaki's 'Diary of a Mad Old Man' with Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/kamimura-new-national-theatre-master-margarita2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4f2eac133847b21bcd7a.jpgKamimura Satoshi takes over New National Theatre with a Bulgakov staging https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/tokyo-film-festival-colony-closing2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ddd21c42b650dccf3603.jpgTokyo International Film Festival closes with Yeon Sang-ho's "Colony" https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/yatsu-anton-hiesel-300-million-yen2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0bcd33d64a0feb8e4047.jpgYatsu still waiting on his ¥3 million from Inoki's failed Anton Hiesel venture https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/miyazaki-rika-hyrox-training2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7834e7c4a450c8d2f73c.jpgMiyazaki Rika, on suspended sentence, posts HYROX training footage https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/ninomiya-arashi-debut-anniversary-toast2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d082155587893c31c3af.jpgNinomiya Kazuya Marks Arashi's Debut Anniversary With a Toast: "A Real Arashi Meetup" https://tokyodispatch.com/society/aichi-quake-intensity-5-upper-chita2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/18f6b4de13b7c3123d30.jpgMagnitude 5.7 quake shakes Aichi, tops out at upper 5 in Chita https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-opposition-support-decline2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/67b9ca8980e918f6421a.jpgTakaichi's high approval was borrowed from opposition voters, and one policy is calling in the loan https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/rize-jesse-cocaine-arrest-hawaii-route2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ca45a1ebcb6b9a241abe.jpgRIZE singer JESSE arrested on cocaine use charge; investigators look at a Hawaii supply route https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/miura-muroga-miyagi-murder-rearrest2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/33304022077987b65bb9.jpgMan rearrested over killing of partner whose body was found in Miyagi mountains https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukui-forest-body-murder-investigation2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/us-strikes-commercial-ship-gulf-oman-iran-blockade2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/88913c986df06aca0b8f.jpgUS strikes commercial ship in Gulf of Oman to enforce Iran blockade https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/perfume-nocchi-marriage-shibuya-kento2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c2c9c2f75c2ee5465daa.jpgPerfume's Nocchi marries actor Kento Shibuya https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/vivant-movie-december-4-announcement2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/66647f982551550b607e.jpgVIVANT Gets a Movie: TBS Drama's Finale Ends With a December 4 Release Date https://tokyodispatch.com/society/todai-value-creation-faculty-student-opposition2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/02ada83e4a7a95917e47.jpgTokyo University students demand new English-taught faculty be scrapped https://tokyodispatch.com/society/former-teacher-voyeurism-taiwan-school-cameras2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c36d31022bc0f2d3d7a2.jpgA former teacher who filmed students says the urge is "like a drug" — as Taiwan puts cameras in every public school https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kojima-haruna-marriage-first-child2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/244a0a409a72c5b04a38.jpgKojima Haruna announces marriage and birth of first child https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-defense-strategy-endurance-capability2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e9c51ded5d124cf96f69.jpgJapan to write wartime "endurance capability" into defense strategy https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/tokyo-ev-charger-subsidy-cancellation2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c5e14c6cab39b5d530f9.jpgTokyo cancels ¥45.46m in EV charger subsidies over improper claims https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yokohama-mayor-power-harassment-weak-brakes2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8a1b37f90ddc51743801.jpgYokohama's mayoral race ends, but the brakes on an overreaching mayor remain weak https://tokyodispatch.com/business/old-rice-surplus-price-inversion-aichi2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-disaster-agency-launch-prevention2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7906cc1314f38af5f29b.jpgJapan's new disaster agency starts with 352 staff and a mandate to prevent, not just respond https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aiko-singapore-visit-succession2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kodama-haruka-parents-letter2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5185d09b4974233e8111.jpgFormer HKT48 center Haruka Kodama's parents recall the toll of idol life and cosmetic surgery https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-sleep-research-induced-hibernation2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/society/aichi-intensity-5-strong-nankai-preparedness2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ac5300bb8edcca394f23.jpgMagnitude 5.7 quake shakes Aichi, and an expert says the Nankai warning is not the whole story https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/france-efs-blood-plasma-cooling-cyberattack-europe2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/89277881bd95ffc20007.jpgHackers Hit Blood Plasma Storage in France as Attacks on Cooling Systems Spread Across Europe https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tsu-inland-atlantic-salmon-farm2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ed486890f5e83efe4410.jpgLandlocked Tsu farm aims to raise 10,000 tons of Atlantic salmon a year by 2028 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ai-resurrected-dead-japan-china2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a30ad5de50afee292752.jpgJapan's AI 'resurrected dead' market stays small as China races ahead https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/matt-pg-detergent-cm-removed-bunshun2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/081a2a29fb863a18d11b.jpgP&G pulls Matt detergent videos after magazine's second report on sex allegation https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jesse-cocaine-arrest-second-time2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e6e5e528ca67eeaa208f.jpgJESSE, son of guitarist Char, arrested on cocaine use suspicion for second time in seven years https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-chipmakers-tsmc-openness-nec-fujitsu2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b210af61573b3931a101.jpgJapan's chipmakers kept their secrets. TSMC handed them out https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/vivant-film-adaptation-tbs2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/81a5818c1a1e5c52caed.jpgVIVANT Gets a Film Version, Opening December 4 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-data-holic-privacy-miyashita2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a040b45e91cd88ab2a0c.jpgJapan's firms are 'data drunks,' privacy law expert says, as leaks mount https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-disaster-agency-launch2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ishiba-tax-vote-walkout-hata-yukio2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1f9562e725763488bc52.jpgIshiba walks out of tax vote, 14 years after telling rebels to quit https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/chiba-yokoshibahikari-danger-intersection-53-crashes2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3db5d1cd20c772f2dc6.jpgA Chiba intersection has logged 53 crashes in six years, and most drivers never stopped https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/shimonoseki-kottoi-port-car-sea-crash2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/babd6149073d442df2b4.jpgCar driven by woman in her 80s plunges into sea at Shimonoseki fishing port, killing her and injuring a man https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ito-awa-watanabe-yuma-half-senegal-japan2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce0fe5894c1e6500c154.jpgIto Awa, writer and Senegal-Japan 'half,' on marriage, a father reconciled and a Japan that asks her to explain herself https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukui-body-confinement-arrest2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2ec8a404fddf6ffa09fa.jpgWoman's body found in Fukui woods after suspect tells police he killed her https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-cabinet-one-year-support-base2026-11-080.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c56da16a472895487c79.jpgTakaichi Cabinet holds near 50% after a year, but its support base is narrowing https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tohoku-shinkansen-halted-overhead-wire2026-11-080.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/vivant-sanrio-china-risk2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/welfare-fraud-orphan-identity-theft2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ba094249e05375b23977.jpgA stolen name, a decade of welfare fraud: how a Chinese woman lived as a Japanese orphan https://tokyodispatch.com/society/aichi-shizuoka-quake-intensity-5-upper2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0b66883712f1daf14d6e.jpgMagnitude 5.7 quake shakes western Aichi at intensity 5-upper; no tsunami https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/japan-record-awards-pay-to-play-scrutiny2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/record-awards-modelpress-ad-pitch2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/osaka-chinese-family-visa-refusal2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5508890d06091cd56234.jpgOsaka restaurant family ordered out after visa renewal refused despite meeting new rules https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-g7-absence-credibility2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bb07d4c4a1f75275dbef.jpgTakaichi's G7 absence under scrutiny as officials say an hour's notice would have sufficed https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/naito-satsuki-tokyo-district-court-sentencing-arguments2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d53d1b80391d7d6d8c4.jpgProsecutors seek 10 years for wheelchair influencer who killed her 3-month-old daughter https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/chudo-party-subsidy-ogawa-interview2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9abc45ff1765921718d8.jpgOne-lawmaker party set to collect ¥2.9bn in subsidies, its former leader says leftover cash will go back https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/godzilla-minus-zero-tops-japan-us-box-office2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/647e6da864d5bb153b97.jpgGodzilla Minus 0.0 Tops Weekend Box Office in Japan and US, a First for Japanese Film https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-october-cyberattack-record-rakusul-leak2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/12cb2374084109a978b9.jpgJapan logs record 233 cyberattack disclosures in October as leaked personal data nears 185 million https://tokyodispatch.com/society/mochizuki-book-sales-halted2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f204e1d872824056ff9f.jpgMochizuki book pulled after errors; author says lawyers are preparing a statement https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/togesatsu-hunter-dependence2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e9231eedbefc957750c4.jpgVigilante YouTuber arrest spotlights copycat 'togesatsu hunters' https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-mayoral-race-runoff-possible2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8559992aa9a8d452ba79.jpgFukuoka mayoral race heads for runoff as 13 candidates split the vote https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-censure-ishiba-first-former-president2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/46856d5b440e779b73c7.jpgLDP Moves to Censure Ishiba, First Punishment of a Former Party President https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/dance-teacher-sakuma-camera-arrest2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8397f4d46b1ad55a142c.jpgDance teacher arrested over camera hidden in school girls' toilet https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-nishinari-schoolchildren-car-attempted-murder-trial2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5985023c39057f0cd2c7.jpgMan accused of driving into 7 schoolchildren tells Osaka court he will not seek leniency https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ginza-signal-jammer-arrest2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2dbc3983d4691f74483b.jpgChinese man arrested in Ginza over car-mounted signal jammer https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nonoichi-woman-confined-killed-fukui2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-online-store-reopening-delayed-list-attack2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/01f548093595c0e838e0.jpgMUJI Online Store Stays Shut as Credential-Stuffing Attack Hits Roughly 270,000 More Accounts https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-care-worker-arrested-abuse-4-month-old2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2bac43e0abcd9763d60c.jpgCare worker, 70, arrested over abuse of 4-month-old girl in Fukuoka https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nitori-data-leak-37-million2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7b20dcfaeedd5b2598c9.jpgNitori says data on up to 37.62 million customers may have leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/modelpress-record-awards-ad-pitch2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/dc6266f1b5e4578bfb1a.jpgModelpress operator admits ad pitches during Japan Record Awards judging https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-seat-cut-bill-opposition2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c344daf7eb286ca1be54.jpgOpposition cries foul as LDP, Ishin and DPFP agree bill cutting 31 Lower House seats https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/softbank-miyakawa-cyberattacks-ai-700-million2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a48505248e0e194ec8f6.jpgSoftBank's Miyakawa says he is 'honestly exhausted' as cyberattacks hit 700 million a month https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/softbank-idc-frontier-breach-seven-minutes2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d49454a47b1dbf966706.jpgSoftBank chief apologizes as IDC Frontier breach ran just seven minutes https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/jesse-cocaine-arrest-bonez-cancellations2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9948ebd818417f3ac60f.jpgJESSE Arrested Again on Cocaine Use; The BONEZ Cancel Six Events https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yahata-mayor-maternity-leave-return2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c93ff06068ae86e08e07.jpgYahata mayor returns from maternity leave, a first for a city hall in Japan https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-security-documents-china-wording2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b520bc4428c4e5b4be04.jpgJapan to keep "greatest strategic challenge" wording on China in security documents https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kagoshima-teen-sentenced-18-years-nursery-teacher-killing2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b9a234c1c60c3bab1536.jpgKagoshima court gives 19-year-old 18 years for killing nursery teacher at 17 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-governor-koga-sofa-briefing2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/19e92f4b8f20677d1374.jpgOkinawa Governor Denny Tamaki's successor pushes SOFA revision in first foreign-press briefing https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/masked-wrestler-lawmaker-kawanishi-council2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-reprimand-ishiba-tax-vote2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/edff9e274ca077eba8d9.jpgLDP formally reprimands former PM Ishiba for abstaining on tax-cut bill https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-nishinari-attempted-murder-first-hearing-silence2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/239231c93cad612975cc.jpgDefendant in Osaka schoolchildren hit-and-run case stays silent at first hearing https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kitagawa-survivors-group-former-deputy-settles-smile-up2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1ed300d286f7eba55c33.jpgFormer Deputy Head of Johnny Kitagawa Survivors' Group Settles With Compensation Body https://tokyodispatch.com/business/aso-concrete-jis-certification-revoked2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/289b3023f4c27d3a7b3f.jpgAso Concrete loses JIS certification over altered records https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/docomo-breach-id-documents-compensation2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/61f3e824887b74206d05.jpgDocomo says ID document numbers leaked in breach, weighs compensation https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fukuoka-assembly-cash-hatanaka-fifth-testimony2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f62d9e91fc951209c5e5.jpgFifth former Fukuoka assembly officer says he prepared ¥5 million in cash https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/nitori-data-breach-37-million-records2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/84f584b835d004973226.jpgNitori says breach may have exposed up to 37.62 million records https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/imperial-line-meiji-construction-column2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2b67f118febe3816440f.jpgColumn traces the 'unbroken imperial line' to Meiji-era political design https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/food-tax-cut-upper-house-fight2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/779828684a1990f4c4b2.jpgFood tax cut passes lower house as fight moves to upper chamber https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/police-duties-act-remote-phone-analysis-lower-house2026-11-090.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/gmo-fx-breach-security-warning2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8b6675bc2cb28b8b1000.jpgGMO admits 26,739 FX servers hit as its own security unit's warning went unheeded https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fake-cell-tower-sms-blaster-arrest-ginza2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d0ba4b4023a95754ab5.jpgJapan's first arrest over fake cell tower that jammed phones in Ginza https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-seat-cut-proportional-31-bill2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4c19c82f5199ef418d2a.jpgThree parties agree to cut 31 proportional seats, aiming for 2027 enactment https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-reprimands-ishiba-tax-cut-walkout2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/452bc00120a7dca8e1d8.jpgLDP reprimands Ishiba and three others over tax-cut vote walkout https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-care-insurance-self-pay-services2026-11-090.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/195ca13f84595219adc4.jpgJapan's care insurance is shrinking, and self-pay services are filling the gap 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https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/nagano-prison-inmate-eating-disorder-provisional-injunction2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/095c198033ef44a2261d.jpgInmate With Eating Disorder Sues for Nutrition at Nagano Prison https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/local-assemblies-non-nuclear-petitions-takaichi2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/20a9f995d54651348132.jpgLocal assemblies flood Diet with non-nuclear principles petitions after Takaichi cabinet launches https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/land-use-regulation-bill-lower-house-debate2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/1c16d154d56b9ef136ab.jpgJapan Moves to Restrict Land Deals Near Bases to Counter Drone Attacks https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/yanagi-headbands-2024-campaign-launch2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4989674357e7a57385e0.jpgHeadbands handed out at Yanagi's 2024 campaign launch, supporters say https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-parties-donation-rules-before-seat-cuts2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-court-etc-card-gang-member-suit-dismissed2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/da9a93c236370bb715c4.jpgFukuoka court rejects suit claiming ETC card refusal for gang member is illegal discrimination https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/police-phone-surveillance-bill-lower-house2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0662d7589a3a6016a517.jpgPolice phone-surveillance bill clears lower house https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/maezawa-meta-impersonation-ads-lawsuit-dismissed2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/36219e48a6d4540a7d30.jpgTokyo court rejects Maezawa's suit against Meta over impersonation ads https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-ishin-security-documents-nuclear-talks2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/24c16f4519a37ee9627a.jpgLDP and Ishin open talks on security documents, with the nuclear taboo the fault line https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ota-arson-stepdaughter-arrest2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f4d962e5e7811879501.jpgMan, 78, arrested over arson death of stepdaughter in Ota https://tokyodispatch.com/business/bandai-namco-raises-full-year-forecast-gundam2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5e3922ff674592c2a026.jpgBandai Namco lifts full-year operating profit forecast to ¥226 billion on Gundam's "powerful presence" https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-security-documents-revision-ai-drones-non-nuclear2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/20d19824be5167bdf22e.jpgJapan to revise three security documents by year-end, keeping non-nuclear principles https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukushima-iwaki-boy-abuse-death2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8ee59d28197c856a671e.jpgFukushima police knew of abuse before 3-year-old boy died, Kyodo News reports https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/fujii-victim-data-leaks-1192026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-court-likes-stalking-conviction2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f60e34d302c7b2d32b42.jpgTokyo court convicts woman over 14 'likes' on ex-partner's X posts https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-public-housing-pistol-arrest2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b97446dc0b591cb1ca18.jpgOsaka man, 67, arrested after pistol and live rounds found in public housing flat https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/muroran-apartment-stabbing-noise-arrest2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/048486e9f812d636a722.jpgMan, 74, held in Muroran stabbing death told police the noise was unbearable https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-september-household-spending-fall2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukuoka-police-suspect-notes-inspection2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sumiyoshi-kai-office-elementary-school-arrests2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7f7ba158c1373376c53b.jpgEight arrested over gang office 55 meters from a Tokyo elementary school https://tokyodispatch.com/society/aichi-quake-disaster-supplies-shizuoka-nankai-trough2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8821602171a95d0e860d.jpgAichi quake sends Shizuoka shoppers to disaster aisles as experts warn of the Nankai Trough https://tokyodispatch.com/business/mof-sme-agency-tax-break-clash2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/76e378fddf28f8bce03a.jpgFinance Ministry and Small Business Agency Clash Over SME Tax Breaks https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/sakamaki-chiba-trial-opening-22026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a4e5e981150ef757a270.jpgMan, 79, admits killing friend over unpaid loan but denies intent to kill friend's wife https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kodama-haruka-cosmetic-surgery-bipolar-hkt482026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/45a9fb04013439ceb1a0.jpgEx-HKT48's Haruka Kodama says she spent over ¥10m on cosmetic surgery https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/komeito-okamoto-consumption-tax-bill-hollow2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/817b3ce18316a08d4e7f.jpgKomeito's Okamoto calls consumption tax cut bill "far too hollow" as upper house debate begins https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-outside-directors-nidec-cool-japan-governance2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/40a387d6cbe19e14033d.jpgJapan's outside directors stay on the paper: Nidec and Cool Japan show the gap https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/my-number-convenience-certificate-outage2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3fa1d333c80e15abf0c4.jpgNetwork fault at Fujifilm unit stalls My Number card certificate service at 38 municipalities https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/okinawa-policy-council-ldp-shimaji-suzuki2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c4bd9c7267705c33edf7.jpgOkinawa Reset Opens in Tokyo, and the LDP Opens Fire on Itself https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/adachi-yoshimura-osaka-referendum-double-election2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d8f819d63f0845f8ce70.jpgAdachi Accuses Ishin's Yoshimura of Ignoring Diet Resolution on Double Election https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/kato-shigeaki-first-child-2026-celebrity-baby-boom2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9f848563e9e89336f1d4.jpgKato Shigeaki announces first child as 2026 brings a wave of celebrity births https://tokyodispatch.com/business/mitsui-chemicals-jsr-acquisition2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/81d4f2bf198385d216fc.jpgMitsui Chemicals to buy chip materials maker JSR for ¥1.84 trillion https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-ishin-security-documents-talks2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/culture/godzilla-minus-zero-opening-weekend-number-one2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ab9359d34ca1d411d75c.jpgGodzilla Minus 0.0 Opens at No. 1 With 1.61 Million Tickets in Six Days https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/ai-reverse-engineering-smart-devices-security-risk2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/rafool-survey-breach-24232-employees2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/keito-swan-hokkaido-akiya-investment2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/697fc64dac1e0d9bf819.jpgA gambler who moved from California to rural Hokkaido says Japan's cheap empty houses are a terrible investment https://tokyodispatch.com/sport/hanshin-fa-three-players-sato-posting-money2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8994b04aa351bf9e1f40.jpgHanshin plans first three-player FA swoop as Sato posting money funds a win-now push https://tokyodispatch.com/business/akashi-octopus-catch-collapse2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4084aff92e463cee7a89.jpgAkashi octopus catch falls 90% in a decade as a regional brand runs dry https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/osaka-ishin-special-ward-election-districts2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ed8ea9eaa058872f12ed.jpgOsaka Ishin drops big-district plan for special ward assemblies https://tokyodispatch.com/society/fuji-chinese-tourist-missing-closed-season2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/98b6ba00a3f73b6805e1.jpgChinese Tourist Missing on Closed Mt. Fuji With No Snow Gear https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kumamoto-quake-disaster-related-deaths-five-certified2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e97cb540d072e1d2ffa9.jpgKumamoto Quake Disaster-Related Deaths Rise to 6 as 5 More Certified https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-court-likes-stalking-conviction-22026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0ab3dc55e1a88166748b.jpgTokyo court rules 15 "likes" on ex-partner's X posts count as stalking https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/lower-house-panel-political-funding-bills-nov-132026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f9c8c6ec254c0594d0b9.jpgLower House panel sets Nov 13 debate on political funding bills, sidestepping seat cuts https://tokyodispatch.com/business/mitsui-chemicals-jsr-acquisition-22026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takahara-china-narrative-japan-lightning-rod2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/065295f070722bc6dab7.jpgBeijing's 'new militarism' label aims to cast Japan as the challenger to the postwar order, scholar says https://tokyodispatch.com/business/honda-net-profit-forecast-500bn-motorcycles2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c128234f61ca0157b6d2.jpgHonda lifts full-year net profit forecast to ¥500bn as motorcycles surge https://tokyodispatch.com/business/tamahome-fire-insurance-fraud-claims2026-11-110.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/oita-assembly-overseas-trips-cost-cap-exceeded2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3f68ece83232691f3a01.jpg16 Oita assembly members exceeded overseas trip cap, five flew business class https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kadokawa-kadokawa-appeal-early-hearing2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/014fcd6c57ec8d117d10.jpgKadokawa's ex-chairman demands early appeal hearing in Tokyo Olympics bribery case https://tokyodispatch.com/society/forged-adoption-papers-elder-abuse2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9ec48b61cb4171ac49db.jpgForged adoption papers filed without a 93-year-old's consent, Tokyo police say https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/osaka-metropolis-plan-special-wards-20312026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/bc4a287dec9032120ac7.jpgOsaka metropolis plan sets New Year's Day 2031 for ward switch https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/chiba-noda-robbery-arrest2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/68eaab3587884519cca4.jpgChiba police arrest 24-year-old suspected of directing home robbery crew https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/ldp-tax-panel-deputies-resign-walkout2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/cbd5b1869f6aeaea8d18.jpgTwo LDP tax panel deputies to quit after walking out on tax-cut vote https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/tokyo-cbd-roll-on-thc-narcotic-warning2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/edea6a11bff2906f7f89.jpgTokyo finds illegal narcotic in CBD roll-on, urges holders to hand it in https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/aichi-komaki-concrete-block-arrests2026-11-110.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ab16235a1f8a902a46f8.jpgTwo arrested over concrete block thrown at rival foreign gang in Aichi https://tokyodispatch.com/society/japan-children-cannot-ride-bicycles2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6ad12230418d2e4923f6.jpgMore Japanese children reach middle school years unable to ride a bicycle https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/chiba-care-home-husband-arrest2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b29652b341e556eaf6bb.jpgChiba police arrest 75-year-old husband over death of wife at care home https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-disproved-western-economic-consensus-krein2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/82241a6d13a59e262f6f.jpgJapan Has Disproved Much of What the West Believed About Deficits, a U.S. Conservative Argues https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ikebukuro-pokemon-card-robbery-arrests2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/6baefe7fe917bcc3f1a9.jpgFour arrested over ¥26.9m Pokémon card robbery at Ikebukuro shop https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aichi-assembly-vice-speaker-resigns-asian-games-venue2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5cdbf79bb7f600bfa48c.jpgAichi assembly vice speaker resigns after driving into Asian Games venue without pass https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/ginza-six-pepper-spray-arrest2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/db369d507816809b65ae.jpgMan arrested over GINZA SIX pepper-spray attack that injured about 30 https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/shibuya-mound-high-court-fight2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5d0b52e8235ab20270a6.jpgShibuya Residents Take Mound Fight to High Court as Ward Says Rules Don't Apply https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/osaka-court-lawyer-knife-threat-rearrest2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/d94293f01934b853669d.jpgMan rearrested over knife threat to lawyer outside Osaka District Court https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-bill-isihba-abstention-opposition-leaders2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f8a7c02390a116abdd5b.jpgOpposition leaders seize on Ishiba's abstention in consumption tax vote https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/haneda-arson-arrest-782026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/8739f75c7f9d7d7b187a.jpgMan, 78, arrested over arson that killed woman at his Haneda home https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/meta-instagram-ai-age-estimation-japan2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/f564a58e0c1b9244a214.jpgMeta brings AI age estimation to Instagram Japan to catch teens posing as adults https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kumamoto-disaster-deaths-heat-shelters2026-11-120.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/boj-regional-bank-special-interest-scheme-ends2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d530c70ab03a0c8bee9.jpgBOJ's ¥260bn regional bank payout ends quietly, money that would have gone to the state https://tokyodispatch.com/business/october-bankruptcies-950-inflation-labor-shortages2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4525b37056007e4019d2.jpgOctober bankruptcies hit 950 as inflation and labor shortages squeeze small firms https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/japan-leak-response-blocking-cost-shift2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/67e6b8dd7018a2789da8.jpgJapan's leak response shifts the cost to ordinary internet users https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/trump-three-way-summit-japan-room-to-manoeuvre2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a529efb3b3c804470749.jpgTrump eyes three-way summit with Xi and Putin as experts warn Japan could be left exposed https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/japan-firms-stop-collecting-personal-data-leaks2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2cf7f9c8cf37d3d2deb4.jpgFirms stop collecting customer data as leaks mount https://tokyodispatch.com/society/shikoku-electric-tower-fall-third-party-panel2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e3f51dc0aa844dfe138a.jpgShikoku Electric unit sets up third-party panel over 19-year-old worker's fatal tower fall https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/japan-phone-scam-nude-photos-rearrest2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b4c1330e3e8b95f663e6.jpgTwo rearrested over nude photos of scam victim in fake police "body check" https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aichi-governor-election-feb-72026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2d75da436cc029d844bf.jpgAichi governor race set for Feb 7 as incumbent stays silent https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/dalmatian-owner-arrested-onjuku-bite2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b245b026742a77f13581.jpgDalmatian owner arrested after dog bites woman, 80s, despite earlier warnings https://tokyodispatch.com/business/boj-october-meeting-opinions-rate-hike-split2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a299d7ac93b8b5bc94b3.jpgBOJ October minutes show split on how fast to raise rates https://tokyodispatch.com/society/tooth-loss-dementia-risk-tohoku-university2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ba3ea6df4048537b09f0.jpgLosing teeth ranks among top dementia risks, Tohoku University study of 50,000 finds https://tokyodispatch.com/business/rice-trading-guidance-food-system-law2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c16612a6e742364ebc4c.jpgJapan Issues First Guidance Over Improper Rice Trading https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/tokyo-police-arrest-four-aichi-tobacco-thefts2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/4d69e5330d79caa42af7.jpgTokyo police arrest four from Aichi over luxury condo tobacco thefts https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/saitama-unlicensed-driving-chinese-man-sentencing2026-11-120.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/muji-card-data-breach-disclosure-timing2026-11-120.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3cda97418720c61bf8fb.jpgMuji operator says card numbers may have leaked, 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mother also held https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/fukui-body-identified-nakada-confinement-murder-probe2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/e5a27328c1fba3761aa4.jpgBody found in Fukui mountains identified as woman in confinement case; death by suffocation https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/abductee-families-resolution-takaichi-rally2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/058e86a5652e2adfeec9.jpgAbductee families adopt resolution demanding all return together as Takaichi looks on https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/china-ryukyu-okinawa-status-undetermined2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9858086a65e71ee6c72c.jpgChina presses 'Ryukyu' framing in a push against Japan's security policy https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/takaichi-consumption-tax-bill-ldp-walkout2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/81e946c631192306343b.jpgFour LDP veterans walk out as Takaichi's consumption tax cut bill clears lower house https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/consumption-tax-cut-bill-lower-house-32026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3024967b7b1ad53c0838.jpgConsumption tax cut bill clears lower house with funding still unresolved https://tokyodispatch.com/entertainment/izumi-pinko-lawsuit-stage-greeting-32026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/08770c4da6e3972520b9.jpgFilm company sues Izumi Pinko over stage-greeting insults https://tokyodispatch.com/business/sompo-japan-tamahome-fire-insurance-halt2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/2c7f28aeacd7122ea46c.jpgSompo Japan to stop new fire insurance sales through Tamahome https://tokyodispatch.com/business/japan-wholesale-prices-october-ai-oil2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/ce1bb187261a4a9f7e48.jpgWholesale prices climb 7.1% in October as oil and AI demand bite https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/aso-rebukes-ishiba-tax-walkout2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/27a845ec27e512dcdc48.jpgAso Rebukes Ishiba and Three Others Over Tax Bill Walkout https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/kabukicho-raid-illegal-bars-arrests2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9898783717a233c91a8c.jpgTokyo police raid two Kabukicho bars, arrest five over illegal nightlife operations https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/reserve-fund-energy-subsidy2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/7a895a6404f098b43e39.jpgGovernment to spend ¥650 billion in reserves on winter energy bills https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/luffy-group-boss-watanabe-first-trial2026-11-140.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/father-discipline-bruises-osaka-girl-death2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/0d1b10e8762cd70566c4.jpgFather held over 3-year-old's death told police he hit her 'as discipline' https://tokyodispatch.com/society/ehime-university-hospital-alarm-medical-accident2026-11-140.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yokohama-vietnamese-man-killing-rearrest2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/5751c12bc803eadaa448.jpgVietnamese man stabbed to death in Yokohama flat; 24-year-old rearrested https://tokyodispatch.com/business/yen-159-intervention-warning2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3e8c708bae5eb98ed8d.jpgYen Falls to Upper 159 Against Dollar as Finance Ministry Warns on Speed https://tokyodispatch.com/society/kobe-school-clubs-abolished-fukumoto2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/04bd4478a27b7af15956.jpgKobe ends all junior high school clubs, and its education chief says the old model had already collapsed https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/manga-theft-buyback-shops-arrest2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c3dd0414e6fff2163924.jpgMan arrested over theft of manga including Kingdom; 3,000 volumes sold to buyback shops https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/vietnamese-suspects-fraud-proceeds-arrest2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/3bc9ae17974148a197cf.jpgTwo Vietnamese suspects held over ¥500,000 in fraud proceeds https://tokyodispatch.com/business/kadoya-sesame-oil-takeover-battle2026-11-140.8 https://tokyodispatch.com/business/amazon-japan-ftc-commitment-featured-offer2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/9892b725f958857aec69.jpgJapan's antitrust watchdog applies commitment procedure to Amazon Japan over seller pricing https://tokyodispatch.com/politics/supreme-court-upper-house-vote-disparity-unconstitutional2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/16471c1d91b9a75d1b0f.jpgTop court calls Senate election disparity 'unacceptable,' leaves fix to Diet https://tokyodispatch.com/tech/yasukuni-shrine-online-site-breach2026-11-140.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/a7ac4e3aa6b9e6bc4f87.jpgYasukuni Shrine site breached; data on about 14,500 users may have leaked https://tokyodispatch.com/residents/jlpt-test-cannot-apply-residency-risk2026-11-150.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/345132e6ece757819af5.jpgJapan's JLPT language test fills up in days, leaving foreign residents unable to apply https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/awa-mayor-arrest-deputy-mayor-press-conference2026-11-150.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/c4253dee392c44569f69.jpgAwa mayor arrested over ¥3.5m cable-TV fraud; deputy mayor clashes with reporters https://tokyodispatch.com/crime/yakuza-expressway-etc-lawsuit-dismissed-fukuoka2026-11-150.8https://img.tokyodispatch.com/images/tokyodispatch/b08b6079580544d09116.jpgYakuza member's suit over expressway access dismissed in Fukuoka