Japan labor market set for change as huge worker shortage looms

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s labor market may be at an inflection point as the nation braces for a shortfall of millions of workers, the rise of generative AI and… Read more

Two Japanese win Ig Nobel Prize for tableware that changes taste

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese researchers Homei Miyashita and Hiromi Nakamura received this year’s Ig Nobel Prize for nutrition on Thursday for research that led to the development of tableware… Read more

Japan to reduce public funds for COVID-19 treatments from October

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ The health ministry has decided to reduce medical support for people infected with COVID-19 starting in October, as part of a broader plan to return the… Read more

‘One Piece’: Netflix tries to translate the anime magic

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ With “One Piece,” Netflix repeats history, and there isn’t much evidence that it paid attention to what happened the first time around. “Cowboy Bebop” was a… Read more

Hayao Miyazaki has ideas for next project after ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Studio Ghibli’s legendary director, Hayao Miyazaki, 82, still has not put his pencil down, an executive at the Japanese animation studio says after its long awaited… Read more

Australia swelters in spring heat ahead of expected record temperatures

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Large parts of Australia were in the grips of “uncommon” spring heat on Saturday, the nation’s weather forecaster said, forecasting that record temperatures could be set… Read more

Ohtani’s locker has been packed up at Angel Stadium, and Angels decline to say why

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Shohei Ohtani’s locker has been mostly cleared out at Angel Stadium, and the Los Angeles Angels declined to say why Friday night. The two-way superstar missed… Read more

TikTok hit with $368 million fine under Europe’s strict data privacy rules

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app… Read more

No women appointed as vice ministers under Japan’s reshuffled cabinet

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida’s government approved on Friday a list of new senior and parliamentary vice ministers, devoid of any female members, in stark contrast… Read more

U.S. ambassador to Japan takes spotlight with snarky China tweets

Tokyo, 16 September, /AJMEDIA/ When a Reuters reporter asked a U.S. State Department spokesperson last week about a sarcastic social media post by the U.S. ambassador to Japan concerning China’s… Read more