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Japan's sticker-swapping craze returns, has parents combing shops for most popular items
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (360+ words) May 30, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Sticker swapping, a playground craze among children in the 2000s, has returned as a new boom known as "shiru-katsu." Some parents are now making rounds of multiple stores to check stock as they try to buy popular…...
Japan's population falls by record amount to 123 mil. in 2025: census
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (310+ words) May 29, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's population including foreign residents fell by a record 3. 10 million, or 2. 5 percent, from 2020 to 123, 049, 524 last year, the latest census showed Friday, highlighting the demographic challenges facing the rapidly graying society. The census, conducted every five…...
AI to be used for drafting Japan Diet responses to ease civil servants' workload
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (167+ words) May 27, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- The Japanese government will introduce within this fiscal year an artificial intelligence (AI) app to help central government ministries and agencies draft responses to questions in the Diet in a bid to improve working conditions for…...
Japan university students look to reform school meals in Saipan amid high food waste
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (686+ words) Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the Java Script is deactivated on your browser. IMABARI, Ehime -- A project called the "Marianas Kyushoku Project" has…...
Prestigious high school in Japan promotes non-academic activities amid enrollment shortfall - The Mainichi
2+ week, 2+ day ago (147+ words) May 14, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Since arriving as principal in 2021, Kunioka had been working to turn the school into one where students could challenge themselves in areas beyond academics. After the enrollment shortfall, he accelerated those efforts. A Mainichi tally shows that…...
Japan study rejects claim higher education for women drives down marriage and births
2+ week, 6+ day ago (200+ words) May 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Claims that "women who go to university miss their chance to marry, which leads to a declining birth rate" are wrong, a study by a team of researchers at Waseda University and other institutions has found....
Japan town hit by depopulation opens public cram school inside prefectural high school
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (370+ words) May 9, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KAWAMOTO, Shimane -- An unusual municipally funded cram school has opened in this mountainous region of western Japan, aiming to revitalize a community struggling with depopulation. "Shimane Chuo Mirai Zemi" is a privately operated cram school in the…...
Some univ. students in Japan want high-income partner so they can become homemakers
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (340+ words) May 9, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) "I want my future spouse to earn enough, because I want to devote myself to housework and raising children," said a 21-year-old university student in Aichi Prefecture, describing her vision for the future. Many of the students…...
From You Tube to rakugo, Japanese kids explore new forms of expression
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (624+ words) May 2, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- From pitching ideas as mock diplomats to editing You Tube videos, Japanese children are finding new ways to express themselves as demand grows for communication skills at an early age. Extracurricular activities that nurture creativity…...
Punch the monkey is growing up, leaving his plushy behind
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (269+ words) April 24, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- A Japanese macaque at a zoo here that captured global attention for carrying a stuffed animal is growing up, carrying the toy less often and spending more time playing with other members of his troop....
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