theTokyoBill Japan news brief
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Consumption tax cut on food clears Japan's lower house - November 7, 2026
Nov 7, 20268 min
Chinese ships suspected of surveying undersea cables near Japan - November 3, 2026
Nov 3, 20267 min
Japan changes how tourists get their tax back - October 31, 2026
Oct 31, 20268 min
GMO offers up to $1 million reward to identify cloud hackers - October 28, 2026
Oct 28, 20268 min
Terminally ill man keeps 22 million yen - October 23, 2026
Oct 23, 20266 min
Russia detains Japanese journalist - October 20, 2026
Oct 20, 20267 min
Japan's phantom magnitude 9.9 earthquake alert - October 17, 2026
Oct 17, 20267 min
Five Malaysians arrested for possible cocaine smuggling - October 14, 2026
Oct 14, 20267 min
Digital affairs minister urges new passwords - October 10, 2026
Oct 10, 20266 min
Google Japan's conveyor-belt keyboard brings keys to your fingers - September 7, 2026
Oct 8, 20269 min
Japan raises permanent residency fee twentyfold - October 3, 2026
Oct 3, 20267 min
Central Tokyo records 34 consecutive days of rain - September 30, 2026
Sep 30, 20267 min
Typhoon Dijuan death toll rises to 11 - September 26, 2026
Sep 26, 20266 min
Typhoon Dujuan kills four & batters eastern Japan during Silver Week holiday - September 22, 2026
Sep 22, 20266 min
Xi Jinping's APEC meetings with Canada and Japan take diverging paths - September 19, 2026
Sep 19, 20267 min
Number of centenarians in Japan tops 100,000 for first time - September 16, 2026
Sep 16, 20267 min
Japan raises alarm over new UN world map - September 12, 2026
Sep 12, 20267 min
Tokyo reverses baby bust with AI matchmaking - September 9, 2026
Sep 9, 20267 min
Japan submits record defense budget for fiscal 2027 - September 5, 2026
Sep 5, 20268 min
SDF ship returns to port with Tomahawk capability operational - September 2, 2026
Sep 3, 20268 min
Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 - August 29, 2026
Aug 29, 20268 min
Volunteers relocate castle keep by hand - August 26, 2026
Aug 26, 20267 min
Father abandons seven year-old son on Mount Fuji - theTokyoBill news brief - August 22, 2026
Aug 23, 20268 min
United States sanctions chief of International Criminal Court - August 19, 2026
Aug 19, 20268 min
New Kyoto shrine dedicated to stuffed toys - August 15, 2026
Aug 15, 20267 min
Fukushima city offers beetle larvae as tax donation gifts - August 12, 2026
Aug 12, 20266 min
Planned food tax cut draws skepticism - August 7, 2026
Aug 7, 20269 min
Japan schools flooded with AI-generated work - August 5, 2026
Aug 5, 20268 min
Suspected yen intervention ripples through currency markets - July 31, 2026
Jul 31, 202610 min
Japanese bird crowding out native Hawaiian species - July 29, 2026
Jul 29, 20268 min
Nankai Trough 'locked zone' shifts over time - July 25, 2026
Jul 25, 20267 min
Swimming beaches down 30 percent - July 22, 2026
Jul 22, 20269 min
Kirin cracks the science of beer foam - July 17, 2026
Jul 17, 20268 min
Kei cars cleared to join Japan's taxi fleets - July 15, 2026
Jul 15, 20269 min
Umbrella-sharing service adds sun protection - July 11, 2026
Jul 11, 20267 min
Startup eyes pig kidney transplants for humans - July 8, 2026
Jul 8, 20267 min
Mosasaur fossil may represent previously unknown species - July 4, 2026
Jul 4, 20268 min
Thai woman jailed for forcing daughter into sxx work - July 1, 2026
Jun 30, 20266 min
Japan moves to protect tea brands as counterfeits spread - June 27, 2026
Jun 27, 20269 min
Japan's 1st regulated yen stablecoin launched - June 23, 20226
Jun 23, 20268 min
Mayor's maternity leave sparks national debate - June 20, 2026
Jun 20, 20268 min
Young children fearing men myth debunked - June 17, 2026
Jun 17, 20268 min
Japan's H3 Rocket Makes Successful Comeback - June 13, 2026
Jun 13, 20268 min
Study shows reading paper manga better than digital for memory - June 9, 2026
Jun 9, 20268 min
theTokyoBill Japan news brief, June 6 2026
Jun 6, 20268 min
theTokyoBill news brief, June 3 2026
Jun 4, 20266 min
theTokyoBill Japan news brief, May 30 2026
May 30, 20269 min
theTokyoBill Japan news brief, May 26 2026
May 26, 20267 min
theTokyoBill Japan news brief, May 22 2026
May 22, 20267 min
theTokyoBill Japan news brief, May 20 2026
May 20, 20268 min