The Nikkei included a table showing areas where the birth rate of foreigners was above the 3% national average. In Tokyo, Kit Ward was highest, at 10.2%. Elsewhere, Warabi in Saitama hit 21.8%, while Kani in gifu was 19.8%
In 2024, over 20,000 babies born in Japan - 3% of the total - were foreigners. This number includes babies born to two non-Japanese parents, and babies born out of wedlock to a foreign mother. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
A 57 year old man has been arrested for selling bootleg copies of the Osaka Expo Map, which he ran up on a colour copier. Police think he sold 450 since April, for a total of around 110,000 yen. www.yomiuri.co.jp/expo2025/202...
A bear wandered into a supermarket in Numata City, Gunma earlier this evening. Two shoppers were attacked, and one, a 70 year old man, needed hospital treatment for an injury to his arm. The bear ran away. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
Tokyo reports a record high 10,000 fire ants and 8,000 eggs & pupae were found in three containers shipped over from China to Aomi Terminal. The operator contacted the Ministry of the Environment to arrange extermination. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
Well, since you ask...there were 2272 cases in total, and it looks like each case had four 5kg bags. The police made a start putting eight 5kg bags on one sheet, so the whole seizure would have needed another 284 blue sheets. Possibly.
Twitter user tarutora17 posted this clip from Sunday of Tōru Hashimoto saying he wants more foreigners in Japan, as being surrounded on the island by only Japanese makes him uncomfortable. You can probably guess not everyone cares for that view. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0f2...
Shibuya doesn't want you to drink on the street but does want you spending money at night. Tomorrow sees the start of a Nightlife Festival. There'll be a Nightlife Guide kiosk by Shibuya Prime offering advice in English and Japanese. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...
British writer Jilly Cooper passed away yesterday. In a conversation in 1984 about her book "Class", the late scholar Shosaburo Kimura said "The defining characteristics of Britain are the class system, bad food and a large number of homosexuals". allreviews.jp/column/5193
British private members club Soho House will open a branch in Tokyo. The club will take several floors in the new 38 storey Grid Tower on Aoyama Dori, which is scheduled to open next year. www.shibukei.com/headline/194...
There's a wiki entry about similar incidents. In 2018, Shinzo Abe treated 333 supporters to katsu curry, and only got 329 votes. Last year, Katsunobu Kato treated 20 close supporters to katsu curry, and only got 16 votes. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%...
If you are confused by headlines about Shinjirō Koizumi and curry bread traitors, this relates to the candidate treating presumed supporters to snacks at a gathering, then ending up with fewer votes than snacks served, meaning some ate and didn't vote for him. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4cd...
The Mirai Human Washing Machine, shown at the Osaka Expo, has seen demand from hotels and leisure facilities, so will go into commercial production. 6 orders are in the book, at a price around that of an imported luxury car (高級外車). www.sankei.com/article/2025...
A player called Gehamat Shibasaki scored two tries, helping the Brisbane Broncos to victory over the Melbourne Storm in today's NRL grand final. Old profile says his great great grandfather was a Japanese pearl diver in the Torres Strait. www.nrl.com/news/2018/08...
A bear cub attacked a Spanish tourist in Shirakawa-gō this morning, inflicting minor injuries to his arm. The man was standing near a shuttle bus stop, taking photos. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...
There have been a number of feelgood stories about elderly Filipinos, fathered by Japanese, getting Japanese citizenship. It's not all plain sailing. One applicant, who met former PM Ishiba in Manila, has been refused. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Thanks. My excuse is (apart from not reading properly) I was too emotionally devastated on learning the project switched from a British to a French made design, because the British ballon kept leaking. 🎈
Takarajima magazine has a Hello Kitty x Coleman bag supplement for 1620 yen. Goes on the list of potential inexpensive Christmas gifts for overseas friends. tkj.jp/book/?cd=TD6...
