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Reika Kuroki, who goes by Reika Miyazaki as a social media influencer, has some 500,000 followers on Instagram.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2025
Japanese social media influencer charged with tax evasion
Reika Kuroki, also known as Reika Miyazaki, as well as two other individuals are accused of evading corporate and other taxes amounting to ¥157 million.
Griffin Johnson, seen with Sandman, has used his social media following to attract a new audience to horse racing.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 23, 2025
How one influencer is bringing new energy to horse racing
Griffin Johnson, a social media star with millions of followers across several platforms, is quickly becoming a key figure in the industry.
TikTok said it signed binding agreements to create a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
TikTok says it signed agreements for new U.S. joint venture
CEO Shou Chew said deals with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX have been signed, with a closing date of Jan. 22, 2026.
The National Police Agency plans to warn against the obscene use of AI at delinquency-prevention lectures at schools and other events.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2025
Over half of deepfakes of underage victims made by schoolmates, Japanese police say
The National Police Agency for the first time has released information on minors who became victims of sexual deepfakes, or obscene fake images created using generative AI.
A sign in the woods uses the kanji for "bear" to warn hikers of their presence in the area.
LIFE / Language / 2025 IN REVIEW
Dec 14, 2025
The ‘bear’ defined kanji in 2025. The internet defined almost everything else.
Japan’s kanji and buzzwords of 2025 reveal a split: old-media traditions colliding with the chaotic, meme-driven language of new media.
A child looks at his phone in Melbourne on Nov. 27 ahead of Australia's ban on children under 16 from using social media.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2025
Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban
Follower counts primarily on Instagram have dropped, creators said, while engagement patterns — likes, comments and views — have also changed.
Over 20% of major cities in Japan banned voters from taking photos at polling stations during July's House of Councilors election, according to a Jiji Press survey.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Over a fifth of major Japanese cities banned polling station photos in July vote
Of 52 major cities polled, 23% banned photography at polling stations, while 60% asked voters to refrain from taking photos and 17% allowed photography.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Anika Wells speak to the media during a visit to St. John Paul II College in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 11, 2025
Australian leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online
The rollout of the ban was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
Haneda Airport's international departure lobby in April 2023. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, travelers and immigrants have been scrutinized more aggressively.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
The U.S. is planning to require all foreign tourists to disclose five years of their social media history under a new proposal for enhanced border security.
Young passengers use their smartphones in a train near Central Station in Sydney on Nov. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 10, 2025
Australia begins enforcing teen social media ban in world-first crackdown
Canberra says unprecedented measures are needed to protect children from “predatory algorithms” filling phone screens with bullying, sex and violence.
A damaged concrete pillar supporting the Hachinohe Line in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 10, 2025
Like in past disasters, misinformation spreads online in Aomori quake aftermath
The spread of false information online during disasters has repeatedly emerged as a social issue in Japan.
Until now, Tokyo police had identified suspicious posts on social media platforms by manually searching for them using keywords.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2025
Police in Tokyo use AI to spot shady job offers on social media
Thanks to the AI tool, Tokyo police can write about 150 warning replies per day — compared to some 25 before its introduction — to messages considered to be offering shady jobs.
Senior police officers from Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa prefectures hold a joint news conference in Tokyo Friday following the arrests of the alleged masterminds behind a series of robberies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2025
Masterminds behind Tokyo-area robberies used X to recruit people, sources say
The four are believed to have used accounts on the social media platform to recruit subordinates by posting “dark” job offers, including those that promised same-day payment.
Teens watch a TikTok video with their friends in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 13. Australia is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law.
WORLD / Society
Dec 8, 2025
‘Not black or white’: Teens worldwide react to Australia social media ban
The move will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi points to Botswana on a globe in a video clip posted on the ministry's official X account.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2025
Japan’s Foreign Ministry emphasizes visuals on social media
The Foreign Ministry’s infographics on its social media accounts help it effectively send its message around the world, but they also extend beyond the realm of public relations.
The European Commission on Friday imposed a €120 million penalty on Elon Musk's X for breaching European Union online content rules.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 6, 2025
Europe continues Big Tech crackdown with X fine in defiance of Trump
Europe is forging ahead with its crackdown on Big Tech, levying fines on Alphabet's Google and Elon Musk's X and opening new investigations, asserting its sovereign right to enforce its laws in defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Social media, the internet and other modern-day pressures like digital overload, complexity and declining community ties are fueling loneliness and mental strain across Western societies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2025
The West is facing fearsome new ‘giants’
The old postwar “Five Giants” have been defeated, but new challenges — loneliness, addiction, distraction, lies and complexity — threaten Western societies.
A 10-year-old girl watches a show on YouTube at her home in western Sydney on Oct. 30.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 29, 2025
Driven by TikTok trends, new beauty brands target children
A growing number of companies are targeting a new generation of kids who have grown up with TikTok skin care and make-up routines.
Elon Musk's social media platform X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 25, 2025
Based in the U.S. or Nigeria? Musk’s X erupts over location feature
The account location information rollout is a bid to boost transparency on a platform that tech experts say is rife with disinformation.
Malaysian Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil speaks during an interview in Kuala Lumpur in 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 24, 2025
Malaysia says it plans to ban social media for users under 16 from 2026
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil cited a need to protect youths from online harms such as cyberbullying, financial scams, and child sexual abuse.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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