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Gordon Higgins and Chloe Douglas pose for a picture with Shorna-Kay Richards (center), Jamaica’s ambassador to Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Feb 18, 2026
Tokyo LGBTQ fundraiser to raise money for Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Organizers blend art, drag and Jamaican cuisine to support marginalized communities still recovering from last year’s devastating storm.
Initially attracted to Nishiogikubo for its welcoming atmosphere, Yoann Rohart (center) opened Bonjour Les Amis in 2025 and hosts game nights and French language meet-ups at the restaurant.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Feb 16, 2026
Games and gab at a French pub in western Tokyo
At Bonjour Les Amis in Nishiogikubo, hearty French fare and lively game nights are bringing together a casually cosmopolitan crowd.
At Peter, The Peninsula Tokyo's revamped flagship restaurant, chef Yohan Da Costa balances French and Japanese elements in his modern French cuisine.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 15, 2026
How Yohan Da Costa is redefining Peter at The Peninsula Tokyo
After 12 years, The Peninsula Tokyo’s flagship restaurant has swapped its steak-and-grill theme for a French concept led by up-and-coming chef Yohan Da Costa.
Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward. Tokyo police have referred two U.S. Marines to prosecutors for allegedly breaking into restaurants in the district and stealing cash.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2026
Two U.S. Marines referred to prosecutors in Tokyo theft case
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department sent papers on two U.S. Marines to public prosecutors on Friday, alleging that they broke into restaurants in Tokyo and stole cash, sources said.
College students Jun Kim (left) and Rihito Mizoguchi are the co-founders of Login.jp, a project launched in February 2025 to “archive the Japanese experience through music.”
CULTURE / Music
Feb 13, 2026
Login.jp spotlights everyday Japan, one DJ set at a time
The student-led project brings club sounds into fish markets, barbershops and corner stores, reframing everyday Japan through music.
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2026
High school baseball players suspected of spreading obscene images
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that an obscene video of a 15-year-old girl might have been disseminated to dozens of people.
Snow falls outside of Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kawasaki on Sunday morning.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2026
Snow blankets Tokyo as powerful storm system tightens grip on Japan
Central Tokyo recorded around 5 centimeters of snow Sunday, while the heaviest accumulations were seen along the Sea of Japan coast.
A Meteorological Agency official explains the agency's forecast for large amounts of snow through Sunday earlier this week.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2026
Sea of Japan coast braces for heavy snow as Tokyo set to see accumulations
A winter pressure pattern was expected to hit the areas along the Sea of Japan coast particularly hard overnight and into Sunday.
Junior high school students holding a debate involving comedian Nana Takamatsu (second from left), on Wednesday in Tokyo's Suginami Ward
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Tokyo students learn importance of elections through comedy
For the past 10 years, comedian Nana Takamatsu has held classes at schools nationwide for a total of about 100,000 students.
The room that opens the exhibition, features a bank of computers and large curved monitors on which you can look up any scene from any of the "Ghost in the Shell" anime.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 4, 2026
‘Ghost and the Shell’ exhibition aims for maximum visual impact
A new, sprawling exhibition about the seminal cyberpunk franchise “Ghost in the Shell” celebrates 30 years of cultural influence.
Masaaki Kimura (center) is taken into the Metropolitan Police Department's Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2026
Tokyo nursery school teacher arrested for alleged sexual abuse
The suspect has denied the allegations, while dozens of boys at the facility and affiliated after-school care center have reported incidents of indecent behavior.
Voters listen to a stump speech in the city of Hachioji, in western Tokyo, on Jan. 29.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2026
LDP executive seeks to leave slush fund scandal behind
Koichi Hagiuda was among the five leading figures of the now-defunct LDP faction once led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which was at the center of the scandal.
As concentration of the population in the Tokyo area is ongoing, addressing the situation remains a challenge for Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 3, 2026
Net population inflow into Tokyo area slowed in 2025, but concentration persists
As concentration of the population in the Tokyo area is ongoing, addressing the situation remains a challenge for the country.
Pikachu and Eevee in a parade
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 2, 2026
Gotta see ’em all: World’s first outdoor Pokemon park to open Thursday
Visitors can experience a walk in the woods featuring a variety of Pokemon, explore Sedge Town and purchase merchandise only available at the park.
The Centrist Reform Alliance’s Yosuke Suzuki speaks to his supporters in Otsuka, Toshima Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2026
A tale of two Suzukis: Lower House election sets up fourth duel between Tokyo candidates
The Liberal Democratic Party’s Hayato Suzuki has been beating the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s Yosuke Suzuki since 2017, but new party backing could turn the tables.
A Japanese police officer stands guard at the entrance of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2026
Chinese advised not to visit Japan after robbery
The embassy issued the advisory on social media and said that it has asked Japanese police to resolve the robbery case as soon as possible.
The Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2026
Host arrested for using dating app to lure women to club in Tokyo
The arrest marked the first crackdown in the country on cases involving soliciting customers to restaurants and pubs through dating apps.
The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, in Tokyo's 23 wards came to 110.9 in January against the 2020 base of 100, rising for the 53rd consecutive month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2026
Tokyo inflation slows to 2 percent in January
The decrease was mainly due to a smaller rise in food prices excluding perishables.
After closing for renovations in 2022, Edo-Tokyo Museum reopens this spring.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 30, 2026
Renewal and novelty shape this year’s art and culture calendar
In 2026, two major museums reopen after renovations and two new cultural institutions open in Tokyo and several big exhibitions and art events take place around the country.
Police officers investigate the scene in Tokyo's Taito Ward where a robbery occurred on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2026
Suitcase cash robbery in Tokyo’s Ueno linked to second attack at Haneda Airport
The people transporting large sums of money in both locations said they were in the money exchange business and were delivering the cash to locations in China and Hong Kong.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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