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Consumer prices in Tokyo, excluding fresh food, rose 2.3% in December from a year earlier, slowing from 2.8% in November, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2025
Yen weakens as Tokyo inflation cools more than expected
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital rose 2.3% in December from a year earlier, slowing sharply from 2.8% in the previous month.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s officers investigate the house of a woman and her three children who died in Nishitokyo in western Tokyo on Dec. 19.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2025
Suspected murder-suicide of woman and sons linked to another death
A 27-year-old man found dead in an apartment in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward on Monday is believed to have been in a relationship with the woman.
Visitors flock to a Christmas market with a Christmas pyramid — a German decoration — Tuesday night at Tokyo's Shiba Park.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 24, 2025
Christmas markets are having a jolly moment in Japan
Heavily inspired by German markets, Christmas markets have become one of Japan’s favorite ways to celebrate the holiday over the last decade.
The mother (center) of a Thai girl forced to perform sexual services for money at a Tokyo massage parlor is escorted by police and immigration officers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. Parts of the image have been blurred.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Thai girl in Tokyo sex-work case to be returned home
The girl has expressed a desire to return to Thailand since first seeking help from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau in September.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s headquarters in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Tokyo police officer dismissed for info leak to illegal group
The inspector allegedly gave information to a group believed to have illegally brokered women it scouted on the street to sex parlors and hostess bars
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko visit a special photo exhibition themed on Tokyo during World War II at the National Showa Memorial Museum in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2025
Emperor Naruhito and family visit photo exhibition on wartime Tokyo
The family also met with people serving as “next-generation storytellers,” who share knowledge about the war with museum visitors.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the operator of a luxury sauna facility for possible professional negligence resulting in death.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2025
Police probe Tokyo sauna operator over deaths of husband and wife
During the police investigation, the owner of the facility reportedly admitted to never having turned on the emergency system.
Designtide Tokyo returns for a final weekend of a designer-run marketplace, including one student exhibitor chosen to join the main field of professionals.
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 20, 2025
Designtide Tokyo 2025 closes this weekend with a creator-led marketplace
After returning in 2025 following a 12-year break, the event finished with a chance for designers and buyers to meet face to face.
Kappabashi, Tokyo's "Kitchen Town," is home to friendly faces like shopkeeper Mieko Uematsu. At Mantou, she sells a variety of traditional condiments, as well as knickknacks based on the "kappa" (a mythical water goblin).
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 19, 2025
From aprons to sake cups: What to buy in Tokyo’s Kappabashi
Need some last-minute Christmas gift ideas? We get shoppers in “Kitchen Town” to show us what they bought.
A major quake in Tokyo would cause around ¥83 trillion in financial damages, with the effect of the nation’s crippled central functions — from politics, government to businesses — felt at home and abroad.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2025
Japan forecasts 18,000 deaths in the event of a major quake in Tokyo
The government’s latest projection is over 20% lower than the previous one made in 2013 due to preparations made since then.
Rei Obara, a 22-year-old employee of a dispatch-style sex business in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of dismembering and abandoning the body of her infant.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2025
Tokyo police arrest 22-year-old woman on suspicion of dismembering her baby
The woman is believed to have dismembered the infant’s body around March and stored the remains in a shared refrigerator until their discovery earlier this month.
The iconic New York Bar on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo retains all the cosmopolitan charm it exuded before the hotel's 19-month-long renovation.
LIFE / Travel
Dec 18, 2025
Park Hyatt Tokyo reopens, and nothing’s been lost in renovation
Despite a top-to-bottom refurbishment, the iconic Shinjuku hotel has reopened with all the cosmopolitan charm it had before.
People pose for pictures in front of festive light installations at Mohri Garden in Roppongi district, in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 17, 2025
For the first time, Tokyo reaches second place in Global Power City Index
The executive director of the Mori Memorial Foundation, which releases the index, said other Japanese cities — such as Fukuoka and Osaka — were rapidly moving up the rankings, too.
Tokyo police investigate a sauna facility in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday following the deaths of two customers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2025
Broken door may have trapped victims in Tokyo sauna fire
Investigators found the L-shaped handles of the door of the sauna unit on the floor inside and outside.
Visitors take photos of Lei Lei at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2025
Panda fans throng Ueno Zoo to bid farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei
Visitors stood in line for hours to catch one last glimpse of the two remaining pandas in Japan ahead of their return to China in January.
A condominium unit where Yohei Ono allegedly confined a woman under 20 for about two months before his initial arrest in November
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2025
Man and two women in polygamous relationship arrested for sex videos
The man, Yohei Ono, his wife Haruka, 28, and common-law wife Rin, 23, who is also his adopted daughter, are believed to have been living together as a polygamous family.
A building that houses a sauna facility in Tokyo's Minato Ward, where two customers were killed in a fire on Monday
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2025
Two die after fire at sauna facility in Tokyo
Police are investigating the circumstances and causes of death of the customers, who were both believed to be in their 30s.
The crime of dangerous driving carries a prison sentence of at least one year and up to 20 years in cases resulting in deaths.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Man rearrested over fatal hit-and-run in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward
The suspect, Yusuke Yokoo, was initially apprehended at his home in the same ward on Nov. 24 on suspicion of stealing a car from a dealership.
Twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo in June 2023. They are expected to be sent back to China by the end of January.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2025
Amid China tensions, Japan will lose its two remaining pandas
Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, two twin giant pandas at the Ueno Zoological Gardens, are expected to be returned to China by the end of January.
A poster put up in Tokyo's Chuo Ward asks tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists to the Tsukiji Outer Market toward the end of the year to avoid overcrowding.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 15, 2025
Tsukiji market urges tourists to avoid visiting at year-end to ease congestion
The Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai tourist facility, meanwhile, welcomes tourists throughout the year-end and New Year holiday season.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
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.
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.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan falls in gut-wrenching fashion as Brazil strikes late to win World Cup clash
Brazil's Gabriel Martinelli (right) shoots past Japan defenders Shogo Taniguchi (left) and Takehiro Tomiyasu to score in the second half of a match in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston on Monday.
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."
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.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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