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Masato Edamitsu, the 60-year-old founder of Shinshin Kenko Club, training and guiding his client
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Japan’s fitness industry is catering to a new clientele: Health-conscious seniors
A fitness survey released by the Sports Agency in October of this year found that seniors today are fitter than they were in 1998.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Japan team develops effective method to create iPS cells from blood
While a method to create iPS cells using skin cells and synthetic RNA has already been developed, it had been thought to be difficult to produce iPS cells from blood cells.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Japan sees drop in regular smokers, national health survey finds
Nearly 1 in 5 of those who said in the health ministry's annual survey that they smoke also said they wanted to quit.
To prevent the spread of the flu, measures such as wearing a mask are recommended.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2025
Japan’s flu season comes early as new variant spreads
By Yukana Inoue
The risk of developing severe symptoms from "Subclade K" is no higher than other strains, but its continued spread is expected.
Medical sector organizations including the Japan Medical Association are calling for a drastic fee hike to deal with inflation and wage increases.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2025
Japan to accelerate talks over revision to medical service fees
According to a health ministry survey, about 60% of general hospitals in the country posted red ink in fiscal 2024.
About 48,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture will be culled, following the confirmation of a bird flu outbreak.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 22, 2025
Japan confirms fifth bird flu outbreak of season
About 48,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture will be culled.
The National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo’s Chuo ward
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2025
Five-year pancreatic cancer survival rate hits 10.7% for men and 10.2% for women
The rates are the lowest among all cancer types except for childhood cancers.
A group of researchers from Japanese universities as well as British and South Korean scientists has discovered a factory-like cellular system that prevents insulin abnormalities, potentially paving the way for new diabetes treatments.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2025
'Factory' in cells found to prevent insulin abnormalities
The finding by a group of researchers from Japanese universities, as well as British and South Korean scientists, could help with the development of new diabetes treatments.
Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and other institutions have developed an AI model that detects high diabetes risk using only electrocardiogram data.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2025
Japan team builds AI model to identify diabetes risk from electrocardiogram data
The method, which does not require blood tests, could lead to early detection of the disease.
The health ministry on Friday said that the weekly average of new influenza cases per monitored medical institution hit 14.90, surpassing the alert level of 10.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2025
Flu cases in Japan exceed alert level, health ministry says
The alert level of 10 cases per regularly monitored medical institution nationwide indicates a possible large-scale outbreak within four weeks.

Japan to require nationality in property registrations
The government is looking to include nationality in a planned property registration database amid concerns that condominium purchases by foreign citizens have driven up prices.
Takaichi’s Taiwan tumult: A closer look at the Japanese leader’s contentious remarks
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
Man accused of shooting Abe apologizes to former PM’s widow and family
The Nara District Court where Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is on trial for the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe's wife, Akie, attended the trial on Wednesday for the first time.
Japan’s flu season comes early as new variant spreads
To prevent the spread of the flu, measures such as wearing a mask are recommended.
The key points under discussion on policies affecting foreign nationals
Visitors head to Shirakawago, a popular tourist spot, in Gifu Prefecture in November.
Kashima or Kashiwa: J. League title chase goes down to the wire
Kashima's Yuma Suzuki (center) takes a shot during a game against Kashiwa in March.
2025 was the year Japan’s box office returned
In 2025, “Demon Slayer” and “Kokuho” broke box-office records, while films such as “Renoir,” A Pale View of the Hills” and “Two Strangers, Two Seasons” garnered acclaim on the international film festival circuit. The year’s biggest loss was the death of Tatsuya Nakadai, an highly regarded actor who had worked with nearly all of the top directors of Japanese cinema’s postwar golden age.
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town Japan
A native of the Jura region of France, Severine Lamielle moved to Tottori Prefecture in 2024 and found a job as a taxi driver.
A new animation festival lands in Nagoya with big plans
Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival director Shinichiro Inoue (left) and artistic director Tadashi Sudo (right) started the new event in Nagoya in part due to local government support and Aichi Prefecture’s ongoing investment in arts and culture.
In Japan, beloved pets receive human-style farewells
In pet-loving Japan, the ways owners say goodbye to their dearly departed animals can mirror the ways they bid farewell to other humans.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Yumi Matsutoya began her decades-long career under her maiden name, Yumi Arai, but Japanese fans might know her better as “Yuming.”
Yumi Matsutoya’s human touch in an AI age
By Patrick St. Michel

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