This year's cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion ($9 billion) on Japan — the highest in the country's history, according to an economist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/cherry-blossoms-economic-impacts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sakura #japaneseeconomy #tourism
Cities throughout Japan were enveloped in yellow sand on Wednesday, with the weather agency predicting the phenomenon to last through Thursday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/science-health/yellow-sand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #meteorologicalagency
The EU and Japan both fret about a world without the U.S. security umbrella. They could ease their fears by moving closer together. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/26/japan/japan-europe-a-security-alliance-the-world-needs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #europe #eu #eujapanrelations #euusrelations #usjapanrelations #defense #china #russia
A series of wildfires that have broken out in Japan and South Korea in recent days were fueled by human-caused climate change, according to a European study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/science-health/wildfire-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #wildfires #climatechange #mountains #france #southkorea
A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/us-military-landing-on-okinawa-80-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #wwii #usmilitary #zamami
Joseph Campbell, the scholar of comparative religions, was born OTD in 1904 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/shinto-buddhism/?s=mb #travel #Japan
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a former judge guilty of insider trading by using information obtained during his work on loan at the Financial Services Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/crime-legal/ex-judge-guilty-insider-trading/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #stocks #investments #fsa
Japan's parliament has passed a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters and making it punishable for anyone who advertises a product or service on them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/politics/election-posters-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2024tokyogubernatorialelection #diet
The agriculture ministry has begun to accept bids in the second round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/stockpiled-rice-second-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #inflation #maff #food
Top Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding lost its official certification for foreign technical intern programs for violating the industrial safety and health law, the Immigration Services Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/imabari-shipbuilding-technical-intern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imabarishipbuilding #immigrationservicesagency #foreigntrainees
Yesterday I showed one of my photos from 2023. That was in Meguro, Tokyo.
This one I took in 2024, same area. Equally beautiful place 
Japanese space startups continue to take on adventurous challenges amid intensifying international competition for technological development, with the private sector taking over the lead role in space development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/japan-startups-space-development/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #space #tech #startups #investments #ispace #astroscaleholdings #interstellartechnologies
A discrepancy relating to the handling of visitors' personal information has been discovered in the privacy policy of the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/osaka-expo-privacy-policy-errors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka #personalinformation
Almost all textbooks to be used by first- and second-year high school students in Japan from fiscal 2026 will include QR codes that link to websites with video and audio learning aid materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/high-school-textbooks-qr-codes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #textbooks #digitalization #mext #highschools
Victims who suffered from having given large donations to the Unification Church have expressed joy over the Tokyo District Court's decision to revoke its religious corporation status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-victims-reactions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #mext #unificationchurch
Japan has accepted a Palestinian woman injured in the war in Gaza for treatment in the country, and plans to accept a second, the first time Tokyo has done so since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/japan-palestinian-injured/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japan #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #palestine
Samurai brothers Kō no Moronao and Kō no Moroyasu had made many enemies; they retired to become monks, but on the way to the monastery they were captured and executed OTD in 1351 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/forty-seven-ronin/?s=mb #travel #Japan
Akinoumi Setsuo, who died OTD in 1979, was #sumo's 37th Yokozuna or top champion https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/koyasan/okunoin-cemetery.html?s=mb #travel #Japan
Japanese daimyō or warlord Ikoma Chikamasa, who died OTD in 1603, became a priest and withdrew to Mount Kōya https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/koyasan/?s=mb #travel #Japan #Buddhism
