Hiroshima Marks 81 Years Since the Atomic Bombing
Eighty-one years after 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, Hiroshima’s testimony, reconstruction and demand for nuclear abolition confront a changing world.
Four Stories to Read First
Hiroshima, a lost memoir, defense industry, and the yen
Four Selections From August 6
Healthcare access, community summer, home transitions, and skilled trades
Today’s News: 19 Stories
15 new stories + 4 selections from August 6
Hiroshima Marks 81 Years Since the Atomic Bombing
Eighty-one years after 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, Hiroshima’s testimony, reconstruction and demand for nuclear abolition confront a changing world.
Lost Hiroshima Eyewitness Memoir Published After Eight Decades
The long-unpublished words of pastor Kiyoshi Tanimoto—rescuer, survivor and a central figure in John Hersey’s Hiroshima—return the nuclear age to human scale.
Japan Casts Defense Manufacturing as an Engine of Economic Growth
Tokyo is recasting the defense industrial base as a source of jobs, technology, exports and regional manufacturing—raising questions about growth, oversight and spillovers.
Washington’s Yen Message Strengthens the Case for a September BOJ Rate Increase
With the yen still near 157 per dollar after coordinated intervention, Washington’s currency message adds weight to Japan’s debate over another BOJ increase.
New Welfare Figures Reveal Pressures Facing Vulnerable Households
The latest welfare data illuminate the pressure of prices, rent, health costs and isolation—and the households relying on Japan’s last-resort safety net.
Consumer Agency Penalizes Three Door-to-Door Purchasing Companies
Enforcement against three visiting-purchase businesses highlights how pressure selling reaches private homes and how Japan’s consumer rules are meant to respond.
Japan Warns Consumers About Fake Online Stores Advertising Scarce Goods
Fraudulent stores exploit the urgency surrounding sold-out and limited goods. The warning explains how to spot warning signs before payment or personal data are lost.
Japanese Researchers Precisely Align Carbon Nanotubes With Ultrafast Lasers
Japanese researchers use ultrafast laser control to orient tiny conductive tubes, addressing a central manufacturing challenge for next-generation electronic materials.
Hokkaido Crowdsources Inspection of Utility Poles and Manholes
Across a vast region with aging assets and limited staff, residents’ photographs and location data may help identify damaged utility poles and manholes sooner.
Four Hokushinetsu Municipalities Ask Companies to Help Solve Regional Problems
A reverse-pitch program lets municipalities present concrete problems to companies, reshaping procurement and local experimentation in depopulating regions.
Asakusa Shoemaker Takes Upcycled Kimono Footwear to Taiwan
Discarded kimono become one-of-a-kind shoes as an Asakusa maker takes Japanese craft and circular design to an exhibition in Taiwan.
Hatsune Miku Combines Fireworks, AR and Mixed Reality in Niigata
Fireworks, smartphone AR and live sound converge as the virtual singer turns a Niigata summer event into a layered mixed-reality performance.
Fukuoka Band Culenasm Releases “PRISM” and Announces Japan–Taiwan Tour
The Fukuoka band carries its new release PRISM onto stages in Japan and Taiwan, tracing an indie-music route from a regional city into Asia.
Tokyo Information University Introduces Young Students to Nursing Careers
A summer program lets younger students measure, listen and care—offering an early, practical encounter with nursing skills and judgment.
Japan’s June Wage Report Tests Whether Earnings Are Catching Inflation
As spring wage increases reach pay packets while prices keep rising, the June report tests whether nominal gains are translating into household purchasing power.
More Than Half of Japanese Patients Support Online Medical Booking
A survey of 1,000 people finds 52% support web or app booking, revealing what patients want digitized—and what they still want kept human.
A Young Yaizu Company Reimagines the Bon Festival
Dance, DJs, food stalls and children’s play share one circle as a young local company reconnects ancestral tradition with modern neighborhood life.
Female-Assisted Home Cleanout Service Reaches 100 Cases in Four Months
Belongings, bereavement, moving and family memory converge in a fast-growing service that places female staff beside households during difficult cleanouts.
Shimane Electrician Opens Full-Scale Training Laboratory
A 70-year-old regional contractor opens a full-scale training facility in Izumo to address safety, worker shortages and the transfer of electrical skills.
20. Today’s Art Choice
Kono Bairei · Bird-and-Flower Art
Today’s Art Choice: Kono Bairei and the Reinvention of Japanese Bird-and-Flower Art
A bird’s fleeting posture, seasonal flowers and breathing space: Kono Bairei joined close observation to tradition and helped shape modern Kyoto painting.
