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What r/japannews is talking about this week

r/japannews has 152,138 members and 33 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 11.6 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

152,138members
33posts in the last 24 hours, newest 2 h ago
11.6comments an hour right now, newest 2 h ago
3,764points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/japannews this week

japanese38tokyo27million17due16arrested13yen13school12foreign12man11government11takaichi10cyberattacks10

Top threads this week

  1. Osaka University announced a plan to recruit 100 young American researchers who had lost opportunities due to the policy shifts of the Trump administration for salaries fo ¥6 million ($37,885). The were only able to hire 1.
    3,764 points337 comments2 d ago
  2. A crime prevention group of Muslim residents in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, have started a neighborhood watch program around an elementary school to improve their safety. Rather than receiving gratitude, many Japanese are furious and telling them to stop because "it's none of their business"
    3,538 points615 comments7 d ago
  3. Ex-AV actress Mao Hamasaki hospitalized after drink spiked in Hong Kong club
    3,104 points156 comments6 d ago
  4. Visitors to Japan will no longer be able to purchase items without paying consumption tax, as the country switches to a system in which these visitors can claim the money back when departing the country.
    2,276 points387 comments6 d ago
  5. Japanese manga author Reika Kajimoto spent ¥880,000 of her own money to buy 1000 copies of her manga, Gansaku no Daijuban, in a desperate attempt to prevent its cancellation. (Despite her sacrifice, it wasn't enough. Volume 2 will only receive a digital release rather than a printed edition).
    2,199 points44 comments4 d ago
  6. A 35-year-old Toyama man has been arrested for breaking into Junior High Schools to steal girls' shoe insoles. When the police searched his place they found 451 of them. He says he's been stealing them since he was in middle school himself
    2,181 points140 comments1 d ago
  7. The hit Japanese spy drama VIVANT has almost no audience overseas, making some wonder "why doesn't Japan produce international hits like Korea does?" The smaller Korea makes internationally appealing dramas from the start, whereas Japan relies on its larger domestic market.
    2,179 points552 comments1 d ago
  8. Why Japan's Konbini Eat-In Rules are Confusing- At a Japanese konbini, takeout food is taxed at 8%, while dining in jumps to 10%. One Tokyo clerk says that trips up tourists, who often pay the lower rate without mentioning they're eating in, then sit down in the eat-in space anyway.
    1,568 points140 comments3 d ago
  9. "Amakudari", where elite Japanese government bureaucrats secure cushy jobs at private businesses upon retirement, remains a major problem in Japan. Almost all career Civil servants from powerful Ministries get lucractive jobs paying ¥25 million a year with few real responsibilities
    1,068 points40 comments3 d ago
  10. 2.5 hrs of makeup to face the world: Japan teen struggles with social media beauty standards
    1,050 points126 comments7 d ago

Newest posts

  1. Hi I'm a Tokyo-based founder, and I started a site to share Japanese brands most people outside Japan have never heard of
    3 points1 comment2 h ago
  2. Japan eyes "education" programs for U.S. troops in Okinawa after recent robbery-murder
    0 points6 comments5 h ago
  3. A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
    0 points0 comments5 h ago
  4. Enthusiasm for learning Japanese at Chinese universities is dropping- Demand is decreasing due to the withdrawal and downsizing of Japanese companies, and the "cooling" of Japan-China relations
    38 points9 comments5 h ago
  5. Where do Chinese people get their information about Japan? Chinese media and social media are top sources, which are very negative. However nearly 50% cite "Japanese cultural works", which seem to soften and improve Japan's image in their eyes
    6 points6 comments5 h ago
  6. Former daycare worker arrested by Tokyo police for filming naked toddlers at Sagamihara facility
    3 points0 comments5 h ago
  7. Russia may have captured a Japanese journalist to use as a bargaining chip in a bid to ease sanctions
    10 points3 comments5 h ago
  8. CoCo Ichibanya, Japan's biggest curry chain, opening in San Francisco Bay Area
    15 points3 comments5 h ago
  9. 87% of Japanese consumers have cut back on potato chips since Calbee switched to Naphtha-saving black and white bags
    90 points16 comments5 h ago
  10. Kochi pachinko parlor chain operator collapses with ¥500 million in debt as foot traffic dries up
    144 points15 comments5 h ago
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