The Foreign Invasion: BYD, Hyundai, & Kia Make Their Mark at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. TOKYO — The 2025 Japan Mobility Show this year felt like a crucial turning point for the Japanese automotive industry. There was a strong presence from BYD, which started...

Japan can be a hub and 'guardian' for the submarine cable system

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks at a mock submarine cable at NEC Future Creation Hub in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. Undersea cables are not simply commercial assets but national lifelines that carry almost every digital transaction,...

Forget MBAs — Japan’s Banks Are Hiring Math PhDs and AI Wizards

The global war for specialized financial talent has intensified, with major Japanese banks now actively recruiting PhDs and high-level management professionals to drive their digital transformation. This strategic shift in traditional finance...

‘Seaweed’ out, now ‘GIM’···With exports of ‘gim’ at an all-time high, push to change its international name

Gim products displayed at a large supermarket in Seoul in April this year. Yonhap News This year, exports of domestically produced gim hit an all-time high. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) agri-food export...

Foreigners make up over 10% of population in 27 Japan municipalities

Tokyo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign residents accounted for more than 10 percent of the population in 27 municipalities across Japan as of January, with ratios in most surpassing levels that a national research institute had projected would...

Can PM Takaichi Rekindle the Fizz in India-Japan Ties?

Sanae Takaichi becoming the first female prime minister of Japan is indeed a welcome augury for the country. It is also an opportune time to analyze what lies in store for Japan-India relations under the new Takaichi administration. She already...

Japan Unveils Filmmakers Selected for Second Edition of Film Frontier Global Networking Program

The five participants for the second cohort of the Film Frontier Global Networking Program, who will receive 18 months of tailored support to advance their international careers, have been unveiled. Directors Kaneko Yurina, Kusano Natsuka,...

Mayor of Japan town with many foreigners perplexed by rising support for Sanseito

A supermarket frequented by Brazilians and other foreign nationals is seen in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Oct. 12, 2025. In a corner of the parking lot, cassava, a root vegetable used in Brazilian cuisine, was being sold. (Mainichi/Masanori Hattori)...

Tokyo: Fan Bingbing on Rebounding From Her “Lowest Point,” the Grueling Preparation for ‘Mother Bhumi’ and Working in China Again

Returning to Tokyo International Film Festival 15 years after she won best actress for Buddha Mountain in 2010, Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing is winning plaudits for her distinctly unglamorous turn in competition entry Mother Bhumi. Borderline...

Japan’s National Stadium to get name under deal with megabank

Tokyo’s iconic National Stadium will adopt a new name, “MUFG Stadium,” from January following a five-year naming rights agreement announced by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and the stadium’s operating company. The deal running through late...

IDF drops Chinese cars, switches to Japan's Mitsubishi fleet

The Israeli Defense Forces is set to replace all Chinese cars used by officers with Japanese vehicles. Recently, the Mitsubishi Outlander was selected as the leased vehicle for lieutenant colonels with large families, and it will be supplied to...

Sarawak premier receives Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun for advancing energy and environmental cooperation

KUCHING, Nov 3 — The Government of Japan has conferred The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star on Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to strengthening Japan-Malaysia relations. In a...

Japanese Companies Tell OpenAI to Stop Infringing On Its IP

The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), which represents several major Japanese entertainment companies such as TV studio Toei and game developer Square Enix, recently sent a written request calling on OpenAI to end its unauthorized...

Asia-Pacific Smart Metering 2025: China, Japan, South Korea Lead; India Fastest-Growing by 2030

The Asia-Pacific smart metering market is entering a new phase of expansion, with China, Japan and South Korea maintaining their leadership while India emerges as the fastest-growing market through 2030, according to Smart Metering in...

Japanese Embassy donates classrooms at Ubasen Primary School

A donation of six classrooms from the Japanese Embassy has helped Omaruru's Ubasen Primary School overcome overcrowding and phase out the platoon system. Principal Sonja Uwu-Gaes highlighted the achievement during the school's 60th anniversary...

Foreign Minister says ASEAN and APEC summits mark strong diplomatic success for Thailand

Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow says Thailand’s participation in the ASEAN and APEC summits in South Korea helped boost international confidence and deepen ties with major global partners. BANGKOK, Thailand – Foreign Minister Sihasak...

Japan Canceled Plan to Refuel S. Korean Air Force Planes at Japan Base, as They Flew Around Takeshima Island, Sources Says

Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency Planes from the South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagle flight display team By Masashi Yamaguchi and Takahito Higuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers 6:00 JST, November 3, 2025 The Japanese governments canceled a plan...

4 Guam Football Association executives retain seats in 2025 election

Four Guam Football Association executives retained their seats for the next four years following an election held during the 2025 GFA Ordinary Congress Tuesday evening at Hyatt Regency Guam. The four executives—GFA president Valentino San Gil, GFA...

Minister thanks Japan for Taiwan Strait remarks

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday thanked Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi for emphasizing the importance of safeguarding peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait during Koizumi’s meeting with Chinese Minister...

Chloe Zhao’ ‘Hamnet’ and Kore-eda Hirokazu’s ‘After Life’ Move Each Other to Tears at Tokyo Festival: ‘I Couldn’t Stop Crying’

Before Chloe Zhao and Kore-eda Hirokazu sat down for their Tokyo International Film Festival conversation, they had each been crying over the other’s work. Kore-eda watched Zhao’s “Hamnet” in a small screening room with just one other person,...