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The government is planning to create stricter requirements for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in Japan.

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Japan to impose tougher requirements for permanent residency, reports say

Income and pension requirements are expected to be part of revised requirements for foreign residents seeking the status.

Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals

The government is planning to create stricter requirements for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in Japan.

Citizens of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, celebrate the addition of the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture to the World Heritage List on Sunday.

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Japan’s Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to UNESCO list

Including natural heritage sites, the total number of World Heritage properties in Japan now stands at 27.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita (second from right) in the parliamentary building on Friday following the enactment of a bill to establish a second capital

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Takaichi set to face grilling as parliament adjourns

By Yoshiaki Nohara and Sakura Murakami

Takaichi is set to appear at the Lower House Budget Committee during a review that follows Saturday’s adjournment of parliament.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko visit the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, in Kyiv on June 15.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean troops for Ukraine war: Zelenskyy

By Jesse Johnson

The Ukrainian leader said North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional ballistic missile launchers to Russia.

Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan's three largest convenience store chains.

COMMUNITY

How foreign workers became an essential part of Japan’s ubiquitous konbini

By Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa

Despite the fact that most are relatively new to Japan, konbini officials say foreign staff display impressive language and customer service skills.

Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan's three largest convenience store chains.

Attendants lay flowers following a memorial ceremony held Saturday in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, to remember the victims of the 2016 mass stabbing at a care home for people with disabilities in the city.

Victims of Sagamihara care home attack remembered 10 years on

Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa, bereaved family members and others connected with the facility took part.

Visitors place birthday messages on a wall on Friday, two days ahead of the first birthday of Japanese macaque monkey named Punch, at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.

Baby monkey Punch celebrates first birthday

By Caroline Gardin

Abandoned by his mother and spurned by some peers, the young macaque shot to stardom after he was seen clinging to a plush orangutan toy for comfort at Ichikawa City Zoo.

Several dozen local bodies vie for disaster management agency’s regional bases

Japan, Philippines and the U.S. complete exercises in South China Sea

Eel draws long lines on Day of Ox despite scorching heat in Tokyo

Secondary capital bill passes after showdown at parliament

By Eric Johnston

Demonstrators participate in the Stop the AI Race protest march in San Francisco on July 11.

Has AI become too powerful to control?

By Thomas URBAIN

One of OpenAI’s most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company’s website — reviving fears that AI is becoming too powerful.

A worker at a lithium mine in Goromonzi district, east of Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 17

As Zimbabwe’s raw lithium ban pays off, ambitions grow

By Enos Denhere

Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources.

Seven & I abandons investment talks with Poland’s Zabka

SpaceX conducts first successful Starship test flight since going public

Yen’s worst week since May brings it close to ?165 vs. dollar

Japan identifies large share of rare earths in deep-sea mud off remote island

A demonstrator holding a poster takes part in a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday, in solidarity with the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janta Party in New Delhi.

India’s Instagram Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls

By Krishna N. Das and Tora Agarwala

The resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hands a clear win to ?the Cockroach Janta Party.

Munitions sit on trolleys as military personnel work on a B?1B bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts United States Air Force personnel, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, on Saturday.

U.S. holds fire against Iran as reports emerge of stockpile concerns

The pause could reflect pressure on stockpiles of Patriot interceptors and other defensive weapons, U.S. media reports said.

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash

17 missing after Vietnamese ship sinks in South China Sea

Syria reports fresh Israeli incursion and shelling in south

South Africa’s migrant exodus leaves employers short-handed

Japan's Daizen Maeda scores against Sweden during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Arlington, Texas, on June 25.

Daizen Maeda signs with Premier League club Ipswich

The 28-year-old scored 79 goals in 212 appearances for Celtic.

Lando Norris criticizes Formula One for placing business interests over sport

By Alan Baldwin

Donald Trump takes swipe at LeBron James, saying ‘maybe ?he’s a racist’

Anthony Joshua bounces back to knock out Kristian Prenga

Shohei Ohtani skips bullpen session due to regression in injured knee

Takashi Ono and his wife, Chikiko, parents of Kazuya Ono, a Tsukui Yamayuri-en resident who survived the July 2016 mass stabbing at the care home, display a photo of their son after he recovered from his injuries at their home in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2016.

Sagamihara survivor shows what inclusion can look like

Michael Gillan Peckitt

Kazuya Ono’s story offers not only hope for what that future might look like, but a concrete example of success.

Japan’s wedding gifts are leaving couples deflated

By Gearoid Reidy

What the ‘Chinamaxxing’ crowd doesn’t get

By Stephen R. Nagy

The world has an anchovy problem

By Javier Blas

To succeed, the prime minister must get back to basics

Firefighters work as flames burn during a wildfire at Ares, Grionde, among worsening drought conditions following a heat wave and water shortages across much of France, on Saturday.

‘Difficult night’ as France and Spain fires intensify again

The fires in Spain and France advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heat waves the two countries have experienced since May.

South Africa’s data center ‘gold rush’ risks resource crunch

By Kate Bartlett

Spain and France continue to battle wildfires as intense heat grips Southern Europe

Investors see pollution plan silver lining in EU carbon overhaul

‘Cruel, wasteful’: Senegal port a hot spot for illegal shark fins

By Marchio Gorbiano and Becca MILFELD

Hayao Miyazaki lists books as direct sources for a number of his films including his latest, “The Boy and the Heron.”

How Hayao Miyazaki’s love of books influenced Studio Ghibli’s stories

By Kris Kosaka

Hayao Miyazaki lists books as direct sources for a number of his films including his latest, “The Boy and the Heron.”

Time-travel anime ‘You, Fireworks, and Our Promise’ is serviceable but lacks spark

By Matt Schley

The bittersweet nostalgia of the first season of ‘Vivant’

By Gabriella Geisinger

Japan’s 100-year-old symphonic orchestra celebrates its milestone

By Junko Nonoyama

‘Hush!’ and ‘All Around Us’: Masterpieces from a pioneering gay director

By Mark Schilling

Originally created as a sweeter improvement on existing traditional Japanese confectioneries, "anmitsu" has since become a symbol for the arrival of scorching summer days.

A symbol of summer, this Japanese dessert brings sweet relief

By Weiwen Lin

Not even 100 years old, “anmitsu” has nonetheless become a symbol of Japan’s oppressive summers — and the sweet relief that a spoonful of the dessert provides.

Heading to Yokohama’s Chinatown? Here are the real local bites you’re missing.

By Manami Tominaga

In the hills of Shimane, Japan’s steelworking tradition forges on

By Louise George Kittaka

Kansai’s first Michelin-selected sommelier knows how to read a room

By Weiwen Lin

A hard-boiled fact: Eggs work for dessert, too

By Simon Daly

Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.

The 180-day locals: Life on Japan’s digital nomad visa

By Mai Yoshikawa

Japan’s small but growing ranks of digital nomads have embraced the opportunity to embed themselves in a Japanese life — and take advantage of a weak yen.

A friendly ‘peaches-and-cream’ fellow

Found on Jan. 1, Osechi is a New Year’s darling

Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.

By Megha Wadhwa

Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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