Â鶹´«Ã½

Tag - ashiya

 
Â鶹´«Ã½
Search
 
August 15, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ASHIYA

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Â鶹´«Ã½ landscape that they often go unnoticed.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jul 13, 2026
Why Â鶹´«Ã½ utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
Burying Â鶹´«Ã½ power lines is far more difficult ¡ª and expensive ¡ª than it looks.
Rin Yonezu holds his late brother's backpack at an elementary school in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in August.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Dec 1, 2025
How one man struggled with his image as a relative of disaster victims
Some people?have suffered by seeing?their?experiences of losing their loved ones in disasters reported in ways that went against their wishes.
Ryosuke Takashima, mayor of Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2025
Youngest-ever Japan mayor among Time¡¯s 100 most influential emerging people
¡°In Japan, a country shaped by its gerontocratic politics, Ryosuke Takashima is breaking the mold,¡± the magazine said.
Tomiko Itooka died of old age in a nursing home for the elderly in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 5, 2025
Tomiko Itooka, the world¡¯s oldest person, dies at 116
Itooka was born on May 23, 1908, in the commercial hub of Osaka ¡ª four months before the Ford Model T automobile was launched in the United States.
Asahidake in Daisetsuzan is located in the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, which ranked as the most comfortable municipality in 2024.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2024
Small Hokkaido town ranked most comfortable place to live in Japan
Higashikawa, a small town with a population of just 8,000, was rated highly due to its friendliness and safe environment.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2023
Â鶹´«Ã½ youngest city mayor sets sights on education reform
Harvard-educated Ryosuke Takashima, 26, is working to gather opinions ¡ª?including from children ¡ª to revitalize public schools in his city.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2023
Ashiya¡¯s new mayor stands out in a local politics dominated by old men
Ryosuke Takashima has grabbed headlines since becoming the youngest city chief ever elected in Japan.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER