The Japan Fair Trade Commission recognized Monday that 42 companies had engaged in bid-rigging for large-scale repair contracts for condominiums, imposing fines totaling about ¥1.6 billion on 37 of the firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/japan-firms-bid-rigging-condo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #constructionindustry #housing #ftc
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Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban Israeli Tourists
Did Japan issue a blanket ban on all Israeli tourists, as of September 2026? No, that’s not true:…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/311143/
Japan to partially lift sanctions on Syria
Japan has decided to partially lift its sanctions on Syria to support the country’s efforts to achieve stability…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/311177/
China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, said relations with Tokyo must be "normalized," during talks with ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya — the first such meeting since ties plummeted over Taiwan last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/politics/china-foreign-minister-japan-iwaya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #takeshiiwaya #wangyi #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #defense
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife's 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim's 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of Ota on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/crime-legal/gunma-arrest-ex-wife-mother-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #gunma #stabbings
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Whispering Stone of Fortune
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Just sharing my photography, thanks for watching🤝
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The worldwide demand for high quality sushi chefs is so high that a sushi school in Japan is attracting lawyers and IT workers looking for a career change- they can eventually earn 10 million a year in Japan and up to 30 million in the US, greatly outstripping most white collar wages in Japan https://www.byteseu.com/2407961/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Ao Tanaka helps Japan complete Venezuela comeback https://www.byteseu.com/2408128/ #Japan
Dzisiaj miałem fazę na robienie fotek z drogi. I ten tunel mnie urzekł. Mam nadzieję że Wam też się spodoba.
Notojima - Japonia 2026
Lens - Nikkor 28-400 mm
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We spend so much effort erasing the medium: the frame, the filter, the screen between us and whatever we're looking at. The cleaner the image, the less we notice we're watching.
Tokyo, in the rain, didn't let me forget.
Is a view more honest when you can see what you're looking through?
Stay imperfect, stay human.
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From a rice shortage, Japan has now veered into a glut, putting pressure on prices and adding to the insurmountable problems faced by farmers in an already-shrinking sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/rice-glut-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #food #agriculture #maff
https://www.europesays.com/3279090/ Asian Games, Day 2: Japan wins again. Great delight for Thailand’s Narkprasert after injury #japan
Japan population (including foreigners) drops to 122.97 Million, Down 3.17 Million in 5 Years. Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa account for 30.1% of the total population, indicating a trend toward extreme concentration. By nationality, increases in Vietnam and Nepal were particularly notable. https://www.byteseu.com/2408263/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
The number of foreign workers in Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker visa has reached a record high of 444,256, according to the latest data from the Immigration Services Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/specified-skilled-workers-number-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigrationservicesagency #justiceministry #immigration #foreignworkers #visas #jobs
🐸😼FROLICKING ANIMALS & AN ANCIENT TEA FIELD🍵🌿
The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画), a set of four scrolls depicting anthropomorphic animals, is considered by many -though it features no words- to be the earliest form of manga (漫画) in Japan.
Of Trees, Tenderness, and the Moon: Hasui Kawase’s Stunning Japanese Woodblock Prints from the 1920s-1950s – The Marginalian
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/03/22/hasui-kawase-prints/ @mariapopova
❮“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love, and so on — have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear — what remains?” the aging Walt Whitman asked in his diary as he contemplated what makes life worth living while recovering from a paralytic stroke, then answered: “Nature remains… the trees, fields, the changes of seasons — the sun by day and the stars of heaven by night.” …❯
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