An Enoden (Enoshima Electric Railway) Train is approaching Kamakurakokomae Station in Kanagawa Prefecture. Sections of the line run close to the Shonan Coast.

Japan introduced laws in 2023 criminalizing "photo voyeurism," which prohibits acts like upskirting. But despite the new legislation, it remains one of the country's most common sex offenses.

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Afternoon scene at a typical street-level railway crossing in the Hatanodai area of Shinagawa Ward in Tokyo, Japan.

Typhoon Mekkhala, locally named Francisco in the Philippines, intensified into a typhoon east of Luzon on Sunday, June 21, 2026, and is forecast to strengthen to 165 km/h (103 mph) while tracking west-northwestward across the Philippine Sea, according to PAGASA and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

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The approach to Hokkaido Jingu, a major Shinto Shrine in Sapporo, Japan, takes visitors through this huge toori gate in Maruyama Park.

A monolingual team can ship for years without hitting the bugs that lose them Japanese users on day one. I kept finding the same five gaps while looking at foreign dev-tools, so I turned the check into a CLI.

Run it

npx github:greymoth-jp/jp-ready-check your-site.com

No install, no account. It fetches the page once and scores it 0–5.

What it checks

1. hreflang ja —…

Mitsubishi’s Kei-class eK Cross gets a mild facelift for the 2027 model year that combines a body-color front fascia and updated interior tech to give it a fresh look – but the big news is a new 100 V AC power outlet that can draw up to 1500 Watts.

An evening perspective along the Dōtonbori Canal in Osaka, Japan. Historically a theater district, Dotonbori is now a popular nightlife and entertainment area.

For years, neurodevelopmental research has focused on the cerebral cortex when trying to understand the roots of autism, since it is the brain region most associated with complex thinking, learning, and processing. A major study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry is now shifting that focus toward a different region entirely. The story, as reported by Bored Panda, detailed how…

It was a rainy morning when I went to the station earlier today, but also a good opportunity to try and capture that typical “rainy-season blues”.

Rafael van der Vaart was midway through a tidy breakdown of a blown defensive assignment when he decided to editorialize on the ethnicity of the players involved. The former Tottenham and Real Madrid midfielder — now a pundit for Dutch broadcaster NOS — was dissecting the Netherlands’ stoppage-time collapse against Japan, a match that ended…

"That's the culture. It's respect for everything."

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Map Camera's latest sales charts reflect yet another strong month for Fujifilm, headlined by scoring four of the top five places in May. And finally, after five months at the top, the Sony a7 V relinquished its title as the best-selling new digital camera.

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The first group stage match between Japan and the Netherlands was an instant classic in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but Japan’s equalizer in the 88th minute came right after Fox Sports broadcasters questioned Japan’s ability to tie the game. Darren Fletcher and Owen Hargreaves were on the call of the match on Fox in…

During a stay in Kyoto in 2014, my wife and I went to 京ローケツ やまもと染工 to try our hands at Roketsuzome, a traditional Japanese wax-resist textile dyeing technique.

Meet the bronzed, buff household pest statue in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that you actually want to snap a selfie with.

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Nintendo has posted on X to state that they are increasing the requirements to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2 on the Nintendo Store. The Kyoto-based company says that they have identified multiple orders of the Nintendo Switch 2 which are suspected of bulk purchasing and reselling. Because of this they have temporarily suspended sales. Nintendo… Read More »Japan: Nintendo issues Nintendo Switch 2…

I follow The History Blog by psuedynmous blogger livius. It features blog posts about history (surprise?) focusing significantly on archaeology news. Significantly, The History Blog links to sources. Take for example a June 6, 2026 blog post titled Oldest iron saw in Japan identified. The post summarizes a linked Asahi Shimbun report on what appears...

I follow The History Blog by psuedynmous blogger livius. It features blog posts about history (surprise?) focusing significantly on archaeology news. Significantly, The History Blog links to sources. Take for example a June 6, 2026 blog post titled Oldest iron saw in Japan identified. The post summarizes a linked Asahi Shimbun report on what appears to be a saw found in Japan dating back to the…

At the end of my office afternoon yesterday, I got off the train two stops early and took a lengthy walk home to take some monochrome neighborhood photos.

An eruption at Sakurajima’s Minamidake summit crater sent heavy ash over Kagoshima City, Japan, on June 7, 2026, with a plume reaching about 1 300 m (4 300 feet) above the crater.

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Most photographers I know are in constant motion. New cities, new continents, new visual problems to solve. There's truth in it. Unfamiliarity forces you to look. Familiarity gives you permission to stop. But there's another, less-discussed school of practice that works in the opposite direction: stay. Return. Go back to the same streets until the strangeness burns away and something else appears…

Tokyo’s luxury hotel scene is having a moment. After a string of high-profile openings — 1 Hotel Tokyo, Janu Tokyo, JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo — the Fairmont Tokyo joined the fold last summer with a July 1 debut in the waterfront Shibaura neighborhood. The 217-room property has its work cut out for it, competing against […]

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Nearly three years after the Nikon Zf's release, Nikon is launching a new silver colorway for its popular Zf-GR1 extension grip, at least in Japan.

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Quite frankly, it's a beautiful idea.

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Today is my first day back at work after the recent Europe trip. The view from the 18th-floor office towards Tokyo Station is still as thrilling as ever.

Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi made landfall over southern Wakayama Prefecture at 04:30 JST on June 3 (19:30 UTC on June 2), bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds that injured at least 23 people, damaged 57 homes, left more than 60 000 customers without power, and prompted evacuation orders affecting more than 400 000 residents. The storm also triggered the first Level 5 Special Flood Warning…

My wife and I returned from our Europe trip yesterday, just in time before Typhoon No. 6 hit Tokyo. Here is a quick window view of the situation this morning.

If I had a bucket list, this would have been ticked off it

Vintage-inspired, retro-styled cheap digital cameras are everywhere these days. The new Leaf Camera is yet another affordable digital camera trying to be the next Kodak PixPro.

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