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Japan Today Spotlight #51 | What’s going wrong in Japanese classrooms?
21 January 2026 @ 11:27 am
Japan’s public school system is facing mounting pressure on multiple fronts. Teachers are working some of the longest hours in the developed world, taking on administrative duties, supervising…
Abe's assassin sentenced to life in prison
21 January 2026 @ 7:44 am
The gunman charged with killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the…
Train overruns station platform in Tokyo by 15 meters; driver says he felt drowsy
21 January 2026 @ 7:34 am
An eight-car local train bound for Sakuragicho Station in Yokohama overran the platform at Aihara Station on the JR Yokohama Line in Machida City, Tokyo, approximately 15 meters…
Man fatally stabbed in basement of apartment building in Himeji
21 January 2026 @ 7:34 am
A 33-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the basement of an apartment building in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Tuesday.
According to police, Daisuke Kida was found collapsed in…
Takaichi invited to join Trump's controversial Gaza 'Board of Peace'
21 January 2026 @ 7:33 am
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been invited by U.S. President Donald Trump to join a new international body he has proposed to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza,…
Israel orders Gaza families to move in first forced evacuation since ceasefire
21 January 2026 @ 7:10 am
Israeli forces ordered dozens of Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip to leave their homes in the first forced evacuation since October's ceasefire, as residents and Hamas…
South Korea court sentences ex-PM Han to 23-year jail term in case related to martial law
21 January 2026 @ 6:33 am
A South Korean court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in jail for charges including engaging in a key action of insurrection concerning…
ICE crackdown creates double-edged campaign issue for Republicans and Democrats
21 January 2026 @ 5:51 am
President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is fast becoming a double-edged campaign issue in November's hotly contested midterm congressional elections because of mounting public unease over aggressive tactics by…
Audi unveils new car for 2026 Formula One season
21 January 2026 @ 4:10 am
German manufacturer Audi, which will make its Formula One debut this season after acquiring the Sauber team, unveiled its first-ever single-seater on Tuesday and declared its ambition to…
Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction investigation
21 January 2026 @ 2:33 am
Federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping…