Dassai, a sake brewer in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said that a Japanese H3 rocket will carry ingredients for Dassai sake, as well as brewing equipment developed by the two for use in space. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/sake-brewing-test-space/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dassai #mitsubishiheavy #space #rockets #sake #kagoshima #iss

The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5% from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/foreign-residents-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #foreignworkers #justiceministry #immigration

The University of Tokyo has reached its highest place yet in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings at 26th, the only Japanese university to crack the top 50. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/university-of-tokyo-top-50-global-universities-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #universities #education #surveys

Women’s-only track startup Athlos is gaining traction in its second year in New York, adding new sponsors, expanding its program with a field event, and laying the groundwork for a multimeet calendar in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/more-sports/womens-only-athletics-startup-athlos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #athlos #alexisohanian

All three scientific Nobels this year honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago, which some experts see as representing the importance of slow, basic science. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/science-health/nobel-prizes-slow-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards

Tokyo is still the region’s top performer, but Hong Kong is now the talk of the town with Bar Leone named the world’s best bar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/10/food-drink/worlds-50-best-bars-2025-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #bars #worlds50bestbars #tokyo

Activist investors are likely to find more opportunities in Japanese real estate as unrealized gains are poised to swell under new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/japan-political-shakeup-real-estate-activism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #realestate #investments #stocks #corporategovernance

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party's Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/onodera-ldp-tax-panel-head/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #itsunorionodera #ldp #dpp #taxes

Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki virtually ruled out the possibility of his party joining the LDP coalition at the start of an extraordinary session of the Diet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/dpp-tamaki-negative-about-joining-ruling-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #komeito #cdp #diet

Kim Hye-seong scored from third base on an 11th-inning error by Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/baseball/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers-advance-nlcs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #philadelphiaphillies #rokisasaki #orionkerkering

The Philippine seismology office issued a tsunami warning on Friday after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck off the major southern island of Mindanao. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/philippines-quake-tsunami-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #earthquakes #disasters

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is set to miss the team's season-opener after the Lakers said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/basketball/nba/lebron-james-miss-nba-opener/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #losangeleslakers #lebronjames

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is considering decommissioning one or more reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/tepco-kashiwazaki-kariwa-decommissioning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #energy #nuclearenergy

U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea that Spain could be removed from NATO over the country's low defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/spain-nato-defense-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #spain #us #defense #europe

U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal groups opposed to his agenda is a multiagency effort, officials said, raising alarms about the use of executive power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-investigations-liberal-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #stephenmiller

The heads of Japan’s biggest financial firms are going out of their way to assuage worries that artificial intelligence will take away jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/bank-ceo-ai-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #ai #mizuho #mufg #nomura #daiwa

Kazutaka Yonekura, 48, the founder and former president of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt, has been arrested with three others on suspicion of padding the firm's sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/ai-developer-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #ai

Former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 62. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/baseball/mlb/red-sox-mike-greenwell-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #mikegreenwell #bostonredsox

Eliud Kipchoge is hoping to leave a lasting legacy when he crosses the finish line at next month’s New York City Marathon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/more-sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #eliudkipchoge

The U.S. raid on a South Korean-owned plant highlights tensions, and South Korea should leverage the backlash for a better trade deal amid rising pushback from Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/09/world/south-korea-should-leverage-ice-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #southkoreanusrelations #trade #tariffs #hyundaimotor #lgenergysolution #taiwansemiconductormanufacturingcodonaldtrump