Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to continue ruling the country despite a bruising loss suffered by his party at the general election. The country now faces an uncertain political future as the coalition led by the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has lost its majority in parliament, its worst result in over a … Read more
Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was facing a major electoral setback on Sunday as projections indicated his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) – which has governed almost without interruption for decades – could lose it’s majority in the lower house. Ishiba called the snap poll for the House of Representatives soon after becoming LDP party … Read more
With most of the populace gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a new plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and most of them are past retirement age as younger people have moved away for jobs or education. So, … Read more
[Sorce] A Japanse train company is gearing up to deploy “blade-proof” umbrellas in response to a knife attack that occured on one of its trains last year. Launching the first of its kind in Japan, JR West anounced on Thursday that it will distribute 1,200 “blade-proof” umbrellas beginning in November to its 600 trains in … Read more
Japanese Breakfast recently collaborated with Jack Antonoff on a new “pop version” of ‘The Ballad of the Witches’ Road’, a song featured in the Disney+ Marvel series Agatha All Along. The original track was written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. You can listen to Japanese Breakfast’s interpretation of the song below. Following the release … Read more