European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services for minors and setting the stage for a new showdown with some of the biggest U.S. companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/world/society/ban-social-media-kids-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #socialmedia #instagram #facebook #snap #tiktok #youtube #grok #europe #france #spain #australia
During the era of China’s one-child policy, experts estimate that thousands of boys went missing, with trafficking being fueled by parents seeking a son to carry on the family line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/asia-pacific/society/china-sons-one-child-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #families #population
Consumer problems linked to mail-order drug subscriptions are on the rise in Japan, as refund and cancellation conditions are sometimes difficult to understand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/society/mail-order-drug-subscriptions-problems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ncac #drugs #medicine
The net population inflow into the Tokyo metropolitan area slowed for the first time in four years in 2025, data shows, while that into the area made up of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Nara prefectures rose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/society/tokyo-population-inflow-slow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #internalaffairsministry #tokyo #population #decentralization
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"Because, after decades of throwing myself against a locked door, the door that leads to a new, good internet, one that delivers both the technological self-determination of the old, good internet, and the ease of use of Web 2.0 that let our normie friends join the party, that door has been unlocked.
Today, it is open a crack. It's open a crack!
And here's the weirdest part: Donald Trump is the guy who's unlocked that door."
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Journalist and media personality Morley Robertson has died at age 63. The U.S. native spent part of his childhood in Hiroshima Prefecture, gaining attention in Japan as a radio personality and commentator. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/japan/society/journalist-morley-robertson-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #morleyrobertson #obituary
A pharmacy in Okinawa Prefecture has gone online to ensure residents on remote islands hundreds of kilometers away continue to get their supply of medications. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/japan/society/okinawa-remote-islands-medicines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #medicine #pharmaceuticals #internet #sukoyaka
Tourism is booming in Hakuba. So are concerns over housing, prices and daily life. Can the Japanese ski town get the balance right? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/japan/society/japan-hakuba-overtourism-skiing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tourism #overtourism #hakuba #naganopref #skiing
Premium water is a $400 million business in India and is growing bigger as its wealthy see it as a new status symbol that fits in with a spreading wellness craze. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/31/asia-pacific/society/india-luxury-symbol-water/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #india #water #health #wealth
For the Inuit people of Greenland, who have lived there for centuries, no one owns the Arctic land. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/world/society/greenland-inuit-identity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #greenland #indigenouspeople #denmark #us #donaldtrump
The number of cases of child abuse in Japan was still high in fiscal 2024, an official of the Children and Family Agency has said, despite a slight decline from a record high the previous year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/society/child-abuse-case-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #childabuse #japanesepolice
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A new policy package from Japan's government placed the issue of foreign patients not paying medical fees as a major topic to address, but is it only a matter of them dodging the bill? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/society/unpaid-medical-bills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expats #tourism #doctors #hospitals
Twenty years ago, Poland saw its citizens leave over economic turmoil. Now, they’re returning home to a completely different and thriving country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/world/society/polish-migrants-changed-country/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #poland #immigration #germany #europe #eu
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