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A spokesperson for research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd, reporting the results of a price survey of 195 major food makers in Japan. Read
Chie Morihisa, a professor of criminology at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, saying that those who are released from prison without documented job skills will find it harder to carve out a useful role to play in society. An amendment of penal provisions, the first in 115 years, shifts the focus more on… Read
Kyoto Mayor Koji Matsui who has asked the transport ministry to help enable the city to set higher fares for tourists than residents to ease overcrowding in the city's public transport system. Read
A spokesperson for the Japan Meteorological Agency, giving a weather forecast for the next three months. Read
Takashi Amagasa, a psychiatrist who has conducted evaluations in karoshi (deaths attributed to overwork) cases. In fiscal 2022, there were 710 cases of work-related mental disorders, including 67 that led to suicides or attempted suicides. Read
Kanji Yamashiro, 68, who heads the National Council of Japan for the Visually Impaired. Tablet computers, smartphone apps and robots are increasingly being used at restaurants instead of call buttons to summon waitstaff, to promote convenience, but visually impaired people say such innovations have created another barrier in their dining… Read
Renho, who is running for Tokyo governor in the July 7 gubernatorial election. Read
An official at Wajima Municipal Hospital in the quake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, saying the number of people with lifestyle-related diseases has increased in Wajima City since the New Year's Day earthquake. Read
Mizuki Kawamoto, a lawyer who supports victims of sexual violence. An online survey by the nonprofit ChildFund Japan found that 12.4 percent of about 1,700 respondents aged 15 to 24 received requests from people they became acquainted with online, such as sending sexually explicit selfies or meeting in person. Read
Takayuki Tanaka, president of The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka, commenting on Japan's aging population and low birthrate. Read
