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An official with West Japan JR Bus Co. A shortage of bus drivers is shadowing the prospect of a need for more bus services in the future. More than 30 bus operators from across Japan set up booths at a job fair held in Osaka in late May. Read
Industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, saying Japan will establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserve system this year to secure gas resources. Read
Gotemba Mayor Masami Katsumata. Major telecommunications company KDDI Corp has installed a livestream camera at the eighth station of the Gotemba trail on Mount Fuji to help hikers enjoy climbing safely and make better decisions, such as refraining from ascending in light clothes, by showing them weather conditions at a… Read
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, speaking after visiting a winery in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, where he saw disabled people working. Read
Hiroyuki Ishige, secretary general of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition. Preparations for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo are on thin ice because a labor shortage and soaring prices of building materials are causing delays in the construction of national pavilions by participating countries and region. Read
Takeda Itaru, representative director of the Association of Research Initiatives for Cremation, Funeral, and Cemetery Studies. The funeral industry and municipal governments are struggling to cope with the rising pace of deaths due to a shortage of crematoriums and storage facilities for bodies. Read
Health minister Katsunobu Kato. An outbreak of summer colds among young children in Japan is spreading, and the national average of infections has reached warning levels for the first time in the past decade. Read
Keisuke Nakashima, an associate professor at the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies who is well versed in depopulation issues. He says that to address depopulation, local governments must get businesses and residents involved and work from a long-term perspective covering several decades. Read
Ryo Tamura, 24, a worker for Food Bank Caravan, run by students in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Full-time company employees have begun to be seen among those in need who use food banks in the Japanese capital, accounting for around 20% since the fall of 2022, according to a survey… Read
Momoko Nojo, 25, the representative director of No Youth No Japan, a group advocating youth participation in politics. Six individuals, aged 19-25, have filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court challenging the minimum age limit of 30 on who can run for public office as unconstitutional. Read
