No More Than Two Hours of Screen Time a Day, Japanese City Tells its Residents

While not enforced, the city of Toyoake is encouraging residents to limit their screen time to less than two hours, ...

'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use

Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help ...

In hometown of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, supporters stress a softer side

NARA--Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae ...

Kyoto Implements Japan's Highest Tourist Tax to Combat Overtourism

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has granted final approval for Kyoto to implement the nation’s ...

Why Japan resents its tourism boom

FREE TO READ] Foreign visitor numbers have grown more than fivefold, but for some the surge is a reminder of the country’s ...

As Japan moves to revive its countryside, pandemic chases many from cities

When the coronavirus outbreak caused rice and instant noodles to disappear from supermarket shelves in Tokyo this year, Kaoru Okada, 36, decided to leave the capital because he was worried about food ...

Japan sets record of nearly 100,000 people aged over 100

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced.
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Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building

A surge of new arenas from Chiba to Yokohama reveals how Japan’s cities are betting big on live entertainment.

Toyoake’s smartphone curfew: Why one Japanese city is limiting screen time to two hours

A new ordinance in Toyoake, Japan, seeks to cut daily screen time, but the plan has divided residents and sparked a debate ...