July 15, 2026
A Factory Where People and Machines Work Together
An edition on humanoids, app development, Alzheimer’s treatment, AI entrepreneurship, Sado gold mines, the GPIF, rice and urban infrastructure.
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JAPAN.co.jp daily visual editions, long-form reporting, Market Desk, weather, horoscope, culture, business, science and travel in chronological order.
Daily Editions: July 1–August 30, 2026
August 30, 2026
Labor-Saving Investment, Aurora Waveguides and Volleyball’s Final Four
Fifteen new reports on labor-saving plans at 1,176 SMEs, university startups OUI and BionicM, Project PLATEAU, pulsating auroras, photocage molecules, two-dimensional semiconductors, relocation to Nara, community managers in Niigata, pear farming in Rifu, women’s volleyball, the Japan Sports Masters, JFA special-designated players, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, unidentified artifacts in Nara and Shibuya Noh, plus six selections from August 29 and Fritz Capelari as Today’s Art Choice.
August 29, 2026
Hamaoka Records, Hokuriku Recovery and the BOJ Rate Debate
Fifteen new reports on altered Hamaoka decommissioning records, technology trials in Sakai, BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino, abandoned farmland, the student CubeSat MOMIJI, peptide hydration, Hokuriku flood recovery, disability employment in Hyogo, disaster support for mothers and babies in Kawasaki, women’s baseball, East Asian junior sport, cheerleading, a tea-dyed daruma, Yayoi Kusama and Okinawa–Aichi pottery, plus six selections from August 28 and Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Fireworks at Ikenohata as Today’s Art Choice.
August 28, 2026
Toyama’s Extreme Rain, Coral Refuges and Kyoto Sento
A breaking report on the Level 5 heavy-rain emergency in Himi leads an edition spanning autonomous navigation in Ago Bay, the income wall, Hokkaido F Village, slime-mold waves, temperate coral bleaching, acoustic levitation, earthquake memory, assistive technology, Kyoto sento, teenage footballers, cycling esports, walking football, Tōru Takemitsu, contemporary art and Kandinsky. Three selections return from August 27, with Hashiguchi Goyō as Today’s Art Choice.
August 27, 2026
Okinawa Obon, Hydrogen by Yeast and a DeNA Rookie
Fifteen new reports on women entrepreneurs, dual-location living in Atsuma, Kumamoto earthquake finance, yeast-based hydrogen storage, nanometals, preoperative oral care, Toyama’s night school, flood recovery in Kashiwa, fraud-warning telephones, women’s rugby, a DeNA rookie, regional esports, Okinawa Obon, Pink Lady and yellow brick, plus three selections from August 26 and Gōsōtei Hirosada as Today’s Art Choice.
August 26, 2026
Domestic Travel Spending, Owl Calls and Ohara Koson
Fifteen new reports on domestic travel spending, Kyoto hotels, real wages, owls on Minamidaitō Island, allergy pathways, low-frequency sound, relationship populations, diaper recycling, foreign-resident support, athletics photography rules, junior-high football, U18 basketball, dual-location living, Utamaro and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, plus three selections from August 25 and Ohara Koson as Today’s Art Choice.
August 25, 2026
Saitama’s 110-Millimeter Hour, Japan’s Fifth eVTOL Bid and Watanabe Seitei
Fifteen new reports on municipal AI, Mie regional pilots, eVTOL certification, an invasive moth, soft X-ray microscopy, liquid-metal nanoparticles, Saitama flooding, Japanese migration to Paraguay, older-adult support in Niigata, women’s volleyball, figure skating, javelin, photographer Ishikawa Bun’yō, the content industry and children’s theater, plus three selections from August 24 and Watanabe Seitei as Today’s Art Choice.
August 24, 2026
M5.9 Kanto Earthquake, Typhoon Saudel and Henri Rivière
Fifteen new reports on remote work and migration, Kumamoto startups, small-business AI, healthcare-worker mental health, femtosecond soft X-ray microscopy, supercentenarian immunity, the Kanto earthquake, Typhoon Saudel, the Tobu Railway accident, disabled baseball, the U-21 J.League, cadet judo, irrigation heritage, a film festival and Setsuko Migishi, plus four selections from August 23 and Henri Rivière as Today’s Art Choice.
August 23, 2026
Japan’s Rising Debt Cost, Chiben Wakayama and Yamamoto Kanae
Fifteen new reports on debt costs, a domestic drone supply chain, Sakai sales support, a space-mouse biobank, coastal plastic pollution, insect lifespans, Toyama’s mountain communities, loneliness in Gunma, a solar e-bike, Summer Koshien, female-athlete health, para athletics, Vermeer, Shuri Castle and tanka, plus four selections from August 22 and Yamamoto Kanae’s Fisherman as Today’s Art Choice.
August 22, 2026
From Plastic to Fertilizer — Rebuilding the Future from Local Problems
Fifteen new reports on plastic-to-fertilizer research in Chiba, QPS-SAR 18, disaster-response laundromats, XPRIZE healthspan, low-data AI, molecular antennas, zero-yen reuse, children designing games, minpaku guests joining local festivals, sports DX, extreme-heat protection in high-school athletics, plant-factory sports nutrition, the Koyasan Conference, Sento Zukai and NHK’s international J-pop program, plus Suzuki Kiitsu’s Morning Glories as Today’s Art Choice.
August 21, 2026
From Space to Local Talent — Searching for Japan’s Next Move
Fifteen new reports on side-job talent in Toyama, tax-free retail POS, Makinohara startups, ultrafast proton conduction, RIKEN nuclear and brain research, earthquake-retrofit manga, children making games in Okinawa, young-carer support, Kazuyoshi Miura’s age record, fitness, professional baseball and global-local music and culture, plus Kawanabe Kyosai as Today’s Art Choice.
August 20, 2026
Twenty-Second Bridge Inspections, Fifteen Years of Trauma and Meiji Imagination
Fifteen new reports on women entrepreneurs in Saga, a Yamagata station hotel, Osaka bridge-inspection AI, 15 years of disaster trauma, fallen wood in Hokkaido rivers, two-handed movement, invasive beetles, women disaster leaders, generative AI in summer homework, ski jumping, youth sport and regional film, plus Kobayashi Eitaku.
August 19, 2026
Banshu-ori’s Future, Noto in 3D and the Memory of Osaka
Fifteen new reports on Banshu-ori, Botticelli’s Simonetta, a new Bon tradition in Yaizu, Noto drone reconstruction, working holidays, Kumamoto Shiranui, an asteroid’s briny past, gallium oxide, tornadoes, flood-escape maps, safety lights, water recycling, women’s football, volleyball and HYROX, plus Oda Kazuma.
August 18, 2026
AI at Work, Disaster Cooling and the Stillness of Noh
Fifteen new reports on AI and work, Kyushu SMEs, Chiba’s post-flood reopening, experienced drivers, cooling after disasters, student bear research, children’s mental health, disaster-ready school supplies, J.League, Japan-Korea youth sport and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, plus Tsukioka Kōgyo.
August 17, 2026
Beyond the Flood Line, 400 Meters Above an Asteroid, and a Path to the Sea
Fifteen new reports on Chiba flood maps, Hayabusa2’s record Torifune flyby, electric beach wheelchairs in Amami, SPring-8 II, neuroscience, semiconductors, AI research data, retirement isolation, botanical art and ceramics, plus Bertha Lum as Today’s Art Choice.
August 16, 2026
The Night Water Erased the Roads—and a Future Six Kilometers Down
Fifteen reports on record rain in Chiba and Narita Airport, deep-sea rare earths near Minamitorishima, memory under artificial hibernation, rural medicine, plant regeneration, war testimony, solar windows and ancient genomes, plus Shōtei Hokuju.
August 15, 2026
Obon: Roads Home and the Shapes of Memory
Fifteen reports on Japan’s three Obon calendars, the 81st anniversary of the war’s end, damaged temples and graves, homecoming costs, travel, memorial practice and evening cemetery visits, plus Kobayashi Kiyochika.
August 14, 2026
From Satellite Maps to Children’s Future Cities
Fifteen reports on ALOS deformation mapping, Kumamoto damage and business losses, water outages, autonomous transport, digital identity, the Kuroshio, Korean litigation, gender education, Minecraft and Modern Tokiwa-so, plus Gaganendranath Tagore.
August 13, 2026
Space, Deep Water, Memory and Place in One Illustrated Encyclopedia
Fifteen reports on the H3 rocket, a heatstroke death in rugby, ocean carbon capture, deep earthquakes, JETRO and Mayo Clinic, Tohoku memory, RIKEN cat research and Kanmon drone performance, plus Tachibana Morikuni.
August 12, 2026
From Diplomatic Language to the Handwork of Towns and Technology
Fifteen reports on Kumamoto musicians and volunteers, diplomats countering misinformation, plastering workshops, game meat, construction AI, GoodWe, recruitment, students, entrepreneurs, MICE and climate education, plus Totoya Hokkei.
August 11, 2026
Hydrogen Moves into the Field—and Faces the Economics Test
Fifteen reports on fuel-cell excavators, containerized electrolysis, Fukushima green ammonia, long-duration operation, liquid-hydrogen pumps, Honda, Toyota heavy trucks, refueling networks, international corridors, demand and cost, plus Stradanus.
August 10, 2026
Reading Hydrogen as an Ecosystem
Fifteen reports on hydrogen trains, freight corridors, reduced iron, pipelines, liquid-hydrogen ships, industrial heat, price support, hubs, fuel-cell vessels, drones and mobility, plus Maria Sibylla Merian.
August 9, 2026
Eighty-One Years After Nagasaki—Peace, Disaster, Food and Science
Fifteen reports on Nagasaki’s 81st atomic-bomb anniversary, the non-nuclear principles, Typhoon Dolphin, Kumamoto earthquake damage, food security, green finance, science, AI voice rights and rugby, plus Kawahara Keiga.
August 8, 2026
Japan Through Its Government White Papers—Economy, Communications, Tourism, Defense and Science
Ten government white papers on the economy, communications, water, metropolitan policy, tourism, trade, manufacturing, nuclear policy, defense and science, plus five company reports and Utagawa Kunitoshi.
August 7, 2026
Eighty-One Years After Hiroshima—Connecting Memory, Policy and Technology
Fifteen reports centered on Hiroshima’s peace ceremony and Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s memory, with defense, the BOJ, welfare, consumer protection, materials, infrastructure, sport, culture and wages, plus Kōno Bairei.
August 6, 2026
Small Companies Change Everyday Problems
Fifteen reports on small and midsize companies addressing lighting, medical booking, food, festivals, heat, youth sport, AI, cleaning, XR, special education, electrical work and logistics, plus Shibata Zeshin.
August 5, 2026
From Nagoya Diplomacy into the Depths of Science and Society
Fifteen reports on the U.S. Consulate in Nagoya, Panasonic and Nissan, Nara Tōkae, Japan–Canada legal cooperation, education, political participation, public safety, DNP, machine learning, RIKEN and sport, plus Shibata Zeshin.
August 4, 2026
Japan–U.S. Defense of the Yen Changes the Market
Ten new reports on coordinated Japan–U.S. intervention, intervention costs, the Bank of Japan, Tokyo prices, government bonds, a national intelligence bureau, Kumamoto recovery, Marie Antoinette and Ryukyu historical documents, plus four selections from August 3 and French Rococo as Today’s Art Choice.
August 3, 2026
A Hotel in the Sky Comes Down to the Street
Fifteen new reports led by the Park Hyatt Tokyo Delicatessen’s 23rd-year restart, with local ingredients, coffee, fruit, and labor and technology in foodservice; four selections from August 2; and Hiroshige’s Famous Restaurants of Edo as Today’s Art Choice.
August 2, 2026
Beyond 13 Straight Wins—Japan Men’s Volleyball Faces the United States in the VNL Semifinal
Ten new reports on men’s volleyball, Shohei Ohtani, the Summer Koshien, Kei Nishikori, Naomi Osaka, an MLB rookie record, women’s golf, sumo, NPB and the J.League, plus four selections from August 1 and Yusaku Kamekura as Today’s Art Choice.
August 1, 2026
The Yen’s 3% Rebellion—Intervention Shock and the BOJ’s Day of Credibility
Ten new reports led by yen intervention and the Bank of Japan decision, with a national intelligence bureau, Hayabusa2, shelter cooling, artificial cells, Fukushima treated water, kabuki, regional tourism, acquisitions and the Maebashi Art Festival, plus four selections from July 31 and Koitsu Tsuchiya’s Summer Moon at Miyajima as Today’s Art Choice.
July 31, 2026
Kumamoto Through a Second Night—Rescue Stops and Starts with Every Aftershock
Fifteen new reports led by Kumamoto’s second night, with extreme heat, water and power outages, the Aeon Mall explosion, Kyushu supply chains, a typhoon, population, wages, taxes, AI, medicine, science and culture, plus four selections from July 30 and the Takamatsuzuka Tomb murals as Today’s Art Choice.
July 30, 2026
Kumamoto Rescue Enters Day Two—The Survival Clock amid Aftershocks and Extreme Heat
Fifteen new reports led by the second day of rescue in Kumamoto, with the BOJ and government, the Hokuriku Shinkansen, foreign residents, AI, kei EVs, neuroscience, medicine, sport, archaeology and water policy, plus four selections from July 29 and Kōshirō Onchi as Today’s Art Choice.
July 29, 2026
Kumamoto Again Reaches Seismic Intensity 7—An M7.1 Earthquake Strikes Southern Kyushu
Sixteen new reports led by emergency coverage of the Kumamoto earthquake, with music, museums, society, politics and science, plus four selections from July 28 and Kawanabe Kyōsai as Today’s Art Choice.
July 28, 2026
Japan’s Corporate Throne Begins to Shift
Fifteen new reports on SoftBank, MUFG, Toyota, SMFG, AI data centers, semiconductors, global investment and energy, plus four selections from July 27 and a single-focus watercolor as Today’s Art Choice.
July 27, 2026
Japan Lives Longer and Changes More Deeply
Fifteen reports on longevity, payment-system risks, prices, the minimum wage, business succession, AI, rivers, archaeology and industrial investment, plus Today’s Art Choice inspired by Suzuki Harunobu.
July 26, 2026
Universities, Science and Japan’s Future
A university and research special on medical science, engineering, cryptography, climate, student life and women in science, unified by scientific pointillism inspired by Georges Seurat.
July 25, 2026
Bringing Japan’s Invisible Worlds into Focus
Fifteen reports on science, technology, society, regional change and the microscopic world, together with Today’s Art Choice and exceptional Japanese science photography.
July 24, 2026
Weak Yen, Vacant Homes and AI—Japan’s Systems Are Being Rewritten
Fifteen reports on record imports, Japan–U.S.–South Korea cooperation, maternity leave in public office, teachers’ mental health, nine million vacant homes, sewer drones, university science, AI and regional industry, plus Settai Komura as Today’s Art Choice.
July 23, 2026
Industry, Technology and Regions Shape Japan’s Next Chapter
Fifteen reports spanning companies, regional finance, science, technology and social challenges, plus Today’s Art Choice through Kuniyoshi’s bold compositions.
July 22, 2026
Reading Japan through Small Business, Technology and Regional Change
Fifteen reports on industrial transition, work, regional challenges, entrepreneurship and innovation, plus Today’s Art Choice.
July 21, 2026
International Clubs and Chambers Connect Japan to the World
Fifteen reports on the ACCJ, BCCJ, CCIFJ, AHK, EBC, Tokyo American Club and other international institutions, plus Today’s Art Choice on Yokohama-e and foreign communities.
July 20, 2026
Marine Day—Reading an Island Nation through Its Ports and Seas
Fifteen stories covering Marine Day events in 38 regions, port festivals, tall ships, ferries and ocean conservation, with Sugiura Hisui’s maritime travel posters as Today’s Art Choice.
July 19, 2026
From the Deep Sea to Autonomous Ships—A Marine Research Special
Fifteen stories on floating ecosystems, Antarctica, tuna, deep-sea species, tsunami science, marine plastics, autonomous vessels, electric tugs and Arctic research, with the dramatic light of Kobayashi Kiyochika.
July 18, 2026
Medical AI, the Imperial Family, Education and Extreme Heat
Ten stories on an AI factory, surgical robots and virtual cells, Imperial women, an illegal forest road, logistics failure, emergency toilets, national testing, longer summers, Japanese knives and Jujutsu Kaisen, plus Yoshitoshi’s moonlit Japan.
July 17, 2026
Markets, Energy, Invention and Regional Japan
Ten stories on the bond market, energy, the Bank of Japan, startups, university patents, sustainable development, climate, Izu, Tennoz and Hamamatsu, plus Today’s Art Choice on Italian Futurism.
July 16, 2026
Daily Visual Edition for July 16, 2026
The July 16 edition brings together the day’s news, long-form reporting, culture and everyday life.
July 14, 2026
Small Businesses, High Capital Costs and AI That Moves Machines
An edition on SMEs, mortgages, factory AI, regional companies, succession, fermentation, tourism and public design.
July 10, 2026
Japan of AI, Japan of Space, and Summer Culture
An edition on advertising AI, municipal AI, drug discovery, space semiconductors, robots, disaster DX, anime, festivals and museums.
July 9, 2026
Senkaku, AI, Business Succession, Bears, Cats, Pokémon and Barley Tea
Security and economic reporting presented alongside regional life, future appliances, railways and summer culture.
July 8, 2026
AI, Metals, Energy Security and Deep Tech
An edition on Japan and India, defense, manufacturing, startups and banking cybersecurity.
July 7, 2026
Japan’s AI Revolution Begins in a Small Room
An AI special on operating rooms, patents, shadow AI, renovation, sales, cloud systems and financing.
July 6, 2026
From Tokyo to the World—Fashion Takes the Lead
A fashion edition on Human Made, Undercover, Sacai, Fuji Rock and the Tokyo runway.
July 5, 2026
Japan Under Pressure, Read through an Inventor’s Notebook
An edition on the Tankan, the weak yen, AI capital, extreme heat, tourism management, Mount Fuji, theater and railways.
July 4, 2026
The Yen, Satellites, Cool Japan, AI Stocks and Noto
An edition linking currency, space communications, cultural policy, prices, reconstruction and regional technology.
July 3, 2026
Coolness and the Future Share the Same Summer Sky
An edition on summer refreshment, cyber defense, physical AI, IVS Kyoto, the yen, trade and diplomacy.
July 2, 2026
Today’s Japan Cannot Be Seen from One Angle
An edition on international assistance, the Bank of Japan, manga translation, working travel, food, public baths, AI and Naomi Osaka.
July 1, 2026
July Begins with Capital, Defense, AI, Power, Festivals and Culture
An edition on export controls, investment screening, AI markets, nuclear power, infrastructure, startups and festivals.
Japan Market Desk
August 29 Week in Review
August 28 Tokyo Market
August 27 Tokyo Market
August 26 Tokyo Market
August 25 Tokyo Market
August 24 Weekend Review
August 22 Week in Review
August 21 Tokyo Market
August 20 — August 19 Close + August 20 Intraday
August 19 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 18 Tokyo Market Close
August 17 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 14 Intraday and Week in Review
August 13 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 11 Mountain Day / August 10 Close
August 10 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 8 Weekly Review
August 7 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 6 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 5 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 4 Tokyo Intraday Market
August 3 Tokyo Intraday Market
July 31 Tokyo Market
July 30 Tokyo Market Close
July 29 Tokyo Market Close
July 28 Tokyo Market Close
July 27 Tokyo Market Close
July 24 Tokyo Market Close
July 23 Tokyo Market Close
July 21 Tokyo Market Close
July 17 Tokyo Market Close
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