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Japan lifts advisory a week after magnitude 7.7 quake

A Cabinet Office official cautioned that "this does not mean the possibility of a major quake has disappeared."

Japan to tighten rules on OTC drug sales to curb misuse among youth

Cases of acute poisoning and addiction to medication have surged since the COVID-19 pandemic, often involving easily accessible drugs sold at drugstores.

Japan's biggest power producer blames Iran war for no earnings visibility

In New York, Hibakusha call for nuclear weapons abolition

More than 200 hibakusha and other people marched for a kilometer to the U.N. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.

Firehorse Superstition Shows Women’s Education Doesn’t Affect Family Formation in Japan

Firehorse Superstition Shows Women’s Education Doesn’t Affect Family Formation in Japan Researchers leverage popular calendar superstition to understand the effects of women’s education on family formation and fertility…

‘Lost Land’: A Rohingya odyssey viewed with startling immediacy

Shot with nonprofessional Rohingya actors, Akio Fujimoto's film follows two siblings through a perilous journey, where survival depends as much on strangers as on luck.

Caught between wars, Afghan allies of U.S. trapped in Qatar without safe exit

The Afghans were evacuated due to their ties to the U.S. and fear of reprisals by the Taliban authorities, but processing has been halted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Letter by novelist Shiba praising fellow writer Kaiko found

Ryotaro Shiba sent the handwritten letter on two sheets of paper in December 1989, soon after Takeshi Kaiko's death, to the late writer's wife, poet Yoko Maki.

Fathers go online to redefine their role after Italy votes down equal parental leave

On social media, Italian fathers are increasingly ​posting about daily childcare, turning paternal care into a visible, mainstream ⁠narrative.

Denny Tamaki will seek third term as Okinawa governor

Genta Koja, 42, a former deputy mayor of Naha, plans to run as a de facto candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Japan assesses feasibility of sending minesweepers to Strait of Hormuz

Kobayashi said that sending minesweepers after the war is one option for securing Japan's national interests within legal constraints.

Hokusai’s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater

"Kabukicho in Full Bloom" is the third in a series of shunga art exhibitions organized by the Smappa!Group, which operates host bars and restaurants across Shinjuku's Kabukicho.

'Natural' birth control risks unwanted pregnancy, experts warn

Helping drive this trend are influencers, who often promote natural birth control as a way for women to "liberate" themselves from the hormonal effects of the pill.

Waseda Museums: List of Special Exhibitions from April-September 2026

Waseda University Museum Exhibition Lineup for April-September 2026 Details on the renovation of permanent exhibitions are also included. Waseda University holds a collection of over 5 million items, including books,…

An Undergraduate Paper Wins Best Full Research Paper Award at a Leading International Conference in Information Science

In February 2026, at WSDM 2026 (the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining) held in the United States, a paper authored by Rikiya Takehi, a fourth-year undergraduate student in the School of…

Examining the Impact of Sanctioned Elites on Authoritarian Realignment

A researcher investigates how economic elites responded to deterioration of democratic checks and balances in the Japanese legislature ( 1936 – 1942) The prevailing international environment is marked by rising…

Introducing Waseda University Museum Week 2026

Hello everyone, my name is Peter Chai (Kai Shibata), and I am a member of the Student Advisors for Waseda Culture who help with the creation and spreading of Waseda culture and prepare events with office staff in the…

Spring 2026 Entrance Ceremonies held at Waseda Arena

On Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2, 2026, the entrance ceremonies for undergraduates, graduate students, and students from the Art and Architecture School were held at the Waseda Arena on Toyama Campus. 8,949…

Waseda: A year in review 2025-2026 (Video)

Every year at Waseda University, we release a video titled “Waseda: A year in review” which shows a recap of the events that happened the past year. Tracing the progress of the 2025 academic year, the video showcases…