Everyone knows that the best way to improve your karate is (checks notes) go to Hokkaido and fight a bear

Unseasonal flu surges across Japan amid lower immunity post-COVID https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/23/japan/science-health/influenza-japan-spreading/

China tech talent eager to work in Japan, Tokyo entrepreneur says https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-tech-talent-eager-to-work-in-Japan-Tokyo-entrepreneur-says

Japan expands continental shelf eastward for rare metals research by Low_Acanthaceae673