About Japan Issue

Japan Issue is a multilingual news outlet that covers Japan's politics, economy, society, culture and everyday information in 20 languages. Our goal is to let readers around the world read accurate information about Japan, based on official sources, in their own language.

What we cover

• Top stories — We organize Japan's key news by section: government announcements, official statistics, and the schedules of the National Diet, ministries and public institutions.
• Japan Guide — Essential information for readers abroad, such as entry and visas, transport, living and settling in, health, safety and disaster preparedness, and culture and etiquette.
• 20 languages — We publish in 20 languages, including Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Spanish and Arabic.

How we work

Japan Issue writes its articles based on public sources such as official announcements and statistics from Japan's ministries and agencies, local governments, public institutions and international organizations. Our editorial team uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to organize material and to write each language edition natively, and we publish only articles that pass our sourcing rules and quality checks. See our Editorial Standards for details.

Work with us

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