January 2025, Las Vegas. More than 140,000 people flocked to CES, one of the world’s largest technology trade shows, in search of the future. In a corner of Eureka Park, the startup-only area, Japan’s technological innovation was breathing anew.
In this captivating interview with Eric Fukusaki, a multi-talented musician with an extraordinary journey from Peru to Japan, we delve into his career in Tokyo, his love for Enka music, and his unique blend of Japanese and Latin styles.
This interview focuses on Hillary's travels to Japan, her love of Japanese culture, and her successful entry into the Airbnb market in Ito, voted one of Japan's top lodging destinations.
On November 4, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of the Environment announced that the number of bear sightings nationwide in the first half of the fiscal year (April–September) had reached 20,792 cases (preliminary figure).
On December 17, 2025, Japan’s tourism industry reached an unprecedented historical turning point. According to data released by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and the Japan Tourism Agency, the estimated cumulative number of inbound foreign visitors from January to November 2025 reached 39,065,600, surpassing the previous all-time annual record set in 2024 (36.87 million) with more than a month still remaining.
On the morning of October 16, 2025, a new incident emblematic of rising tensions in the East China Sea occurred. According to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha, at around 10:00 a.m. that day, four China Coast Guard (“Haijing”) vessels in succession entered Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
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