Japan

The rice crisis that could bring down Japan's government

International | 09/06/2025

A rice plantation in the town of Nukida, Japan.

Arnau Muñío: "I left with the last lifeboat from La Boqueria because a lot has changed in seven years."

Food | 02/06/2025

Arnau Muñío, behind the bar of the new Direkte, located on Paris Street in Barcelona

When Jordi Pujol met with the Japanese emperor

Politics | 31/05/2025

The Catalanophile friend of Jordi Pujol who pioneered strengthening ties with Japan

Politics | 30/05/2025

Ko Tazawa yesterday, already as an honorary member of EFTA.

Simulating climate change or a mouse brain: the future of supercomputing unites Catalonia and Japan

Politics | 29/05/2025

Salvador Isla visits Fugaku in Kobe.

Bread with tomato, rumba, and an (awkward) enya: this is the exhibition about Catalonia in Osaka.

Politics | 29/05/2025

A screen from Catalan Week at the Osaka World Expo.

The Japanese fever for Joan Miró (and for Catalan cuisine)

Culture | 26/05/2025

Salvador Illa in front of a Miró work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Salvador Illa is negotiating a direct Barcelona-Tokyo flight, taking advantage of his tour of Japan.

Politics | 26/05/2025

Salvador Isla during his meeting with the Vice Governor of Tokyo.

Antoni Bassas' analysis: "Catalan in the EU and the Tokyo-Barcelona flight. The 'reunion' of women is important."

Antoni Bassas analysis | 26/05/2025

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Takahiro Nakamae: "Catalonia is home to half of the state's Japanese business centers."

Economy | 25/05/2025

The Japanese ambassador to Spain, Takahiro Nakamae.

Japan tightens cannabis controls and arrests first tourists for use

International | 24/05/2025

Tourists in Kyoto, Japan, in a file image.

Why are there few trash cans in Japan?

International | 20/05/2025

Japan, rain on a shopping street in Tokyo

Japan's most powerful mafia announces the end of a decade of internal wars

International | 18/05/2025

'Yakuza', by Anton Kusters, Docfield14.jpg

Nissan to lay off another 10,000 workers worldwide

Economy | 12/05/2025

Image of a Nissan plant in Japan.

The enigma of the mysterious submerged 'city' in Japan

Science and Technology | 30/04/2025

The Yonaguni Monument, Japan

Japan records record annual population decline

International | 16/04/2025

Japan has lost nearly 900,000 citizens in just one year.

China threatens the Japanese islands of Okinawa

International | 13/04/2025

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force recently announced that it will permanently locate a mobile radar unit on the island in response to military threats from China.

Catalonia seeks to reaffirm itself as a pool of Japanese investment

Business | 26/03/2025

Catalonia loses second place in foreign investment in Spain

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' saga premieres a new chapter set in feudal Japan.

Media | 20/03/2025

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"Fear doesn't go away easily": The slow return to life in Fukushima

International | 15/03/2025

Police officers search the coast of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.