Press review: April 2026

In this section you will find this month's press review, which contains a selection of some of the most interesting Japan-related online articles that have been published over the past month. To read them, please click on the following links:

• The Mainichi – Japan, EU business leaders call for robust supply chains for critical items
• The Mainichi – Japan, Poland agree to boost economic, security ties, support for Ukraine
• The Asahi Shimbun - Japan struggles to halt fears over war-related price hikes, shortages
• The Asahi Shimbun - Small business bankruptcies at 30-year high in costly landscape
• The Japan Times – Japan M&A momentum to persist, Alvarez & Marsal’s Aversano says
• The Japan Times – Japan’s households cut spending even after real wages advance
• The Japan Times – Financial support program for community-focused startups draws growing interest
• NHK - Why more young people in Japan are living alone and subsisting on benefits
• NHK - Japan's trading houses turn electronic trash into rare earth treasure
• NHK - Smart recycling set to boost sources of metals
• The Japan Times – Japan targets 25% share of global autonomous vehicle market
• The Japan News - Japan Exported Sake to 81 Markets in 2025, as Breweries Push Overseas Sales
• NHK - Increase in adult diapers raises recycling challenges
• The Mainichi – Legacy donations rise in Japan as 'final contribution to society,' but care required
• The Mainichi – Japan's young workers turning to side jobs to build skills, not just income
• The Japan Times – Young people in Japan express lowest hopes for themselves and their country in poll
• The Mainichi – 1 in 5 Japan late teens see immigration as key issue, triple 2 yrs ago
• The Japan Times – Japan’s tighter immigration controls yielding results
• The Asahi Shimbun - Fiscal 2025 logs record number of overseas tourists amid concerns
• The Asahi Shimbun - Accommodation tax spreads as authorities tackle tourism woes