Press review: September 2025

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:

• NHK - Spain trade minister: More cooperation with Japan could boost economic security
• The Japan Times – German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
• The Japan Times – Hidden inflation drives Japanese consumers to price-tracking sites
• The Japan Times – Japan set for record number of takeover offers from foreign firms
• The Asahi Shimbun - Japan to require language skills for entrepreneur visa holders
• The Japan Times – Japan to launch fundamental review of foreign worker policy
• The Mainichi – Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan amid sharp lag in use
• The Asahi Shimbun - Schools to open new chapter with students using digital textbooks
• The Mainichi – 3 Japanese plastic makers to merge domestic businesses amid oversupply
• The Asahi Shimbun - Study: 30% of municipalities report multiple disasters
• NHK - Japan's spending on education 4th lowest among OECD members
• The Japan Times – Japan has ‘strictest standard in the world’ when it comes to CBD products
• The Mainichi – Japan's youth invest in vintage apparel as secondhand market heats up
• The Asahi Shimbun - Only for the rich? Tokyo real estate surges beyond city center
• The Mainichi – Japan land prices up at fastest pace since 1992 on housing demand, tourism
• The Asahi Shimbun - Japan’s elderly share and those still working hit record high
• The Japan Times – Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
• The Japan Times – Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work