In Japan, university graduates typically join companies in April. However, more and more people are quitting in the first month. The labor ministry reports over 30 percent leave within three years.

Health ministry and city officials inspected a pharmaceutical plant in Osaka. This probe was due to dietary supplements causing five deaths. The products were made with “beni-koji” red yeast.

Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was fired from the Dodgers. Ippei Mizuhara is suspected of involvement in illegal sports gambling. He confessed that he had a gambling addiction.

A TV drama has gone viral, featuring a middle school PE teacher from the 1980s who time-travels to the present. It shows how language, traditions, and practices have changed in Japan since then. People of all ages are praising the entertainment value of the story on social media. Let’s take a look at some key points often discussed as differences between the Showa and Reiwa periods.