A nine-story mosque near Tokyo's Okachimachi Station became a national flashpoint after one post on X. But it's a rebuild of a facility that has served the area since 2008. A calm look at the jewelry district's history of coexistence and Japan's distance from Islam.
Foreign visitors spent ¥2.07 trillion (~$12.9B) on food in Japan in 2025, 21.9% of all inbound spending. What 42 million tourists eat, the dietary-diversity gap, and how to plan a gourmet trip.
An unpermitted mosque facing removal in Japan exposes the real problem: the issue isn't faith, it's the permit — and the lawful route to building one is often blocked. A look at Japan's rising Muslim population, its population decline, and the legal path that was never built.