In a shocking incident captured on a dashcam, a truck was seen abruptly crossing the center line and veering into oncoming traffic on a Hiroshima highway. Seconds later, it collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite lane.

Japanese weather officials are warning of traffic disruptions as heavy snow blankets wide areas in Hokuriku and other regions along the Sea of Japan. (NHK)

This 13 year old girl reinvented the earring to become one of the youngest CEO's in Japan. Mai is a Japanese middle school student who noticed a lot of her friends wanted earrings but couldn't get their ears pierced, since magnetic earrings get lost super easily. (JESSEOGN)

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has finalized a comprehensive guideline to promote better sleep health, advocating over 6 hours of shut-eye for adults, and 9 to 12 hours for elementary school kids.

In an innovative move, the Osaka Prefectural Police have initiated a campaign on YouTube, launching targeted advertisements from December 22, aimed at addressing the significant increase in marijuana-related offenses among young people.

A touching video from Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture, featuring an endearing moment between an aquarium keeper and Mei, a resident otter, has captured the hearts of social media users worldwide.

In a move to modernize traditional New Year's celebrations, a series of initiatives for digitalizing 'Otoshidama,' the customary New Year's monetary gifts, have been unveiled, marking a shift towards cashless transactions.

Local education authorities across Japan are struggling to secure classrooms for an increasing number of children with disabilities who, in some cases, are even being forced to attend classes in school hallways. (Japan Times)

Japan's opposition parties should work together to defeat the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition at the next general election, veteran lawmaker Seiji Maehara said Thursday, following the launch of his new education-focused party that he hopes can be a unifying force. (Japan Times)

The eagerly anticipated Disney-themed Shinkansen, 'Magical Dream Shinkansen', has officially started operations between Sendai and Tokyo.

The Beatles were in the middle of a tour that had them play five shows in just three days at Japan's famed Nippon Budokan arena — but when they weren’t performing, they were holed up in the presidential suite of the Tokyo Hilton creating a work of art that came to be known as "Images of a Woman." (CNN)

The number of Vietnamese visitors to Japan in the first 11 months of 2023 reached a new record of nearly 537,00, surpassing the previous record of over 495,000 visitors achieved in 2019. (vietnamplus.vn)

A 38-year-old man charged with filming female students in a restroom received a guilty verdict and sentenced to 1 and a half years prison suspended for 3 years from the Osaka District Court.

Daihatsu has announced a complete halt in shipments of all its cars following the discovery of fraudulent safety tests.

As record snowfall continues in Rumoi City, Hokkaido, local residents are facing significant hardships, with one resilient elderly man, confined to his home for three days with depleted food supplies, braving the blizzard with a walking stick for essential provisions.

Weather officials say coastal areas along the Sea of Japan are expected to see the first heavy snow of the season later this week as a midwinter-level cold air mass flows into the Japanese archipelago. (NHK)

Check out the trailer for the rerelease of Godzilla-1.0. 

The South Korean military says fighter jets from Japan, the United States and South Korea took part in an exercise, while US B-1 bombers were mobilized over the Korean Peninsula. (NHK)

JR West Japan has unveiled an initiative to revolutionize train ticketing by introducing QR code-based tickets, signaling a significant shift away from the traditional use of paper tickets.

An event where participants can learn about AI ethics through manga explores whether the answers provided by AI are genuinely correct.

To tackle the growing concerns of 'bullet climbing' on Mount Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture plans to roll out new regulations, including limiting the number of daily hikers to 4,000 and closing gates from 4 PM to 2 AM.

Japan's government has decided to partially legalize "ridesharing," where private drivers can use their personal vehicles to transport passengers for a fee, starting from April next year.

The average price per new condominium unit in the Tokyo metropolitan area in November was 82.5 million yen, marking a nearly 40% increase from the same month last year. In Tokyo's 23 wards, the average price has exceeded 100 million yen for the first time in four months.

A 72-year-old woman has been apprehended in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro district for a pickpocketing spree believed to have lasted close to thirty years.

Tokyo is currently facing an unprecedented surge in streptocococcal infections, marking the first instance since record-keeping commenced in 1999 that these infections have escalated to an alert level.