Social media platform X will start hiring engineers in Japan, chief executive Linda Yaccarino said in a post on Thursday. (Reuters)

A road sign in Otaru City, Hokkaido, has finally been fixed after a local resident pointed out a mistake that had been sitting under their noses for over 30 years.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of throwing a bicycle onto railway tracks from a footbridge.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mengalami serangan siber, dengan terdeteksinya akses yang tidak resmi pada jaringannya.

Seorang pria berusia 32 tahun yang bekerja di jalan tol tewas tertimpa ban yang terlepas dari sebuah truk di kota Hachinohe, wilayah Aomori pada hari Jum’at.

The Bank of Japan appears to be preparing for the end of its long-held negative interest rate policy, as Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino and other policy board members signal increasing optimism on price and wage increases. (Nikkei)

A car driven by a 73-year-old man crashed into a classroom of a cram school in Fukuoka on Wednesday night, injuring four people, including an instructor and junior high school students.

Prosecutors have demanded the death sentence for a man charged with setting fire to a Kyoto Animation studio four years ago, killing 36 employees. (NHK)

I'm taking Saphir Odoriko from Tokyo to Atami and trying the private compartment which is extremely hard to book. The train is operated by JR East. (Solo Travel Japan)

The Japanese government on Thursday finalized a plan to allow drivers with a standard license to offer taxi services using their own vehicle in an effort to address a nationwide shortage of taxi drivers. (Kyodo)

A Japanese government panel has drafted a plan to postpone a Martian moon probe until fiscal 2026. (NHK)

In an effort to boost persistent low birth rates, Japan's government has released a policy offering tuition-free university education to all families with three or more children, effective from fiscal 2025.

Japanese investors seemed to be undeterred by the global real estate slump and the yen’s decline to a 50-year low. They are spending the most in two decades to buy up properties overseas. (Bloombergbl)

Menteri Ekonomi dan Industri Jepang Nishimura telah menargetkan untuk meningkatkan daya komputasi superkomputer dalam negeri, yang merupakan hal penting dalam pengembangan AI generatif, sekitar 20 hingga 30 kali lipat pada akhir tahun fiskal 2027.

Perusahaan-perusahaan di Jepang tidak lagi harus membayar pajak atas keuntungan mata uang kripto yang belum direalisasi jika mereka tetap mempertahankan aset digital tersebut, berdasarkan proposal yang sedang dibahas oleh koalisi penguasa negara tersebut. (NIKKEI)

Udara yang sangat dingin pada hari Senin pagi menciptakan kabut laut yang fantastis, yang disaksikan dari Plaza Observasi Fudekageyama di kota Mihara, wilayah Hiroshima.

Audiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan's hit biopic about the creator of the nuclear bomb – following criticism that it was marketed in a way that trivialised the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (The Guardian)

Seorang polisi wanita berusia 25 tahun telah ditangkap karena dicurigai terlibat dalam penipuan hubungan percintaan kelas internasional.

Seorang pria berusia 56 tahun tewas usai terjun lenting (Bungee Jumping) dari atas menara Macau, dari ketinggian 233 meter dengan kecepatan 200 kilometer per jam, pada hari Minggu.

Sources say Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio intends to leave the faction he heads in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while he is serving as prime minister and LDP president. (NHK)

A Japanese restaurant has gone viral for charging its customers to get slapped. Waitresses charge $2 to smack the diners across their faces. (WION)

See how these 19-year-olds (both of whom should turn pro next year) dismantle their more experienced foes at All-Japan Nationals. (Chris Sumo)

It's been 12 years since the Fukushima Nuclear disaster and the $200bn clean up effort is still ongoing. We revisit the exclusion zone for the first time in 4 years to see first hand. (Abroad in Japan)

A man known as the "King of Toyoko" in Kabukicho, the entertainment district of Tokyo, has been arrested on suspicion of raping a junior high school girl he met in Osaka.

Four senior members of a group suspected of organizing scams and burglaries in Japan from the Philippines were served fresh arrest warrants Tuesday for allegedly orchestrating a robbery that resulted in injuries in western Tokyo last year, police said. (Kyodo)