A historic verdict has been delivered in the 1971 Shibuya riot case, with a member of the radical faction 'Chūkaku-ha' receiving a 20-year prison sentence for his involvement in the brutal murder of a police officer.

In a landmark move to address declining birthrates, the Japanese government has announced free college tuition for families with 3 or more children as part of the 'Children's Future Strategy', a comprehensive plan ratified by Cabinet on Friday.

Japan's government has approved a record defense budget of 56 billion dollars for next year. That makes the Asian country the world’s biggest military spender after the United States and China. (DW News)

Japan's government has approved a draft budget for fiscal 2024 totaling about 112 trillion yen, or about 789 billion dollars. (NHK)

Jetstar Japan's labor union continues to strike for a second day over unpaid wages, with the company confirming that the protest involves eight of their key personnel, including 4 pilots.

This is a Japanese Grocery Store Supermarket Tour in Tokyo Japan. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

A tragic incident unfolded on Friday night at a family restaurant in Yokosuka, where a 52-year-old man was apprehended for a brutal attack that led to the death of a woman, stabbed in the chest with a Japanese sword.

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 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.

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)

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.

The Japanese government has decided to discontinue the use of fax machines and 'hanko' (personal seals) in educational settings by 2025.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is facing increasing pressure over a scandal involving his main ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Two LDP factions are suspected of not reporting some revenue collected from ticket sales for fundraising events. Tokyo prosecutors searched their offices Tuesday. (NHK)

Japan's space agency is looking to develop satellites capable of crashing into an astroid that is heading towards earth in order to change its trajectory and save the planet.

More than 140 people have been arrested in Tokyo's Kabukicho district this year for prostitution, about three times more than last year.

Ten students were injured in a Saitama Prefecture junior high school when a carbonated drink bottle, known as 'Ramune', exploded during a science experiment.

Japan's central bank expectedly left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged at its final policy meeting this year in light of "extremely high uncertainties" affecting the world's third-largest economy, pushing any likely unwinding to the new year. (cnbc.com)

As troubled youngsters turn to over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as cough syrup to get high, or 'overdose,' Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has broadly approved a plan to restrict sales to customers under 20 years old.