In cricket, the term "wicket" refers to three different but interrelated things. (newsonjapan.com)

I sang first time on TV to my late mother. Music DAY on NTV on July 1st. (Yoshiki)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 22-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of robbing a jewelry accessory store with two accomplices in April. (Japan Today)

The head of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday the government should not start the release into the sea of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant during the swimming season amid concerns over the safety of the plan. (Kyodo)

Japanese business sentiment improved in the second quarter as raw material costs peaked and the removal of pandemic curbs lifted factory output and consumption, a central bank survey showed, a sign the economy was on course for a steady recovery. (Reuters)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange officially launched on Monday, its JPX Prime 150 index. (ANC)

A majority of Japanese universities bolstered measures against cults recruiting on campus after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's fatal shooting a year ago added to concerns that students could be easy targets, a Kyodo News survey shows. (Kyodo)

NHK has learned that, starting this month, Japanese electronics giant NEC is planning to offer business services based on its own generative artificial intelligence. (NHK)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index hit a 33-year high on Monday after positive results from the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey. (NHK)

In the ever-evolving world of technology, Google has a knack for introducing products that end up fizzling out, like its previous endeavors the Stadia gaming platform and the Pixel tablet.

Major mobile network provider Softbank Corp is set to develop the company’s own generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, with an eye on offering services to corporate clients. (borneobulletin)

Dive into an anime that is getting a lot of attention recently. It's hellish, and amazing. Learn some Japanese too. (Better Japanese)

Opened by a Japanese artist, Smachnogo — 'bon appetit' in Ukrainian — employs war evacuees (Voice of America)

オンラインエンターテイメントの世界が進化する中で、yojuカジノはその利用者に特別な体験を提供する優れたプラットフォームとして前進してきました。このプラットフォームの多くの利点は、ゲーム愛好家の間でその人気を順調に増大させ、他の同類とは一線を画しています。 (newsonjapan.com)

As the price of eggs continues to rise, Lawson will soon sell a new sandwich that uses plant-derived alternative eggs.

Mt Fuji's climbing season started on Saturday as one of its four main hiking trails reopened and a ceremony was held to pray for the safety of climbers at a shrine on Japan's tallest and most iconic mountain. (Japan Today)

Yahoo Japan is considering having another company provide its search engine technology, which is currently supplied by a Google affiliate, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

Police in Yokohama have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 18-year-old former girlfriend on Thursday. (Japan Today)

Five women, including a 21-year-old office worker, were arrested for soliciting customers on Twitter and selling uncensored obscene videos that they had taken themselves.

A supermarket run will soon leave wallets lighter in Japan as food producers pass along higher costs for ingredients, energy and pay to consumers. (Nikkei)

Experts also told me that women are more likely to be hurt or depressed than men being rejected, since we have the assumption that women must be unlikely to be refused by men, who are supposed to always initiate it. They say that's also a factor which drives the phenomenon. (The Japan Reporter)

In this episode of the FRAME, we will have a look at 4 iconic cars that have pushed forward the electric vehicle sector in the last decades. We will discover all the secrets and characteristics of the manufacturing process of the Toyota Prius, the Hyundai IONIQ 5, the Nissan Leaf, and the Mini Electric. (FRAME)

Japanese whaling on an industrial scale began around the 1890s when Japan started to participate in the modern whaling industry, at that time an industry in which many countries participated. (Noal Farm)

The one thing stereotypes have in common is that they usually contain at least a few grains of truth. Sometimes, as with the city of Osaka, they exceed reality. Osakans, you might say, have a certain reputation. (Nikkei)

Competitive skateboarding is in its infancy given the initial commercial boom in the U.S., but Japanese men and women particularly in street contests in the last three years have shown more growth than any other country in terms of the percentage of total earnings won. (Dumb Data)