Former popular Japanese rock drummer Funky Sueyoshi chose to come to China to join the Buyi band, and calls himself "the man who loves Chinese rock the most." What is the dream he is pursuing in China? (CGTN)

The Kisouma (Kiso Horse) is an ancient Japanese breed and a symbol of the Samurai. (DiscoverTheHorse)

Yokochi Akira, Japanese deputy de facto ambassador to Taiwan, will leave his post at the end of the month. He got a rousing send-off at the Legislative Yuan on Friday after he gave a speech speaking not Mandarin, but Taiwanese. (Formosa TV)

A teenage girl was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing a man at a hotel in Toyama Prefecture in central Japan, police said. (Kyodo)

A day in the life of a Japanese Kinako Roasted Soybean Powder Maker in Tokyo Japan. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

10 places to visit around Mount Fuji to inspire you for your future trip to Japan. ( japan-guide.com)

Train riders from Tokyo to Osaka are set to see fares go up as railways spend on accessibility improvements and try to offset a drop in travel. (Nikkei)

If you want to to know the best Movies from Japan you should definitely watch our picks for the best Japanese Movies of 2022. All Japanese films in this ranking were released in 2022. (communiTV)

Tourists have been flocking to the Heckeln coffee shop in Tokyo to see its owner Shizuo Mori dislodge caramel sauce puddings from their tins. (South China Morning Post)

Exposing the strange law that allows children to be legally kidnapped. Australians torn apart by the way Japanese society deals with disputed divorce cases and battles over child custody. (60 Minutes Australia)

The government in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa has called on local hotel operators to stop asking foreign residents for identification when they check in, local officials said Thursday. (Kyodo)

"Mama" and "papa" are such ubiquitous parental terms in Japan that it's easy to forget they're foreign words - words the Japanese government once tried to ban. (Unseen Japan)

Ken Shibusawa, a member of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new capitalism panel and chairman of Commons Asset Management, discusses the challenges the economy, the government and the central bank face. (Bloomberg)

Japan and South Korea announced relaxed trade controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a trip intended to rebuild ties between the regional neighbors. (manilatimes.net)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol enjoyed dinner at two restaurants after their summit and news conference Thursday, deepening their relationship in a more informal setting. (Nikkei)

Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology notified boards of education nationwide on Friday that it is basically unnecessary to wear a mask as a countermeasure against COVID in schools from the new semester. (TV Asahi News / NOJ)

Can anime mess up your Japanese? (Metatron's Academy)

Japan has advanced to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic tournament with a 9-3 win over Italy. (NHK)

Warner Bros. Studio Japan, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of the U.S. movie studio giant, will open a theme park based on the popular "Harry Potter" movie series in Japan on June 16. (Nikkei)

A district court in Osaka, western Japan, has ordered the central government to grant refugee status to a Ugandan woman who says she fled to Japan as she was persecuted for being homosexual. (NHK)

The hot springs at Tsuchiyu Onsen are beloved by bathers but also power a small geothermal plant, making use of an abundant yet barely tapped green energy source in Japan. (AFP)

The idea of humanoid robots has been around for decades. But, with this ever evolving world this idea as of now, is not just an idea but a reality. (Motech)

Japan has stood out as potentially the most honest country in the world. A place where most stolen items are returned to their rightful owners. So will other countries take inspiration from the Japanese? (WION)

In what has been deemed a rare and landmark case, Japanese labor authorities have recognized Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) harassment as a work-related disease eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for the first time. (jdsupra.com)

A survey result shows that some electric rice cookers that claim to reduce the level of carbohydrate do not meet their advertised reductions. (TV Asahi News)