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)

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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.

A famous Buddhist temple in central Japan hopes to pay for restoration work by using crowdfunding. It wants to return its famed tea ceremony facility to its former glory. (NHK)

A doctor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the assisted suicide of a patient suffering from the incurable disease ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).

Two artists are set to take lead roles in the upcoming anime adaptation.

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.

The city of Sapporo has officially announced the suspension of its bid for hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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

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