A company executive from Saitama Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly selling lethal weapons to buyers including a doctor, with a total of 37 military firearms seized.

In late October, plumes of billowing white smoke and ash began to spew from the sea, as an underwater volcano roared to life near Japan's Ogasawara archipelago in the western Pacific. By November, the eruptions became so violent and frequent that they caused a new land mass to surface measuring 100m in diameter off the southern coast of Iwoto island (formerly called Iwo Jima). (BBC)

A 58-year-old man has been arrested for abducting a 16-year-old high school girl last month in his car and taking her to his home. The girl died the following day, with an autopsy revealing a lethal dose of cough medicine in her system.

Nine foreign passengers on a sightseeing bus and their driver have been injured in a three-vehicle traffic accident in Hokkaido, northern Japan. (NHK)

In order to counter the offensive from the heavens, a devil named Akutsu Masatora comes to the human world to scout a charismatic human who can inspire the demon world.

The best rally in a decade for Japanese stocks is being amplified by a surge in buyouts from company executives. (Japan Times)

When you hear the name Prius, most people normally think of a fuel efficient car with ho-hum styling and very average performance. What Toyota did to its latest version of the hybrid pioneer has the industry goggle-eyed with the best-looking Prius ever and performance and mileage numbers to match. (Forbes)

The Bank of Japan's leaders are indicating they could be preparing a shift in policy, and that's encouraging traders to raise bets that the central bank will scrap the world’s last negative interest-rate regime as soon as this month. Bloomberg Economics' Taro Kimura shares his views on Bloomberg Television. (Bloomberg)

Comments from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has traders thinking the central bank will be raising rates, ending it's longtime negative rates policy. (Yahoo Finance)

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.