Spring is just around the corner and we’ve got the latest cherry blossom forecast to prove it. (timeout.com)

Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Oscar-nominated “Drive My Car” took eight prizes at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony, held on Friday at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takawana in Tokyo. (variety.com)

Police in Tokyo said Thursday that a 47-year-old man who has been arrested for exposing himself to a 22-year-old woman as she walked home, has admitted doing the same thing to other women on at least 30 occasions. (Japan Today)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 40-year-old Turkish man on suspicion of sexually molesting a woman in her 20s at a train station. (Japan Today)

Don’t be afraid – the vengeful spirit is here to share surprisingly normal videos featuring cooking and video games (timeout.com)

Major Japanese convenience-store chain FamilyMart is going to stop providing plastic forks to customers who purchase food items. It's part of a nationwide effort to cut down on waste. (NHK)

Japan is set to remove the current spectator attendance limit for large-scale events as the spread of coronavirus infections slows, government officials familiar with the plan said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

Tokyo National Museum + Japan Cultural Expo (WAO RYU!ONLY in JAPAN)

A citizens group advocating for joint parental authority for divorced parents — currently not granted in Japan — is clashing with lawyers defending mothers who are allegedly victims of domestic violence and have fled their spouses with their children. (Japan Times)

Japan's justice minister said Tuesday the government has accepted into the country eight people displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, following an earlier announcement by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to do so as Tokyo ramps up its humanitarian support. (Kyodo)

Japan has frozen the assets of dozens more Russian and Belarusian officials and oligarchs in Tokyo’s latest move to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two. (theguardian.com)

The Tokyo Marathon has been held after a two-year hiatus with measures to prevent coronavirus infections in place. (NHK)

Waves of day care closures caused by the coronavirus outbreak have disproportionally affected working mothers, especially those in their 30s. (Nikkei)

Among the stocks whose prices were allegedly manipulated by four SMBC Nikko Securities employees were Koito Manufacturing and Mos Food Services, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

I tried First Class VIP cabin on the Japanese Passenger Ferry from Oshima to Takeshiba, Tokyo. It was a relaxing 4.5 hour day cruise and you'll find a beautiful scenery of Tokyo Bay (Solo Travel Japan)

In a Tokyo where gravity has broken, a boy and a girl are drawn to each other... (Netflix Anime)

Japan's top court has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc to pay damages of 1.39 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,600 people whose lives were seriously affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Japan Today)

Hino Motors Ltd., Toyota Motor Corp.'s truck-making subsidiary, admitted Friday to having submitted fraudulent emissions and fuel economy data to transport authorities, suspending the same day the shipment of vehicles with engines for which the figures were utilized and may not meet Japanese standards. (Japan Timesj)

Former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly has appealed the conviction that found him guilty of underreporting the remuneration of ousted chairman Carlos Ghosn. (NHK)

The Japanese government has decided to extend coronavirus quasi-emergency measures in 18 prefectures, while they will end in 13 others at the end of the day on Sunday. (NHK)

Former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly was found guilty on Thursday in a Tokyo court for his alleged part in helping Carlos Ghosn, his former boss at Nissan Motor, hide earnings. (Nikkei)

Japan will accept refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (NHK)

The government is set to extend the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in Tokyo and 14 prefectures as Japan has been facing a slower-than-expected fall in infection numbers due to the highly contagious Omicron variant, officials said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

Japan Airlines Co Ltd and ANA Holdings Inc said they would cancel all flights to and from Europe on Thursday, citing concerns about safety due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)