Shunsuke Nakamura officially retired from football after his Yokohama FC defeated Roasso Kumamoto 4-3 in the J-League 2 on Sunday, October 23. (newsonjapan.com)

It is common to have injuries during sports, exercise, or jogging. After an injury, the next natural step is to find an effective way to relieve pain as soon as possible. (newsonjapan.com)

Daishiro Yamagiwa, Japan's minister in charge of economic security, became the first minister of Fumio Kishida's government on Monday to step down over his ties with the controversial Unification Church. (ANI Asia )

This time, I traveled from Akita to Tokyo on Komachi Express(Shinkansen), fastest train with 320 kph/198 mph top speed. Enjoy the scenic views and high-speed train experience with Shinkansen Komachi. ( travelgeek)

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that performances by music school students are not subject to copyright payments, while copyright holders may charge for musical works used by teachers in music classes. (NHK)

In Japan, the city of Fukuoka is looking toward the future of Web3 in its latest partnership with Astar Japan Labs, the company behind Japan’s leading blockchain, the Astar network. (cointelegraph.com)

A four-year-old boy fell to his death from an apartment building where he lived in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward on Saturday. (Japan Today)

Japan's Emperor and Empress have attended the opening ceremony of art and culture festivals in Okinawa Prefecture. (NHK)

Japanese companies are striving to build supply chains that do not depend on China, amid that country's growing conflict with the U.S. This is expected to dramatically increase the costs of all manner of products. Are companies prepared for "zero-China?" (Nikkei)

SASE got its first recognition after Gartner introduced it to describe the fusion of core network and security features delivered via a single cloud service. (newsonjapan.com)

Japanese amateur, Taiga Semikawa, is flying up the World Rankings and has now made history at the Japan Open, as he becomes the first amateur winner in its 95 year history. (golfmonthly.com)

Former Japan international Masato Kudo, a J.League star who also had stints in Major League Soccer and Australia, has died aged 32 after a short illness. (Japan Today)

Japan hotel room rates have soared since the country launched financial incentives to get people to hit the road, and with international tourists expected to flood into the country in the coming months, the prices are not expected to go down any time soon. (Nikkei)

Japan's Emperor and Empress have visited the southern prefecture of Okinawa for the first time since the Emperor's enthronement in 2019. They paid tribute to the war dead there. (NHK)

Australia and Japan have signed a bolstered security agreement, sending a "strong signal" to the region of the nations' strategic alignment. (9 News Australia)

Japanese police have sent papers to prosecutors on a US sailor who injured passers-by when he tackled them from behind in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. (NHK)

Kei Komuro, the husband of Japanese former princess Mako Komuro, has passed his New York state bar examination on his third attempt, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. (Kyodo)

Japan's government and central bank intervened in the currency market early Saturday to support a falling yen, sources told Nikkei, triggering a dramatic rebound against the dollar. (Nikkei)

Japan's badminton governing body has apologized for a series of scandals and improper conduct involving staff members and published reprimands of its senior officials. But there was no announcement of resignations. (NHK)

A ski slope at the foot of Mount Fuji became the first ski resort in Japan to open for the season on Friday. (NHK)

Chinese buyers have become interested in farmland in Japan, and policymakers in the country are uncomfortable with this. (Spotlight on China)

Food prices in Japan rose at the fastest pace since July 1991 during the past week, Nikkei data shows, as producers scramble to pass on the impact of a softening yen and high commodity costs. (Nikkei)

Japan's core consumer inflation rate accelerated to a fresh eight-year high of 3.0% in September, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for the sixth straight month as the yen's slump to 32-year lows continue to push up import costs. (Reuters)

On Tuesday, comedian Koji Nakamoto was hit by a car while crossing a street in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Unfortunately, he passed away from his injuries the following day due to an acute subdural hematoma. (fanfest.com)

A group of researchers says it has found traces of noble gases on sand and other asteroid samples brought back by a Japanese space probe. (NHK)