Tokyo's luxurious accommodation knows no limits. This time we go inside a private members club with a $39,000 fee, where members are rewarded with the ultimate luxury escape. (Abroad in Japan)

The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including several that once posed significant threats, killing hundreds if not thousands of people across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. (13newsnow.com)

South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol is rushing to mend years of troubled relations with the country’s key neighbor Japan, but the road ahead to reconciliation is littered with detritus of history that won’t be easy to negotiate. (asiasentinel.com)

TOKYO -- Young children in Japan made 20% fewer doctor visits last year. Some experts credit widespread mask-wearing but others say many parents kept their children away from hospitals out of fear they would not be able to work if their kids contract the novel coronavirus. (Nikkei)

Okinawa marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan from US rule on Sunday. (NHK)

The National Police Agency issued an advisory to all prefectural police forces in December to avoid questioning people in a way that could be perceived as racially motivated, according to agency officials. (Kyodo)

A Facebook post claims that experts believe a man who travelled to Japan using a fake passport was from a parallel universe. (fullfact.org)

The number of new coronavirus infections in Japan continues to rise in some areas, after the country's spring holiday period came to an end. (NHK)

Police in Tokyo have indicted a 59-year-old woman on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Law after she attempted to smuggle around two kilograms of cocaine, worth the equivalent of 40 million yen, into Japan at Narita Airport. (Japan Today)

Tokyo will begin recognising same-sex partnerships from November after revising current rules, officials said Wednesday (May 11), becoming the largest city in Japan to do so. (The Star)

East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will carry out test runs of automated trains with passengers aboard on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line for two months starting around October. (Kyodo)

Today, we are riding the extended Sunrise Seto Express from Tokyo to Kotohira. (Solo Solo Travel)

Japanese education experts have urged central and local governments to take urgent steps to address the chronic shortages of teachers. (NHK)

A single mother in her 40s with two children has been walking a financial tightrope since she lost her job at a restaurant in the summer of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Japan Times)

While the number of vending machines in Japan has been shrinking in recent years, the nation still boasts the highest number of units per capita of any country. (Japan Times)

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. (Japan Times)

I’m going behind the counter at a local family owned Japanese Ramen shop, Kakitagawa Hibari. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

A Japanese newspaper reported that the country's ruling party lawmakers visited the Sado mine located on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture where Koreans were subject to forced labor during the colonial period. (KBS)

Shocking Laws okay in Japan, but illegal around the world. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual pace in seven years, government data showed on Friday. (Nikkei)

Major Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co has decided to move into agriculture to diversify its revenue sources after a tough period in which the coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the tourism sector. (Japan Today)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures near Tokyo on Thursday, but no tsunami occurred, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. (Kyodo)

Russia said Wednesday it will ban the entry of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and many high-ranking officials for an indefinite period in a fresh round of sanctions against Japan, amid rising tensions between the two countries over the crisis in Ukraine. (Nikkei)

Today I'm taking you on another food tour, this time we're going to Tokyo's famous Tsukiji Fish Market! (STEFATTY)

With Japan in the midst of a spring holiday, many airline passengers are being tested free of charge for the coronavirus at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. (NHK)