Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Sunday endorsed an eighth term for its leader Natsuo Yamaguchi ahead of a spate of local assembly elections next spring. (Nikkei)

A Japanese art and manga website that was cloned by Chinese pirates has hit back by encoding forbidden keywords and hashtags banned by Chinese censors into its code, prompting the authorities to shut the pirated version down. (rfa.org)

Genki Kawamura won best director for his movie "A Hundred Flowers" at the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival on Saturday, becoming the first Japanese recipient of the award at the prestigious Spanish event. (Japan Today)

Myopia. Fatty liver. Lumbago. High blood pressure due to obesity. Skeletal problems. (Japan Today)

New footage of the Beatles has been made public in Japan. The footage captured scenes of intense police security when the Fab Four visited Japan to perform in more than 55 years ago. Some contained never-before-seen footage. (NHK)

Tokyo police have tightened security as many foreign dignitaries are arriving in Japan to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on Tuesday. (NHK)

You will learn 47 Prefectures of Japan with pictures and pronunciation. (Ninjapanese)

From Japan to the world, five Japanese A-listers are going “beyond borders". Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi and Fairouz Ai reflect on being part of shows reaching fans around the world and growing in their own careers. (Netflix Anime)

Today is the day of the Awa Odori dance. It is the largest dance festival in Japan and one of the traditional performing arts with a history of about 400 years. (Kimono Mom)

It's not uncommon to go to the produce section of a grocery store and see most of the items wrapped in plastic. (Life Where I'm From)

An event to introduce Japanese products and culture is underway in Beijing ahead of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. (NHK)

Japan's armies of "salarymen" were famous for spending endless hours at the office. Now, one tech giant is trying to make the experience more cuddly by allowing in pets. (New Straits Times)

Japan's decision to loosen border controls is expected to buoy an economy facing headwinds, as inbound tourism recovers with the aid of a weak yen. (Nikkei)

Japanese firm AERWINS introduced the world's first flying bike (Channel IAM-English)

In Major League Baseball, Japanese two-way star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels earned his 14th win and 200th strikeout. The Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Friday in the Twin Cities. (NHK)

When we started planning our trip a few months earlier, the Japanese government was actually encouraging domestic travel, even running campaigns with discounted travel up 50 percent in some cases. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

Spending the night in Tokyo, and then off on a ferry adventure to Sado Island for the first time (Sharmeleon)

Poker is a casino game of skill and chance. (newsonjapan.com)

A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of thousands of households without power, the Kyodo news agency reported. (New Straits Times)

Most young women in Japan who are hoping to get married want only one child or none at all, the first time in postwar history that the average number of desired births has fallen below two, according to a survey, adding to concern about the country's rapidly graying population. (Kyodo)

A former member of KAT-TUN, an all-male idol group, went on trial in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday, charged with violating the Stimulants Control Law. (Japan Today)

Water has been found in an asteroid sample collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe, marking the first such discovery and shedding light on how the Earth's oceans may have formed. (Nikkei)

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has said Japan will further ease border controls aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. (NHK)

"Saphir" is a French word meaning "sapphire". It was named after the image of Izu's sea and sky shining blue like sapphire, the gemstone, in the hope that guests will enjoy an elegant trip. ( ITSUKA JAPAN)

The Shiretoko Peninsula, located off Hokkaido’s northeastern coast, is regarded as one of Japan’s most beautiful nature parks and features an unspoilt landscape of forests, cliffs, wetlands, lakes, and mountains teeming with wildlife. (JapanTravel)