Japan's Imperial Household Agency has announced that Princess Mako and her former college classmate Komuro Kei will get married this month. (NHK)

One of the world's biggest annual video-game exhibitions is experimenting with a new approach. (NHK)

Typhoon Mindulle is bringing violent winds and heavy rain to Tokyo's Izu Islands, as well as to the Kanto region as it passes nearby. (NHK)

In this video I go down to Nagara in Chiba prefecture to meet Matt and Parker from Akiya & Inaka, a new business that specialises in helping customers find akiya (vacant houses) to purchase. (Tokyo Llama)

Theme parks in Japan will ease the limit on the number of visitors from Friday, as the coronavirus state of emergency in 19 prefectures across Japan ends on Thursday. (NHK)

Tokyo police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of arranging prostitution through dating websites. (NHK)

The Japanese government has decided to end the coronavirus state of emergency on Thursday for Tokyo and 18 other prefectures. (NHK)

Tokyo police have arrested two men for their alleged involvement in producing and selling forged prints of works by prominent Japanese painters. (NHK)

I took the Japan's vending machine ferry from Tokyo to Shinmoji. This overnight ferry has a lot of food vending machines instead of a restaurant. (Solo Travel Japan)

There are likely many factors behind Tokyo’s dramatic fall in new COVID-19 cases, but research shows that one group may be playing a surprising role in ending the fifth wave: the unvaccinated. (Japan Times)

Taro Kono is the favorite to become the next leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and effectively the next prime minister, a poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo shows. (Nikkei)

The Tokyo Olympics were the most challenging event I've ever worked on, yet it was among the most rewarding. (Renata Pereira)

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old mother to five years in prison for killing her newborn child in an airport restroom and burying the corpse in a central Tokyo park in 2019. (Japan Times)

Apple's latest version of its iPhone has gone on sale in Japan. (NHK)

Chopstick has been used by people for more than three thousand years in Japan. But in this kindergarten in Tokyo, there is a new experience for children who enjoy using them while eating their meals. (ANI News)

As the daily tally of new coronavirus infections continues to fall, the Japanese government appears ready to lift its state of emergency for at least some prefectures at the end of this month. (NHK)

A turtle found on a runway at an international airport serving Tokyo prevented aircraft from taking off for a short time on Friday. One of the planes left idling on the tarmac features a turtle design. (NHK)

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has suspended the addition of released prisoners to its list of people tracked at its train stations by security cameras using facial recognition technology, after it started the practice this summer, it was learned Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has harvested rice at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, as part of an annual event. (NHK)

The central government is leaning toward at least partially lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency covering 19 prefectures, including Tokyo, at the end of the month as scheduled, government and ruling party sources said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

The average price of land in Japan as of July 1 has fallen 0.4% since a year earlier, for the second consecutive year of declines amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Tuesday. (Japan Times)

A monkey has been caught on the premises of Haneda Airport in Tokyo. It is believed to be wild. (NHK)

Japan's Environment Ministry unveils the newest footage of Tokyo's volcanic island Nishinoshima. (Nippon TV News 24 Japan)

ＴＢＳのカメラマンが撮影する中秋の名月。今年は８年ぶりに十五夜で満月となりました。 (TBS NEWS)

WeWork Japan is expected to specialize in managing coworking offices, Nikkei has learned, moving away from directly leasing space to reduce its financial exposure while continuing to expand. (Nikkei)