Japan will implement a new system for filing invoices in October 2023, but it is unpopular among members of the creative industries who use pseudonyms. (animenewsnetwork.com)

Most parents have experienced frustration when their infants cry excessively and refuse to sleep. Scientists have found that the best strategy to calm them down is by holding and walking with them for five minutes. (miragenews.com)

I'm going to eat around in Kanmon Strait area today and try Japanese local specialties, fuku, grilled curry and yaki udon noodles. (Solo Travel Japan / Food Tour)

どのようなオンラインカジノゲームをプレイするにしても、高品質の体験を得るためには、常にそのための最高のプラットフォームを探す必要があります。 (newsonjapan.com)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito will attend the opening ceremony of the National Sports Festival on October 1 in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. (NHK)

“What is a human?” An all-star staff including writer Hirotaka Adachi (aka Otsuichi), character designer Yoshitaka Amano, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and director Yuzo Sato presents a completely original space horror sci-fi story! (Netflix Anime)

A Japanese government hotline for people who have problems linked to a religious group formerly known as the Unification Church has fielded more than 1,000 calls in five days. (NHK)

A beach in Japan has become an Instagram hit thanks to its tide pools, which create a mirror-like effect whilst reflecting the sky. (independent.co.uk)

Japan has approved the use of coronavirus vaccines that target Omicron for people aged 12 or older who have received their first two shots. (NHK)

Wholesale prices in Japan climbed 9.0 percent in August from a year earlier as the yen's tumble against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies boosted import costs, Bank of Japan data showed Tuesday. (Kyodo)

Chainsaw Man is coming to Netflix this year. Netflix Japan has just confirmed that the highly anticipated anime will be available on the streaming service soon after its October premiere. (epicstream.com)

Nintendo said Monday that Splatoon 3 has been the company's strongest-ever Switch game launch in Japan, easily topping the initial sales of previous record holder Animal Crossing: New Horizons. (Nikkei)

Japan has a complicated relationship with gambling. Even though Japan's penal code legally outlaws gambling, possibilities to gamble abound; from pachinko to sports betting to lotteries, the alternatives are plentiful. (newsonjapan.com)

The number of syphilis cases in Japan this year has hit a record high, already surpassing the total for all of 2021. (NHK)

Japan looks like it may finally open its borders and end its splendid isolation. The key question is: Can it learn to love foreign tourists again? (washingtonpost.com)

Typhoon Muifa is likely to keep the Sakishima Islands in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa under its storm zone until Tuesday morning. (NHK)

Typhoon Muifa is moving away from the Sakishima Islands in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, but weather officials say stormy conditions are expected to continue in the area around Ishigaki Island on Tuesday. (NHK)

Police in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, said Sunday that the body of a newborn baby boy was found in a trash container on the premises of a resort hotel. (Japan Today)

Today, we explore Odawara City, Kanagawa, an area famous for its magnetic castle and production of the Japanese food kamaboko, aka fish paste cakes. (Japan by Food)

Nineteen-year-old Haruka Kawasaki stormed to a three-shot victory at the JLPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup with an 8-under 64 on Sunday, becoming the youngest winner of the major golf tournament. (Kyodo)

The East Japan Railway Company, known in Japan as JR East, is the largest railway company in Japan. It operates routes that extend from Tokyo to the outskirts of Hokkaido. (nationworldnews.com)

Okinawa’s incumbent governor who opposes an ongoing U.S. Marine base relocation forced by Japan’s central government and calls for a further reduction of American troops on the southern island secured his reelection on Sunday despite concerns of escalating tensions between China and nearby Taiwan. (columbian.com)

A decade ago, the realization that mobile telecommunications networks are a capital-intensive, low-margin, mature, congested and sticky business led SoftBank Group's Masayoshi Son to shift direction and embark on an ambitious, though now foundering, global investment spree in startup e-commerce platforms with limited hard assets, such as WeWork. (Nikkei)

Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English. (theguardian.com)

Japan is very proud of its trains, and in many ways rightfully so. The country has one of the cleanest, most reliable, and most convenient rail networks to be found anywhere on the planet. (Japan Today)