Cardano has been trending for a couple of weeks now, and for good reason. (ambcrypto.com)

The number of COVID-19 patients isolating at home is sharply increasing in Tokyo amid a surge in new cases. (NHK)

A man and a woman sustained burns on Tuesday night after a suspect threw what is believed to be sulfuric acid in a Tokyo subway station and fled the scene, police said, with the incident occurring amid tightened security as the Tokyo Paralympics opened the same day. (Japan Times)

Events at the Tokyo Paralympic Games got underway on Wednesday, following an opening ceremony the previous day. (NHK)

The Tokyo Paralympics kicked off on Tuesday night. For nearly the next two weeks, athletes from around the world will compete in hundreds of events. (NHK)

Tokyo Paralympic Games open on August 24 with athletes hoping to shatter stereotypes and world records despite a year-long pandemic delay and the spectre of a new wave of virus cases in #Japan. Inspiring #dancer, Kenta Kambara, is one of them. (FRANCE 24 English)

Date recorded：Around 5:00pm in August 2021 (Maybe Japan)

There are places that make you feel like you've left the city and entered another more ancient world. Japan should feel like that, but it's harder to find in the capitol. Look no further than Nezu! (ONLY in JAPAN)

NHK has learned that Japan's government and the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant plan to release treated water from the facility into the ocean through an undersea tunnel. (NHK)

A cafe in central Tokyo is using robots to serve customers. (South China Morning Post)

Convenience store operator Seven & i Holdings will launch delivery services across Japan as early as 2026, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

The Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government appealed on Monday to hospitals in the capital to accept more COVID-19 patients as increasing infections has made it increasingly difficult to get access to care. (Reuters)

Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture is called Little Edo (Old Japan Capital in 400 years ago), it's only 30-40 min from Tokyo Ikebukuro Station. (Rion Ishida)

The number of private properties available for vacation rentals in Japan has declined, as the pandemic caused a nosedive in travel demand and dashed hopes for an influx of foreign visitors during the Tokyo Games. (Japan Times)

Authorities in Tokyo are considering plans to convert some of the city’s Olympics and Paralympics venues into temporary medical facilities as they combat soaring COVID-19 infections that have piled pressure on the health care system. (Japan Times)

Of the minors dealt with by Tokyo police last year on suspicion of violating the cannabis control law, 37% said that cannabis is not harmful, a survey by the Metropolitan Police Department showed Saturday. ()

Medical experts in Japan say people who are recovering from the coronavirus at home should frequently check their blood oxygen levels because their conditions could worsen without noticeable symptoms. (NHK)

The National Center for Child Health and Development has released a guide (Japanese only) for taking care of children infected with the novel coronavirus at home. (Japan Times)

A giant symbol of the Tokyo Paralympics has arrived in Tokyo Bay, with the Games' opening scheduled for Tuesday. (NHK)

Fans of Japan's Mos Burger now can order a meal and have it brought to their table without interacting face-to-face with an employee. But there is more to this month's robotic initiative than meets the eye. (Nikkei)

The Japanese government expanded the coronavirus state of emergency on Friday to cover a total of 13 prefectures. It also increased the number of prefectures under quasi-emergency measures to 16. (NHK)

Japanese actor Shinichi Chiba, known abroad as Sonny Chiba, who dazzled action movie fans in Japan and overseas with karate and other martial arts techniques, died Thursday at a hospital near Tokyo due to pneumonia associated with COVID-19, his office said. He was 82. (Kyodo)

Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi made a plea for help on Tuesday as she sought to escape Kabul and revive her shattered dream of becoming the country's first female competitor at a Paralympic Games. ( INQUIRER.net)

Johnny & Associates Inc. announced today that its honorary chairperson, Mary Yasuko Fujishima, sister of music mogul and company founder Johnny Kitagawa, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Aug. 14. She was 93 years old. (Japan Times)

The 2021 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second successive year, race organisers said on Wednesday. (nasdaq.com)