Japan's first shipment of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. (NHK)

As Japan's labor maket tightens, and foreign technical interns effectively become valuable human resources, the government announced a plan on Wednesday to revise the training system to allow more job flexibility.

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that the disparity in the value of votes in last year's Upper House election was constitutional. (NHK)

Prices of newly harvested Japanese rice have risen for the second consecutive year amid higher costs for fertilizers and fuel. (NHK)

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is expected to withdraw from automobile production in China, with a decision likely at an upcoming board of directors meeting.

In Major League Baseball, Japanese two-way star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels has been chosen as a finalist for Player of the Year in the 2023 Players Choice Awards. (NHK)

A very rare sea turtle was caught in a salmon net by a Japanese fisherman before being released back into the waters of northern Hokkaido.

Students preparing to take school entrance examinations next spring are visiting a Shinto shrine, which honors the god of learning, to receive blessings. (NHK)

Esports in Japan has garnered millions of players online to compete against each other in exciting combat. (newsonjapan.com)

The Director of Tennoji Zoo, one of Japan's oldest zoos opened in Osaka in 1915, has apologized for a chimpanzee that escaped on Tuesday through a gap in the wall, admitting that a design flaw was at fault.

Due to the impact of surging prices, 30 percent of supermarkets in Japan are operating at a loss.

A mother and child were struck by a car near the entrance of a hospital in Hokkaido, resulting in the death of the girl.

Day in the Life of a Kyoto Restaurant Waiter Dogen Dōgen Japanese parody 日本語 京都のウェイターの一日 (Dogen)

Out of all 600,000 crimes in Japan, 120,000 crimes were bicycle theft. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

A squirrel caught munching on a poisonous mushroom in northern Japan sparked hot debate on social media last week.

One of Asia's largest tech exhibitions is set to kick off near Tokyo on Tuesday. CEATEC 2023 will feature products that demonstrate the latest uses for artificial intelligence. (NHK)

A chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure at a zoo in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Tuesday morning, but was captured several hours later. (NHK)

Fans of entertainers belonging to the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates have expressed mixed feelings over the closure of shops selling official merchandise. (NHK)

This year's prefectural attractiveness ranking placed Hokkaido in 1st place, Kyoto Prefecture in 2nd place, and Okinawa Prefecture in 3rd place, marking the same top three for the fourth consecutive year.

Japan criticized Russia’s announcement that it’s joining China in banning the imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. (AP)

Starting from next spring, smoking rooms will be phased out on all Shinkansen trains operated by JR Tokai, JR West Japan, and JR Kyushu, making the entire trip smoke-free.

Japan’s flag carrier airline was forced to lay on an extra flight because flights carrying sumo wrestlers may have been too heavy to fly safely. (AFP)

A bizarre case where a man was found curled underneath a toilet (akidearest)

Tonight i took the cheapest room on the Tokyo-Kyushu Ferry's "Soreiyu", a convenient way to travel from Kanto to Kyushu, from Yokosuka to Shin Moji (At JAPAN)

Four children and their father were found dead Sunday in a submerged car in the sea off the coast of Mie Prefecture, central Japan, police said. (Kyodo)