Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has declined to characterize the decision not to send a government delegation to the Beijing Winter Games as a "diplomatic boycott". (NHK)

Japan's Emperor Emeritus turned 88 on Thursday. He is the country's longest-living monarch on record. (NHK)

Authorities in Tokyo have reported the first apparent community transmission of the coronavirus Omicron variant in the Japanese capital. (NHK)

Today I did a Day trip from Tokyo to Nagano Japan to using various trains including the shinkansen. ( Solo Solo Travel)

The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics says it expects the total cost of the Games to be 1.453 trillion yen, or about 12.7 billion dollars. (NHK)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – A third employee at Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, has tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus as new cases on the installation approached 200 since Friday. (stripes.com)

Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday that all of its new models for the domestic market will be electric vehicles (EV) or hybrids by 2030. (the-japan-news.com)

Tokyo's Musashino City Assembly has voted down a draft ordinance that would have effectively allowed the city's foreign residents to vote in referendums under the same conditions as their Japanese neighbors. (NHK)

Japanese snowboarder Hirano Ayumu has become the first to successfully land a difficult trick called the triple cork 1440 in competition. (NHK)

Japan hanged three death-row inmates on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, amid growing criticism by human rights groups of the country’s use of the death penalty. (seattletimes.com)

The Japanese government has launched a smartphone app that enables people to show proof that they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus. (NHK)

Sendai is much bigger than the city center. Like Tokyo, the city goes far into the countryside and Sendai has some very beautiful places like this one, Akiu Great Falls, a 55 meter high waterfall that is one of Japan's top 100, only a 30 min trip from Central Sendai. (ONLY in JAPAN * GO)

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant intends to build an underwater tunnel to release water from the plant into the sea, it said on Tuesday, as part of a project to treat and dispose of contaminated water. (Reuters)

When visiting Ueno station many do not see what the inside shopping areas really do look like so today we are going to show you the inside of Ueno Station and all the major shopping areas. (Totally Drew)

Japan’s success in driving down Covid-19 cases has mystified experts but scientists have now identified a genetic ‘X-factor’ among its population that may have helped the country turn its outbreak around. (news.com.au)

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials have reported a case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the capital. (NHK)

Japan's health ministry officials say 15 more infections from the Omicron coronavirus variant were confirmed on Wednesday. (NHK)

Work has begun to remove the emblems of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildings. The Games were held earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. (NHK)

Acclaimed Japanese animation film director Shinkai Makoto, who made the 2016 global hit "your name.," says he is working on a new movie to be released in fall next year at movie theaters across Japan. (NHK)

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun a boring survey to build an undersea tunnel for releasing treated water from the facility. (NHK)

As the cost of groceries, clothing and electronics have gone up in the U.S., prices in Japan have stayed low. (Wall Street Journal)

"The Edge" visits Japanese tech company Atoun and sees how its robotic power suits, which were used by ground staff at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, are transforming the way we do manual work. (CNBC International TV)

Japan's new prime minister has spent the first few nights in his official residence in Tokyo, becoming the first Japanese leader in nearly a decade to live in the so-called "haunted" house. (buzz.ie)

Visitors and residents were able to see the annual light show at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills on Monday. (Ruptly)

The kanji for "kin," meaning gold or money, was picked as the single most representative Chinese character corresponding to the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Monday. (Kyodo)