Torrential rains have continued to fall across a wide part of Japan on Friday, with record downpours reported in Fukui and Shiga prefectures as rivers have overflowed and many areas are left at increased risk of landslides. (Kyodo)

Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues, Seiko Noda, said that the country’s male-dominated parliament has treated its dramatic population decline with ​​“indifference and ignorance”. (South China Morning Post)

Officials are warning of more rain on Friday after record rainfall hit parts of the Japanese region of Hokuriku and Niigata and Yamagata Prefectures from Wednesday through Thursday, causing flooding and landslides. They are urging vigilance over landslides and flooding in low-lying areas. (NHK)

Japan is finally bringing crypto ATMs (BTMs, according to local terminology) to life after four years. (egamers.io)

SoftBank has raised as much as $22bn in cash from deals that would sharply reduce its stake in Alibaba over the coming years, as the Japanese investor responds to a market downturn that has ravaged its technology portfolio. (Nikkei)

Mitsubishi Estate is readying for Japan's first crewed flying-vehicle test flights in fiscal 2024, turning the rooftops of Tokyo high-rises it owns into takeoff and landing pads. (Nikkei)

This year, the oldest man in the world has turned… no, not one hundred twenty, and not even one hundred fifty. A Japanese monk named Shinnyōkai celebrates his five hundred fiftieth birthday! (Ridddle)

The circular economy is coming to electric vehicles for both environmental and financial reasons, as a leading Japanese automaker plans on starting a rental scheme for its battery-powered cars. (fortune.com)

Wonderfest is considered Japan's biggest toy and action figure event also famous for garage toys, cosplay, figures, Toys etc (Ajay Pandey)

Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Niigata Prefecture, next to Yamagata Prefecture, where the same warning was issued on Wednesday night. It's a level 5 alert, the highest on the emergency scale. (NHK)

I'm going to eat around in Yamagata Japan. It's famous for high quality Yamagata beef and Yonezawa beef. They are awesome marble beef. (Solo Travel Japan / Food Tour)

Japan’s health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. (ptvnews.ph)

Despite imposing various sanctions against Russia, Japan is still exporting a huge number of used cars to the country. (New Straits Times)

Japan will consider revamping its quotas for visas issued to skilled foreign workers, putting more emphasis on production of ready-made meals and less on restaurants and hotels to reflect changes in demand amid the pandemic. (Nikkei)

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage, reported a 97% plunge in profit. Gains from fixed income trading were unable to make up for weaknesses elsewhere. Russell Ward reports on Bloomberg Television. (Bloomberg Markets and Finance)

Tokyo has lodged a protest with Beijing, after multiple Chinese ballistic missiles landed within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone, amid large-scale military drills. (NHK)

We are going to Tokyo SkyTree for a festival. (ちゅーそんちゃんねるChuson Channel)

I wanted to do a Japanese supermarket tour for so long! Finally I asked my friend for a little help with filming and we met, a little outside of central Tokyo, to show you how a Japanese supermarket looks like. (Tokyo Diaries)

A Japanese prison that banned a convict from wearing his glasses because they made him look "menacing" has come under fire from lawyers who call the decision a rights violation. (enca.com)

Police in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of parental neglect resulting in death after her two-year-old daughter and one-year-old son died of heatstroke due to being left in a car. (Japan Today)

A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaching immigration law and encouraging dissent against the military, the junta said Thursday. (indiatimes.com)

Time to relax in one of Kusatsu’s natural hot spring baths, commonly known as onsen, with Sho Ikushima at Ohtaki No Yu. ( Sauna Channel)

The highly anticipated return of Japanese travelers to Hawaii was expected to dramatically increase with foreign border restrictions loosening back in June 2022. (kitv.com)

Rugby School Japan (RSJ) is scheduled to open in September 2023. The new facility will be the Rugby School Group’s (RSG) second international school, following the opening of Rugby School Thailand five years ago. (ie-today.co.uk)

The Russian government says it will establish a new company to take over the Sakhalin-2 oil and liquefied natural gas project in the country's Far East. (NHK)