Japan’s lack of a vaccination passport and limited testing capacity is threatening ambitions to reopen the economy at a crucial year-end period when restaurants earn up to a half of their annual revenue and travel agencies are at their busiest. (Reuters)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of sexually molesting a 13-year-old junior high school girl for about 30 minutes in a library. (Japan Today)

Masahiro Ito uses the term "Tesla of the Sea" when he talks about his Tokyo-based startup revolutionizing the economics of wind power. (Nikkei)

Shibuya to Harajuku / Omotesando is one of the great Tokyo 1-2 punches for tourists visiting the city. (ONLY in JAPAN)

Around 2,500 cases of nonconsensual sexualized images objectifying athletes being taken or shared have been reported to a website set up by the Japanese Olympic Committee last November, Kyodo News learned Saturday. (Kyodo)

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to mark the start of its autumn festival on Sunday. (NHK)

Rookie Koki Ugusa triggered a four-run first inning with a leadoff home run and the Central League’s fourth-place Hiroshima Carp held on to beat the third-place Yomiuri Giants 8-7 on Saturday. (Japan Times)

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed two men, apparently at random, outside a ticket gate at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo. (Japan Today)

Princess Mako on Sunday visited the Imperial Palace to attend an annual ritual ceremony, her last as an imperial family member, as she is scheduled to marry her commoner boyfriend later this month. (Japan Times)

Japan marked "Railway Day" on Thursday, the anniversary of the opening of the country's first railway on October 14, 1872, between Shimbashi Station in Tokyo and Yokohama. (NHK)

One of the happiest words you can hear in Japan is hodai. It basically translates to “all you can,” and you’ll find it in such joy-inducing offers as tabehodai/all-you-can-eat and nomihodai/all-you-can-drink deals at bars and restaurants. (Japan Today)

Japan is facing economic pressure due to a weaker yen and rising commodity prices that are threatening the cost of food staples, which have remained stable for decades. (South China Morning Post)

Procedures started Tuesday to imprison a 90-year-old former senior government official convicted over a high-profile accident in Tokyo in 2019 in which his runaway car killed a woman and her young daughter and injured other people. (Japan Times)

Are you interested in the Tokyo / Kanto dialect? (Japanese Ammo with Misa)

A couple in their 20s were indicted Monday for murdering an 18-year-old Tokyo high school girl in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi in late August, Tokyo prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

Tokyo confirmed 77 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, after renewing the lowest figure this year for three straight days through Monday. (Japan Times)

Japan's Princess Mako visited the graves of her great-grandparents in Tokyo on Tuesday to offer prayers ahead of her controversy-hit marriage to boyfriend Kei Komuro later this month. (Japan Today)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 29-year-old elementary school teacher on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female student last year. (Japan Today)

Today we are exploring the city of Sendai Japan at night (Tokyo Lens Explore)

SAITAMA – A fire at a major substation facility near Tokyo run by East Japan Railway Co. caused a power outage on Sunday, forcing the operator to temporarily suspend train services on a number of lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area and affecting around 236,000 people, the company said. (Japan Times)

Famed Japanese rakugo storyteller and designated Living National Treasure Yanagiya Kosanji died of heart failure in Tokyo on Thursday. He was 81. (NHK)

Popular Scams in Japan that you should watch out for, especially if you are living in Japan or planning to live in Japan. (Paolo fromTOKYO)

My name is Moe living in Tokyo. This is my, realistic day from the time I wake up in the morning until I go to bed. (Kimono Mom)

The coronavirus situation in Japan appears to be improving. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 82 new cases on Saturday. That is the lowest number recorded in the capital this year. (NHK)

Drugstores in Tokyo have begun selling coronavirus antigen test kits, which produce test results in about 15 to 30 minutes. (NHK)