Japan "has no doubt entered" a seventh wave of coronavirus infections though there is currently no need for new movement restrictions, the head of a government COVID-19 experts panel told reporters on Monday. (Nikkei)

It seems history has been made in Japan thanks to voters and none other than mangaka Ken Akamatsu. (comicbook.com)

Japan won gold medals in three out of five weight classes held Sunday, the final day of the three-day Judo Grand Slam in Budapest, Hungary. (Kyodo)

Japan's law enforcement authorities say the police officers guarding former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo failed to follow protocol to protect a VIP from a gun attack. (NHK)

A record 35 women won seats in Sunday's House of Councillors election in Japan after votes were tallied Monday, breaking the previous record of 28 set in 2016 and matched in 2019. (Kyodo)

Japan is a country at the cutting edge of robotics technology. While many advances in robotics are utilized in factories and other industries, they are also finding their way into restaurants! (Japan by Food)

The Unification Church in Japan on Monday (July 11) said the mother of the gunman who last week assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe was a member of the church. (straitstimes.com)

A wake for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was held at a temple in Tokyo Monday evening. (NHK)

Japanese wheelchair tennis star Kunieda Shingo has clinched his first Wimbledon title, completing a Career Golden Slam of all four majors and the Paralympics. (NHK)

Want to know how to make Japanese girls to like you? I'm sharing Japanese phrases for dating and how to use those phrases! (Asagi's Life (No BS Japan))

The 40-centimetre-long firearm that was used to kill former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as he campaigned for his ruling party in Nara, western Japan, looked crude, more like a propellant made of pipes taped together and filled with explosives. (1news)

Japan's ruling coalition won the majority of seats contested in Sunday's upper house election, with counting still ongoing in some districts. But while citizens validated Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, the mood among the victors was mostly joyless, as the vote came just two days after the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. (Nikkei)

Today, we're going to 7-11 Japan and show you all kinds of great Japanese packaging! (Mrs Eats)

Ubasute is the mythical practice of senicide in Japan, whereby an infirm or elderly relative was carried to a mountain, or some other remote, desolate place, and left there to die. (Linfamy)

The more I visit the inaka "countryside" of Japan, the more I wonder about how these areas will weather the ageing and depopulation trends. (Life Where I'm From)

It's been a devastating 24 hours since former PM Abe was shot in Nara and like everyone in the country, I'm trying to come to grips with the loss. (ONLY in JAPAN * GO)

Twitter, Facebook parent Meta and other social media companies scrambled Friday to police videos on their platforms of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that break rules on harmful content. (Nikkei)

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a high court decision that a former TV reporter must pay damages to a journalist who says he raped her. (NHK)

Japanese police say former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo died from loss of blood after a bullet damaged an artery under his collarbone. (NHK)

Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Japan public broadcaster NHK and other media sources. He was 60 years old. (npr.org)

Accidental deaths and injuries among children at nursery schools, kindergartens and other child care facilities in the country reached a record 2,347 cases in 2021, Cabinet Office data showed Thursday. (Kyodo)

The Tokyo Family Court ruled Thursday that a Japanese woman who ran off with her children and refused to let her French husband see them has the rights to their custody, in a dispute which led French authorities to issue an international arrest warrant for the woman last year. (Kyodo)

Experts tasked with assessing the coronavirus situation in Tokyo have warned that the Japanese capital is now facing a rapid resurgence of coronavirus infections. (NHK)

A senior Liberal Democratic Party official says former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has died in a hospital where he was receiving treatment. (NHK)

Japan is in the midst of its hottest early summer on record, with June temperatures breaking through 40C last week. (BBC)