KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a male temporary staff member at a high school over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Yokohama City earlier this year, reports TV Asahi. (tokyoreporter.com)

Climbing Mt Takao to see the Olympic Rings, leaving at 04:39am the first train. (ONLY in JAPAN)

Japanese wrestler Kawai Yukako took gold in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram category final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. She beat Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3. (NHK)

Japan was hit by intense heat again on Wednesday. Authorities are calling for caution against heatstroke as high temperatures are expected to continue. (NHK)

Japan is preparing to expand emergency restrictions to eight more prefectures to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, as worries grow about strains on the medical system in Tokyo as it hosts the Olympics. (Al Jazeera)

A Belarusian sprinter who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics has told the Associated Press that officials from her country made it clear that she would face punishment if she did so. (NHK)

As Japan strains to control its galloping coronavirus outbreak, and to keep an Olympic bubble from bursting in the final days of the Games, the government is trying a new tactic: public shaming. (seattletimes.com)

Tokyo police say at least 50 accidents involving vehicles related to the Olympics had occurred in the capital during the first week after the Games opened. (NHK)

Olympic reporters have limited food options because of a 14-day quarantine. The convenience store in the media center has many exciting options. (USA TODAY)

Poland's deputy foreign minister has revealed that his country issued a humanitarian visa to a Belarusian Olympic athlete who refused to leave Tokyo for her home country. (NHK)

We're now half way through Tokyo 2020, and the organizers have done what they can to make it green and sustainable. (ARIRANG NEWS)

The International Olympic Committee has released a statement outlining the specifics of the expanded coronavirus state of emergency that came into effect in some areas in Japan on Monday. (NHK)

The Tokyo Olympics is not just about watching the best of the best compete. Organisers are also using the platform to showcase Japan's culture, but the COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to scale down the festivities. (CNA)

As COVID infection cases continue to rise in Japan, ever more diners are opting for takeout or delivery to keep the infection risk to a minimum. And dining chains are wasting no time catering to the growing demand. (NHK)

Kiyoshi Matsuura was so worried about growing old that he started using an anti-baldness treatment as a teenager. (yahoo.com)

Discover the exceptional work of a great sushi chef in Kyoto, Ryuji Fukagawa. His apprentice Julien Doukhan also explains the difference between sushi from Tokyo known around the world and sushi from Kyoto. (UNJAPAN)

Halfway through the Summer Olympics in Japan, coronavirus cases are surging in the nation during a state of emergency though the outbreak is nowhere near as severe as other places as the world deal with a more contagious Delta variant. (UPI)

I spent an entire week driving some of the most beautiful areas that Japan has to offer. (Tokyo Lens)

We all remember names like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. Well, if you are from the US, you may have heard about Shohei Ohtani. (Asian Boss)

Although these Olympics have been plagued by unprecedented challenges and many public setbacks for the host nation, they are already the most successful in Japan's entire sporting history when measured from the top of the medal podium. (Japan Todayj)

As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo’s stunning heat that perhaps dished out the most pain. (Japan Times)

Japan's coronavirus state of emergency has been extended and expanded to include three of Tokyo's neighboring prefectures and Osaka. (NHK)

Japan secured its best-ever Olympic gold medal tally on Friday after winning the men's fencing team epee event. (NHK)

In Tokyo for the Olympics, TODAY senior international correspondent Keir Simmons took the time to visit the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, a city of unparalleled beauty and the cultural heart of the country. He also got a lesson in Zen meditation. (TODAY)

Japan's overnight sleeper train is stunning. We ride 11 hours & 600km from Tokyo to Tottori on the Sunrise Express in search of the Tottori sand dune desert. (Abroad in Japan)