Scorching heat continues across Japan. In Tokyo's Hachioji City, the temperature hit 39.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the season's highest in the country so far this year. (NHK)

Japanese TV personality, social media influencer and fashion personality Ryuji Higa, better known as ryuchell, has died, according to media reports. They were 27 years old. (Japan Times)

Two wild boar heads were found on the grounds of a junior high school in Kobe city on Wednesday, with police suspecting they had been hacked off with a knife.

A working group of the U.N. Human Rights Council is planning to look into sexual abuse claims against the late founder of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc., people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

The world’s favorite hundred foot tall rampaging kaiju is about to make landfall just in time for the holiday movie season, according to an announcement today from Japan’s Toho International. (forbes.com)

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, user engagement has become a crucial factor in the success of any online venture. (newsonjapan.com)

In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the best practices and methods for storing Chia safely and securely. (newsonjapan.com)

Japan's environment ministry says it has confirmed that dozens of little fire ants have entered the country for the first time. The fire ant is designated as an invasive alien species in the nation. (NHK)

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled a workplace's restriction on which bathroom a transgender employee could use was not legal. (NHK)

Japan's defense ministry says North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Wednesday morning. It's believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. (NHK)

Japan's space agency says its lunar lander will be launched on an H2A rocket next month. (NHK)

Kanye West has finally met his Australian in-laws, seven months after he tied the knot with Melbourne-native Bianca Censori. (skynews.com.au)

Police in Osaka have arrested a 36-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 65-year-old father by pushing him off a bridge into a river early Monday morning. (Japan Today)

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan and East Asia continue with a video on the kingdom of Okinawa, as we discuss the Forgotten indigenous culture of southern Japan, showcasing Ryukyu and beyond. (Kings and Generals)

The International Olympic Committee has quoted Osaka Naomi's boyfriend as saying that the Japanese tennis star has given birth to a baby girl. (NHK)

Heavy rainfall in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan had left seven people dead and two others unaccounted for as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday. (NHK)

Corporate bankruptcies rose in Japan in the first half of this year as some businesses struggled to pay back COVID relief loans. The number of firms going bust exceeded 4,000 for the first time in five years. (NHK)

Japan did not voice opposition Monday to a U.S. plan to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for its counteroffensive against Russia, with some NATO members concerned over the supply of the weapons ahead of their summit later this week. (Kyodo)

Japan's Bunshin Tattoo Museum in Yokohama is dedicated to the work of Yoshihito Nakano, who is better known in the body art world as Horiyoshi III, a master of traditional Japanese tattooing. (abs-cbn.com)

Japanese companies that conducted stock splits recently have seen their shares outperform the market, showing one reason why investors can’t get enough of those equities. (Bloomberg)

A Japanese language school in Sendai City, northeastern Japan, has been banned from accepting foreign students for five years over human rights violations. The school allegedly obstructed the students' career choices. (NHK)

A Canadian teenager has been questioned by police after he reportedly carved a name into the wooden pillar of an historic Japanese temple. (Stuff)

Here's how the Japanese save so much money. They use a traditional budgeting system called Kakeibo, which translates to “household finance ledger." (Vincent Chan)

A study carried out in fiscal 2022 showed 6.3 percent of school children in Japan suffer from food allergies, an increase of 1.8 percentage points in around nine years, with the rate of severe allergic reactions, or anaphylaxis, also on the rise. (Japan Today)

Beneath the seawater in Japan's Beppu Bay lie layers of seemingly unremarkable sediment and sludge that tell the story of how humans have fundamentally altered the world around them. (CNA)