Municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture are likely to discard a large amount of vaccine for the novel coronavirus, as the expiration date is approaching on some of their Moderna vaccine from the United States. (AsiaNews)

ICHIKAWA, May 20 (NewsOnJapan) - A 17-year-old unemployed boy has been arrested on suspicion of pushing two school students into the sea in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, with one of them becoming unconscious and the other fatally injured. (NewsOnJapan)

Walk around Shinjuku, and you’re bound to run into the massive behemoth that is Bicqlo, the mashup of two of Japan’s largest retail giants: Bic Camera and Uniqlo. (timeout.com)

One of the amazing things that makes Japan such a unique country is how it can mix its ancient history and traditions, with its incredible modernization. ( The Supreme)

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" 1982 sold for $85 million at auction in New York Wednesday, well above its pre-sale estimate and netting Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa a tidy profit. (france24.com)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seedlings in a paddy field at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo. (NHK)

TOKYO — Japan recorded a trade deficit in April as its imports ballooned 28% due to soaring energy costs and the yen’s weakness against the dollar. (marketwatch.com)

The Japanese government has decided to grant Ukraine an additional 300-million-dollar loan to support the country, which continues to resist Russia's invasion. (NHK)

Japan will provide an additional $300 million in financial assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday, as the country faces an economic crisis due to Russia's invasion. (Kyodo)

The Japan Judo team are full of monsters, and here they are all under one roof! (Judo Highlights)

Keiichi Iwasaki funny magician from Japan shocks everyone with mind-blowing magic and gets Ant & Dec's golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent 2022. (Talent Recap)

Japan's nuclear regulator has approved a plan to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. (NHK)

Police in western Japan have arrested a 24-year-old man who has been refusing to return 46.3 million yen, or about 360,000 dollars, the town he lives in mistakenly sent him. (NHK)

Eaten right off the coals, yaki-imo (roasted sweet potatoes) are a beloved centuries-old food, whether they're served by old-fashioned street vendors or modern "imo" girls and boys. (BBC)

I just came across a pizza vending machine in Japan. The pizza actually looks really good so I want to try and order a couple things from it and bring it home to just see what vending machine pizza is like. (akidearest)

Japanese people love sports. Some live and breathe their chosen game, dedicating their lives to their passion. (newsonjapan.com)

Japan is planning to open its first casino on 'Dream Island.' (newsonjapan.com)

SHIRAOI, Hokkaido, May 19 (NewsOnJapan) - A woman has died after falling out of a car during a quarrel on a highway in northern Japan at around 2:30 am on Thursday morning. (NewsOnJapan)

最近、誰もが投資ゲームに飛び込んでいるようです。 (newsonjapan.com)

In this video, I sat down with my 7 year old daughter to talk about life at a Japanese elementary school as a black girl. This is her take. (The Black Experience Japan)

RYUGASAKI, May 18 (NewsOnJapan) - A dashcam recorder has captured vision of a collision where a car suddenly appears on the wrong side of the road in Ryugasaki City, Ibaraki Prefecture on May 13. (NewsOnJapan)

Authorities in Japan are set to lift an evacuation order for part of a district designated a "difficult-to-return" zone in Fukushima Prefecture in mid-June. (NHK)

The Honda name will officially return to F1 later this season, with the manufacturer receiving top billing at next October's Japanese Grand Prix as the event's title sponsor. (f1i.com)

NHK has learned that Japan's government plans to ease quarantine steps for people arriving in Japan, depending on positive rates for the coronavirus. (NHK)

Japan's gross domestic product contracted an annualized 1.0 percent in real terms from January to March, compared to the previous quarter. (NHK)