Japan is struggling to bridge its gender pay gap, with women in the country still making 74% as much as the men and remaining a minority in lucrative professions. (Nikkei)

Japan's justice minister said Tuesday the government has accepted into the country eight people displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, following an earlier announcement by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to do so as Tokyo ramps up its humanitarian support. (Kyodo)

Japan's bank lending rose at the slowest increase in a decade in February as immediate pressure for corporates to borrow cash continued to ease amid a broader economic recovery from the pandemic slump. (yahoo.com)

Japan has frozen the assets of dozens more Russian and Belarusian officials and oligarchs in Tokyo’s latest move to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

ANA Holdings Inc plans to start flights on its new lower-cost carrier from the second half of the 2023 financial year, the Japanese airline said on Tuesday. (nasdaq.com)

Years of quietly developing high-powered virtual reality displays is starting to pay off for Japan's Sharp as the company make an aggressive bet on the "metaverse." (Nikkei)

Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two. (theguardian.com)

Two young men have been arrested for wild celebrations in January during Japan's "Coming Of Age" ceremony where they rode motorcycles and cars out of control along with a dozen friends in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa. (newsonjapan.com)

Police in Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested two women and a man after the body of a 5-year-old boy was found beneath the floorboards of their house. (Japan Today)

Japanese video game and toy company Bandai Namco Holdings is spending 15 billion yen ($130 million) to develop a "metaverse" featuring fearsome battle robots and other characters from its flagship Gundam franchise. (Nikkei)

Bojan Krkic talks about his life after leaving the club, why Stoke feels like his second home and his latest adventure in Japan, where he plays for Vissel Kobe with Andres Iniesta. (newsonjapan.com)

Whether scented candles or potpourri, indoor scents are a great way to add a nice, subtle fragrance to your home without overpowering it. (newsonjapan.com)

Date-rape assaults involving the illicit administration of drugs are on the increase. (the-japan-news.com)

Japan is working to set up a support system as it plans to accept Ukrainians fleeing their homeland because of Russian attacks. (NHK)

Japan's Foreign Ministry has raised its travel advisory for Russia, urging its nationals not to travel to the country. (NHK)

Insurance can be a rather profitable field for those who do right by the business. In the United States alone, the insurance industry experiences a yearly market growth rate of about 2.8 percent. (newsonjapan.com)

The 21-year-old finished the 20-kilometer race in 52 minutes, 52.8 seconds after the classification calculation was made, more than 90 seconds clear of silver medalist Cai Jiayun of China. (Japan Times)

Nowadays, Japanese women are very popular among foreign men. While Japanese women are beautiful and wonderful, dating a japanese woman and marrying one is totally different. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

There’s a popular belief that medieval Japan was a farming society, where most people were rice farmers just working in the fields all the live-long day. (Linfamy)

Thousands of children and women are trafficked from Thailand to Japan for prostitution every year, a recent study shows. (thethaiger.com)

The British Virgin Islands haven't always held the same prestige as other Caribbean destinations like Jamaica and Barbados, but this unique archipelago of islands holds some of the region's best experiences. (newsonjapan.com)

世界のカジノ市場は2021年の2874.3億ドルから2022年には4589.3億ドルに成長すると推測されています。 (newsonjapan.com)

Superhero Batman's hometown Gotham City has for the first time concluded a friendship city agreement with Fukuyama, a castle town in western Japan, as the fictional and real cities share a connection -- their love for bats. (Kyodo)

Waves of day care closures caused by the coronavirus outbreak have disproportionally affected working mothers, especially those in their 30s. (Nikkei)

Spring has sprung and the first week of no meaningful snowfall this season. Hey but what's that? Yep even on some smaller dumps we can still score some good lines. (TJ in Hakuba)