Japan's ruling party has proposed to reduce student debt for those who have children. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has come under fire for proposing this move. (South China Morning Post)

Osaka police have arrested a man suspected in the poisoning death of a university student in Kyoto in October last year and sent him to prosecutors on Saturday for the alleged murder. (Japan Today)

A 30-year-old dancer from Japan has been promoted to the highest level of the world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet. (NHK)

The Tokyo Marathon is being held on the scale it was known for before the coronavirus pandemic for the first time in four years. It is one of the largest races in Japan. (NHK)

Employees at Google's Japanese arm has unionized for the first time, as the wave of layoffs by big tech companies spreads beyond the U.S. (Nikkei)

Today, we're gonna take a look at some REALLY GENIUS Japanese package designs! (Mrs Eats)

A Japanese female stage actor has sued a prominent sexual harassment lawyer for sexual harassment. (NHK)

A 13-year-old boy slashed a classmate with a kitchen knife at a junior high school in Hiroshima on Friday, causing minor injuries to the victim, the local education board said, in the second knife attack to take place in a Japanese school this week. (Kyodo)

Ehime is one of the top emerging travel destinations in Japan! Only a short flight from Tokyo, Ehime is on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four major islands. (VICE)

Japan’s rise of virginity and lack of interest in sex isn't necessarily a negative thing for everyone who plans to move here. (The Japan Reporter)

Meta has announced that it is expanding its “age verification test” on Instagram to six more countries, including Japan. (MSN)

Japan's government decided on Friday to enable courts to order the use of GPS trackers to prevent international bail jumping in the wake of the case of former Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn and other incidents of criminal defendants escaping the country. (Kyodo)

Anime fans all around the world are eagerly anticipating the release of Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3, set to premiere on March 3, 2023. However, a recent leak has given us some insight into the international streaming plans for the show. Here's what we know so far. (hindustantimes.com)

With her wide eyes and demure smile, Licca-chan is known as "Japan's Barbie". And her appeal is spreading to all ages, with adults turning the doll into a social media superstar. (enca.com)

Okawa Ryuho, the founder of the religious organization Happy Science, died on Thursday. He was 66. (NHK)

Kei Komuro, the husband of Japanese former princess Mako Komuro, has been registered as a lawyer in New York, a local judicial website showed. (South China Morning Post)

Japan's government has eased its COVID-19 border controls on travelers arriving from China. (NHK)

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is not attending the two-day Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting that began in India on Wednesday, instead prioritizing budgetary hearings in parliament. (Nikkei)

Trust Japan to get a supercomputer to predict heavy rain and other natural disasters like landslides and flooding. (interestingengineering.com)

The job-hunting season has begun for university students in Japan who are set to graduate next year. Companies began offering job briefings to prospective graduates on Wednesday, in line with government rules. (NHK)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, as constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions. (taipeitimes.com)

The Japanese, precisely those born in Okinawanthey have the longest-lived population in the world: they manage to live up to it 116 years old. (Fit Tak)

NHK has learned Japan's government and the Imperial Household Agency are making arrangements for Crown Prince and Princess Akishino to attend the coronation ceremony for Britain's King Charles III in May. (NHK)

Total deaths in Japan jumped nearly 9% in 2022 from the previous year, underscoring the severe impact of the aging population and the COVID pandemic. (Nikkei)

A former member of KAT-TUN, an all-male idol group, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after being found guilty of violating the Stimulants Control Law. (Japan Today)