Japan reported on Wednesday its first instance of community spread infection from the Omicron variant of coronavirus. (fxempire.com)

Archival footage shot by a filmmaker while touring Eastern Asia in March 1972 (Footageforpro.com)

Some 11 million, or 15%, of 71 million cloth face masks in stock prepared by the Japanese government in the early stage of the novel coronavirus crisis but left unused have been found defective, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Today, I spent 4 days in Hokkaido, the northmost island of Japan with some good friends! (Joey)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – A third employee at Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, has tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus as new cases on the installation approached 200 since Friday. (stripes.com)

McDonald’s Holdings Company Japan said on Tuesday it would suspend the sale of medium- and large-sized french fries for a week starting on Friday due to supply chain bottlenecks. (Reuters)

Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday that all of its new models for the domestic market will be electric vehicles (EV) or hybrids by 2030. (the-japan-news.com)

Tokyo's Musashino City Assembly has voted down a draft ordinance that would have effectively allowed the city's foreign residents to vote in referendums under the same conditions as their Japanese neighbors. (NHK)

Japanese snowboarder Hirano Ayumu has become the first to successfully land a difficult trick called the triple cork 1440 in competition. (NHK)

Japan’s parliament on Monday enacted a record Y36 trillion ($320 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2021, partially financing the government’s latest economic package to get the coronavirus pandemic-hit economy back on a solid recovery path. (Japan Times)

Japan hanged three death-row inmates on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, amid growing criticism by human rights groups of the country’s use of the death penalty. (seattletimes.com)

The Japanese government has launched a smartphone app that enables people to show proof that they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus. (NHK)

Japanese researchers developed an inflatable scooter that can fit into your backpack. (NowThis News)

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio addressed the nation after the Diet wrapped up its latest session on Tuesday. Kishida said the government will continue its tougher border restrictions in response to the coronavirus Omicron variant. (NHK)

Sendai is much bigger than the city center. Like Tokyo, the city goes far into the countryside and Sendai has some very beautiful places like this one, Akiu Great Falls, a 55 meter high waterfall that is one of Japan's top 100, only a 30 min trip from Central Sendai. (ONLY in JAPAN * GO)

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant intends to build an underwater tunnel to release water from the plant into the sea, it said on Tuesday, as part of a project to treat and dispose of contaminated water. (Reuters)

How much is the average fee of a one-time adult relationship? (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

Toyota Motor will suspend operations on seven production lines at five factories in Japan next month due to a chip shortage, the automaker said today. (freemalaysiatoday.com)

A brand new ship of Meimon Taiyo Ferry went into service on the 16th of Dec, 2021. I tried its newly designed capsule, called Comfort, from Osaka to Shinmoji (Fukuoka) (Solo Travel Japan)

治験未完了のコロナワクチン接種が、ニューヨークシティの集中治療室で働く看護師に対して初めて行われてから、約一年が経つ。 (newsonjapan.com)

Japan has changed a lot in recent years, sometimes for the worse. I sit down with @CDawgVA to chat about our 7 most overrated things about Japan. (Chris Abroad)

When visiting Ueno station many do not see what the inside shopping areas really do look like so today we are going to show you the inside of Ueno Station and all the major shopping areas. (Totally Drew)

Japan is investing a lot into Longevity Research in hopes of keeping us young forever. And recently, they managed to bring about a new kind of vaccine which manages to stop the aging process very reliably through gene editing and biotechnology. ( AI News)

A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. (Japan Today)

Police on Sunday identified Morio Tanimoto as the 61-year-old male patient suspected of starting a fire at a mental clinic in Osaka two days earlier that killed 24 people. (Japan Times)