Toyota Motor Corp has begun assembling autos in Myanmar after a more than yearlong delay following a military takeover in February 2021. (Japan Today)

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing announced a record annual profit on Thursday, as most of the casual clothing retailer's markets rebounded from the COVID pandemic. (Nikkei)

In 2016 around, media picked up an incident that a woman was tricked into porn which drew people's attention a lot as a serious social issue of Japan. (Nobita from Japan)

11月20日から開催されるFIFAワールドカップがいよいよ近づいてきました。

A long-awaited theme park featuring beloved characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli’s hit animations is set to open Nov. 1 in central Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, treating fans to the wonders and secrets of Ghibli films such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Castle in the Sky.” (Kyodo)

A junior high school in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie has decided to allow trousers for female students' uniform as measures for gender diversity and keeping warm during the winter season. (NHK)

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the third Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). (The Diplomat)

The Japanese government plans to abolish health insurance cards in the fall of 2024 by integrating them into "My Number" ID cards. (NHK)

Japan's lawmakers have issued their strongest warning yet to investors selling the yen after the US dollar soared to a new 24-year high against the currency. (asiafinancial.com)

Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to suspend a member from party offices for one year after calling former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo "a traitor." (NHK)

Japan's government has worked out safety measures for buses used by nursery schools and kindergartens. (NHK)

Producer prices in Japan rose for a 19th straight month in September, driven up by higher energy and material costs and a rapidly weakening yen. (NHK)

Top Japanese universities have fallen in global rankings compiled by a British journal. (NHK)

A Myanmar military tribunal on Thursday sentenced Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison for violating immigration laws. (Nikkei)

A Universal Studios Japan worker found what appeared to be human bones near the amusement park's premises in Osaka on Wednesday, police said. (Japan Today)

The latest monthly sales data from Famitsu shows that 2.7 million boxed copies of Splatoon 3 – which was released on September 9 – were sold in Japan across the entire month. (videogameschronicle.com)

An Israeli resident of Japan who was being held at a detention center near Tokyo after being charged in 2020 for smuggling drugs into the country has died, his lawyer said Tuesday. (Kyodo)

Japan on Tuesday became the first country in Asia to receive Internet access from the Starlink satellite system from the SpaceX company controlled by Tesla founder Elon Musk. (UPI)

Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is fully in the water in a milestone for the Asian nation’s energy transition. (rechargenews.com)

Epsilon launched from the Mu Pad at the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan at 00:50 UTC on Oct. 12. This launch marked the sixth flight of JAXA’s Epsilon rocket, and the launch vehicle was to loft a rideshare mission into orbit consisting of RAISE-3 and numerous other satellites. (nasaspaceflight.com)

Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chain Kura Sushi will open its first New York State location by August 2024 in an ambitious expansion campaign that aims to quadruple its overseas network. (Nikkei)

Japan’s Nissan Motor Company has decided to sell its Russian operations with an option to buy it back within six years, the company said. (siasat.com)

Here are seven of the very best trains in Japan, from glamorous to panoramic and plain romantic. (cntraveler.com)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday began accepting applications from sexual minorities to have their partnerships publicly recognized, ahead of the program's launch on Nov. 1. (Kyodo)

Eager to admire colorful foliage, eat sushi and go shopping, droves of tourists from abroad began arriving in Japan on Tuesday, with the end of pandemic-fighting border restrictions that had been in place for more than two years. (pbs.org)