Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he will double as foreign minister until he relaunches the Cabinet after Japan’s parliament convenes a special session next week. (Japan Times)

Kobe District Court on Thursday found a 30-year-old man not guilty by reason of insanity of killing three people and injuring two others in Kobe in July 2017. (Japan Times)

Japan has many great female guitarists, one of them is Miyako. (REZA WAHYU)

Parody Squid Game (Masagalae Channel)

The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota has come joint last in a Greenpeace ranking of carbon emission efforts by auto firms, according to a list published Thursday during the COP26 climate summit. (Japan Today)

Medieval Japan is occasionally portrayed as a place of Honor, Duty, and Bravery of Samurai clans who dominated the era. However, there was another side of Samurai that was brutal, snobby, and oppressive. (Nutty History)

An exotic longhorn beetle known to damage trees has been discovered for the first time in Japan. Roadside trees in Fukushima Prefecture fell victim to it. (NHK)

The Philippines is bound to lose another sporting gem as golfer Yuka Saso is set to become a Japanese citizen in less than two years. (rappler.com)

The number of young people in Japan newly diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia rose about 60 percent in fiscal 2020 from the previous year, due possibly to increased stress and anxiety amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed. (Kyodo)

Apart from being an epitome of beauty, flowers can be associated with beauty, hope, strength, and good yield. (newsonjapan.com)

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, will come into effect in January. The free trade agreement will include 15 Asia-Pacific economies. (NHK)

I took an old overnight ferry in Japan and had a rare experience. (Solo Travel Japan)

A woman was stabbed by an intruder in her house in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday. (Japan Today)

Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. pleaded not guilty over the 2011 meltdowns at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in the first appeal trial hearing Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Japanese horse-racing fans celebrated and commentators cursed their luck after a filly named Sumomomomomomomomo claimed her maiden win. (Japan Times)

Japan will consider resuming issuance of long-term visas to foreign business travelers as coronavirus cases decline and other countries make progress on vaccinating their populations, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday pledged up to $10 billion in funds over five years to assist Asia along the path to zero carbon emissions, seeking to show leadership in efforts to curb global warming on his debut on the world stage at a key U.N. climate summit. (Japan Times)

Do you need to have a buzz cut to be on a high school baseball team in Japan? (Japan Times)

Let's eat our way through Tatsumonzen Dori Street located in Kawagoe in Saitama prefecture. You can get here from Tokyo in as little as 30 minutes and is worth visiting. (TabiEats)

Japan has started issuing new 500-yen coins, made with the latest anti-counterfeiting technology. It's the coin's first revamp in more than two decades. (NHK)

Japan looks to let foreigners visit the country for short business trips, study abroad and technical training in an easing of its strict coronavirus-related entry rules, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

Japan 'Joker' knifeman is arrested by police as emergency services arrive on scene on busy Halloween night in Tokyo. (The Sun)

Princess Mako of Japan’s husband has reportedly failed his bar exam in New York State, just days after the pair married, and Princess Mako lost her royal status. (independent.co.uk)

In this day and age, it seems a little easier to make video games available to consumers. (newsonjapan.com)

A Japanese government report shows the number of suicides among working women increased last year. It suggests this could be due to changes in working conditions caused by the spread of coronavirus infections. (NHK)