Now that I am living happily, I want those who are sufferiing to get well! (Dark side of Japan Yuki)

In Japan, handcuffing behind the back is reserved for people sentenced to death on the day of their execution. (globeecho.com)

Day one of Fuji Rock music festival. (JAPAN Forward)

The National High School Baseball Championship, also known as Koshin, is about to begin in Japan. The tournament is considered one of the most important sporting events in the country and this year has seen some innovations. Now girls are allowed to work as ball children. (nationworldnews.com)

In a cramped room, Shinichi Netsuno sits cross-legged on a thin mat and guides a stack of specialized paper as it's pounded by a mechanical hammer. In between each sheet is a small square of gold leaf. (NPR)

The average life expectancy of Japanese women and men decreased for the first time in a decade in 2021 as the country struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic, health ministry's statistics showed Friday. (Xinhua)

25-year-old Tsudoi Miyazaki was killed by a motorist on Wednesday near the city of Orléans, France, according to a statement from the Japan Triathlon Union (JTU). (cyclingmagazine.ca)

Every year since 1993, the Japanese village of Inakadate transforms its fields into living works of art. Tapping into their history as a farming area, they create incredible rice paddy art by planting different varieties of rice in intricate designs. (mymodernmet.com)

KDDI Corp. said Friday it will pay damages to 35.89 million customers as a form of "apology" following a major service disruption that spanned several days earlier this month. (Nikkei)

Manae Matsumoto bested 24 other finalists to be crowned Miss Earth Japan 2022 on Tuesday, July 26 at Hotel Chinzanso in Tokyo. (pageantcircle.com)

Heavy rain is falling in parts of western Japan's Pacific side as atmospheric conditions grow unstable. (NHK)

Can a weakening yen (JPY) continue to bolster Japanese equity markets? If historical relationships remain intact, the answer may be yes. (seekingalpha.com)

More than half the foreign technical trainees in a recent survey took on an average of 540,000 yen ($3,950) in debt to come to Japan, with around 80% of trainees from Vietnam and Cambodia carrying such debts. (Nikkein)

Jazmine Sachiko Ross is born and raised in Ishikawa prefecture Japan, and despite having both English parents, she only went to Japanese public schooling her entire life. ( Max D. Capo)

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who is receiving treatment for heart failure, has visited a biological laboratory at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (NHK)

Japan's whaling industry is struggling to stay afloat as government subsidies dwindle and consumers are less interested in what used to be a staple food on Japanese dinner tables. (DW News)

Japan's education ministry says it aims to restore the number of foreign students in the country to the pre-pandemic level in around five years. (NHK)

Japan reported 233,100 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, hitting a record for the second consecutive day, raising concern about the strain on the medical system as the number of available designated hospital beds continues to decline. (Nikkei)

A Japanese government advisory body will look into recommending a different designation for COVID-19, such as by treating it like the flu, in order to ease disruptions to the health care system. (Nikkei)

Officials in the southwestern Japanese city of Yamaguchi have formed a special unit, armed with tranquilizer guns to hunt down monkeys, after at least 42 reported attacks on people by the animal since July 8. (voanews.com)

Japan’s push to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a former gold mine key to the nation’s industrialization will be delayed because its application was insufficient, officials said Thursday. (sunnewsonline.com)

A television commercial for an energy drink in 1990s Japan told viewers they could work 24 hours straight without feeling tired after consuming it. The claim, if made today, would be seen as an invitation to karoshi or death caused by overwork. ()

Japan has more job vacancies than applicants, making it a great place to be a job hunter. But a chronic labor shortage, in a country with a shrinking working-age population, is weighing on the prospects for a recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown. (Nikkei)

Shonan monorail is a monorail which runs Ofuna station to Shonan Enoshima station in Kanagawa prefecture. It is a 14 minutes trip you can enjoy beautiful ocean and nature sceneries. It is like a roller coaster running through mountains and tunnels. (with me JAPAN)

Toyota Motor has retained its ranking as the world's top-selling automaker for the first six months of 2022. It is the third straight year that it has claimed the title for the period. (NHK)