Japan is one of the world's most misunderstood cultures. How healthy is the food really? Is the country a technological marvel? And how friendly is everyone in everyday life? We explore the food, the etiquette and the technology to unravel the reality of life in Japan. (Abroad in Japan)

The Unification Church's links to Japanese lawmakers has emerged as a major political issue ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session in the fall, following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with opposition parties moving to probe such ties including within their own ranks. (Japan Today)

Wild monkeys have attacked residents in the city of Yamaguchi, western Japan, injuring eight people over the weekend. (NHK)

Thanks to influences from other countries' cuisines, Yokohama boasts a diverse food culture. From the steamed buns of Chinatown to the western-inspired dishes of historical hotels, Yokohama’s food scene is a lot of fun to dive into! (Japan by Food)

What makes a Japanese person Japanese? Is it the blood that runs through their veins? A parent they were born to? The country they grew up in? Is it how they look? How they act? How they speak? Their citizenship? A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese. (Life Where I'm From)

Japan's daily COVID-19 cases topped 200,000 for the first time, according to a tally of new cases reported Saturday, marking the fourth straight day of a record count during the seventh wave of coronavirus infections. (Nikkei)

Japan's space agency has announced that it successfully test-launched a small research rocket, which conducted tests for a future supersonic scramjet engine. (NHK)

It has a mascot based on an iconic American doll. It can be used on almost everything. And it is one of Japan's more unusual cultural phenomena. (Mashed)

Japanese wine lovers may have to pay double last year's price for their Beaujolais Nouveau because of high freight and fuel costs, the weak yen and the fact that planes carrying the young wine must avoid Russian airspace as a result of the war in Ukraine. (Nikkei)

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on July 22 that it had lodged stern representations to Japan over its smearing of China in the newly-released annual defense white paper. (CGTN)

Today I make famous food of Japan. I make Japanese Grilled Eel Rice. That is the perfect combination of grilled eel and rice. (Tiny Cakes)

How to correctly pronounce desU or deSS? masU or maSS? (Japanese Ammo with Misa)

The first installation of a rigid, winged sail has been completed on a commercial bulker with the vessel recently floated at the Oshima Shipyard in Japan. (maritime-executive.com)

Japan-based Regional Fish Institute is now selling gene-edited pufferfish to the public – one of the first times a gene-edited seafood product was offered over-the-counter to Japanese consumers. (seafoodsource.com)

In 1922, a 15-year-old boy shows up for his first day at work at a small auto-repair shop in Tokyo Japan. The owner, who questioned if the boy was even meant for this type of business, assigned him to clean the workshop and look after his child instead. (Big Company)

Japan's land ministry has come under fire for its all-male lineup for lecturers in a planned online course about community development aimed at public servants, with the minister on Friday describing the lack of female representation as "inappropriate." (Kyodo)

Japan announced plans Friday to relax restrictions on close contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19, reducing the self-isolation period to as short as three days. (Nikkei)

Japanese insurer Tokio Marine is now selling a policy that will cover costs incurred when elderly people die alone with no relatives located. (insurancebusinessmag.com)

Major Japanese mobile carrier KDDI has decided to pay compensation to millions of users affected by nationwide network disruptions earlier this month. It took 86 hours to fully restore services. (NHK)

The suspected assassin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will go through psychiatric evaluation until later this year, reports in the Japanese media said on Saturday. (taiwannews.com.tw)

After a hiatus and last year’s abbreviated event, Universal Studios Japan will bring back a full Halloween Horror Nights experience with haunted houses, scare zones, and more. (attractionsmagazine.com)

In this tattoo drawing video, i’ll be showing you how to draw Japanese tattoo waves, commonly known as finger waves. (Dagget Designs)

Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday (Jul 22) formally approved a plan to release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. (CNA)

Japan’s core consumer inflation remained above the central bank’s 2 percent target for a third straight month in June, as the economy faced pressure from high global raw material prices that have pushed up the cost of the country’s imports. (Al Jazeera)

For 15 years, a hospital in southern Japan has been the only place in the country where a child can be anonymously and safely abandoned. (South China Morning Post)