Gyoda city north of the Japanese capital Tokyo has earned a reputation for creating some of the world's largest works of art. (South China Morning Post)

Salaried workers at Japan's major companies received smaller bonuses this summer, and those in the non-manufacturing sector saw the largest drop. (NHK)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 4,566 new coronavirus cases, up 51 from Friday. (Japan Today)

Over the history of finance and economics, digital assets are the only ones that have gained by a significant margin. (newsonjapan.com)

People in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of one of history's most catastrophic war events. (NHK)

Japan on Thursday won its 42nd medal of the Tokyo Olympics, breaking its previous record of 41 set at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo)

An outspoken central Japan mayor has faced a barrage of criticism for abruptly biting the Olympic gold medal won by a member of the Japanese women's softball team at a celebratory event, with the act described as "lacking respect" for her and "insensitive" amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Nikkei)

Karate has finally made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games and Japan has now won two medals in the new Olympic sport. (timeout.com)

They are among the Games’ earliest risers and some of its hardiest competitors, waking well before dawn for a race start at 6:30 a.m. that requires diving into a hot, polluted bay that one competitor likened to a "warm puddle.” (Japan Times)

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee says officials are carefully watching an approaching tropical storm in order to prepare for a possible impact on the Games. (NHK)

Police in Kobe on Wednesday said they have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 16-year-old boy in Kobe in October 2010. (Japan Today)

Climbing Mt Takao to see the Olympic Rings, leaving at 04:39am the first train. (ONLY in JAPAN)

The Olympic debut of skateboarding is quickly becoming an all-Japanese affair. (kron4.com)

Leaving your baby in the care of other people can be a daunting task at first, but an infant care program ultimately offers practical assistance to new parents who are based in Singapore. (newsonjapan.com)

Japanese wrestler Kawai Yukako took gold in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram category final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. She beat Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3. (NHK)

Japan was hit by intense heat again on Wednesday. Authorities are calling for caution against heatstroke as high temperatures are expected to continue. (NHK)

Japanese automaker Honda has announced it will stop producing its NSX luxury sports car in December next year. (NHK)

Japan is preparing to expand emergency restrictions to eight more prefectures to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, as worries grow about strains on the medical system in Tokyo as it hosts the Olympics. (Al Jazeera)

Japan's population has fallen for a 12th straight year. The population stood at over 123.84 million on January 1. That's down about 428,000 from the previous year. (NHK)

Today we will learn about the Japanese NFT Marketplace and what exactly a NFT is with Neil van Wouw from Scramble Media. (ONLY in JAPAN)

The US State Department said Wednesday it’s looking into the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given more than two years ago to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan. (marketwatch.com)

The architecture and design of Japanese culture are different from Europeans. (newsonjapan.com)

A Belarusian sprinter who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics has told the Associated Press that officials from her country made it clear that she would face punishment if she did so. (NHK)

In a rarely seen phenomenon in the simian world, a nine-year-old female known as Yakei has become the boss of a 677-strong troop of Japanese macaque monkeys at a nature reserve on the island of Kyushu in Japan. (taipeitimes.com)

As Japan strains to control its galloping coronavirus outbreak, and to keep an Olympic bubble from bursting in the final days of the Games, the government is trying a new tactic: public shaming. (seattletimes.com)