TOKYO -- Japan's largest hydrogen plant powered by offshore wind energy is set to open on the northern island of Hokkaido as part of a national effort to slash carbon dioxide emissions. (Nikkei)

At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. (Japan Today)

While Tokyo is often regarded as one of the safest big cities in the world, it still has scams that target tourists. (Yellow Productions)

Nothing is more fun than discovering new seasonal ingredients and finding different ways to incorporate them into our daily cooking. (Tokyo Creative)

The organizers for the Tokyo Games say they will put top priority on safety of all those concerned in considering event schedule changes due to the approaching storm. (NHK)

Today we are hiking out to a shrine that I almost didnt think I would be able to find. A hidden shrine tucked in to the forest mountains of endor... er... Japan. (Tokyo Lens Explore)

The climax of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was undoubtedly the moment when the torch was passed to star athlete Naomi Osaka, who made her way up to a Mt. Fuji-esque podium. (spoon-tamago.com)

Japan introduced a new vaccine passport on Monday (taiwannews.com.tw)

Young Japanese skateboarders practising outside a park in Horigome’s hometown, the Games host city Tokyo, said they felt inspired to work on improving their techniques after seeing their countryman’s triumph. (South China Morning Post)

Are you a newbie that recently learned about cryptocurrency and now wants to take a shot at it? (newsonjapan.com)

Nishiya Momiji has become the youngest Japanese Olympic gold medalist at the age of 13 after winning the women's street skateboarding at the Tokyo Games. (NHK)

Bereaved families and local officials remembered Monday the victims of a stabbing rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled near Tokyo five years ago that became one of Japan's worst mass murders. (Kyodo)

Learn the sounds of animals that kids learn in different languages growing up! (Ryan's World)

Japan's Yui Ohashi won swimming gold in the women's 400-meter individual medley in her home Olympics on Sunday. (Kyodo)

Japan's Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta have become the first siblings to win judo golds at the same Olympics. (NHK)

Japan's Horigome Yuto has won gold in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding event. (NHK)

Restaurant and bar operators in Tokyo are angry at the metropolitan government over a new program to provide coronavirus relief to those meeting requests for business suspensions and other measures, which comes as an existing aid program faces delays. (Japan Times)

Typhoon Nepartak is expected to approach Japan's main island of Honshu from the Pacific around Tuesday, with rowing events for the Tokyo Olympics already rescheduled to avoid possible disruption should it hit the capital, the weather agency said Saturday. (Japan Today)

Police in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of killing an 85-year-old woman at her home last week. (Japan Today)

Emperor Naruhito has welcomed foreign dignitaries visiting Japan to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. (NHK)

This year’s sakura-shaped Olympic torch has finally completed its long journey from Athens to Tokyo. The cauldron has been lit, and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad have officially begun. (fastcompany.com)

A Japanese super-fan who spent $40,000 on tickets for the Tokyo Olympics has been left 'heartbroken' by the ban on spectators which dashed his hopes of setting a world record. (Daily Mail)

Internet is something that we all care about. It determines just how long we will have to wait for basic or bandwidth-heavy tasks to finish. Thus, the strive for higher speeds is never-ending. (newsonjapan.com)

Kohei Uchimura's gymnastics career is over. The Japanese star can take solace knowing that the sport the two-time Olympic champion redefined appears to be in good hands in his home country. (wbaltv.com)

Japan's Naohisa Takato hs won the first gold medal for the host nation, beating Taiwan's Yang Yung-wei in the final of the men's 60 kg judo. Takato, a bronze medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, cried after his victory in an empty Nippon Budokan, the legendary martial arts and concert hall. (Nikkei)