Hedge funds and asset managers are increasingly turning to Japanese startups, attracted by some eye-popping past returns in the long-overlooked sector. (Japan Times)

Japan's top government spokesperson says Japan would respond appropriately if it obtains information that objects referred to as UFOs could affect the country's defense. (NHK)

Japan is backing off a forecast of how many gold medals it will win at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics that are set to open next month. (newindianexpress.com)

The Japanese government said Monday that travelers from Indonesia and Uganda will be required to spend the first six days of their 14-day quarantine in state-designated facilities to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. (Kyodok)

Despite the warnings signs, Satoshi Uematsu would become one of Japan's most notorious criminals as the sole perpetrator to the Sagamihara Massacre in July 2016. (Coffeehouse Crime)

New Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo after modifications (HBB Defense Military)

Japanese retail sales beat expectations in May as households loosened their purse strings, but underlying trends in consumption remain hostage to COVID-19 linked pressures. (WION)

Narita Airport will have dedicated lanes in the terminals for people arriving for the Tokyo Olympic Games as an anti-infection measure against the coronavirus. The lanes will open on Thursday, July 1, when athletes and staff begin arriving in large numbers. (NHK)

SoftBank Group Corp. has suspended production of its Pepper robot, shelving for now a project Masayoshi Son once personally championed as a symbol of his conglomerate’s ambitions in AI and technology. (Japan Times)

All eyes are on the Tokyo Olympics that will start in less than a month from now. (newsonjapan.com)

Despite mounting concerns of inflation in the rest of the world, consumer prices and wages in Japan have both stubbornly resisted upward pressure for decades. (Nikkei)

Many schools near Tokyo are shunning Olympic and Paralympic events, cancelling more than half the 280,000 tickets reserved for them amid worries that the games could further spread COVID-19, a Japanese daily said Sunday. (Japan Times)

I took a Gran Class bullet train in Japan for the first time. It’s considered as Premium First Class. It was luxurious and comfortable experience from Tokyo to Sendai. (Solo Travel Japan)

Japanese ingenuity has no limits, and the following inventions that we will show you are proof of that. (Interesting Engineering)

Takayama is located in the Hida region in the northern part of Gifu prefecture. (Anna Film Production)

Emperor Naruhito delivered a keynote address at an online U.N. session on water and disasters Friday. (Japan Times)

People in parts of Japan are enjoying their first weekend since authorities lifted a coronavirus state of emergency. But even as crowds return to shopping districts experts warn the capital may be facing another uptick in cases. (NHK)

This video is a Japanese cinematic video that I shot over the past two years since I became a filmmaker. (DIN FILMS)

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka reopened on Saturday, its first weekend restart of business since its closure on April 25 due to a coronavirus state of emergency. (Japan Today)

Naomi Osaka is no longer an up-and-coming contender, with the 23-year-old sitting second in the WTA rankings. (newsonjapan.com)

Miyagi Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested three people for allegedly posting so-called fast movies, or illegally edited short version of copyrighted films, on YouTube. (Japan Times)

Police in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of corpse abandonment after she placed the dead body of her newborn infant son in a coin locker for baggage. (Japan Today)

オンラインカジノに興味はあっても、どのカジノが良いのか分からず選べないという方も多いのではないでしょうか。 (newsonjapan.com)

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says its aerobatic team will draw symbols representing the Olympics and Paralympics in the sky over Tokyo on the opening day of each event. (NHK)

Japan's Imperial Household Agency chief says Emperor Naruhito is deeply concerned about the coronavirus status in the country ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to open next month. (NHK)