It's time for another convenience store meal swap with Emma and Chris! We got lots of different Japanese snacks, some good... some bad... (Tokyo Creative)

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force held its annual live-fire exercises at the foot of Mount Fuji in central Japan on Saturday. (NHK)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan's east on Sunday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, the country's weather agency said. (Kyodo)

Public schools are facing shortages of teachers across Japan shortly following the beginning of the new academic year in April. (Asahi)

A large-scale volcanic eruption occurred Saturday in the Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, but the Japanese weather agency said no tsunami was observed to have hit Japan. (Kyodo)

KITAKYUSHU, May 28 (NewsOnJapan) - An anonymous man has sent 1 million yen in cash to a junior high school in Fukuoka prefecture as a donation, accompanied by a letter saying "Don't lose to Corona". (NewsOnJapan)

The Bank of Japan ended the last fiscal year with more assets than ever before after buying up long-term government bonds as part of its massive monetary easing policy. (NHK)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 2,630 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Friday. (NHK)

A diver for the Japan Coast Guard has been recognized as having set the world record for most consecutive pull-ups. (NHK)

TOKYO, Japan: A new high-density electric battery developed in Japan has the potential to power electric airplanes, according to industry officials. (bignewsnetwork.com)

The Japanese government plans to allow exports of fighter jets, missiles and other arms to 12 countries, including India, Australia as well as some European and Southeast Asian nations, Nikkei has learned. Regulatory changes to allow for the exports could come by next March. (Nikkei)

Women in their 30s in Japan continue to make progress in workforce participation, greatly flattening their once-pronounced M-shaped dip stemming from pressure to quit jobs and become stay-at-home mothers. (Nikkei)

Fusako Shigenobu, the founder of the now-disbanded Japanese Red Army militant organization that committed a string of terrorist attacks around the world in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence. (Nikkei)

The sports festival at Japan's high school is a huge annual event. (Jason Ray Flake ジェイソン)

Today, we made Kitsune Udon, Deep fried tofu on Udon noodles! It's delicious and easy to make! (Kimono Mom)

There's a lot of unsaid rules in Japan that you're just kind of expected to play catch-up on and nobody ever tells you what the right or wrong thing is to do, you just kind of like learn as you go along. (akidearest)

Although billed as an important material legacy of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's National Stadium has become a taxpayer burden with its future in limbo. (Kyodo)

Physical contact in Japan is best avoided, especially hugs. In this first animated edition of the Abroad in Japan Podcast we reveal why. (Chris Abroad)

Apple has further updated its Maps software in Japan with cycling directions and expanded Look Around. (imore.com)

People are flocking to Awaji Island in western Japan to buy cheap onions in the major onion-producing area. (NHK)

A former Japanese agriculture minister, Yoshikawa Takamori, has been given a suspended prison sentence for taking bribes from an egg producer while in office. (NHK)

SINGAPORE - As a junior golfer, Mizuki Hashimoto was inspired by a meeting with compatriot and former world No. 1 Ai Mizayato. (straitstimes.com)

Japan's net external assets hit a record 411 trillion yen ($3.24 trillion) in 2021, to retain its position as the top creditor for 31 years in a row, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Friday. (CNA)

Japan's health officials have confirmed another seven cases of unexplained acute hepatitis in children, of which reports have been increasing mainly in Western countries. (NHK)

Japan’s health minister said on Friday that there have been no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Japan. (Manila Bulletin)