Japan's Defense Ministry has announced that it will send masks and clothing designed to protect against chemical weapons as well as drones to Ukraine in response to a request from Kyiv, in Tokyo’s latest shipment of defense supplies to the war-torn country. (Japan Times)

A brand new ship of Miyazaki Car Ferry in Japan went into service on the 15th of April, 2022. (Solo Travel Japan)

Join me onboard Japan Airlines First Class all the way over to Tokyo. What's more, I'll have the entire cabin to myself for 14 hours. ( Trek Trendy)

Snowflakes danced in hazy mist. A woman in a kimono, holding a purple umbrella, walked slowly from a distance. With a cold expression and sharp eyes, she stopped the car of the gang on the street. (JIANG ZI MOVIE)

Shizuka goes on a street food hunt around Tokyo’s historic town Ningyocho. The name Ningyocho translates to “Doll Town''. (Japan by Food)

How many Japanese men get married to foreigners? International marriage in Japan. (Asagi's Life (No BS Japan))

In Japan, we eat short-grain rice, and I'm going to show you how to cook perfect Japanese rice on the stove in a pot. ( No Recipes)

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the yen's recent moves have been "quite sharp" and could hurt companies' business plans, offering his strongest warning to date of the demerits of the currency's depreciation. (Nikkei)

Japanese farmers are being hit by higher prices of grain, fertilizers and other supplies necessary for agriculture and livestock farming as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine continues. (Japan Times)

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to a record low in the financial year that ended March 2021, government figures showed on Friday, a result of slower industry activities amid the pandemic and wider use of renewable energy. (Al Jazeera)

Tokyo’s initial ban on tourists came in response to the first wave of COVID-19 infections in early 2020 and at a time when the Japanese travel industry was booming. (Al Jazeera)

Police in Chiba City have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of sexually molesting a 20-year-old woman on a train in February. (Japan Today)

A 1-kilogram batch of hand-rolled new Japanese tea leaves from Shizuoka Prefecture sold for a record ¥1.96 million ($15,500) at the season’s inaugural auction on Monday. (Japan Times)

Uber Technologies on Monday said it will partner with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten Group in Uber's food delivery business, a move that will likely intensify the delivery battle in Japan. (Nikkei)

A roughly 3.5-meter-long whale that washed up on the shore of Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan died Saturday despite rescue efforts by residents. (Kyodo)

Japan will offer Myanmar residents who were given special permission to stay following last year's military coup in their homeland yearlong extensions instead of the current six-month renewals, the justice minister said. (Japan Today)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday the government is considering creating a more loosely defined refugee category to accept people fleeing conflicts in light of the humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia's war in Ukraine. (Nikkei)

Top 5 Scariest Yokai Japanese mythology - 5 Ancient Aliens (TTI - English)

A 14-year-old girl found frozen to death in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in March last year, had faced bullying, a third-party panel set up by the municipal board of education said in a new report (Japan Times)

A western Japan city that has held annual contests to recruit single women "princesses" to serve as tourism ambassadors will drop the gender requirement from this year, in a move organizers say comes out of "consideration for the changing times." (Japan Today)

Japan's nuclear regulator has largely approved a plan to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. (NHK)

Japanese scientists have found that cats living with their relatives are able to recognize not only their own name, but also the nicknames of other cats, the Daily Mail reported. (news.am)

Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc. will raise the prices of its beloved chicken nugget snack “Kara-age Kun” for the first time since it was introduced in 1986. (Japan Times)

Rascal the Raccoon (Araiguma Rascal) is adapted from an American children's book set in Wisconsin, had a massive impact on Japanese ecology by way of inspiring an unfortunate import pet boom, and recently started getting fansubbed. (Ygg Studio)

On this video, we travel from Hiroshima to Iwami Ginzan, ths most beautiful town I've ever visited in Japan. Surround by mountains on all sides, this former silver mine feels so removed from the rest of Japan. (Shinichi's World)