Top Japanese oil and gas explorer Inpex will lay the groundwork for a move into the emerging technology of nuclear fusion as early as this year, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

Japanese lingerie brand Peach John is often coming out with cute underwear. Sometimes it’s anime-themed, like the Gundam lingerie that came out earlier this year, and sometimes it’s more traditional in design. (soranews24.com)

The quarterly financial results of Japan’s major sushi chains show a rebound in sales after Japanese prefectures lifted COVID-related restrictions on restaurants' operating hours and alcohol sales, which were originally imposed in October 2021. (seafoodsource.com)

The Japanese government says more than half of the country's municipalities are now classified as "depopulated" under law. (NHK)

A law requiring businesses in Japan to cut down on disposable plastic items went into effect Friday. (NHK)

Russia has begun more military drills following one a week ago in an area that includes islands it controls but are claimed by Japan. (NHK)

Police in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, have fired a 23-year-old policeman for video voyeurism and sent his case to prosecutors. (Japan Today)

Since it debuted in November 2020 on the pages of the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump by Shueisha, Sakamoto Days little by little it has managed to carve out a niche for itself among Japanese readers consolidating in the last year and a half as one of the titles to take into account. (theglobalcoverage.com)

These hilarious japanese gameshows are having the greatest time making pranks and getting the funniest reactions. (Brilliant News)

Staying at a capsule hotel is the best option for traveling cheaply in Japan. (Travel Alone Idea)

Japan's government on Friday (Apr 1) approved fresh sanctions against North Korea over its recent test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, following Washington's calls for tougher international punishment for the nuclear-armed state. (channelnewsasia.com)

Higher levels of Omega-3 intake, including DHA and EPA, coupled with less junk food consumption, could be two key nutritional factors in explaining Japan’s fewer COVID-19 casualties compared to the US. (nutraingredients-asia.com)

I have wasabi and i have fish eggs and I'm going to mix these together and we're going to have a sushi bath together while we eat some good sushi. ( akidearest)

The Japanese government has decided to change the Japanese spelling of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, adopting the spelling based on the Ukrainian pronunciation instead of the one based on the Russian language. (NHK)

The Japanese government has decided to raise the daily cap on the number of arrivals to 10,000 on April 10. The figure includes Japanese and foreign nationals. (NHK)

Japan will not abandon its stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Russia as it is essential to energy security, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, his clearest comments yet on Tokyo's plans for the development. (Nikkei)

More than half of Netflix's global users used the streaming service to watch anime in 2021, and the future of Japanese animation premiering on Netflix appears promising. (cbr.com)

This video is about a day trip to Seibuen amusement park located in Tokorozawa, the Tokyo-Saitama border and is easily accessible from Tokyo. (visitjapan)

Spotless, efficient and on time – these words perfectly describe what makes trains in Japan so special. (traveldailymedia.com)

Having taught English in Japan for 3 years, I felt ready to leave by the end of the job. But what happens when you teach for 10 years? Bad things. (Abroad in Japan)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is sticking to his guns when it comes to capping long-term bond yields even as the central hank launched a 3-day bond buying program that has been adding steam to the yen's recent slide. (Bloomberg Markets and Finance)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 9,520 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Wednesday. (NHK)

A unit of Japanese toymaker Bandai Namco Holdings is raising production and fighting scalpers to ease a chronic shortage of its Gundam plastic model kits, as demand for them soars among homebound fans. (Nikkei)

Japanese consumers are bracing for possible price hikes on bread and wheat products in the coming months as the government’s selling price for imported wheat was set to rise 17.3% beginning Friday. (Japan Times)

Humanoid robot Asimo, developed by Japanese automaker Honda Motor, has bid farewell in the last of its regular shows in Tokyo. Honda ended the Asimo project. (NHK)