Japan has 47 regions. Here's the one thing to do in EVERY single region in UNDER 20 minutes. (Chris Abroad)

Visa application services for Chinese students going to Japan have been suspended as Japan has banned foreign entry for 30 days, the Global Times has learned. (globaltimes)

Japan has softened its suspension of all new incoming flight bookings to make it easier for citizens to return, the government said Thursday (Dec 2), a day after it announced the move prompted by worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant. (todayonline.com)

People in different parts of Japan were rattled by earthquakes on Friday morning. A magnitude 5.4 quake struck in the west at around 9:30. That followed one a few hours earlier with a similar magnitude near Mount Fuji. (NHK)

Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is investing $150 million in Asia’s busiest metaverse platform, the nascent but sizzling virtual world where people work and play through avatars. (forbes.com)

Since Monday, all non-resident foreigners have been banned, reversing an easing of restrictions for business travellers and foreign students weeks after it was introduced. (aljazeera.com)

In Kyoto and Nara Kids Vlog, Haruto and Keito are going to show you around the city! (Japan Guide By Kids For Kids channel)

The Japanese government has decided to make it mandatory for railway operators to install security cameras in all new carriages. (NHK)

Several recent deaths have highlighted the weight-associated risks in the traditional Japanese sport. Experts are calling for improved oversight and more attention to personal health on the part of wrestlers. (dw.com)

The award for Japan's buzzword of the year has gone to a phrase linked to Major League Baseball two-way star Ohtani Shohei. (NHK)

Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that "a Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency, and therefore an emergency for the Japan-US alliance". (WION)

Garuda Indonesia, the country's flagship air carrier, has canceled planned flights connecting Tokyo and Bali due to concerns over the omicron COVID variant, dealing a further blow to the tourism-dependent island. (Nikkei)

The town of Omori is one of the only towns in Japan to be listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. (Flipside Japan)

Material samples from asteroids may be instrumental to figuring out humanity's next steps into the solar system. Japan's young space agency, JAXA, has become the expert at going to get them. (Bloomberg Quicktake)

I went to a yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo with my friends Lemi & Emi the other night! (with me JAPAN)

Kabuki actor Nakamura Kichiemon has died. He was a designated Living National Treasure. (NHK)

Police in Akiruno, Tokyo, have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a taxi driver after he refused to pay the fare. (Japan Today)

The Japanese government says the country's latest economic downturn bottomed out in May of last year, during the first wave of the pandemic. (NHK)

An associate professor at Keio University uses artificial intelligence to come up with a system to analyze how people's feelings change under varying situations of the coronavirus in Japan. (Nippon TV News 24 Japan)

A Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, has begun allowing visitors to mark the New Year a month early to prevent overcrowding amid the coronavirus pandemic. (NHK)

Japan is full of mysterious and unsettling things and discoveries, it's home to an ancient culture full of many bizarre and strange discoveries and artifacts. (MostAmazingTop10)

Japan's flag airlines halted new reservations on Wednesday and the government widened a travel ban amid escalating alarm over Omicron after a second case of the coronavirus variant was detected in the country. (Reuters)

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino has criticized the media coverage of his daughter Mako’s marriage and slammed Internet commenters for writing “particularly terrible” things about her and her husband, in unusually candid comments from a member of Japan’s royal family. (washingtonpost.com)

Japan's weighting in MSCI Inc.'s global equity benchmark is crumbling. Japanese stocks now account for about 5.65% of the MSCI ACWI Index, down from 7.35% in November 2019, according to calculations by Mizuho Securities Co. Min Jeong Lee reports on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia." (Bloomberg Markets and Finance)

In a country renowned for its fall colours, Kyoto is singularly beautiful. Multiple light up events are hosted around the city to capture the many shades of red, yellow, and orange. (WAO RYU!ONLY in JAPAN)