A 24-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for parental neglect resulting in the starvation death of her 10-month-old daughter. (Japan Today)

Women are more likely than men to have long-term COVID-19 symptoms such as fatigue and taste disorders, a survey by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine has shown. (Japan Times)

Yen weakness is set to provoke more tears than smiles across Japan Inc this time around. A sliding currency brings benefits for exporters. Right now, however, it’s compounding the pain from surging raw material prices. (zawya.com)

Intense interest in Japan by the West made it a favourite destination for filmmakers from the earliest days of film. This selection of films from 1901 to 1913, newly restored by the BFI National Archive, takes us on a fascinating journey through Meiji Japan. (BFI)

Honda Motor is planning to expand its presence in China with new models of electric vehicles under a new brand. (NHK)

Japan is facing economic pressure due to a weaker yen and rising commodity prices that are threatening the cost of food staples, which have remained stable for decades. (South China Morning Post)

Police in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, have arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he stabbed three members of a family to death in their home. (Japan Today)

The Rockin' Cruisin (ロッキンクルージン) American culture car show is now in its 16th year. (WasabiCars)

A four-year-old girl died after she fell from the balcony of her family’s 25th-floor apartment in Osaka on Wednesday morning. (Japan Today)

Japan's education ministry says its latest annual survey shows the number of schoolchildren who killed themselves topped 400 for the first time. (NHK)

The number of coronavirus infections in Japan continues to fall. (n)

Japan has dissolved its parliament, this sets the stage for the general election at the end of the month. This will pit the newly elected prime minister Fumio Kishida against the unpopular opposition. (WION)

Japan plans to set up a Y500 billion ($4.4 billion) fund aimed at supporting firms developing vaccines for infectious diseases and new drugs, under the first economic package to be drawn up since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office last week, government sources said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Procedures started Tuesday to imprison a 90-year-old former senior government official convicted over a high-profile accident in Tokyo in 2019 in which his runaway car killed a woman and her young daughter and injured other people. (Japan Times)

A record 196,127 students at elementary and junior high schools across Japan were absent for 30 days or more in fiscal 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, an increase of 14,855 from the previous year, government data showed Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Researchers at Osaka University are trying to mass-produce Japan’s famous Wagyu beef using 3D printers. (South China Morning Post)

Are you interested in the Tokyo / Kanto dialect? (Japanese Ammo with Misa)

In soccer, Japan's 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign got back on track at home when the Samurai Blue defeated Australia with some late drama. (NHK)

In this video, I made a Japanese style kitchen knife. This knife is based on the "gyuto" kitchen knife. (forging hard)

For most people, the word "geisha" conjures visions of Kyoto's Gion district. But there is another major geisha centre, one that even many Japanese don't know. (BBC)

More than 64 percent of the population in Japan has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. (NHK)

A couple in their 20s were indicted Monday for murdering an 18-year-old Tokyo high school girl in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi in late August, Tokyo prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

Tokyo confirmed 77 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, after renewing the lowest figure this year for three straight days through Monday. (Japan Times)

Past political scandals are haunting Japan's new prime minister Fumio Kishida. Facing parliament for the first time, he was bombarded by questions from the opposition. (CNA)

Japan's wholesale prices surged 6.3% in September from a year earlier as raw material costs continued to rise. (WION)