The excitement of catching Mahaze [マãƒã‚¼/Yellowfin Goby] lures anglers to the brackish waterways winding through the middle of Tokyo. (NHK WORLD-JAPAN)
Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has retained its position as the world's fastest. (NHK)
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says his country and Australia have reached broad agreement on a pact related to joint exercises by the Self-Defense Forces and the Australian military. (NHK)
Veteran singer Masahiko Kondo has admitted to an extramarital affair and will be indefinitely suspended from activities as punishment, his management agency said in a statement released early Tuesday. (Kyodo)
Santa Claus has cancelled his annual visit to Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic. (NHK)
A Japanese sushi chain has introduced a totally contactless dining experience amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Ruptly)
The president of the International Olympic Committee says foreign athletes and visitors to the Tokyo Games next year should be vaccinated for the coronavirus before entering Japan if a vaccine is available. (NHK)
The Japanese government’s plan to introduce casinos to the country by the mid-2020s has been controversial from the start. (NHK)
Two years after the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial misconduct, discussions are underway inside Nissan Motor Co. that could fundamentally reshape the world’s biggest car alliance and unwind a key part of its former chairman’s legacy. (Japan Times)
The Hokkaido government on Tuesday officially raised its alert level in Sapporo, asking the city's residents to avoid nonessential outings and refrain from visiting other areas in the prefecture amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. (Japan Times)
The International Olympic Committee has awarded former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo its highest honor for his contribution to the Olympic movement. (NHK)
NHK has announced the lineup of its annual New Year's Eve live music show. (NHK)
A subtle change in Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's phrasing of a key Japanese foreign policy concept -- a "free and open Indo-Pacific" -- has raised questions about whether Tokyo has shifted its stance. (Kyodo)
Hokkaido's local government heads agreed Monday to ask residents of Sapporo to refrain from nonessential outings following back-to-back days of record coronavirus infections in the region. (Japan Times)
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has conveyed to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hope for a stronger bilateral partnership to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific. (NHK)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday reported 298 new cases of the coronavirus, up 118 from Monday. The number is the result of 3,647 tests conducted on Nov 14. (Japan Today)
US retail giant Walmart says it's selling 85 percent of the shares of its Japanese supermarket subsidiary Seiyu. The sale aims to increase Seiyu's emphasis on digital shopping. (NHK)
Leaders from 15 Asia-Pacific nations have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, a huge free economic zone. (NHK)
A 47-year-old man in custody in connection with the disappearance of his wife earlier this year has been further accused of dumping her body, police have revealed, reports TBS News (Nov. 14). (tokyoreporter.com)
Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Friday revealed that skeletal remains found on a beach in Shimoda City last month are of a child, reports the Shizuoka Shimbun (Nov. 14). (tokyoreporter.com)
Children cheered on the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at a Japanese elementary school from which astronaut Noguchi Soichi graduated. (NHK)
Japanese company flooded with orders for masks, but not medical ones. The most in-demand ones are Biden and Trump masks (TRT World)
Tattoos are stigmatized in Japan because they're associated with gangs. But a centuries-old tattoo art called "horimono" is seen by some as spiritual and fundamental to Japanese culture. (VICE News)
Japanese government officials say the country's GDP had its biggest increase in 40 years in the latest quarter. The rebound follows a massive contraction due to the pandemic. (NHK)
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