The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee says officials are carefully watching an approaching tropical storm in order to prepare for a possible impact on the Games. (NHK)

Police in Kobe on Wednesday said they have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 16-year-old boy in Kobe in October 2010. (Japan Today)

Climbing Mt Takao to see the Olympic Rings, leaving at 04:39am the first train. (ONLY in JAPAN)

The Olympic debut of skateboarding is quickly becoming an all-Japanese affair. (kron4.com)

Japanese wrestler Kawai Yukako took gold in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram category final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. She beat Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3. (NHK)

Japan was hit by intense heat again on Wednesday. Authorities are calling for caution against heatstroke as high temperatures are expected to continue. (NHK)

Japanese automaker Honda has announced it will stop producing its NSX luxury sports car in December next year. (NHK)

Japan is preparing to expand emergency restrictions to eight more prefectures to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, as worries grow about strains on the medical system in Tokyo as it hosts the Olympics. (Al Jazeera)

Japan's population has fallen for a 12th straight year. The population stood at over 123.84 million on January 1. That's down about 428,000 from the previous year. (NHK)

Today we will learn about the Japanese NFT Marketplace and what exactly a NFT is with Neil van Wouw from Scramble Media. (ONLY in JAPAN)

The US State Department said Wednesday it’s looking into the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given more than two years ago to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan. (marketwatch.com)

A Belarusian sprinter who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics has told the Associated Press that officials from her country made it clear that she would face punishment if she did so. (NHK)

In a rarely seen phenomenon in the simian world, a nine-year-old female known as Yakei has become the boss of a 677-strong troop of Japanese macaque monkeys at a nature reserve on the island of Kyushu in Japan. (taipeitimes.com)

As Japan strains to control its galloping coronavirus outbreak, and to keep an Olympic bubble from bursting in the final days of the Games, the government is trying a new tactic: public shaming. (seattletimes.com)

Japan's food exports soared in the first half of the year as the economies of trading partners like the US and China continued to recover. The export figure for the January-to-June period hit a record high. (NHK)

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu has stressed the importance of working with Southeast Asian countries to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific. (NHK)

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has asked for support from medical professionals in providing medical care to COVID-19 patients asked to recuperate at home. (NHK)

Tokyo police say at least 50 accidents involving vehicles related to the Olympics had occurred in the capital during the first week after the Games opened. (NHK)

Olympic reporters have limited food options because of a 14-day quarantine. The convenience store in the media center has many exciting options. (USA TODAY)

In this video I found an amazing Aeon Mall in the middle of nowhere in the suburbs of Kyoto Japan. (Jonny Kimchee)

Poland's deputy foreign minister has revealed that his country issued a humanitarian visa to a Belarusian Olympic athlete who refused to leave Tokyo for her home country. (NHK)

We're now half way through Tokyo 2020, and the organizers have done what they can to make it green and sustainable. (ARIRANG NEWS)

The International Olympic Committee has released a statement outlining the specifics of the expanded coronavirus state of emergency that came into effect in some areas in Japan on Monday. (NHK)

Japanese trading house Itochu is set to begin commercial production of ammonia in Canada in 2026 at what is slated to be one of the world's largest manufacturing facilities for the clean-burning fuel. (Nikkei)

Japan are on two victories after their come from behind 3-2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-8) triumph against the Netherlands on Saturday. Ran Takahashi scored 26 points in the winning effort. (Titans Volleyball)