Japanese authorities have lifted evacuation orders for thousands of households after a tropical storm hit the northeast of the country. (NHK)

Tropical storm Nepartak made landfall on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan on Wednesday morning. (NHK)

UNESCO has added a cluster of archaeological sites dotted across the northern Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate and Akita to its list of World Cultural Heritage sites. (NHK)

There are signs that the Japanese public may be warming to the Olympics. (Al Jazeera)

Lawmaker Hiranao Honda expressed his intention to step down on Tuesday, after leaving the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan the same day over inappropriate comments he made regarding the age of consent. (Japan Times)

More than 8,100 people were taken to hospitals across Japan with apparent heatstroke last week. The number was nearly twice as high as the week before. (NHK)

Japan is justly famous for its sake, its most famous alcoholic drink, and now it’s becoming noteworthy for its whiskey as well. (TODAY)

Sharing my experience of being in three different Japanese television shows. (Yellow Productions)

The Japanese pair won the table tennis mixed doubles on Monday, earning Japan's first Olympic gold medal in that sport. (NHK)

Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics says he expects restrictions on activity in Japan to begin easing by the end of this quarter as the elderly should be fully vaccinated by then. (CNBC International TV)

UNESCO will recognize Amami Oshima and other islands in Japan's southwest as a World Heritage site for their array of one-of-a-kind animal and plant species, the United Nations agency decided Monday. (Nikkei)

Japan's Ono Shohei has won the gold medal in the men's judo 73-kilogram category. He beat Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili in the final. (NHK)

A 59-year-old man from Nagoya has been arrested after scattering flyers protesting the Tokyo Olympics from a running subway train in the central Japan city, police said Sunday. (Kyodo)

TOKYO -- Japan's largest hydrogen plant powered by offshore wind energy is set to open on the northern island of Hokkaido as part of a national effort to slash carbon dioxide emissions. (Nikkei)

At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. (Japan Today)

While Tokyo is often regarded as one of the safest big cities in the world, it still has scams that target tourists. (Yellow Productions)

Nothing is more fun than discovering new seasonal ingredients and finding different ways to incorporate them into our daily cooking. (Tokyo Creative)

The organizers for the Tokyo Games say they will put top priority on safety of all those concerned in considering event schedule changes due to the approaching storm. (NHK)

Today we are hiking out to a shrine that I almost didnt think I would be able to find. A hidden shrine tucked in to the forest mountains of endor... er... Japan. (Tokyo Lens Explore)

The climax of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was undoubtedly the moment when the torch was passed to star athlete Naomi Osaka, who made her way up to a Mt. Fuji-esque podium. (spoon-tamago.com)

Japan introduced a new vaccine passport on Monday (taiwannews.com.tw)

Young Japanese skateboarders practising outside a park in Horigome’s hometown, the Games host city Tokyo, said they felt inspired to work on improving their techniques after seeing their countryman’s triumph. (South China Morning Post)

Nishiya Momiji has become the youngest Japanese Olympic gold medalist at the age of 13 after winning the women's street skateboarding at the Tokyo Games. (NHK)

Bereaved families and local officials remembered Monday the victims of a stabbing rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled near Tokyo five years ago that became one of Japan's worst mass murders. (Kyodo)

Learn the sounds of animals that kids learn in different languages growing up! (Ryan's World)