Despite mounting concerns of inflation in the rest of the world, consumer prices and wages in Japan have both stubbornly resisted upward pressure for decades. (Nikkei)

Many schools near Tokyo are shunning Olympic and Paralympic events, cancelling more than half the 280,000 tickets reserved for them amid worries that the games could further spread COVID-19, a Japanese daily said Sunday. (Japan Times)

I took a Gran Class bullet train in Japan for the first time. It’s considered as Premium First Class. It was luxurious and comfortable experience from Tokyo to Sendai. (Solo Travel Japan)

Japanese ingenuity has no limits, and the following inventions that we will show you are proof of that. (Interesting Engineering)

Takayama is located in the Hida region in the northern part of Gifu prefecture. (Anna Film Production)

Emperor Naruhito delivered a keynote address at an online U.N. session on water and disasters Friday. (Japan Times)

People in parts of Japan are enjoying their first weekend since authorities lifted a coronavirus state of emergency. But even as crowds return to shopping districts experts warn the capital may be facing another uptick in cases. (NHK)

This video is a Japanese cinematic video that I shot over the past two years since I became a filmmaker. (DIN FILMS)

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka reopened on Saturday, its first weekend restart of business since its closure on April 25 due to a coronavirus state of emergency. (Japan Today)

Miyagi Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested three people for allegedly posting so-called fast movies, or illegally edited short version of copyrighted films, on YouTube. (Japan Times)

Police in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of corpse abandonment after she placed the dead body of her newborn infant son in a coin locker for baggage. (Japan Today)

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says its aerobatic team will draw symbols representing the Olympics and Paralympics in the sky over Tokyo on the opening day of each event. (NHK)

Japan's Imperial Household Agency chief says Emperor Naruhito is deeply concerned about the coronavirus status in the country ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to open next month. (NHK)

A Bank of Japan survey shows that financial assets held by individuals in Japan have hit a record value as stock prices rise. (NHK)

Japan ratified on Friday the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a massive trade agreement also involving China, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Foreign Ministry said. (Japan Times)

Japan’s population, including foreign nationals, fell by 868,177 over the past five years, results of the national census survey conducted last year showed. (Japan Times)

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said that more stringent measures against COVID-19 are needed after the Ugandan Olympic team tested positive for the virus. (Reuters)

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has sold its stake in Tesla, but will continue to make batteries for the US electric vehicle manufacturer. The shares were worth about 3.6 billion dollars. (NHK)

Toshiba CEO Satoshi Tsunakawa will serve as interim chairman of the company's board after the ousting of Osamu Nagayama at the annual general meeting, the Japanese industrial group said Friday night. (Nikkei)

Police in Fukuoka city have arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed five family members at their home. (Japan Today)

Japan just became home to two tiny and adorable panda cubs. (yahoo.com)

NHK has learned that Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family are expected to move into the residence at the Imperial Palace as early as mid-September. (NHK)

Activity for the private sector as a whole contracted for a second straight month due to the weaker reading for manufacturing and continued shrinking in the services sector, clouding the outlook for second-quarter economic growth in the country. (WION)

People in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa are looking back at one of the deadliest battles of World War Two, which occurred 76 years ago. (NHK)

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that an article of the country's civil code that says married couples must have the same surname does not violate the Constitution. (NHK)