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)

Officials in Japan reported 1,434 new cases of coronavirus infection on Sunday. (NHK)

Japan's health ministry has reported that 130 cases of coronavirus clusters and other multiple infections were confirmed across the nation in the week to November 9. (NHK)

Osaka Castle is one of Japan’s most famous landmarks. It sits on a one kilometre square plot in Osaka and was built in 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. (Ancient Architects)

Police in Toyama City have arrested a 22-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 25-year-old unemployed brother by beating him with a hammer. (Japan Today)

24hours of Japanese 19 month-old-baby. My name is Sutan. I'm 19month-old baby living in Tokyo. This is my, realistic day from the time I wake up in the morning until I go to bed. (Kimono Mom)

The Japanese government has begun weighing the introduction of tax incentives for investments in products and equipment that reduce carbon emissions, Nikkei has learned, as it works toward its goal of zero greenhouse gas output by midcentury. (Nikkei)

Legendary Kabuki actor Sakata Tojuro, who had been recognized by the Japanese government as a living national treasure, died of old age on Thursday, a Kabuki production company said. He was 88. (Kyodo)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says officials confirmed 352 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital on Saturday. (NHK)

Soak up the warm atmosphere of Beppu, Oita Prefecture’s renowned hot spring town shrouded in steam and overflowing with hospitality. Discover the healing properties of onsen that go beyond the physical benefits of bathing in mineral-enriched water. (NHK WORLD-JAPAN)

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says he will work with Southeast Asian countries to fight the coronavirus. (NHK)

A record 1,705 new coronavirus cases were reported in Japan on Friday, surpassing the previous high set on Thursday. The prime minister is calling for renewed vigilance. (NHK)

Japan's Regulatory Reform Minister Kono Taro says the use of personal seals will likely be abolished for most government paperwork. (NHK)

Japan will seek to keep in step with the new U.S. administration under President-elect Joe Biden in taking fiscal stimulus steps to revive the pandemic-hit world economy, while watching whether Washington will seek to return to a Trans-Pacific free trade pact it quit three years ago, Japanese officials say. (Japan Times)

Rural Japan has been on a long, steady decline for decades, but the pandemic now has some seriously considering a life outside the cities. (VICE Asia)

Panda tea or panda dung tea is a type of tea cultivated in the mountains of Ya'an, Sichuan, Japan and fertilized by the dung of pandas. (Mini Mind)

The town of Takikawa on the northern island of Hokkaido purchased and installed a pair of the robots after bears were found roaming neighbourhoods in September. (Daily Mail)