A 32-year-old man fell to his death after proposing to his girlfriend on a bridge in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, early Monday morning. (Japan Today)

Nearly two in three 30-ish single men in Japan have never been in a relationship they thought might lead to getting hitched, a recent online poll showed. (Japan Times)

Police on Tuesday referred a 13-year-old boy in Osaka to a juvenile consultation center after he was suspected of providing instruction on how to obtain a basic smartphone virus through an online marketplace. (Japan Times)

A 15-year-old male high school boy who was arrested Monday for allegedly stabbing fellow student Kosuke Nishiyama, 16, to death in Saitama has admitted he committed the act because the victim was trying to steal his girlfriend, police said. (Japan Times)

This restaurant-machine fusion is one small step for vending, one giant leap for vending-machine-kind. (rocketnews24.com)

Japanese telecommunications equipment maker Yupiteru Corp. said Monday it will recall a total of 85,000 units of a dashboard camera model and replace its lithium battery free of charge due to fire risk. (Japan Times)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had telephone discussions about North Korea's latest nuclear test with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. (NHK)

A test of self-driving bus services organized by the transport ministry kicked off at a michi no eki roadside rest area in Tochigi Prefecture on Saturday. (Japan Times)

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has issued a warning to all bus companies due to multiple incidents of expressway buses being parked for prolonged hours within the vicinity of the Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal near Shinjuku train station. (Japan Today)

A 42-year-old man who was surfing off a beach in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, was bitten by a shark on Sunday. (Japan Today)

The government will ease regulations so that passenger cars can be filled with gasoline directly from tanker trucks during disasters. The move is to prevent severe fuel shortages like the one that occurred after the Great East Japan Earthquake. (the-japan-news.com)

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono says the government has confirmed that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Sunday. (NHK)

North Korea has warned Japan over its plan to introduce a land-based version of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system to address Pyongyang's missile threats. (NHK)

The hunting season for dolphins using a controversial "drive-hunting" method began in the whaling town of Taiji in western Japan on Friday, but an approaching typhoon forced the hunt to be called off on the first day without a catch. (Japan Today)

As Japan's schools reopened Friday after summer holidays, a day when suicides among young people spike, celebrities reached out to at-risk children and one Tokyo zoo offered refuge to nervous pupils in a bid to tackle the mental health crisis. (Japan Today)

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drugging a four-year-old girl with a narcotic that induced sleep and impaired the young victim's state of consciousness in Fukuoka. (Japan Today)

Many thought this car didn't even exist. Ferrari had, in fact, only ever commissioned one street version of its Daytona with a full aluminum body. (CNN)

Police on Friday night captured a male Vietnamese national in Saitama Prefecture who eluded custody in Gunma Prefecture the day before, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

Police arrested a 19-year-old male Thursday for allegedly stabbing and seriously injuring his 18-year-old girlfriend in Tokyo the previous day. (Japan Today)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, Theresa May, have released joint statements on security and economic cooperation after their talks in Tokyo. (NHK)

The Defense Ministry on Thursday requested a record-high budget of ¥5.26 trillion for fiscal 2018, underscoring heightened concern over what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the "unprecedented" and "grave" security threat posed by North Korea's military provocations. (Japan Times)

Japan handed Australia a 2-0 defeat on Thursday (Aug 31) that sealed the nation's sixth straight qualification for the World Cup finals and brought praise from coach Vahid Halilhodzic who heralded his young players' performance. (straitstimes.com)

Japan's factory output turned downward in July as manufacturers cut back on inventory stockpiles, government data showed Thursday. (Japan Times)

Police in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, said Wednesday they have arrested a 35-year-old male of Peruvian nationality on suspicion of abandoning the body of the six-year-old daughter of his common-law wife. (Japan Today)

Recent data on the production of scientific papers by country point to an overall decline in Japan's capabilities to pursue scientific research. (Japan Times)