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Rookie Koki Ugusa triggered a four-run first inning with a leadoff home run and the Central League’s fourth-place Hiroshima Carp held on to beat the third-place Yomiuri Giants 8-7 on Saturday. (Japan Times)

Around 2,500 cases of nonconsensual sexualized images objectifying athletes being taken or shared have been reported to a website set up by the Japanese Olympic Committee last November, Kyodo News learned Saturday. (Kyodo)

Japan launched the second Taigei-class attack submarine today. The advanced diesel-electric Hakugei (SS-514) will be commissioned by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in early 2023. (HBB Defense Military)

Hey friends, today I'm going to be talking to you guys about why I'm on the kitchen floor. (akidearest)

I took a ferry from Okinawa to Kagoshima Japan. The sea was amazingly beautiful. (Solo Travel Japan)

Hi everybody! Just sharing a productive day in my life here in Japan (rainbowholicTV)

It's been two weeks since a coronavirus state of emergency ended in Japan. A semblance of normalcy is slowly returning across the country as the number of new COVID cases in most prefectures has dropped. (NHK)

CYBERJAPAN DANCERS enjoying the hot springs bath Onsen! (CYBERJAPAN DANCERS)

Japan marked "Railway Day" on Thursday, the anniversary of the opening of the country's first railway on October 14, 1872, between Shimbashi Station in Tokyo and Yokohama. (NHK)

One of the happiest words you can hear in Japan is hodai. It basically translates to “all you can,” and you’ll find it in such joy-inducing offers as tabehodai/all-you-can-eat and nomihodai/all-you-can-drink deals at bars and restaurants. (Japan Today)

Women are more likely than men to have long-term COVID-19 symptoms such as fatigue and taste disorders, a survey by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine has shown. (Japan Times)

A 24-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for parental neglect resulting in the starvation death of her 10-month-old daughter. (Japan Today)

An 11-year-old boy died after falling from the balcony of the 10th-floor apartment where he lived in Kumamoto on Thursday morning. (Japan Today)

A Japanese government panel Friday advised culture minister Shinsuke Suematsu to register a traditional way of making sake using koji, a type of fungus, as an intangible cultural asset under a new system. (Japan Times)

Yen weakness is set to provoke more tears than smiles across Japan Inc this time around. A sliding currency brings benefits for exporters. Right now, however, it’s compounding the pain from surging raw material prices. (zawya.com)

Planted forests are aging noticeably across Japan, with more than half now 50 years or older, making the country more vulnerable to typhoons and other natural disasters and also undermining its decarbonization efforts. (Nikkei)

Princess Mako's boyfriend Kei Komuro will meet her parents on Monday ahead of their marriage scheduled for later this month, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday, with an unresolved financial dispute involving his mother clouding the celebratory mood. (Kyodo)

Honda Motor is planning to expand its presence in China with new models of electric vehicles under a new brand. (NHK)

The Rockin' Cruisin (ロッキンクルージン) American culture car show is now in its 16th year. (WasabiCars)

Intense interest in Japan by the West made it a favourite destination for filmmakers from the earliest days of film. This selection of films from 1901 to 1913, newly restored by the BFI National Archive, takes us on a fascinating journey through Meiji Japan. (BFI)