Japan enjoyed one of its busiest sporting weekends of the year on September 12 and 13, highlighted by the men's national volleyball team winning the Asian championship and securing qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, while Nippon Professional Baseball's pennant races tightened, Miyu Yamashita captured the Japan Women's PGA Championship, Kosuke Sunagawa earned his first men's tour victory, and the Asian Games moved closer to their official opening. (News On Japan)

Japan's major banks are intensifying competition for household money as rising interest rates revive the appeal of deposits, prompting lenders to launch new savings products, wealth-management services and point-based incentives. (News On Japan)

The nation's search and rescue team said it lost contact with the Virgo Transport 8 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.

Japan is facing growing pressure over its treatment and recruitment of foreign workers, with serious allegations of abuse emerging even as companies compete for a shrinking pool of overseas labor and some industries approach government-set limits on the number of workers they can accept. (News On Japan)

Historic floats and a shrine mikoshi paraded through Tokyo's Akasaka district as the centuries-old Akasaka Hikawa Festival reached its climax with its traditional Shinkosai procession. (News On Japan)

Tokyo police have found that two teenage girls detained during coordinated patrols in the "Toyoko" area of Kabukicho were carrying forged student identification cards containing false ages and names. (News On Japan)

Prolonged rain has dramatically transformed Fukuroda Falls in Ibaraki Prefecture, sending far more water than usual over the famous cascade and drawing growing numbers of tourists eager to see the unusually powerful spectacle. (News On Japan)

Roads around the Fushimi Otesuji Shopping Street in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward were flooded on the evening of September 13 after water began gushing from a nearby road, forcing authorities to close part of the street to traffic. (News On Japan)

Thousands turned out to witness Céline Dion perform in Paris on Saturday, her first show after a six year illness-induced hiatus.

The iconic Canadian singer kicked off her long-awaited comeback show in Paris on Saturday, after a six-year hiatus due to health issues.

Some people fired in the wake of Kirk's assassination have won big settlements from employers, others have had to start over from scratch.

Some people fired in the wake of Kirk's assassination have won big settlements from employers, others have had to start over from scratch.

Officials say more than 300 Russians remain missing after the 2024 Kursk offensive, but no-one really knows the true figure.

Officials say more than 300 Russians remain missing after the 2024 Kursk offensive, but no-one really knows the true figure.

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.