Researchers in Japan say their 20-year-long study shows that people who eat lots of fruit and vegetables are at lower risk of death compared to those who eat little of such food. (NHK)

A Japanese language school in Fukuoka City, southwestern Japan, has been forced to effectively stop accepting students following an act of human rights abuse. (NHK)

A 38-year-old man in Japan is living the dreams of millions by doing 'nothing' and earning out of it! Meet Shoji Morimoto who rents himself out to his customers and works as a 'rental-do-nothing-man'. Morimoto has been hired over 4,000 times to do nothing since starting his business on Twitter in 2018. (WION)

There are a lot of people who are currently wondering how you can spend Bitcoin in Japan. (newsonjapan.com)

Fans of virtual communication a few years ago drew attention to video chat. With its help, everyone can easily find an interlocutor anywhere in the world. (newsonjapan.com)

Since Japan's declining birth rate is on ongoing issue, we were curious to hear directly from the Japanese why it keeps on dropping and if they simply not want to have babies anymore. (Asian Boss)

Buddhist deathbed rituals in medieval Japan. (Linfamy)

The number of women teaching at universities in Japan hit a record high this May, a more than fourfold increase from 30 years ago, recently released preliminary government data showed. (Kyodo)

While debate still rages in the US over the repeal of Roe v Wade, a much less noisy argument is unfolding in Japan over the legalisation of so-called medically induced abortions. (BBC)

A court in western Japan has dismissed a suit claiming that a prefectural ordinance restricting computer-game use infringes upon players' constitutional rights. (NHK)

Many foreign students have returned to their Japanese universities for the first time in two years, bringing campuses back to a level of energy last seen before the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AsiaNews)

Handlasted, Handwelted and Handsewn Outsole Stitch. (Siroeno Yosui)

Japan’s Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is planning to use both digital and printed textbooks in elementary and junior high schools from the 2024 school year. (Nationthailand)

A Japan-US student exchange program with a long history has held its first face-to-face meetings in three years. (NHK)

The service itself isn't so different from other sexual services for men. (Nobita from Japan)

Japan's land ministry said Monday it has added 15 women to the lineup of lecturers for a planned online course on community development for public servants, after it came under fire for having initially filled all 25 speaker spots with men. (Japan Today)

Japan is known for its delicious cuisine, and in one corner of the country - artists are creating plastic copies of famous dishes that are so convincing, they look like the real thing. Dominic Brian Omondi has the story. (TRT World)

The coronavirus pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022 than would have been expected without it, a recent study has calculated. (Japan Times)

Waiting lists for Japanese nurseries are finally falling, but many parents have found that securing one of the coveted places comes at a price – taking home their child’s soiled nappies. (theguardian.com)

Audio recordings of Shoichi Yokoi — the former Japanese soldier who held out for 27 years in the jungles of Guam after the end of World War II — have been obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun. (stripes.com)