Join us on an unexpected journey as we tackle a daring removal of a hornet's nest from our backyard. But what comes next is even more astonishing – we transform this potential danger into a unique dining experience for our flock of silkies! (Japanese natural beekeeping)

Professor Saho Matsumoto says that the Vatican's diplomatic intervention saved many World War II Japanese prisoners. (ROME REPORTS in English)

Japanese Major League baseball star Ohtani Shohei says he plans to donate 60,000 gloves to elementary schools across Japan. (NHK)

Meet Kazu, a Japanese polyglot who speaks countless languages. (TAKASHii from Japan)

Japan VS Countries in Anime Style (Sora The Troll)

Time, a seemingly universal dimension, reveals its diverse facets across societies, historical epochs, and cultural contexts. The research project TIMEJ at the University of Zurich presents a fresh perspective on time in Medieval Japan, a concept far from unified. (medievalists.net)

The practice of self-mummification in Japan. (Linfamy)

Japan gets a lot of things right. Here's 12 things worth stealing! (Abroad in Japan)

In April next year, a new state-of-the-art public "elementary and junior high school" will open in Nakanoshima, a prime location in Osaka City. (News On Japan)

A teacher from a Himeji City public elementary school in Hyogo Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling approximately 270,000 yen meant for the food budget of a nature school program. (News On Japan)

It's no wonder that Japan and its rich culture have drawn countless people around the world to study, adore, and mimic. (newsonjapan.com)

This is America vs Japan (Sora The Troll)

Japan's government plans to launch a subsidy program to help children from low-income households pay for high school and university entrance exams. (NHK)

About 100 invasive "Redback Spiders" were discovered in an elementary school in Oita City, Kyushu, although there have been no reports of bites or health issues. (News On Japan)

As Japan's labor maket tightens, and foreign technical interns effectively become valuable human resources, the government announced a plan on Wednesday to revise the training system to allow more job flexibility. (News On Japan)

Nara Prefecture plans to introduce a system next year to subsidize high school students, effectively making tuition free for households with an annual income below 9.1 million yen. (News On Japan)

Students preparing to take school entrance examinations next spring are visiting a Shinto shrine, which honors the god of learning, to receive blessings. (NHK)

With the Shimabara rebellion fully underway, the Tokugawa Shogunate will dispatch armies aimed at crushing the revolt before things get further out of hand. It his here we will see the climactic siege of Hara! (The Shogunate)

Tokyo police have conducted a mass guidance operation targeting junior high and high school students out late at night in Kabukicho, with the number of cases increasing sevenfold compared to before the pandemic. (News On Japan)