Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 21 on Thursday. (NHK)

UNESCO has decided to add a group of traditional Japanese dances performed across the country to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (NHK)

When Japanese people are asked their religion, 70 percent of them say no religion but they often visit shrines and temples, pray to gods, and enjoy many religious events all year long. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

Three death row prisoners in Japan are taking the government to court as they fight to end the practice of execution by hanging. (BBC)

Police in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, say three workers have been caught in a dust collector at a plant of a building materials maker. (NHK)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has visited a hospital to have his prostate examined again after the previous test results showed some slightly concerning data. (NHK)

Police in Joyo, Kyoto Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of abducting a seven-year-old girl and keeping her confined in his car. (Japan Today)

Japanese fans celebrated their team's World Cup 2-1 victory against Germany by running across Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing. (The Telegraph)

The Japanese orchestra conductor Ozawa Seiji has lately been out of the spotlight. But now, he has delighted music fans by leading an orchestra for the first time in three years. (NHK)

In Japanese, 'I love you' is translated as 'aishiteiru' but Japanese people rarely say aishiteiru to their partners and many Western people cannot understand why. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly punching his mother in the head the previous day on her 100th birthday, leaving her in critical condition, police said. (Kyodo)

A 97-year-old man driving a passenger car in Fukushima City on Saturday afternoon hit a woman in her 40s who was walking on the sidewalk before collided into another car, killing the pedestrian and injuring 3 other people. (Fuji News Network)

Four men have been arrested over the death of a man in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi after his body was discovered in August in a concrete-filled drum in Aomori Prefecture in the northeast, police said Thursday. (Kyodo)

An Italian man in his 50s, who was being detained at a Tokyo immigration facility, died in a suspected suicide Friday morning, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan said. (Japan Times)

Prosecutors in Kyoto, western Japan, have indicted a gangster for the killing of the president of a popular restaurant chain nine years ago. (NHK)

Five Vietnamese men were arrested for stealing three cars worth 8.6 million yen from a second-hand car shop in Kobe, according to Gunma Prefectural Police. (ANNnewsCH)

Do you know Japan's 2025 problem? It's said that 2025 will be the start of Japan's collapse. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

Police in Japan have arrested a Nepalese man on suspicion of murdering a Nepalese woman in her apartment in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo. (NHK)

Police in Okayama City have arrested three men on suspicion of causing a 27-year-old man’s death after they pushed into a river where he drowned. (Japan Today)

Princess Hisako, the widow of former Emperor Akihito's cousin, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday, making her the fifth COVID-19 case within the Japanese imperial family. (Kyodo)