Police in Osaka have arrested a 22-year-old police officer on suspicion of unlawful entry after he was trespassing in a shipping company’s distribution center on Sunday. (Japan Today)

Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. But even then it's not free from scams. We explore two of the worst. ( Abroad in Japan)

A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara. (rnz.co.nz)

People in Hiroshima are marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing that devastated the city in the final days of World War Two. Thousands of people gathered on Saturday morning for an annual ceremony at the city's Peace Memorial Park. (NHK)

Japanese people are considered to be some of the politest people in the world, but they’re definitely NOT as polite as you think! (Mrs Eats)

This year, the oldest man in the world has turned… no, not one hundred twenty, and not even one hundred fifty. A Japanese monk named Shinnyōkai celebrates his five hundred fiftieth birthday! (Ridddle)

A Japanese prison that banned a convict from wearing his glasses because they made him look "menacing" has come under fire from lawyers who call the decision a rights violation. (enca.com)

Police in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of parental neglect resulting in death after her two-year-old daughter and one-year-old son died of heatstroke due to being left in a car. (Japan Today)

Kyoto is a famous traditional city in Japan and maiko are the symbol of Kyoto. They are 15-19 year old girls who are geisha apprentices. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

Police in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, are looking for man who attacked a pedestrian with a sword on Monday. (Japan Today)

Ghanaian authorities have detained a man wanted by Japanese police on suspicion of leading an international romance scam group. (NHK)

Manae Matsumoto bested 24 other finalists to be crowned Miss Earth Japan 2022 on Tuesday, July 26 at Hotel Chinzanso in Tokyo. (pageantcircle.com)

Now that I am living happily, I want those who are sufferiing to get well! (Dark side of Japan Yuki)

The average life expectancy of Japanese women and men decreased for the first time in a decade in 2021 as the country struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic, health ministry's statistics showed Friday. (Xinhua)

In Japan, handcuffing behind the back is reserved for people sentenced to death on the day of their execution. (globeecho.com)

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who is receiving treatment for heart failure, has visited a biological laboratory at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (NHK)

Officials in the southwestern Japanese city of Yamaguchi have formed a special unit, armed with tranquilizer guns to hunt down monkeys, after at least 42 reported attacks on people by the animal since July 8. (voanews.com)

A television commercial for an energy drink in 1990s Japan told viewers they could work 24 hours straight without feeling tired after consuming it. The claim, if made today, would be seen as an invitation to karoshi or death caused by overwork. ()

A Japanese health ministry panel has awarded for the first time a lump sum compensation payment to the family of an elderly woman who died after suffering an allergic response and sudden heart attack related to a COVID-19 vaccination. (Japan Today)

Japanese actress Shimada Yoko has died at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 69. (NHK)