Electricity supply is expected to remain tight this winter and experts say extreme weather like this summer’s heatwave is becoming more common.

So-called random trips, in which destinations are determined randomly by lottery or other means, are gaining popularity in Japan. In addition to the thrill of leaving travel plans up to chance, railway operators and airlines making using such strategies are providing the incentive of affordability through discounts.

Fictosexuality is the term used to describe those people who are sexually attracted to fictional characters and in Japan little by little it becomes a trend, to the extent that there are companies that develop technology to offer users holographic couples.

Japan's weather agency maintained the highest alert level Monday after an explosive eruption the previous day at Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, although there were no reports of injuries. The Japan Meteorological Agency said late Sunday that it was not currently expecting a large eruption similar to one at the same volcano in 1914 that caused many deaths.

More than 30 of the animals were found motionless in a low tide with stab marks at their necks.

A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 13.32 trillion yen ($97 billion) for failing to prevent the disaster, plaintiffs said.

The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent shudders through low-crime, orderly Japan

The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe occurred in a nation with some of the world’s strictest gun laws.

In Japan, posting “online insults” will be punishable by up to one year in prison from today, the new law was passed earlier this summer. Individuals guilty of internet insults may be fined up to 300,000 yen (about $2,200). Previously, the penalty consisted of less than 30 days in prison and a maximum fine of 10,000 yen ($75).

A gamer said he spent over 5.6 million Japanese yen — or over $40,000 US dollars — on Nintendo stock, and used his opportunity to ask a question during the Japanese gaming giant's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday about a fan-favorite series he wants to see revived.

Sony has a long list of exclusive games and almost every one of them has been successful. First-party titles from the studio have made it famous for creating amazing IPs and a lot of games have played a role in that. Ghost of Tsushima is one of the games which has made the Sony formula a success.

A city in Japan has been forced to apologise after a contractor admitted he had lost a USB memory stick containing the personal data of almost half a million residents after an alcohol-fuelled night out. Officials in Amagasaki, western Japan, said the man – an unnamed employee of a private contractor hired to oversee Covid-19 relief payments to local households – had taken the flash drive from the city’s offices to transfer the data at a call centre in nearby Osaka.

Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying.

Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse.

Sony Group Corp. said Tuesday that Nobuyuki Idei, its former chairman and CEO who led the Japanese giant's push into the digital network business, has died of liver failure. He was 84. In addition to enhancing Sony's presence in the digital and communications fields, he also focused on the entertainment business, such as movies, music and game consoles, laying the foundation for its current operations.

A number of myth-believers panicked after they found a volcanic rock known as the “Killing Stone”, split in two, in Japan on Monday, March 8. The “Sessho Seki Rock”, which legend says contains a “devil spirit” trapped inside, split and killed anyone who touched it, causing an uproar on social media.

Giant robots that can do some heavy-lifting while derisking human lives are a great way for technology to move ahead.

Tokyo’s Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added another boasting right. Tokyu Railways’ trains running through Shibuya and other stations were switched to power generated only by solar and other renewable sources starting April 1.

It has charmed critics and attracted big audiences in the UK and the US, but the TV adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel Pachinko has barely merited a mention in one of the countries that inspired it.

All Japan Judo Federation President Yasuhiro Yamashita on Monday criticized Russian President and judoka Vladimir Putin, saying his country's aggression in Ukraine is against the ethos of the sport.