Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia will showcase 270 works and, for the first time in three years, the festival is bringing filmmakers back to Tokyo for the event.
The war in Ukraine and subsequent shocks to global supply chains served as another reminder of Japan's vulnerability to external conflicts.
Companies are investing, chefs are creating and restaurants are opening, but will diners bite on insect cuisine?
More than 33,500 people in Japan were living with HIV or AIDS at the end of 2021, according to a health ministry committee.
The survey found that 18.4% of respondents had no knowledge the guidance, issued in May, even existed.
The WHO has stressed the disease is not only transmitted through sex, and that anybody, regardless of sexual orientation, can be infected.
Out of 545 candidates, 181 women are campaigning in the triennial elections, attempting to win one of the 125 seats up for grabs in the 248-seat Upper House.
The ¥4.02 billion ($31 million) in aid comes as Japan and India have been promoting a "free and open Indo-Pacific."
If proposals go ahead, more than half the country could be covered by agreements providing for some form of inclusive relationship certification.
What if, instead of dumping your Christmas tree on the curb after you're done with it, you could wear it out for an evening or two?
