Japan to ease restrictions on funerals for people who died of COVID

Japanese hotel owners plan to sue Booking.com over payment failure https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/15/japan/society/bookingcom-payment-failure/

China tells Japan it is troubled by military build up https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-china-hold-first-security-talks-four-years-2023-02-22/

People snap photos of 660,000 Japanese manhole covers in infrastructure info contest https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220622/p2a/00m/0na/020000c