Open any Japanese newspaper, listen to the radio, watch television or keep tabs on any other form of media, social or otherwise, and you are bound to find references to this country's "rapidly aging society." (Japan Times)

Last week, Japan's fifth largest discount electronics retailer, Bic Camera, announced it would soon obtain a 50 percent share of Japan's sixth-largest discount electronics retailer, Kojima, thus making the combined companies Japan's second-largest electronics retailer. (Japan Times)

Kisenosato rebounded from back-to-back losses to blast out fellow ozeki Harumafuji, and rank-and-filers Tochiozan and Kyokutenho both pulled off upset wins Saturday to send the title race down to the wire at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. (Japan Times)

Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet. (AFP)

A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world Saturday by successfully climbing the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, setting a formidable record that could stay unchallenged for decades. (Japan Times)

Nine-member K-pop group Girls Generation achieved another milestone in Japan with their single "Mr. Taxi" reached double platinum status in Japan. (Manila Bulletin)