I packed Japanese rice balls and fruit for the picnic this afternoon.

On quiet spring mornings, Japanese bush warblers fill the garden with their clear, melodious songs.

While hiking at dawn, I listened to the clear, fluted song of a Japanese bush warbler hidden in the undergrowth.

The convenience store sells a delicious Japanese rice ball wrapped in nori.

Every autumn, I buy several Japanese sweet potatoes from the market to roast for dessert.

Japanese mountain yams are prized by chefs for their sticky texture and delicate flavor.

A Japanese giant hornet swooped down from the eaves and sent the villagers scrambling.

Japanese giant hornets invaded the orchard and destroyed dozens of honeybee colonies overnight.

Researchers studying freshwater ecosystems documented the decline of the Japanese crucian carp in several river basins due to habitat loss and invasive predators.

The Japanese night heron, an endangered species that breeds in Japan and winters in the Philippines and Indonesia, is sometimes seen in spring and summer in Korea and the Russian Far East.