Bereaved families and local officials gathered to pay tribute to victims of mudslides one year ago in the seaside city of Atami.
A memorial service at an elementary school in the Shizuoka prefecture city on Sunday drew about 80 people and offered silent prayers.
Tropical storm Aere is heading north toward Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu after passing near Okinawa. It is expected to come very close to Kyushu, possibly making landfall there on Tuesday.
Weather officials are warning of heavy rain in western and eastern Japan.
The temperature in central Tokyo soared above 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday for a record ninth straight day.
A temperature of 35.2 degrees was recorded in the Japanese capital before noon on Sunday. Daytime highs in central Tokyo have been above that threshold since June 25. That's one day longer than the previous record set in 2015.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 3,788 new coronavirus cases in the capital on Sunday.
The figure was up 1,784 from a week ago, and marked the 16th straight day of week-on-week increases.
The president of major Japanese mobile carrier KDDI says the company is working to fully restore its services, but did not mention the exact timing. KDDI's "au" mobile service went down early Saturday morning, making it impossible to place voice calls or access the internet.
KDDI President Takahashi Makoto told reporters on Sunday morning that recovery work had been completed around 11 a.m. in its western Japan service area and is expected to be finished by around 5:30 p.m. in its eastern Japan service area.
Tropical storm Aere is heading north toward Japan's Kyushu region after passing near Okinawa. It is expected to come very close to Kyushu and may make landfall there on Tuesday.
Weather officials are warning of heavy rain and strong winds in Okinawa on Sunday and in southern Kyushu on Monday and Tuesday.
Tropical storm Aere is now close to the islands in southwestern Japan. It is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to Okinawa and nearby islands over the weekend.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says Aere passed near the main island of Okinawa late on Saturday.
Customers of one of Japan's main telecom companies have been experiencing disruptions to phone services for over twenty-four hours.
KDDI says it's aiming to restore the services by 9:30 Sunday morning.
The soaring temperatures that have scorched wide areas of Japan all week are set to continue on Sunday.
A high pressure system covered western and eastern Japan on Saturday, causing the mercury to shoot up.
Tropical storm Aere is expected to come closest to the area of Okinawa's main island and the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture late on Saturday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says that as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aere was 110 kilometers east of Naha City in Okinawa Prefecture and moving northwest at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
Japanese mobile phone carrier KDDI says it is experiencing a major disruption to its phone and data communication services across the country.
The company says the problem started around 1:35 a.m. on Saturday.
Researchers say an area of southwestern Japan is one step closer to selection as the part of the world that best defines our current unit of geological time.
Beppu Bay in Oita Prefecture is one of 12 sites being considered as the Global Stratotype Section and Point for Anthropocene, the unofficial period when human activity started impacting the environment.
Japanese government officials believe Russia is using a major oil and gas project in the country's Far East to pressure Japan over its position on the Ukraine conflict.
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to replace the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project with a new Russian firm that will be established by the government. The move has put the involvement of two Japanese trading houses in doubt.
The scorching temperatures that have gripped wide areas of Japan all week are set to continue on Saturday. Authorities are urging people to take precautions against heat stroke.
The Meteorological Agency says the mercury will likely reach 38 degrees in the cities of Kyoto and Maebashi, and 35 degrees in central Tokyo and Osaka.