Baby deer are drawing visitors to Kashima Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Deer at the shrine are said to be messengers of gods, and are carefully taken care of. Births of new deer peak around this time. Two fawns were born this year, on June 6 and 9.
Japan's Supreme Court has ordered social media giant Twitter to delete tweets showing a man's arrest record.
The plaintiff, who was arrested on suspicion of intrusion in 2012 and fined about 750 dollars in a summary order, had asked Twitter to remove the tweets.
A city in western Japan says a lost USB memory stick containing personal data of more than 460,000 residents has been found by the person who had mislaid it.
Amagasaki City in Hyogo Prefecture said on Friday that the device was discovered one day after it said the USB was lost.
Extreme downpours are hitting parts of northern Japan, while scorching heat intensifies in other areas.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a front extending from a low pressure system over the Sea of Japan is bringing heavy rainfall to Hokkaido, Tohoku in the north and Kyushu to the west.
An unidentified liquid was found spread on the floor of a train in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Friday morning. A preliminary test found no toxin in the liquid. But two passengers complained of sickness and are being treated at a hospital.
Firefighters received a report at around 6:15 a.m. complaining of a rotten smell on the train. It was running from Kashiwa Station in Chiba Prefecture to Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on the Tobu Noda Line or TOBU URBAN PARK Line.
Police in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, have arrested a lawyer and a company owner on suspicion of swindling state subsidies for businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The police say this is the first time a lawyer has been arrested for coronavirus subsidy fraud.
Investigators report that an unidentified liquid was sprinkled in a train in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. They say the liquid smelled like vinegar and did not look dangerous.
Firefighters were informed at around 6:15 a.m. on Friday that liquid had been sprinkled in a local train. The train was running from Kashiwa Station in Chiba Prefecture to Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on the Tobu Noda Line or TOBU URBAN PARK Line.
A Japanese startup has announced the launch of a line of low-cost electric trucks. The firm says it is keeping the price tag down by outsourcing assembly work.
Folofly says its new EV truck can carry a load of one ton and run about 300 kilometers on a single charge. The company plans to deliver around 10,000 units to a major Japanese logistics firm.
Japanese and Indian officials have gathered to remember the victims of one of the fiercest battles of World War Two.
A memorial service was held on Wednesday in India's northeastern city of Imphal.
A test has begun in Japan using leftovers from school meals to generate electricity. It involves a small biogas power plant developed by telephone giant NTT East and its group companies.
Local elementary school children visited the plant in western Tokyo to see how the leftovers are processed.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 2,413 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Thursday.
The figure is up about 600 from a week ago and marks a sixth straight day of week-on-week increases.
People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are observing the 77th anniversary of one of the deadliest battles of World War Two.
More than 200,000 people lost their lives, including roughly one-fourth of Okinawa's residents.
Japanese nationals living overseas have begun casting ballots for the July 10 Upper House election.
Polling stations have been set up in 234 locations abroad, including Japanese embassies and consulates.
People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are observing the 77th anniversary of the end of the Japanese military's combat against US forces in the closing days of World War Two.
The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 left more than 200,000 people dead. One in four of the residents were killed.