Russia's Foreign Ministry says it will suspend the implementation of a 1998 agreement with Japan that allows Japanese fishing boats to operate safely near the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Tuesday that "Tokyo sticks to freezing payments stipulated by the agreement."

The chief of NATO's military committee and the top officer of Japan's Self-Defense Forces have discussed the Ukrainian situation and agreed to step up cooperation.

Admiral Rob Bauer of NATO and the SDF's chief of Joint Staff, General Yamazaki Koji, met in Tokyo on Tuesday. Bauer is on a two-day visit to Japan.

Japan's Cabinet has approved plans for what Prime Minister Kishida Fumio calls a "new form of capitalism." The strategies are aiming to double people's incomes from assets.

The government wants to grow the economy while dealing with issues like climate change and digital transformation.

Japan's Defense Ministry says fighter jets from the Air Self-Defense Force and the US military have conducted a joint flight over the Sea of Japan.

Ministry officials say four F-15 fighter jets from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chitose Air Base and two F-16s from US Misawa Air Base, both in northern Japan, flew together for training on Tuesday afternoon.

Japan's government is urging the public and businesses to save as much electricity as possible in anticipation of a power crunch this summer.

Reserve supply capacity for three power companies that service areas from central to northern Japan is expected to drop to 3.1 percent, if temperatures rise to once-in-a-decade levels in the coming months.

Japan's Environment Ministry stressed that the decade until fiscal 2030 will be a crucial time for the country to work toward the carbon-neutral society it aims to achieve by 2050.

The ministry's annual white paper was approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday. It notes that climate change is evident and described the situation as a "climate crisis."

The Japan Tourism Agency has disclosed guidelines for travel agencies as the country prepares to allow guided tours groups to visit from Friday.

The guidelines released on Tuesday reflect the results of a trial tour that visited Japan in late May. They require travel agencies to ensure that all tourists follow Japan's infectious disease control measures.

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda Haruhiko says he intends to stick with his monetary stimulus policy.as the country's economy is still recovering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a speech on Monday, Kuroda said "Japan is absolutely not in a situation that warrants monetary tightening. Our top priority is to persistently continue with the current aggressive monetary easing and thereby firmly support economic activity."

Japanese and Vietnamese authorities will take steps to ease the financial burden on Vietnamese nationals coming to Japan as technical trainees.

Many Vietnamese technical trainees are working in Japan. As of the end of last year, 58 percent of all technical trainees in Japan, or more than 160,000, were from Vietnam.

Police in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, are investigating the death of a 45-year-old Sri Lankan man as a possible case of homicide.

Police say they rushed to a trading company in Bando City on Sunday, after a caller said workers there were fighting.

A Chinese research ship has been operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Ishigaki Island. The Japan Coast Guard is calling on the ship's crew to halt its activities.

The coast guard says it confirmed the Dongfanghong 3 lowered what appeared to be observation equipment into the sea using a crane about 71 kilometers north of the island in southwestern Japan on Monday morning.

The Meteorological Agency has announced the start of the rainy season in Tokyo and surrounding areas including parts of central Japan.

A weather front and low-pressure system brought rain mainly along the Pacific coast from western to eastern Japan on Monday.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 1,013 new cases of coronavirus infection in the capital on Monday.

The tally of new cases was down more than 300 from a week before. That represents the 24th straight day of week-on-week decline.

Japan's science ministry says more than 20 types of amino acid have been found in samples collected from the Ryugu asteroid. The discovery may help scientists better understand the origins of life, as amino acids are one of its basic building blocks.

The sand and dust samples were collected from the asteroid and brought to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe in 2020.