The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 3,271 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Tuesday.
That is about 400 less than officials reported seven days ago. It is the 11th straight day of a week-on-week decline.
A town in western Japan says it has retrieved more than 90 percent of 46.3 million yen, or about 360,000 dollars, that it mistakenly deposited into a resident's bank account.
The resident, Taguchi Sho, refused to pay back the money that he received from Abu Town in Yamaguchi Prefecture last month.
Japan's Defense Ministry says Chinese and Russian bombers jointly flew over areas around Japan on Tuesday.
The ministry says six bombers made a long flight over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean near Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.
Kishida and Albanese met at the State Guest House, following a summit of the leaders of the Quad framework countries, which include the United States and India.
Japan has topped a global ranking of tourism destinations. It's been recognized for its natural and cultural resources, public transportation, and hygiene.
The Swiss-based World Economic Forum published the ranking in a report on Tuesday. It releases the report every two years.
The Japan Coast Guard says salvage workers trying to raise a sunken tour boat have dropped it to the bottom of the sea again off Hokkaido in northern Japan.
The boat, "Kazu I," was raised to around 20 meters below the surface on Monday, and was being towed by a barge to the town of Shari.
US President Joe Biden has suggested that his country will get involved militarily if China attacks Taiwan.
Biden was speaking at a joint news conference after the Japan-US summit meeting in Tokyo on Monday.
A tour boat that sank off the coast of Hokkaido, northern Japan, has been raised nearly to the sea's surface.
The "Kazu I" sightseeing boat went down a month ago, on April 23, with 26 people aboard. Fourteen have been confirmed dead, and 12 remain missing.
Georgia's ambassador to Japan says countries around the world are finally beginning to realize the threat posed by Russia as its invasion of Ukraine continues.
Teimuraz Lezhava was speaking at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has suggested that his country will join the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, or IPEF.
US President Joe Biden announced the start of talks to launch the trade initiative at a meeting in Tokyo on Monday afternoon.
The leaders of Japan and the US have committed to boosting regional defense. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met with President Joe Biden amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific.
Kishida said, "I announced my resolve to secure a larger defense budget, and President Biden strongly supported this. We also agreed to expand and deepen our Japan-US cooperation to ensure security."
The relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago spoke to reporters following their meeting with US President Joe Biden on Monday.
Members of the group met privately with Biden for about half an hour at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Monday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 2,025 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Monday.
That is more than 350 less than the government reported seven days ago. It is the tenth straight day that there has been a week-on-week decline.
Leaders of Japan and the US have wrapped up a bilateral summit.
The meeting comes as the world's focus remains on fighting in Ukraine. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and President Joe Biden both stressed the need to keep this part of the world safe.