A town in western Japan says it will hold a news conference on Tuesday, following reports that it has gotten back three-quarters of the 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. He reportedly said he spent the money gambling online.
The leaders of Japan and the United States are sitting down for an official meeting in Tokyo.
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said at the meeting, "I sincerely welcome your visit to Japan. It shows that the United States will continue to strengthen its involvement in the Indo-Pacific region under any circumstances."
Operations resumed on Monday to salvage a sunken tour boat off Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido.
The "Kazu I" sightseeing boat sank exactly a month ago, on April 23, with 26 people on board. Fourteen have been confirmed dead, and 12 remain missing.
A town in western Japan is believed to have gotten back three-quarters of the 46.3 million yen, or about 360,000 dollars, that it mistakenly deposited into a resident's bank account.
The man, Taguchi Sho, refused to pay back the money that he received from Yamaguchi Prefecture's Abu Town in April. He reportedly said that he spent the money gambling online.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and US President Joe Biden will meet in Tokyo on Monday. They are expected to affirm close cooperation over the situation in Ukraine and plans to bolster deterrence and response capabilities.
Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday for his first visit to the country since taking office.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has alleged that a US-led economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific region is apparently designed to restrain China.
The Chinese foreign ministry said Minister Wang spoke at a news conference in China after meeting his Pakistani counterpart.
Japan's iconic Tokyo Skytree has marked its 10th anniversary with a Kabuki performance at its top -- 634 meters above ground.
The radio tower's operator allowed the media to access the top platform for the first time to commemorate the occasion on Sunday.
Three portable shrines called mikoshi were carried through the streets in Tokyo's Asakusa district as part of the annual Sanja Matsuri festival for the first time in three years.
The mikoshi had not been carried since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The traditional Shinto festival linked to Asakusa Shrine heralds the arrival of early summer.
Tokyo police are on heightened alert ahead of the start of US President Joe Biden's visit to Japan. His visit to Japan comes as international tensions are running high over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Biden is scheduled to arrive at Yokota Air Base in the Japanese capital late Sunday afternoon.
Researchers in Japan say the percentage of people who develop aftereffects from the coronavirus Omicron variant is about one-tenth of the level among those infected with other variants.
The group interviewed 53 people in their 20s to 80s who had been hospitalized by early February after contracting the Omicron variant to learn in detail what kinds of aftereffects they experienced.
An earthquake with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture just before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, local time.
The focus was off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, at a depth of 30 kilometers. The magnitude is estimated at 5.8.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says his organization will continue to assess Japan's plan to discharge diluted treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi made the remarks during talks with Japanese industry minister Hagiuda Koichi in Tokyo on Wednesday. The two discussed a release plan that the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, drew up based on the government policy.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seedlings in a paddy field at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.
The annual tradition was started by his grandfather, Emperor Showa, to promote rice farming.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 4,355 new infections of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday.
The daily tally was down about 400 from a week earlier, for a fifth straight day of week-on-week decline.