A non-governmental organization based in Japan is providing financial support to people who evacuated from Ukraine to Japan.
The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan, has started offering the financial aid in cooperation with another organization, after the NGO heard about evacuees' lack of living expenses.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 4,562 new cases of coronavirus infection on Monday.
The daily tally is up by 178 from a week ago. Officials also reported two deaths.
Residents of some areas of Tomioka town in Fukushima Prefecture are now allowed to stay overnight to prepare for moving back after the 2011 nuclear accident.
The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant prompted an evacuation order for Tomioka that was lifted for 90 percent of the town in 2017.
Government officials from Japan and Russia are arranging to hold fishery talks as early as Monday. These are necessary for Japanese boats to conduct salmon and trout fishing in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Observers are concerned that the bilateral talks may fail or stall as Moscow has reacted sharply to sanctions imposed by Tokyo over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Chiba Lotte Marines player Sasaki Roki became the 16th pitcher to throw a perfect game in Japanese professional baseball, the first to achieve this feat in 28 years.
Sasaki also struck out 13 batters in a row, breaking the previous record of nine set 64 years ago.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 8,026 new cases of coronavirus infection on Sunday.
The daily tally in the capital rose by 127 from a week ago.
People gathered in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Sunday to send their anti-war message to the world.
About 750 people who had responded to posts on social media prayed for peace. They held up signs saying "No war" and other messages in Japanese, English and Russian.
Researchers in Japan say the more transmissible BA.2 Omicron coronavirus subvariant is expected to account for 93 percent of all cases of the Omicron variant by the first week of May in Japan.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases has reported the results of its analysis of data from two firms in Japan that conduct coronavirus testing.
The Japanese government has raised the daily cap on the number of arrivals from abroad to 10,000. The figure includes Japanese and foreign nationals.
The goal is to revive social and economic activities despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 8,102 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday.
The daily tally in the capital is up by 707 from a week ago.
The first direct flight from Poland on which the Japanese government secured seats for Ukrainian evacuees arrived near Tokyo on Saturday afternoon.
The Immigration Services Agency says six people aged 6 to 55 were on board the fight that landed at Narita Airport. The group consisted of five females and one male.
About 100 people gathered in Tokyo on Friday to remember the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The event took place outside the United Nations University in Shibuya Ward.
The UN refugee agency estimates at least 4.3 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. An aid agency team from Japan went to Moldova to assess what can be done to assist evacuees from Ukraine and Moldova's government. Ukraine's tiny neighbor has the highest number of refugees per capita in Europe.
The team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, arrived on March 20. Members visited evacuation centers as well as hospitals and other medical facilities.
Japan says it will provide additional funds of up to 500 million dollars to the COVAX Facility, an international framework seeking a fair distribution of vaccines.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made the announcement on Friday during an online meeting on equitable access to vaccines in developing countries.