A group of universities and research institutes in Japan have agreed to set up a new organization to help contribute to the realization of a carbon-free society.
Members from 120 universities and research institutes across Japan took part in an online meeting on Tuesday to discuss the launch of the organization.
NHK has learned that Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party plans to ask for a phased resumption of the "Go To Travel" initiative to help the tourism industry, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The party's panel on tourism promotion has drafted a resolution to ask for government support, arguing that falling tourism demand is hurting regional economies.
The company behind Line, Japan's most popular messaging app, say Chinese engineers can no longer access the data of users in Japan.
It emerged last week that engineers at a Chinese firm that worked on Line's system could access users' personal information.
The Tokyo metropolitan government says it confirmed 337 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday.
That was 37 more than last Tuesday. It was the fourth straight day that the reported figure was higher than it was one week earlier.
The impact of stay-at-home measures against the coronavirus has been detrimental to the health of senior citizens, according to a Japanese survey.
The University of Tsukuba and six municipalities surveyed about 8,000 people. About one in five septuagenarians said they leave the house either once a week or not at all. That figure doubled for people in their 90s, with nearly 50 percent saying they don't go out at all, or only once a week.
A city near Tokyo is planning to send a strong message against discrimination when it lights the flame for the Tokyo Paralympics torch relay.
NHK has learned that Sagamihara City has decided to light the torch at the site of a care home for people with intellectual disabilities that was the scene of mass carnage five years ago.
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has pumped more water into one of the disabled nuclear reactor containment vessels. It apparently suffered additional damage from a strong earthquake in mid-February.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says that following the recent quake the level of coolant water inside the No.1 reactor containment vessel has been dropping.
Two Japanese pharmaceutical companies started clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccines on Monday.
In total, four firms are carrying out trials of domestically-produced vaccines in Japan.
The newly expanded committee of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has reaffirmed the need to deepen the debate on gender equality.
The committee held its first meeting on Monday since 12 more women were added to its board earlier this month, pushing the ratio of female members to over 40 percent.
Without overseas spectators, this summer's Olympics and Paralympics will likely place an additional financial burden on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Games says people abroad who have bought tickets for events will receive refunds. About 630,000 tickets have so far been sold overseas.
For the first time in ten weeks, no part of Japan is under a coronavirus state of emergency. But it's far from business as usual with officials and some companies introducing measures to guard against a new surge.
The last remaining declaration, for the Tokyo area, has expired. It saw an 80 percent drop in cases, but a slow movement upward has some people on edge.
A restaurant operator has sued Tokyo for ordering the company to shorten its outlets' business operating hours as part of special anti-coronavirus measures.
Global-Dining filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Monday, claiming the order was illegal and based on legislation that violates the constitution.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 187 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday.
The daily average for the past week is 302.9. That is up 5.3 percent from the previous week.
The mother of a Japanese reality show star has filed a damages lawsuit against a man who continued to post abusive messages about her daughter on social media after she died in an apparent suicide.
Professional wrestler Kimura Hana died at the age of 22 in May last year after becoming a target of cyber bullying over her behavior on the reality show "Terrace House" broadcast on the Fuji TV network.