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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 327 new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed on Sunday.

This is the 12th day in a row that the daily case count has exceeded 300 in the Japanese capital.

NHK has learned that Japan's government is planning to arrange buses to shuttle people arriving from overseas from the international airports in Haneda and Narita to some hotels in Tokyo.

The Japanese government is asking people who arrive from overseas to avoid using public transportation and arrange their own vehicles to leave the airport, even if they test negative for the coronavirus.

About 20 people wearing traditional Japanese 'hakama' clothing gathered at a shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday for a "laughing ritual" called Waraiko.

The event at the Omatahachimangu Shrine dates back to the Kamakura Period some 800 years ago.

Japan's space agency JAXA has confirmed the return of a capsule released from its asteroid probe Hayabusa2.

The agency said a fireball, like a shooting star with a long trail of light, was observed in the skies over Australia.

Japanese officials reported 2,497 new cases of coronavirus as of 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

They also reported 13 deaths.

A capsule released from Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 has been observed re-entering Earth's atmosphere, with witnesses in Australia seeing a fireball like a big shooting star in the sky.

The capsule, which is believed to be carrying sand samples from the remote asteroid Ryugu, was on course to land in a desert in South Australia.

Japanese scientists say the space probe Hayabusa2 has successfully released a capsule which is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

The capsule is believed to contain sand from a remote asteroid Ryugu. It is scheduled to land in a desert in South Australia.

Japanese officials reported 2,493 new cases of coronavirus as of 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.

They also reported 13 deaths.

Japanese scientists say the space probe Hayabusa2 has successfully released a capsule which is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

The capsule is believed to contain sand from a remote asteroid Ryugu. It is heading for a landing in a desert in South Australia.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say 584 cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on Saturday, a new record.

The highest figure to date was marked on Friday last week, when 570 cases were confirmed.

Japanese tourism minister Akaba Kazuyoshi says the government intends, in principle, to extend its tourism subsidy program to the end of June.

The government's "Go To Travel" campaign offers discounts for domestic travel to help the pandemic-ravaged tourism industry. It is due to expire around the end of January.

The Japanese maker of a popular souvenir cookie has launched the item on the Chinese online market to prop up its sales hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

NHK has learned that Ishiya began offering the product on two major e-commerce sites last month. The item, called "Shiroi Koibito," or literally "white lover," sold well among Chinese tourists before the virus spread.

NHK has learned that costs of anti-coronavirus measures for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are likely to be almost equally shared by the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government.

The anti-infection measures for the Games are expected to be about 100 billion yen, or around 960 million dollars.

Tokyo's governor says she prioritized both preventing coronavirus infections and maintaining social and economic activity in asking some people to refrain from receiving domestic tourism campaign benefits.

On Tuesday, Koike Yuriko asked Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to either exclude Tokyo from the government's Go To Travel campaign program or ask people to refrain from using it for travel to and from the capital. As a result, the two agreed to ask people aged 65 or older and those with underlying conditions to refrain from using the program for such travel.