Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has sent a message of condolence to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the country.
Suga said he was saddened to hear that the quake left many people dead and caused heavy damage.
Voters in the western Japanese city of Osaka have voted to reject a plan to reorganize the city into four special wards similar to those in Tokyo. This means the current system will remain in place.
What's known as the "Osaka metropolis plan" called for abolishing the ordinance-designated city and creating four special wards, effective January 1, 2025.
High school students are helping tangerine farmers in western Japan with the harvest to make up for a shortage of seasonal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Farmers in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, are having difficulty recruiting seasonal workers from across the country this year, even though the harvest season has already begun.
A survey by Japan's health ministry shows that more than 80 percent of "dementia cafes" across the country remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
There are about 7,000 such places in Japan, where people with dementia and their families gather and seek advice.
An incineration facility to dispose of wood contaminated with radioactive substances has been completed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The 2011 nuclear accident at the plant led to the dispersal of radioactive substances, contaminating the reactor buildings as well as other buildings and roads at the facility.
NHK projects that residents of the western Japanese city of Osaka have voted to maintain the city's current structure.
They voted down a plan to transfer some major functions to the prefecture and consolidation of the bureaucracy into a structure similar to Tokyo's.
Police in Japan have arrested a Vietnamese national on suspicion of illegally butchering a pig in his apartment in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Tran Xuan Cong was arrested on Sunday. Police suspect he butchered a pig in the bathroom without the necessary permit between July and August.
The Japanese smash-hit anime "Kimetsu no Yaiba," or "Demon Slayer," has debuted in Taiwan, attracting large crowds.
Moviegoers eager to see the animated film on its opening day gathered at Taipei's movie theaters on Friday.
One of Asia's largest film festivals has opened in Tokyo, without the usual entry of actors and directors on a red carpet due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The opening of the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival was held at the Tokyo International Forum on Saturday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 215 new cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed in the Japanese capital as of 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The daily tally has topped 200 for the third straight day. It has surpassed 100 for 12 days in a row.
People in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have marked one year since a fire burned down a main hall and other buildings at Shuri Castle.
About 70 people took part in a fire extinguishing drill at the site on Saturday morning.
The Japanese government has granted the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra a special entry permit for November so it can perform in the cities of Kitakyushu, Osaka and Kawasaki, as well as Tokyo.
Japan denies entry from many countries and regions in principle due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has decided to resume activities in Vietnam, having deemed the coronavirus situation to be relatively calm in the country.
Flights between Japan and Vietnam have already resumed. The agency plans to send eight of its members from late November.
The Japanese government is trying out various measures to curb the spread of the virus while also supporting the economy. This comes as the number of daily new cases has recently been creeping up.
Japan has been reporting fewer than 1,000 new cases per day for over two months, down from a mid-summer peak.