A Japanese civic group has urged the government to consider more options for the disposal of radioactive wastewater stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The Citizens' Commission on Nuclear Energy, which offers advice on the country's nuclear policy, held an online news conference and issued a statement on Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have reaffirmed their countries' ties at a summit outside Jakarta.
Suga met Joko at the presidential palace in Bogor shortly after arriving in Indonesia on Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are holding talks.
Suga chose Vietnam and Indonesia as the destinations for his first overseas trip since taking office last month.
Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo says protection of foreign military assets by Japan's Self-Defense Forces should be viewed differently from the use of force.
Kishi and Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds agreed on Monday that Australian naval vessels will be included among foreign military assets the Self-Defense Forces are able to protect under Japan's new security legislation enacted in 2015.
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says it will soon start clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine in Japan.
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that 160 Japanese aged 20 to 85 will take part in the trials. They are to be vaccinated twice, with a three-week interval.
Japan's new Prime Minister is on to the second leg of his inaugural trip abroad as the country's leader.
After leaving Vietnam, Suga Yoshihide has arrived in Indonesia where he is set to meet President Joko Widodo.
Japan's top government spokesperson has expressed the government's intention to allow the resumption of business trips to and from China while implementing anti-coronavirus measures.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu referred to discussions now under way with China on whether to allow the resumption of business travel between the two countries.
An edited version of a book written by Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide eight years ago has hit the stores in Japan. In the book, he promises to fight the coronavirus and protect jobs, but a passage referring to the government's management of official documents has been left out.
The book summarizing Suga's political views was published on Tuesday with new interviews and other content added.
Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko turned 86 on Tuesday.
She and her husband, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, have been living at a temporary residence in Tokyo since late March. They have refrained from going out or accepting guests amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials reported 139 new infections of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.
There have now been 29,185 confirmed cases in the capital.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is heading for Jakarta for talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Suga left Hanoi on Tuesday morning local time after he met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc the day before and delivered a speech on foreign policy.
Japan's financial regulators will conduct an on-site inspection at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in connection with a full-day trading halt it suffered earlier this month.
The Financial Services Agency's decision to conduct the probe came after it received a report from the TSE explaining the causes of the halt and outlining measures to prevent a recurrence.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says Japan will step up support for the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to establish the rule of law in the region. He says there are actions in the South China Sea that run counter to the rule of law.
Suga on Monday spoke at a university in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, where he is visiting as part of his first overseas tour since taking office.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
Abe made the visit on Monday morning after the shrine held its autumn festival on Saturday and Sunday.