A museum in Tokyo is offering visitors the opportunity to better appreciate a centuries-old work of art with the help of cutting-edge technologies such as 5G smartphones.

The Tokyo National Museum says new devices will allow visitors to see expanded details and animated characters while viewing a high-resolution reproduction of the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shotoku, a national treasure.

A Japan Coast Guard vessel and a Taiwanese fishing boat were involved in a minor collision in Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

The coast guard says the incident took place shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Major Japanese memory-chip maker, Kioxia Holdings, has shelved its plans to go public next week, amid growing uncertainty surrounding its business. The escalating tussle between Washington and Beijing over tech firms was behind the move.

The company is a spin-off of electronics giant Toshiba's memory chip business. Its board made the decision on Monday.

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors is planning to seek early retirement for about 500 domestic workers as it tries to rebuild its business amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Sources say Mitsubishi plans to call for the workers to voluntarily retire as early as November. The measure will apply to those aged 45 or older, including staff at the head office and factories in Aichi and Okayama prefectures.

NHK has learned that only 40 percent of medical institutions in Japan are entering information directly into an online system for sharing data on coronavirus infections nationwide.

The Health Center Real-time information-sharing System on COVID-19, or HER-SYS, was introduced in medical institutions and public health centers in May.

The Japanese Northern Territories Affairs Minister has met with former residents of the Russian-controlled islands. The Japanese government says the islands are an inherent part of its territory and were illegally occupied after World War Two.

In his first visit to Hokkaido after taking a new Cabinet post, former foreign minister Kono Taro had a discussion with the former residents at the Nakashibetsu town hall on Sunday.

Japan's minister in charge of affairs related to a group of islands known as the Northern Territories says the government plans to use social media to raise awareness among young people.

Russia controls the islands. Japan claims them. The government maintains they are an inherent part of Japan's territory, and were illegally occupied after World War Two.

Japanese actor Takeuchi Yuko has died in an apparent suicide. She was 40 years old.

Sources say her family found her motionless in her home in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward around 2 a.m. on Sunday.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 144 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.

The ages of those infected range from under 10 years old to over 90.

Bereaved families and others gathered on Sunday to mourn those who perished in an eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan six years ago.

The eruption left 58 people dead and five missing at the popular climbing destination. It was Japan's deadliest volcanic disaster since World War Two.

Following the death of a prominent Japanese actor Takeuchi Yuko in an apparent suicide, the health ministry wants to remind the public that crisis counseling services are available.

The ministry posted on its website telephone numbers of services provided by municipalities and QR codes for non-profit organizations using social media.

NHK has learned that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to visit Japan as early as next month to meet his Japanese counterpart, Motegi Toshimitsu.

A meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is also being arranged. It would be Suga's first face-to-face talks with a senior Chinese official since assuming the post.

Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has vowed that the government will do its utmost to support the recovery of the areas hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Suga visited Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday to inspect the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and other sites. It was his first regional visit since assuming the post.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has confirmed 270 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday.

The preliminary figure reported at 3 p.m. brings the total number of confirmed infections in the capital to 25,113.