Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has called for talks to begin on reforming the United Nations Security Council in a speech at the UN General Assembly.
Kishida delivered his address at the world body's headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
Individual financial assets in Japan have topped 2,000 trillion yen, or almost 14 trillion dollars, for the third quarter in a row.
The Bank of Japan Flow of Funds report released Tuesday showed financial assets rose 1.3 percent year-on-year in the three months ended June.
Japan's Defense Ministry has decided to stop accepting members of Myanmar's military as students in response to Myanmar's executions of four people, including pro-democracy activists.
The ministry has accepted senior military officials from Myanmar as students, even after the military took power in the country in a coup in February last year.
Japan's land ministry says the average price of residential land in the country has risen for the first time in 31 years.
The ministry on Tuesday released results of an annual survey done by prefectures on land prices at over 21,400 locations as of July 1.
The price hikes hitting Japanese consumers show no signs of abating. One supermarket in Tokyo is planning more price hikes from October.
The retailer in Koto Ward has raised prices for about half of the products in the store since spring, including essentials such as noodles, bread, and cooking oil.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 3,794 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday. That's down more than 5,000 from a week ago.
Tokyo officials also confirmed five deaths.
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force will conduct joint training with the German Air Force next week in Japanese airspace for the first time.
The ASDF says three German Eurofighter jets will arrive at the Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on September 28.
Japan's major snack-food makers are trying to go green by reducing plastic packaging.
This month, Calbee started using paper as a main material for packages of some potato-chip products. The bags contain half as much plastic as before.
Power outages and disruptions to cell phone services continue across the nation in the wake of Typhoon Nanmadol.
In Kyushu, where the storm first made landfall on Sunday, the regional utility says more than 120,000 households were without power as of Tuesday morning.
Japan started administering coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant on Tuesday. All people aged 12 or older who have had a second shot at least five months ago are eligible.
Local municipalities will decide who has priority for the shots. Healthcare workers and elderly people who have yet to receive their fourth doses are expected to be first in line.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio left for New York on Tuesday to attend the UN General Assembly, after a one-day delay due to a powerful typhoon.
Before departing from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Kishida told reporters that this year's general debate at the UN meeting is themed on a historical watershed.
Japanese weather officials say Severe Tropical Storm Nanmadol is now an extratropical low-pressure system over the Pacific east of Japan.
The Meteorological Agency says Nanmadol became a low at 9 a.m. on Tuesday after barreling across Japan's northeastern Tohoku region.
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are on their way home from London, where they attended the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II.
On Monday night, the couple flew out of Stansted Airport, which is located in a London suburb. They are due to arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.
Prices for consumers in Japan rose in August at a rate not seen in nearly 31 years. Officials at the internal affairs ministry say companies are passing on the effects of soaring energy costs and a weak yen.
The ministry says the consumer price index, excluding fresh food, climbed 2.8 percent in August from a year earlier. Excluding the effects of consumption tax hikes, Japan has not seen that level of increase since the early 1990s.