Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will further slash their international flight capacities amid the growing impact of the coronavirus on air travel.

The two Japanese airlines will continue to try to cope with falling demand in the coming month.

Japan's SoftBank Group is expecting an annual operating loss and net loss for the first time in 15 years.

The company says turmoil in the financial markets amid the coronavirus pandemic has hit the value of its investments.

At least 75 critically ill coronavirus patients in Japan have received life-support treatment involving ECMO machines that replace the function of the heart and lungs. The number has nearly doubled in two weeks.

The figure is based on surveys by medical associations, including the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine.

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Group announced on Monday that it expects to post a huge loss for fiscal 2019, which ended in March.

The group forecasts an operating loss of 1.35 trillion yen, or about 12.5 billion dollars.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say 91 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the capital on Monday, bringing the total to 2,158.

It marks the first time in six days that fewer than 100 new cases have been confirmed in the city. Seventy-nine new daily cases were reported last Tuesday.

The number of people visiting commercial and entertainment districts in Japan fell sharply at the weekend -- the first since the government declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

Mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo released data collected at its base stations without identifying the users.

NHK's latest poll shows that public support for Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's Cabinet is almost equally divided.

NHK conducted a telephone survey between Friday and Sunday of over 2,000 randomly chosen people aged 18 or older. More than 1,200 people responded.

Police in Kobe, western Japan, say a station chief and his deputy have contracted the coronavirus. The two officers had attended a welcome party at a pub late last month.

A total of 10 infections have now been confirmed at Kobe Nishi Police Station. Some of the officers had attended the party for the new station chief.

Japanese weather officials say stormy conditions are expected through Tuesday in most parts of the country. They advise caution for strong winds and heavy rain.

The Meteorological Agency says a low-pressure system and unstable atmospheric conditions are bringing strong winds and rain to many parts of western and eastern Japan.

In Japan, more people are being asked to take steps to slow down a surge in coronavirus infections.

People in Tokyo are adjusting to a sudden lifestyle shift as the number of cases there topped 2,000.

Tokyo has seen another increase in the number of new coronavirus infections. One-hundred sixty-six cases were confirmed on Sunday alone, bringing the total in the capital to more than 2,000.

Residents of Tokyo spent their first weekend at home since a month-long state of emergency was declared.

The Japanese government plans to continue asking businesses to let more employees work from home, to substantially cut social contact for the coronavirus in state-of-emergency areas.

The government wants to mitigate person-to-person contacts by at least 70 percent, or preferably by 80 percent, in Tokyo and six other prefectures. It says the reduction will help contain the spread of the virus as quickly as possible.

The Japanese government is considering the adoption of a smartphone app that would allow authorities to quickly identify people who may have been exposed to those infected with the new coronavirus.

The app will be similar to the one developed and introduced in Singapore. If users of smartphones loaded with the app come into close proximity, the handsets will receive each other's phone number and record it in an encrypted form.

Tennis star Osaka Naomi has urged people not to be selfish but to be united to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

Osaka made the appeal in a video message she filmed for NHK. She is now staying at home in the US state of California.