Japan's Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu is due to hold his first in-person talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin later this week.
Hamada left Narita Airport on Tuesday for a four-day visit to the United States.
Japan's government will have the Self-Defense Forces fire a salute at the state funeral for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo later this month.
The Cabinet approved the plan on Tuesday to have the Self-Defense Force honor guard hold a ceremony at the funeral in Tokyo on September 27.
Police officers and other officials have stepped up security at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the run-up to the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo later this month.
Many foreign dignitaries are expected to attend the funeral set for September 27 at Nippon Budokan in central Tokyo. Abe was shot and killed on July 8 while giving an election campaign speech.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 8,855 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday.
The number is down more than 600 from a week ago. The daily tally in the capital has fallen week-on-week for 23 straight days.
One of Japan's largest exhibitions for industrial machines is underway. The theme of Logis-Tech Tokyo is overcoming labor shortages, long working hours and other problems in the logistics industry.
More than 500 companies are participating, the highest number ever for the trade show.
A Japanese government hotline for people who have problems linked to a religious group formerly known as the Unification Church has fielded more than 1,000 calls in five days.
The Justice Ministry and other relevant ministries and agencies agreed to set up the hotline from September 5 to 30, to offer relief to those who have been victimized by the group's practices, such as so-called spiritual sales.
US drug maker Pfizer has asked Japan's health ministry to approve the use of its coronavirus vaccine that it says is effective against the BA.5 subvariant prevailing now in Japan.
The firm announced that it filed the request on Tuesday for the bivalent vaccine that targets the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, as well as earlier strains.
More than half of the Japanese people who responded to an NHK survey said that Japan should be cautious when it comes to strengthening ties with China.
The survey was conducted from Friday through Sunday. NHK randomly telephoned 2,392 citizens aged 18 or older, and 1,255 people answered the calls.
Japan's Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu is due to hold his first in-person talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin later this week.
Hamada will leave Tokyo on Tuesday for a four-day visit to the United States.
Researchers in Japan say they have successfully developed an aquaculture system for squid, which is a healthy food source for fish-loving Japan but notoriously hard to breed.
A group at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University says its aquaculture technique has the potential to be commercialized.
NHK has learned that Japan's transport ministry has compiled its first guidelines for introducing self-driving trains.
The ministry's expert panel discussed automated train operations out of concern over a shortage of drivers due to the country's shrinking and aging population. Local railway companies are faced with particular challenges, including difficulty securing drivers.
Japan has approved the use of coronavirus vaccines that target Omicron for people aged 12 or older who have received their first two shots.
The so-called bivalent vaccines, made by US drug makers Pfizer and Moderna, are designed to target the initial coronavirus strain and the BA.1 Omicron subvariant. It is also expected to be effective against the prevailing BA.5 type.
Stormy conditions are expected to continue in areas around Ishigaki and Miyako islands in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa, as the region is within the storm zone of a powerful typhoon.
Weather officials say Typhoon Muifa was 120 kilometers north of Ishigaki Island as of 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The storm is slowly moving north-northeast.
Producer prices rose in Japan for an 18th straight month in August. Industries paid more for a wide range of raw materials.
The Bank of Japan says the cost of goods traded among companies increased 9 percent in August from a year earlier.