Sunday marks 10 years since the Japanese government purchased some of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture from a private Japanese owner.
The government acquired ownership of three Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 11, 2012. It cited as a reason the need to maintain and manage the Senkaku Islands peacefully and stably on a long-term basis.
A survey shows that more than 20 percent of Japanese companies doing business in Russia have either withdrawn or suspended activity in the country.
The Japan External Trade Organization surveyed 202 companies in late August, more than six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. One hundred and seven firms responded.
Weather officials in Japan warn a powerful typhoon is approaching the southern prefecture of Okinawa. They say Typhoon Muifa could bring strong winds and rough seas to some areas.
The Meteorological Agency says Muifa was moving northwest over waters south of Okinawa on Sunday morning, Japan time. It says the storm was traveling at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
Japanese weather officials say a powerful typhoon is approaching the country's southern prefecture of Okinawa. They say Typhoon Muifa could bring strong winds and rough seas to some areas.
The Meteorological Agency says Muifa was moving north-northwest over waters south of Okinawa at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour on Saturday evening, Japan time.
Japanese weather officials say Typhoon Muifa may approach the southern prefecture of Okinawa from Sunday through Tuesday and pound the Sakishima Islands with strong winds and rough seas.
The agency said Muifa was moving northwest over waters south of Okinawa at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 9,988 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday.
The number is down more than 2,500 from a week earlier.
Japanese prosecutors suspect that former Tokyo Games organizing committee executive Takahashi Haruyuki received bribes from major publisher Kadokawa under the pretext of consulting fees.
Takahashi was served a fresh arrest warrant on Tuesday on suspicion of accepting 76 million yen, or about 530,000 dollars, in bribes from senior Kadokawa officials for enabling the publisher to be chosen as a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Japanese weather officials say Typhoon Muifa may approach Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan from Sunday through the middle of next week. It could pound the Sakishima Islands with strong winds and rough seas.
The Meteorological Agency is calling on people to make early preparations for the typhoon, saying its impact may drag on.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito is expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth ll.
Sources close to the matter say the government and the Imperial Household Agency are making arrangements for the Emperor's condolence visit. They say the attendance of Empress Masako will also be considered depending on her health condition.
The bodies of three people believed to have been aboard a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido earlier this year have arrived in Japan, after being handed over by Russia.
A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat carrying the bodies arrived at the port of Otaru, in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The bodies were transferred to separate vehicles and then left the port.
Researchers say multiple COVID-19 drugs that have been approved in Japan show efficacy against the Omicron BA.2.75 subvariant.
Kawaoka Yoshihiro, a project professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science, and 13 other Japanese and US scientists published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 9,240 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday.
The number is down more than 3,100 from last Friday. The daily tally in the capital has now fallen week-on-week for 19 straight days.
Tokyo prosecutors have reportedly interviewed former Prime Minister Mori Yoshiro in relation to a bribery scandal linked to sponsorship contracts of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Mori is a former head of the Tokyo Games organizing committee.
The bodies of three people who were believed to be aboard the tour boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April were handed over from Russia to Japan on Friday.
A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat called the Tsugaru arrived at the port of Korsakov in southern Sakhalin on Friday morning. It departed Korsakov shortly after receiving the bodies and will arrive at the port of Otaru in Hokkaido on Saturday.