The head of a nursery school in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has apologized for the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left behind inside a school bus.
Kawamoto China died from heatstroke after being left for about five hours inside the bus at Kawasaki Kindergarten in the city of Makinohara on Monday.
A man has died after being trapped under rubble following the collapse of a part of a warehouse in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi.
A local fire department received a report shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday that the warehouse had partially collapsed in Shimonoseki City, trapping people.
Licensed tour guides in Japan are getting ready to resume work as more foreign tourists are expected to visit the country now that border controls have been relaxed.
The government raised its cap on the number of daily arrivals to Japan from 20,000 to 50,000 starting Wednesday as a further easing of its coronavirus entry restrictions. The nationally licensed interpreter-guides provide services in various languages.
The new chief of Japan's National Police Agency says officers across the country must do their utmost to ensure the security of the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
The agency held an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday. About 90 people attended, including the head of each prefectural police department and senior officials from the agency.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 13,568 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday.
The capital's daily tally fell more than 1,800 from a week earlier and marks the 17th straight day that infections have declined week-on-week.
One man remains trapped and two others were rescued after a warehouse partially collapsed in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi on Wednesday, showering debris onto vehicles nearby.
A local fire department received a report shortly after 1 p.m. that part of the warehouse had collapsed in Shimonoseki City, trapping people.
A total of four bears were spotted in residential areas of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Tuesday evening. One of the animals has been captured. City authorities are on the alert as bears have been making repeated appearances in the area.
One bear was spotted on a roadside tree near Rikuzen-ochiai train station in the city's Aoba Ward at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The bear, which measured about 1.2 meters long, was captured and later euthanized. The animal was female and thought to be about three years old.
Japan's ruling and opposition camps have agreed to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the state funeral of late former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
Abe was fatally shot during an election campaign speech in July. His funeral is scheduled for September 27 in Tokyo. The government will foot the entire bill, which is estimated at about one 1.66 billion yen, or about 11.5 million dollars.
The yen continues to plummet, at one point falling to the 144-yen per dollar level on Wednesday. That's the weakest it's been since August 1998. The Japanese currency has dropped by around 7 yen over the past 10 trading days.
The drop in value comes after a non-manufacturing business activity index in the US posted a stronger-than-expected figure on Tuesday.
The Japanese government says a pro-Russian hacker group is suspected of having launched what is known as a DDoS attack on the government network.
The Digital Agency says the government's multiple systems are believed to have been attacked from overseas on Tuesday afternoon. Massive amounts of data are sent in a DDoS attack to make websites inaccessible.
A traditional Japanese-style dining boat that visits waterfront tourist spots in Tokyo will make a promotional run using a new algae-based biofuel. It's part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's effort to realize a carbon-neutral society.
The biofuel is made from a microalgae called euglena, as well as plant-based oil and other eco-friendly materials. It generates carbon dioxide when it's burned but is considered carbon-free because euglena absorbs CO2 as it grows.
A Japanese toilet paper maker is suing a rival over a patent used to make rolls that are three times longer.
The longer-lasting rolls have become popular in Japan because they take up less storage space.
Japan Coast Guard officials say DNA testing has identified a bone as that of a missing passenger of a sunken tour ship. This brings the total deaths from the April accident in northern Japan to 15.
The tour boat "Kazu I," carrying 26 people, sank off Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula. Fourteen people had earlier been confirmed dead and the others had remained unaccounted for.
The Japanese government is considering offering a cash handout of 50,000 yen, or about 350 dollars, each to low-income families to help them cope with soaring energy and food prices.
The measure is part of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's plan to continuously support businesses and households struggling against the price hikes, caused largely by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.