A bus overturned and caught fire on an expressway on Monday in Nagoya, central Japan. Two people are reportedly without vital signs.
Local fire officials say at least seven others were injured. One other vehicle was involved in the fiery crash.
The Japanese government says Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has been infected with the coronavirus.
The Cabinet Secretariat says Kishida developed a slight fever and cough on Saturday night, and took a PCR test on Sunday morning.
The number of reported phishing cases in Japan topped 100,000 for the first time in July. The scammers use emails and other means to direct Internet users to fake websites to steal their personal information.
The Council of Anti-Phishing Japan says there were 107,948 such reports last month.
About 1,000 people tested their goldfish scooping skills at an event in Nara Prefecture, western Japan.
The contest was held on Sunday for the first time in three years in the city of Yamatokoriyama, a major goldfish raising area. The annual event was canceled for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Atmospheric conditions have become unstable in many parts of eastern and western Japan, bringing localized downpours to southern Kyushu.
Weather officials are urging caution against landslides, floods in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. There is also a risk of lightning strikes and tornadoes.
The Japanese government is expected to revise plans for accepting foreign workers under a specified skills program in light of economic changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. It plans to accept more people in food and beverage manufacturing while reducing numbers for accommodation and restaurant services.
A new visa status for specified skilled workers was created three years ago to address Japan's labor shortages. The specified skilled worker No.1 category covers 12 fields, such as nursing care and construction. The maximum total number of workers is set at more than 340,000 over five years.
Warm damp air flowing toward a low pressure system is likely to make atmospheric conditions unstable over wide areas of eastern and western Japan.
Weather officials say torrential rain and lightning is expected in the southwestern region of Kyushu. They are warning of landslides and flooding in low lying places.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 25,277 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday.
The daily tally for the capital is up about 1,500 from a week ago.
Several years of poor saury catches have tempered expectations for this season, which got into full swing as a fleet of large fishing boats left Japan for waters in the northern Pacific.
Twenty vessels departed Hanasaki Port in Nemuro City, on the island of Hokkaido, early on Saturday, the first day when boats with a tonnage of 100 or more are allowed to fish. Hanasaki Port has brought in Japan's largest saury haul for the past 12 years running.
A former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, now under arrest, reportedly proposed that major business suit retailer Aoki Holdings become a sponsor of the Games by contributing 750 million yen, or about 5.5 million dollars.
Takahashi Haruyuki was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday on suspicion of receiving about 380,000 dollars in bribes, from former Aoki Holdings Chairman Aoki Hironori and two others.
Experts suspect a build-up of underground natural gas may be responsible for a vast jet of water gushing from the earth at a shrine in Japan's northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido.
The column of sandy water, which began erupting from the grounds of Iinari Shrine in Oshamambe Town on August 8, has been causing headaches for people living nearby.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio plans to set out a bigger push for growth in Africa at a Tokyo-led international conference later this month.
Kishida will attend the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, on August 27 and 28 in Tunisia. Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa will also attend.
Japan reported 261,029 coronavirus cases on Friday, hitting a new record for the second straight day. Nineteen of Japan's 47 prefectures logged their highest daily tallies.
There were nearly 300 deaths. More than 600 people are seriously ill.
US forces in Japan say they will keep flying MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed in Okinawa Prefecture, even though the US Air Force has grounded its fleet of another Osprey type due to mechanical problems.
The US Air Force on Tuesday gave the order to ground all CV-22 aircraft, including those at Tokyo's Yokota Air Base.