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Officials in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa have again started collecting pictures of the prefecture that were taken during the postwar period, when it was under US control. Their work was suspended for about three years, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2017, officials in the prefecture started a program aimed at collecting pictures and videos in the United States of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the postwar period, when the prefecture was controlled by the United States. That period ended in 1972.

Weather officials in Japan warn of more heavy snow this weekend, mainly in mountainous areas of the Hokuriku and Kanto-Koshin regions.

A strong cold air mass brought record snowfall this week to mountainous areas in Niigata and neighboring Gunma prefectures. Blizzards left more than 2,000 vehicles stranded for many hours on an expressway.

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has retained its position as the world's fastest.

An international conference of experts announces the world ranking for supercomputers every six months.

NHK has learned that the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa is making final arrangements to extend its state of emergency over the coronavirus for a second time.

The prefecture cites the risk of intergenerational transmission as many relatives are expected to gather to honor the spirits of their ancestors during the Bon season of the lunar calendar that begins on Monday.

Sales at Japan's major restaurant chains kept falling in July, as the coronavirus discouraged people from eating out.

The Japan Food Service Association says revenue fell 15 percent from a year earlier. That was the fifth straight month of decline. But the drop was smaller than in the month before, even though it was still in double digits.

Restaurants in Japan are seeing their revenue tick up again, two months after the government lifted a declaration of emergency over the coronavirus. But one new survey has found that customer traffic is still only about half the level seen this time last year.

Tokyo-based IT firm Toreta compiled data from about 5,800 restaurants across Japan. The company makes systems for taking reservations and managing customer information.

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has once again urged residents and businesses to take measures to prevent spreading of the coronavirus after daily infection cases in the Japanese capital hit a record high.

Koike made the appeal on Friday as she announced that 293 new cases were confirmed.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo says there is no need to declare a state of emergency again despite rising numbers of coronavirus infections.

Abe met Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi, who's in charge of the response to the national coronavirus and Health Minister Kato Katsunobu for about 30 minutes on Saturday.

The Tokyo metropolitan government says the number of new coronavirus cases has topped 100 for the second straight day -- sparking concerns that the capital may be on the precipice of another wave.

The number of virus cases has been steadily growing in Tokyo. One-hundred-seven were reported on Thursday and more than 120 on Friday -- the highest daily tally since a national state of emergency was lifted in late May and business activities began to resume.

Japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response has suggested that there's no need to declare a state of emergency a second time.

Nishimura Yasutoshi spoke to reporters on Sunday, one day after the Metropolitan government reported 57 new cases of infection. That's the most since all the nationwide state of emergency was lifted last month.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials reported 112 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, after the daily tally in the capital fell below 100 for two straight days.

Over 4,000 people have tested positive for the virus in the city of 14 million.

The number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections in Tokyo fell below 100 on Monday for the second straight day.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say there were 39. This is the first time since late March that there have been fewer than 40.

Officials in western Japan's Mie Prefecture say a man who was a passenger on a cruise ship that was hit by the coronavirus has again tested positive after recovering from infection.

The man, who is in his 70s, first tested positive for the virus on February 14 while he was onboard the Diamond Princess, which was under quarantine off Yokohama.

Officials of Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, say a woman in her 40s, who had been treated for symptoms of the new coronavirus and left hospital early this month, has again tested positive.

The woman is a tour guide living in the city of Osaka.