Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to arrive in Japan on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu. He is also expected to meet Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide the following day.
This will be the first time since the launch of Suga's Cabinet that a high-ranking official from China has come to Japan.
At the G20 summit Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has pledged that Japan will lead the world's green industry to create a favorable cycle for the economy and environment.
Suga attended the second day of the virtual meeting from Sunday night through early Monday morning, Japan time. US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and other leaders also took part.
On this a three-day holiday weekend here in Japan, plenty of people have been venturing out and traveling, despite the risks of coronavirus infection.
Some people in Tokyo decided to view the autumn leaves, preferring to stay close to home rather than going far afield. There were 391 new coronavirus infections reported on Sunday in the capital. That's a drop from recent days, when over 500 cases were reported daily.
Officials in Japan reported a record 2,596 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.
Twelve people in six prefectures died of the disease, including three in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.
Officials in Japan reported a record 2,586 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.
Twelve people in 6 prefectures died of the disease, including three in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.
Abarth has unveiled the last 124 Spider sold in Japan and is looking to let it go via an online auction that's already live and will end on November 29.
The number of new cases of coronavirus in Japan hit a record of 2,560 on Saturday including Osaka Prefecture with 415, also a record high.
Japanese officials are looking at how to respond to the coronavirus, which is now rapidly spreading through parts of the country. Officials confirmed more than 2,400 infections on Friday -- the highest daily tally ever.
Five prefectures, including Osaka, also broke records, prompting governors to raise the alarm. Many are pointing to the risk of eating out. Officials in the western prefecture are asking residents to eat in smaller groups and for shorter periods of time.
Japanese officials confirmed more than 2,300 cases of coronavirus infection across the country on Thursday, a new daily record.
The daily count first crossed the 2,000 threshold on Wednesday. The rising numbers have come with record tallies in several prefectures.
A ship carrying elementary school students and teachers has been hit by a drifting object in western Japan. All people on board were rescued before it sank.
The Japan Coast Guard say officials received a report on Thursday afternoon that a ship traveling off Kagawa Prefecture's Sakaide City had collided with an object and water was flowing into the vessel.
Japanese officials confirmed more than 2,300 cases across the country on Thursday -- a new daily record --and the continuation of a worrying trend.
The daily count first crossed the 2,000 threshold on Wednesday. But numbers have now climbed higher -- even before all of the prefectural tallies are logged.
Japan has broken a record for daily coronavirus cases, confirming 2,208 infections so far on Thursday.
The number has topped 2,000 for two consecutive days.
The Tokyo Metropolitan government confirmed more than 500 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday -- breaking a record set only a day earlier. The capital also raised the pandemic alert to its highest level, but it's unclear what effect that will have on daily life.
Experts told officials Thursday that infection is now spreading rapidly. And the surge in cases isn't confined to Tokyo.
Wednesday marked another daily coronavirus record in Japan. Officials confirmed more than 2,200 new cases -- a continuation of a troubling upward trend.
Just last month, fewer than 1,000 cases were reported each day.