The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Japan stood at 12,023 on Thursday.
The tally includes people tested at airport quarantine stations, health ministry officials, quarantine officers and individuals who returned to Japan from China on government-chartered planes.
A passenger plane made landing at Narita Airport near Tokyo, carrying not passengers but masks from China.
Demand for vital medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic has been on the rise, while the number of overseas travelers has plunged.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan stood at 11,543 on Tuesday after 390 new cases were detected nationwide.
The tally includes people tested at airport quarantine stations, health ministry officials, and individuals who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
Japan plans to ban entry of foreign citizens from more than 10 countries to help curb the coronavirus outbreak. This is in addition to the 73 countries and territories already banned.
The government has decided to deny entry to foreigners who have been in Russia, Belarus, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and others within 14 days before their arrival in Japan.
The International Olympic Committee has hinted that it will ask Japan to bear most of the additional costs related to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Games have been rescheduled to begin on July 23 next year. They were originally scheduled for this summer. The postponement is thought likely to add several billion dollars to the final bill for hosting the Olympics.
Japan's health authorities reported 25 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, the highest daily death toll so far.
A total of 276 people have died in Japan, including 13 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama in February.
Japan's government is to expand an extra budget by more than 80 billion dollars to fund cash handouts to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus.
The government will now submit the supplementary budget worth more than 230 billion dollars for the fiscal year that began on April 1 to fund an emergency economic package worth about 1.1 trillion dollars.
The Japanese government has decided to expand its supplementary budget for the current fiscal year that began April 1 by more than 80 billion dollars. The move is to help fund cash handouts aimed at easing the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The supplementary budget now comes to more than 230 billion dollars. It will partly fund an emergency economic package worth about 1.1 trillion dollars.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan stood at 10,810 as of 11:30 a.m. on Monday.
The tally includes people who were found to be positive during airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials, and individuals who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan exceeded 10,500 on Sunday after 369 new cases were detected nationwide.
The tally now stands at 10,802, including people who were found to be positive during airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials, and individuals who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
About 120 Russians who had been stuck in Japan amid the spread of the coronavirus have left for their country on a Russian government chartered plane.
The plane arrived at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Sunday and left for the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in the afternoon, carrying about 120 people.
McDonald's Japan says it will close the dining areas of its restaurants in 13 prefectures that are under the highest alert for the coronavirus pandemic.
The fast food chain operator says eat-in service will be suspended from Monday to May 6 at more than 1,900 outlets in the prefectures that include Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan surpassed 10,000 on Saturday after 582 new cases were detected nationwide.
The tally now stands at 10,431, including people determined to be positive during airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials, and individuals who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
City streets and tourist hot spots in Japan are quiet on the first weekend since a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak was expanded nationwide.
The famous sand dunes of Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan, were largely free of people on Saturday.