The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 8,100 as of Tuesday. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
482 new cases were reported across the country, bringing the total to 8,173.
Japan's government is will call on companies to help address the shortage of masks and other medical supplies designed to protect medical professionals treating coronavirus patients .
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will make the call at a teleconference on Wednesday with medical product makers and firms interested in starting to produce such items. He is to ask for the increased production of face masks, sanitizers, ventilators and other products.
It has already been four years since virtual reality hit the market. Back then, it was supposedly going to be the next big thing. Unfortunately, though, it looks as though a lot of early predictions about the technology were wrong. VR options like the Oculus Rift are still too pricey for a vast proportion of end users, and people are still to be convinced that the platform will be revolutionary. However, the introduction of 5G networks across Japan could help VR to break into the mainstream and start making waves. 
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 8,000 as of Tuesday evening. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
315 new cases were reported across the country, bringing the total to 8,006.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 7,700 as of Tuesday morning. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
As of 1:30 p.m., 18 new cases were reported across the country, bringing the total to 7,709.
Japan's Environment Ministry says the country's greenhouse gas emissions were down for the fifth straight year in fiscal 2018.
The ministry says domestic emissions in the fiscal year that ended in March 2019 amounted to a carbon dioxide equivalent of 1.24 billion tons.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 7,700 as of Tuesday morning. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
As of 11:30 a.m., 11 new cases were reported across the country, bringing the total to 7,702.
At least 75 critically ill coronavirus patients in Japan have received life-support treatment involving ECMO machines that replace the function of the heart and lungs. The number has nearly doubled in two weeks.
The figure is based on surveys by medical associations, including the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine.
Japanese weather officials say stormy conditions are expected through Tuesday in most parts of the country. They advise caution for strong winds and heavy rain.
The Meteorological Agency says a low-pressure system and unstable atmospheric conditions are bringing strong winds and rain to many parts of western and eastern Japan.
In Japan, more people are being asked to take steps to slow down a surge in coronavirus infections.
People in Tokyo are adjusting to a sudden lifestyle shift as the number of cases there topped 2,000.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 7,000 as of Sunday.
As of 4:00 p.m., 78 new cases had been reported across the country for the day, bringing the total to 7,001. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, as well as those who returned to Japan on chartered planes from China.
Taking a closer look at the number of new infections. Tokyo has logged a record number of cases for the fourth day in a row. Suspected in-hospital infections are occurring in other prefectures.
In the capital, a record 197 coronavirus cases of infection were confirmed on Saturday alone, bringing the total to over 1,900.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Tokyo and other areas has soared, pushing the total in Japan to 6,854.
As of 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, 674 new cases were reported across the country.
Downtowns across Japan were quiet on Saturday, the first weekend since the government declared the state of emergency in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
There were few people on Takeshita Street in Tokyo's Harajuku district, usually bustling with young people.