Japan plans to ask all people arriving in the country from the United States to self-quarantine for two weeks, starting on Thursday.
People with fevers or other symptoms arriving by sea and air are to be tested for the new coronavirus at quarantine stations.
Japan reported the highest daily count of 71 infections with the new coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,211.
The figure was provided by the health ministry and local governments. It includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
NHK has learned that the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has decided not to hold a torch relay, but will instead use a lantern to carry the Olympic flame across Japan.
Officials close to the matter say the committee decided that the torch relay won't come until it reaches a final conclusion with the International Olympic Committee on whether or not to postpone the Games.
The number of coronavirus infections in Japan stood at 992 as of 8:00 p.m. on Friday, with 31 new cases reported across 13 municipalities.
The figure, provided by Japan's health ministry and local governments, includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
Japan's education minister says the nationwide school closures will not be extended beyond spring break.
Koichi Hagiuda spoke to reporters after a meeting of the government's task force on the new coronavirus outbreak on Friday.
Japan has reported 47 more infections with the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,101 as of Sunday.
The figure was provided by the health ministry and local governments. It includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
Japanese authorities have reported two more deaths from the coronavirus, one in Osaka Prefecture and the other in Gunma.
Twenty-four new infections have been confirmed in 11 prefectures, including Oita, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Hokkaido.
Japanese authorities have reported one death in Osaka Prefecture from the new coronavirus and six more infections in Hiroshima, Kanagawa and Oita prefectures.
The new cases bring the total reported by the health ministry and local governments to 1,060 as of 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Japan has reported 39 more infections with the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,054 as of midnight Sunday.
The figure, provided by the health ministry and local governments, includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
Japanese operator NTT docomo has announced that Sony's latest handsets, the Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) and Xperia 10 II (Mark 2) will both land on the network. The interesting news from a western perspective is that docomo has confirmed that the Xperia 1 II flagship will be launching in Japan in late April – this is earlier than expected, and would be great news if it had a similar launch window in Europe and North America.
The number of coronavirus infections in Japan stood at 1,016 as of 9:00 p.m. on Friday, with 51 new cases reported across 15 municipalities.
The figure, provided by Japan's health ministry and local governments, includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
The number of coronavirus infections in Japan stood at 965 as of 2:30 p.m. on Friday, with two new cases reported in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.
The figure, provided by Japan's health ministry and local governments, includes 14 cases confirmed among people who returned from China's Hubei Province on chartered flights.
The Olympic flame for the Tokyo 2020 Games has arrived in Japan from Greece.
A special transport plane carrying the flame landed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Matsushima Base in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 90 minutes earlier than scheduled.
