Japan's Emperor Naruhito has left a Tokyo hospital after undergoing a prostate biopsy, or examination of tissue samples.
The Emperor bowed to people and smiled from his car as he left the University of Tokyo Hospital on Monday morning. He had entered the hospital the previous day.
The world governing body for soccer, FIFA, has thanked Japan's national squad and Japanese supporters for cleaning up a changing room and the stadium at the World Cup in Qatar.
FIFA posted on Twitter on Thursday a picture of the room used by the Japanese team, known as Samurai Blue. The room looks tidy and towels are neatly folded.
Honda is the latest automaker to stop selling diesel-powered vehicles in the United Kingdom.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is heading for Jakarta for talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Suga left Hanoi on Tuesday morning local time after he met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc the day before and delivered a speech on foreign policy.
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has left for Vietnam and Indonesia on his first overseas tour since assuming office.
During the four-day tour, Suga is scheduled to meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. He will give a speech on Japan's policy towards ASEAN at a university in Hanoi on Monday.
A large typhoon is moving northward, engulfing the southern main island of Kyushu and parts of the Chugoku region. Officials are warning of torrential rain, strong winds, higher than normal tides and high ocean swells.
Weather officials say that at 6 a.m. on Monday, Typhoon Haishen was at sea 40 kilometers southwest of Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture. They say it was moving north at 40 kilometers per hour.
UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu Izumi will attend ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August to mark the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese cities.
Nakamitsu decided to travel after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave up his trip to Hiroshima due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A flight from Japan to Vietnam has taken off for the first time since the two countries agreed to ease travel restrictions which were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A plane carrying 150 passengers, mainly businesspeople, left Narita Airport near Tokyo on Thursday. The airline provided them with protective gowns and face masks.
A destroyer of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has left for the Middle East to take on an intelligence-gathering mission to ensure the safe navigation of Japan-related vessels in the region's waters.
The Kirisame left Sasebo Base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Sunday after a ceremony that was scaled back due to the coronavirus. The ship has a crew of around 200.
Shibasaki Kou has left Stardust Promotion on March 31. As of April 1, her work is managed by Les Trois Graces, a company in which she also serves as CEO.
On March 23, actress Kuriyama Chiaki (35) opened her official Twitter account and announced that she has left her agency that she belonged to for 30 years. According to persons concerned, the actress left the agency on March 10 and will be launching her own office.
Kuriyama tweeted, "At this time, I, Kuriyama Chiaki, have left Space Craft Entertainment and will be going independent. I am only grateful to the agency that has guided me for 30 years."
South Korea's presidential plane has left Japan, carrying evacuees from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess.
The plane took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo early Wednesday morning.
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer has left for the Middle East to conduct survey and research activities. It is the first time an MSDF ship has gone on an international mission that will last longer than a year.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saw off the destroyer Takanami at Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo in a ceremony on Sunday morning.
A Japanese charter flight with about 210 evacuees on board has left Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the new coronavirus outbreak.
The All Nippon Airways Boeing 767 left Wuhan on Wednesday morning after a delay of about two hours.