A funeral has been held for the father of Yokota Megumi, a Japanese national abducted and taken to North Korea in the 1970s.
Yokota Shigeru spent half his life trying to bring his daughter home from North Korea. He died on Friday at the age of 87 without being able to see his loved one again.
A Japanese journalist at the center of a high-profile rape case has filed a lawsuit against three people over their defamatory social media posts.
Ito Shiori met reporters after filing the suit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Universal Studios Japan in Osaka has reopened on a limited basis, having been closed since the end of February due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The theme park opened its doors to only residents of Osaka Prefecture who hold annual passes. Online registration is required in advance for the one-week period that began Monday.
A 15-year-old high school student apparently shot himself at his home in suburban Tokyo.
Police say he was found bleeding from the head Monday morning, on the second floor of his home in Hachioji City. He was taken to a hospital but was confirmed dead.
Temperatures soared across much of Japan on Monday.
Some cities in southwestern Japan saw the mercury exceed 35 degrees Celsius. Weather officials say the heat will linger on Tuesday.
Japan's central government looks set to continue implementing its plan to relocate a US base within the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa.
Sunday's Okinawa prefectural assembly election gave a small majority to parties supporting Governor Tamaki Denny.
Japan's health minister says the government has begun supplying the newly-approved drug remdesivir to medical institutions treating coronavirus patients.
Kato Katsunobu said on Tuesday that delivery of the anti-viral drug provided by its US manufacturer began the day before.
Japan's health ministry says it plans to approve antigen tests kits on Wednesday that can quickly screen for the new coronavirus.
The test is similar to those used for the flu, where fluid is swabbed from the back of a patient's nostril and placed onto the kit.
A major Japanese cell-phone carrier has found that trips between prefectures during the holiday period from the end of April to early May were significantly down from last year.
KDDI examined data from users' smartphones for the spring holiday period that ended on May 6. During this period, people were urged to stay home amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan's health authorities say the country saw 70 new cases of the coronavirus and nine deaths on Sunday.
The number of confirmed infections stands at 15,847.
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.
Japanese police say the volume of traffic around the country has plunged amid the coronavirus outbreak, leading to a significant decline in accidents.
But there has been an increase in fatal car crashes in urban areas. Police suspect this is due to more aggressive driving on empty roads.
Japanese health officials confirmed 114 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday, including 36 in Tokyo.
Japan now has 15,777 confirmed infections. The list includes people tested at airport quarantine stations.
The Japanese government plans to decide on Thursday whether to lift a state of emergency ahead of schedule in parts of the country.
Restrictions may be eased in more than 30 prefectures where coronavirus infections have declined.