The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is seeking more hotel rooms to accommodate coronavirus sufferers with mild or no symptoms.
Tokyo government officials started moving patients to hotels in the capital earlier this month to free up hospital beds for those in a more serious condition.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures on Tuesday in a bid to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
The move comes as Tokyo and other major Japanese cities experience a rapid spread of the virus and an increase in the number of cases with untraceable infection routes.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has put together its draft proposals on a stimulus package to cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It calls for measures of a larger scale than those taken during the 2008 global financial crisis.
The draft includes a proposal of 20 trillion yen, or about 186 billion dollars, in fiscal spending and 60 trillion yen, or about 560 billion dollars, for businesses.
Technology company Sharp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Japanese unit of Tesla, Reuters reports.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sought opposition parties' cooperation to enact legislation that would enable him to declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus spreads further.
Abe met leaders of the five opposition parties individually on Wednesday, and asked them to cooperate in passing the legislation through the Diet as soon as possible.
A Japanese official has asked Lebanon's president to cooperate in the case against former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is now in Beirut after skipping bail in Japan.
Japan's State Minister of Justice Hiroyuki Yoshiie spoke with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm in Beirut on Monday.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked for understanding regarding the government's request to temporarily close schools around the country.
He made the remarks in a news conference on Saturday to explain his commitment to containing the spread of the new coronavirus.