The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has confirmed 98 new cases of coronavirus infection on Monday.
The preliminary figure reported at 3 p.m. brings the total number of confirmed infections in the capital to 24,306.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reports Tropical Storm Dolphin has formed south of the archipelago and is tracking north.
As of noon Monday, Dolphin had a central atmospheric pressure of 998 hectopascals, and was packing maximum winds of over 70 kilometers per hour near its center.
Three sealed moves written by professional shogi players during this year's Oi tournament in Japan have raised about 215,000 dollars at auction.
The money raised will be donated to support areas hit hard by torrential rain in July.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison have agreed to deepen cooperation for the stability and prosperity of the international community.
The leaders spoke by phone on Sunday for about 20 minutes.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and US President Donald Trump have agreed to further strengthen the Japan-US alliance.
Suga talked with Trump by telephone for about 25 minutes on Sunday night in their first phone call since Suga took office on September 16.
Some 300 giant pumpkins weighing over 60 kilograms each have been gathered at a contest in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, ahead of the Halloween season.
The contest in the city of Hitachiomiya judges which pumpkin is the heaviest. The annual event began 12 years ago when around 40 local farmers started growing pumpkins.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and US President Donald Trump have agreed to further strengthen the Japan-US alliance. The two leaders spoke during their first phone call since Suga took office last week.
Suga talked with Trump for about 20 minutes on Sunday night. After the talks, Suga told reporters that President Trump assured him they would work together to further develop the Japan-US alliance.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has confirmed 162 new cases of coronavirus infections on Sunday.
The preliminary figure released at 3 p.m. brings the total number of confirmed infections in the capital to 24,208.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide spoke with US President Donald Trump by phone on Sunday night.
It was the new prime minister's first telephone conversation with President Trump since taking office on September 16.
Japan's internal affairs ministry says the number of elderly people in the nation has set a new record high. The ratio of elderly to the total population is also the highest in the world.
The ministry publicized the figures on Sunday, one day before Japan marks Respect for the Aged Day.
Japanese financial companies are moving to stop investing in or financing coal-fired power stations, in an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A major non-life insurance company, Sompo Japan Insurance, plans to end investment and financing for the construction of new fossil fuel power plants, which are inefficient and emit large amounts of carbon dioxide.
The first public museum which seeks to pass along the legacies of the 2011 nuclear accident opens on Sunday in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum is located in Futaba Town, where an evacuation advisory was partially lifted in March.
Japan's government will offer subsidies to make coronavirus testing more available to elderly people and those with pre-existing conditions.
The health ministry has decided to cover up to half the cost when local governments carry out PCR or antigen tests for persons in either of the two groups.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 218 new cases of coronavirus infection as of 3 p.m. on Saturday.
That brings the total number of confirmed infections in the capital to 24,046.