Japan's health ministry says 705 working-age men in their 20s to 50s committed suicide nationwide in September.
The number is up 56, 8.6 percent higher than the figure in the same month last year.
Japan's health and welfare ministry says the average age of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has topped 83.
The ministry every year surveys the holders of certificates for "hibakusha," or victims of atomic bombings.
It's been reported that actor Shiga Kotaro passed away on April 20 at 8:20 pm due to aspiration pneumonia. He was 71 years old.
His agency stated, "After receiving surgery for cerebral thrombosis last April, he had been working hard in rehab aiming for complete recovery. However, that was not fulfilled. We would like to respectfully make this announcement while being grateful for his life."
NHK has learned that the International Olympic Committee has told international sports federations to apply age limits flexibly for the postponed Tokyo Games.
The Summer Olympics have been pushed back a year due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Games are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021.
The International geological organization has decided to name a geological age represented by a 770,000-year-old stratum discovered near Tokyo "Chibanian."
A group of scientists, including those at Ibaraki University and the National Institute of Polar Research, filed a request with the International Union of Geological Sciences to register the stratum as a site representing a geological age.
Young people in the Japanese city of Osaka have marked a rite of passage by climbing steps to the top of the country's tallest building.
Monday is Coming of Age Day, a national holiday that honors people reaching age 20, the legal start of adulthood in Japan.
Honda is debuting light updates for the S660 mid-engine roadster at the Tokyo Auto Salon.