Staff members at a care facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Hokkaido, northern Japan, were found to have repeatedly abused residents between May and June this year.
The operator of the facility in Nishiokoppe Village disclosed the abuse on Tuesday.
Dozens of skiers trapped for 11 hours in a cottage on a ski slope in northern Japan have been freed.
The road leading to Inakawa ski resort in the city of Yuzawa in Akita Prefecture was blocked by a fallen power pole and toppled trees.
A woman was injured in a bear attack on Monday morning in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan.
Police say a bear, about 1 meter long, attacked the 70-year-old woman in the town of Kawanishi when she was clearing leaves in front of her house.
A plane flew over coastal areas of eastern Hokkaido on Wednesday carrying 30 Japanese people who were praying for the souls of ancestors buried on Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan.
The flight was arranged after the coronavirus pandemic led to the cancellation of programs to allow trips to the islands without visas and to visit ancestors' graves there.
Typhoon Maysak is expected to approach the northern part of Japan's southern main island of Kyushu toward Wednesday night while maintaining its strength.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says the typhoon was about 210 kilometers southwest of the city of Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture as of 2 p.m. on Wednesday. It was moving north at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
The Meteorological Agency has called for caution against mudslides and flooding due to a record rainfall in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan.
Weather officials forecast more heavy rain in the Tohoku region and Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan on Tuesday night.
The Meteorological Agency says heavy rain and thunder will likely hit eastern and northeastern Japan through Wednesday morning, especially in the Tohoku region and Niigata Prefecture.
The officials say warm, damp air has been flowing into a seasonal rain front and a low pressure system stretching from the Sea of Japan to the northeastern Tohoku region.
A large number of people visited a famed food market in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Thursday, the start of a four-day weekend.
More than 40 fishmongers and other workers serve a variety of delicacies fresh from the sea and farms at Washo Ichiba market, which is located in the center of Kushiro city.
Japanese weather officials are forecasting stormy weather for the northern Japan on Friday, and advised caution against gusty winds and high waves.
Japan Meteorological Agency officials say two developing low pressure systems are approaching northern Japan. They are expected to merge over the Sea of Okhotsk and gather force Friday night.
The Japanese government is set to deny entry to visitors from the northern area of Italy which is the latest hot spot in the coronavirus crisis.
The entry ban will cover five regions including hardest-hit Lombardy and the Republic of San Marino.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says foreigners coming from northern Italy, as well as some other areas where cases of the new coronavirus are surging, will be denied entry into Japan from Wednesday.
The number of confirmed infections and deaths in Italy are now second to China. On Tuesday, Italy's government extended a lockdown from the northern part of the country to the entire nation.
Japan is set to deny entry to visitors from northern parts of Italy. The Italian areas have been virtually locked down, amid efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
The Japanese government is preparing to add northern areas of Italy to the coronavirus travel ban list. People visiting from regions on the list have been barred from entering Japan.