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.
A support group including lawyers is providing consultations in Tokyo to people who have lost their jobs or part of their income because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Consultation sessions began from 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Okubo Park situated in Shinjuku's Kabukicho entertainment district.
A support group consisting of a labor union and NPOs has provided consultations in central Tokyo to people who have lost their jobs or part of their income because of the pandemic.
Scores of people showed up at the event in Hibiya Park in the capital's business district.
Unusually heavy snowfall for this time of the year is wreaking havoc across many parts of Japan. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has instructed his cabinet ministers to provide support for local governments affected.
Suga held a meeting with relevant Cabinet ministers on Thursday, as the heavy snow is forecast to continue this week.
A court in Tokyo has sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for killing nine people at his apartment in 2017.
Seven "kawari hagoita" wooden paddles portraying prominent people of the year were put on display on Sunday.
A doll wholesaler in the capital city has been making the paddles every year since 1986, using a traditional Japanese "oshie" quilting technique.
Japanese immigration authorities have temporarily enabled people who cannot return to their countries amid the coronavirus pandemic to work part-time in Japan.
The Immigration Services Agency put the measure into effect on Tuesday.
People campaigning in Hiroshima have started collecting signatures to urge the Japanese government to sign and ratify the UN treaty banning nuclear arms. The treaty will come into force in January.
A group of about 30 people appealed for support near Peace Memorial Park in the western city on Saturday. Visitors were seen responding to their calls.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has asked for the public's cooperation over the next three weeks to stem a resurgence in coronavirus infections.
In his comment on Thursday, Suga described the three weeks as an extremely crucial period.
On this a three-day holiday weekend here in Japan, plenty of people have been venturing out and traveling, despite the risks of coronavirus infection.
Some people in Tokyo decided to view the autumn leaves, preferring to stay close to home rather than going far afield. There were 391 new coronavirus infections reported on Sunday in the capital. That's a drop from recent days, when over 500 cases were reported daily.
An information and communication center for sexual minorities has opened in Tokyo.
Pride House Tokyo Legacy was set up in the capital's Shinjuku Ward by a group of organizations and companies that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
People in the Japanese city of Kyoto are visiting the graves of their ancestors on Tuesday, the autumn equinox.
The day is a national holiday marking the middle of the Buddhist 'Ohigan' period when people remember their late loved ones.
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.
More than 1.1 million people in four prefectures in southwestern Japan have been ordered to evacuate immediately even though Typhoon Haishen has moved past the region.
As of 12:30 p.m. Monday, evacuation orders were issued to Saga Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture.