The Supreme Court of Japan has decided to investigate how records were handled in about 100 high-profile juvenile and civil trials after it recently came to light that some of the records have been discarded.
The court has instructed lower courts across Japan to permanently keep records of juvenile and civil trials that had a social impact and were deemed to be deserving of preservation.
Japanese judicial officials say that records related to disbandment orders for two religious groups have been destroyed by the district courts that were storing them.
One of the groups was the Aum Shinrikyo cult that carried out the deadly gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in the 1990s.
NHK has learned that records of the dissection of more than 1,000 leprosy patients after their deaths are being kept at national sanatoriums in Japan.
The public broadcaster carried out a survey of 12 sanatoriums after an institution in Kumamoto Prefecture said in September that its records show the bodies of at least 389 of its residents were dissected.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu has recorded a radio message for Japanese abductees in North Korea. He pledged that the government will spare no effort to bring them home as soon as possible.
Kato, who also serves as abductions issue minister, recorded the message on Monday. It will be aired by a group investigating the whereabouts of hundreds of missing people possibly abducted by North Korea.
Honda could be embarking on a new hunt for lap records with the 2021 Civic Type R Limited Edition.
Japan's health officials reported no new infections of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday morning.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 17,223.
Japan's health authorities say the country has not recorded any new coronavirus cases on Sunday as of 11:30 a.m.
The total number of confirmed infections stands at 15,777, including people who tested positive at airport quarantine stations.
Artists belonging to Universal Music's label EMI Records have started a relay on Tik Tok.
In addition, EMI Records have launched their official YouTube channel. They will gradually upload concert footage by 10-FEET, AI, HKT48, SiM, Inoue Sonoko, Tokyo Jihen, Sheena Ringo, Matsutoya Yumi, and Matsuda Seiko.