A man was removed from a domestic flight in Japan after refusing to wear a mask on the plane.
Carrier Hokkaido Air System says the crew spotted the man without a mask before takeoff on the flight from Okushiri Airport to Hakodate Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, at around noon on Saturday.
West Japan Railway Company says it will remove some of its Shinkansen bullet trains from the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka as Typhoon Haishen approaches the area.
The company says it will relocate some of the about 30 Sanyo Shinkansen trains now in a rail depot in Fukuoka Prefecture, to other yards in Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures in western Japan on Sunday.
A huge Olympic rings monument in Tokyo Bay has been temporarily removed for safety checks.
The floating monument is 33 meters wide and 15 meters high. It was installed in January on the water in Odaiba Marine Park, one of Tokyo's Olympic venues.
An iconic large lantern in Tokyo's Asakusa area has been removed from a temple's main gate for the first time in seven years for repair work.
Many visitors in the area take photos in front of the lantern at the Kaminarimon, or Thunder Gate, of Sensoji Temple.