Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has instructed his ministers to swiftly implement the economic measures in the supplementary budget of around 29 trillion yen, or over 210 billion dollars.

The government convened a task force on Tuesday to comprehensively help people's livelihoods following the Diet's passage of the second extra budget last week.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is pledging to do whatever it takes to contain the new coronavirus.

Suga said, "We must stay vigilant, as the number of new cases and seriously ill patients recently hit record highs. The situation at hospitals is becoming urgent, as serious cases threaten to overwhelm the number of available beds. We are facing a sense of crisis. Protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people -- this is the top priority of my administration."

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko says the central government has agreed to ask seniors and people with underlying health issues to refrain from using its tourism campaign when traveling to and from the capital.

Koike on Tuesday met with Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, and later spoke to reporters at the metropolitan government building.

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has urged the three branches of Japan's Self-Defense Forces to overcome boundaries between them in order to better respond to new challenges.

Suga addressed around 800 members of the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces on Saturday at an air review ceremony at Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture.

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.

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide plans to ask local governments to consider implementing partial limits on spending stimulus campaigns as Japan faces a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

Suga made the remarks at a meeting of the government's coronavirus task force on Monday.

Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has called on South Korea to take the initiative in restoring healthy bilateral relations.

Suga made the remark in a meeting with South Korea's National Intelligence Service Director Park Jie-won in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Japan's minister in charge of the coronavirus response is recommending more detailed analysis of infection cases to better tackle the outbreak.

Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi was speaking to reporters on Friday. He referred to the nationwide tally of daily new cases that topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since August 21.

A panel of experts has urged the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company to seek more information about how the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant occurred.

The panel on Monday submitted a report on its investigation into the accident to the governor of Niigata Prefecture, which is adjacent to Fukushima Prefecture and hosts TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant.

The mayor of Nagasaki City has repeated his call for the Japanese government to ratify the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons.

Mayor Taue Tomihisa said he wants the government to attend a signatories' meeting as an observer if it is difficult for Japan to ratify the treaty.

Hasuike Kaoru, who spent more than two decades in North Korea after being abducted, told NHK in an interview that the Japanese government should carefully analyze the circumstances surrounding Pyongyang and engage in strategic negotiations with the North.

Hasuike and his then girlfriend, now his wife, were taken from Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast by North Korean agents in 1978.

The Japanese government has lodged a protest against China's new digital "museum" that underscores Beijing's claims to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu told reporters on Monday that Japan filed the protest with China via diplomatic channels, calling for the website to be deleted.

The Science Council of Japan says it wants Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide to explain why he refused to appoint some of its nominated candidates. It has also decided to repeat its call for their appointment.

The council is designated as a special organization under the jurisdiction of the prime minister. It makes policy proposals independently from the government.

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has called on residents to follow basic anti-infection guidelines, while they participate in the central government's travel promotion program.

On Thursday, the "Go To Travel" discount campaign was expanded. It now includes trips to and from the Japanese capital.