More than 30 percent of respondents to an NHK opinion poll have said next year's Olympics and Paralympics should be canceled.
The telephone survey was conducted over the weekend. More than 1,200 people answered the questions.
More than 30 percent of respondents to an NHK opinion poll have said next year's Olympics and Paralympics should be canceled.
The telephone survey was conducted over the weekend. More than 1,200 people answered the questions.
A group of fishermen has asked a court to issue an injunction to stop the government from conducting a drilling survey around an island in southwestern Japan. The Defense Ministry plans to relocate US military exercises to the island.
The ministry intends to build a Self Defense Force facility on Kagoshima Prefecture's Mageshima island in order to relocate the takeoff and landing exercises of US carrier-borne planes there. The ministry is about to start conducting the drilling survey at 37 locations east of the island on the seabed.
A group of cancer patients across Japan has asked the government to ensure that they can receive care amid concern that hospitals are under growing strain due to the surge in coronavirus cases.
The Japan Federation of Cancer Patient Groups wrote in a letter to the government that if the pandemic continues putting strains on the healthcare system, treatment for cancer patients may be canceled or suspended. This could result in a severe deterioration of patients' health.
Survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan say they will continue collecting signatures for a campaign calling on all countries to join the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Officials of Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
Several politicians have signaled their intention to seek the premiership since Prime Minister Abe Shinzo announced he would resign for health reasons, while some in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's hope to see Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide succeed Abe.
LDP's Policy Research Council Chairperson Kishida Fumio, former LDP Secretary-General Ishiba Shigeru and former internal affairs minister Noda Seiko have shown strong interest in becoming the next leader.
NHK has learned that former Justice Minister Kawai Katsuyuki did not ask for receipts when he gave cash to members of local assemblies in Hiroshima Prefecture in an alleged vote-buying scandal.
Kawai and his wife, Kawai Anri, were arrested on Thursday for a suspected violation of the election law. Prosecutors allege the couple conspired to secure votes to help Kawai Anri win her seat in the Upper House election last July.
Japan's prefectural leaders want the central government to take steps to discourage people from traveling to other prefectures.
About 30 governors took part in an emergency online meeting of the National Governors' Association on Friday. The central government expanded the state of emergency for the coronavirus outbreak to the entire country on Thursday.
The Japanese Nursing Association has asked the government to pay special allowances to nurses for the risks they face in taking care of coronavirus patients.
The association sent a request letter to Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Kato Katsunobu on Wednesday.