Wild monkeys have attacked residents in the city of Yamaguchi, western Japan, injuring eight people over the weekend.
Police say a monkey bit a teenage girl's leg early Sunday morning. The monkey left the room once but it came back by breaking through the screen window. The monkey also bit her mother's leg.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a volcanic eruption occurred on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday evening.
The agency estimates that imminent massive eruptions from the volcano are unlikely.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a volcanic eruption occurred on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture just after 8 p.m. on Sunday evening.
The agency estimates that imminent massive eruptions from the volcano are unlikely.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a volcanic eruption occurred on Sakurajima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima just after 8 o'clock on Sunday evening.
The agency has raised the alert level to five -- the highest -- and is calling on people in residential areas nearby to evacuate immediately.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says large-scale eruptions are not imminent on Sakurajima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima.
The agency's prediction is based on its analysis of seismic activity, crustal movements and other data after the volcano erupted shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has raised the volcanic alert to the highest level of five for Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture following an explosive eruption on Sunday evening.
The agency says the eruption occurred at 8:05 p.m. and large volcanic rocks flew 2.5 kilometers from the crater.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 28,112 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.
The daily tally is up 10,322 from a week before.
Japan's Immigration Services Agency says only about 1,500 foreign tourists entered Japan in the month since the country re-opened to sightseers on June 10.
Japan was effectively closed to foreign tourism for over two years due to the pandemic. Last month, visitors from 98 countries and territories were allowed back in.
Japan's space agency has announced that it successfully test-launched a small research rocket, which conducted tests for a future supersonic scramjet engine.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is researching the engine. The engine uses atmospheric oxygen to burn engine fuel with the airflow through it remaining supersonic or faster. As it does not need loaded oxygen on board, the scramjet will allow a heavier payload to be carried.
Many medical institutions in Japan are closed on weekends, but people are seeking medical help on Sunday amid a rapid spread of coronavirus infections nationwide.
Japan's daily tally of new cases topped 200,000 for the first time on Saturday.
Forty percent of respondents to a survey by Japan's Red Cross say they have supported the people of Ukraine and its evacuees through donations and other means.
The Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 people nationwide in early July to assess public awareness of humanitarian crises following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan's health ministry says that no monkeypox cases have been identified in Japan since it began collecting such data in 2003.
The World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern" on Saturday.
Health authorities across Japan reported a record high 200,975 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.
The tally exceeds the previous record of over 195,000 set on Friday, breaking the record for the fourth straight day.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 32,698 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday.
The daily tally has exceeded 30,000 in the Japanese capital for the third consecutive day.