An NHK poll shows that the approval rating for Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's Cabinet is at 59 percent, up 5 percentage points from the previous survey carried out a week before the July 10 Upper House election. The disapproval rating went down 6 points, to 21 percent.
NHK conducted the telephone survey from Saturday to Monday. More than 1,200 people responded.
A women's business group in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has collected donations to support people in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Seven members of Fukushima women's federation of commerce and industry societies delivered the money to the Ukrainian embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Police say they have found a document hinting at the attack on Abe Shinzo on a computer seized from the home of the man suspected of fatally shooting the former Japanese prime minister.
The suspect, 41-year-old Yamagami Tetsuya, is believed to have sent a letter detailing grudges against a certain religious organization to a man living in Shimane Prefecture.
South Korea's transport ministry says flights between Seoul's Gimpo and Tokyo's Haneda airports will be increased to up to 28 round trips a week.
The ministry on Tuesday announced it reached an agreement with Japan to expand flights. The change takes effect next Monday.
One of Japan's greatest figure skaters is turning pro. Hanyu Yuzuru will retire from competition, keeping his back-to-back Olympic golds from the Sochi and PyeongChang Games.
Hanyu said, "I have no intention of taking part in competitions from now on. With what I've done up to this point, I think I have accomplished what I needed to accomplish in competitions and seen results. I no longer feel like I want to be evaluated in that way."
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has asked South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin to make efforts to resolve outstanding bilateral issues.
Relations between the two countries are said to be at their lowest since the end of World War Two.
Japanese figure skater Hanyu Yuzuru says he will retire from competition and turn professional.
Hanyu announced his future plans on Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo.
Japanese weather officials say heavy downpours have hit from the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan through the Tokai region in central Japan. They warn of more heavy rain there and through northeastern Japan.
Meteorological agency officials say rainclouds developed over parts of Kyushu as well as the Kinki region in western Japan due to a low-pressure system and a rain front.
Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says Japan will watch closely to see if South Korea can produce an acceptable solution to settle the issue of lawsuits filed against Japanese companies over wartime labor.
Hayashi spoke to reporters on Tuesday, one day after he and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met in Tokyo and agreed to seek an early solution to the issue.
Officials in Nara City have removed a temporary altar to former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo for safety reasons. It was located near where he was fatally shot earlier this month.
Workers packed up flowers and offerings and folded up a table near Yamatosaidaiji Station on Tuesday morning.
The organizer of the Tokyo Marathon says the event is returning to its pre-pandemic scale next year.
The race is one of the largest in Japan where citizens are allowed to run. The marathon is scheduled for March 5, 2023.
A group of Japanese lawmakers is planning to visit Taiwan next week to discuss security issues.
The group includes former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Ishiba Shigeru, former defense minister Hamada Yasukazu, Democratic Party for the People deputy leader Maehara Seiji and Watanabe Shu of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Japanese weather officials are warning of more heavy downpours in the country's west. They are calling on people in the region to be on alert for landslides and flooding.
Officials say bands of active rain clouds formed over Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga and Oita prefectures, bringing heavy rain from late Monday through Tuesday morning.
In Major League Baseball, Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels will not be a two-way player in this year's All-Star Game as he will be the leadoff hitter for the American League.
The starting lineup for the All-Star Game was announced on Monday. Ohtani will be the designated hitter.