Japan's economy shrank in the July-September period, according to the latest GDP figures released on Tuesday. It was the first contraction in four quarters.
The Cabinet Office says the economy contracted in the latest quarter from the previous one at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in real terms.
Russia's government has reportedly approved a Japanese consortium to retain a 30-percent stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and natural gas project in the Far East.
Media outlets, including state-run TASS news agency, on Monday said Moscow authorized the transfer of a 30-percent interest in the new Sakhalin-1 operator to Japan's Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Company.
The mother of Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea more than four decades ago, has long been calling for the immediate return of her daughter.
Tuesday marks 45 years since the abduction. Megumi was taken on November 15, 1977, while on her way home from junior high school in the city of Niigata.
NHK's latest poll suggests public approval for Japan's Cabinet has fallen to 33 percent. That's the lowest since Prime Minister Kishida Fumio took office in October last year.
More than 1,200 people responded to the survey conducted from Friday through Sunday.
NHK has learned that the Japanese government will enter into evidence in court video footage of a Sri Lankan woman before she died in detention.
Wishma Sandamali died at an immigration detention facility in Nagoya City, central Japan, in March of last year. She had complained of feeling ill before her death.
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has arrived in Japan to inspect the project to release treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.
The IAEA has been asked by the Japanese government to assess the safety of the release. This is the agency's second mission following one in February.
NHK has learned that police in Osaka, western Japan, plan to send officers to Brazil to pursue their search for a Brazilian man suspected of murdering his wife and daughter when they lived in Japan.
Investigative sources say officers could fly out as early as Saturday.
Japan's top government spokesperson says the country will continue close communication with South Korea to resolve pending bilateral issues, including wartime labor.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu was commenting on Monday on the previous day's meeting between the two countries' leaders in Cambodia. It was the first official bilateral summit in about three years.
Two courts in Tokyo have canceled trials scheduled for early Monday afternoon due to a bomb threat.
The Tokyo High Court says someone threatened to blow up a government building in central Tokyo around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.
Taxi fares in central Tokyo have gone up for the first time in 15 years amid rising operation costs.
The initial fare rose Monday by nearly 20 percent. It went from 420 yen, or about 3 dollars, to 500 yen, or 3 dollars and 60 cents.
A Japanese pianist and a South Korean musician have won the top prize in an international music competition in France.
Kamei Masaya and Lee Hyuk were awarded the first prize on Sunday in the piano category of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin international competition.
Tokyo police have arrested a professional Go player for allegedly injuring his wife by striking her face.
The police say the 52-year-old ninth-dan player, Cho Sun-jin, is suspected of hitting his wife at their home on Sunday night, causing bruising around her right eye.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has met with his US and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits in Cambodia. North Korea was at the top of the leaders' agenda, as Pyongyang has continued to take provocative actions at an unprecedented pace.
Kishida held a three-way summit with US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and called for greater cooperation.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has explicitly criticized China for stepping up its activities that violate Japan's sovereignty in the East China Sea.
Kishida was speaking at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia on Sunday. Other participants included US President Joe Biden, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.