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The Japanese government plans to gradually ease coronavirus restrictions and promote social and economic activities after lifting quasi-emergency measures for all prefectures on Monday.

The measures were lifted in 18 of the country's 47 prefectures, including Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. This is the first time in more than two months that no prefecture is under a state of quasi-emergency, which allows governors to urge bars and restaurants to close early or stop serving alcohol.

JR East says it plans to resume full operation of bullet trains on the quake-damaged Tohoku Shinkansen line from around April 20.

Some sections of the line connecting Tokyo and northeastern Japan were damaged after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit the region on Wednesday last week.

The International Atomic Energy Agency and Japan's nuclear regulator have discussed the plan to release treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

Nuclear Regulation Authority head Fuketa Toyoshi said at the meeting that he wants to hold frank talks from a broad perspective.

Sightseers thronged tourist sites in Japanese prefectures covered by coronavirus quasi-emergency measures on Monday, a national holiday, the final day before the restrictions are lifted.

The anti-virus restrictions measures have been in place in 18 of the country's 47 prefectures. They include Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Ishikawa.

High school students in Japan have delivered a petition to the Russian Embassy in Tokyo calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.

Sixteen people gathered outside the embassy on Monday. Most have been learning about war and peace through field work and study groups.

The leaders of Japan and Cambodia have exchanged views on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and agreed to work together to protect international order.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Sunday. They agreed not to accept any attempt to change the status quo by force anywhere in the world.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has urged the United Arab Emirates to help stabilize crude oil prices that have been soaring due to the situation over Ukraine.

Hayashi, who is visiting the UAE, held an online meeting on Sunday with Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Al Jaber, who doubles as the chief executive of a state-run oil firm.

Local authorities across Japan reported 39,659 new cases of the coronavirus and 66 deaths on Sunday.

By prefecture, Tokyo had the highest number at 6,502, followed by Kanagawa with 4,371, Saitama with 3,323 and Osaka with 2,908.

When Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his country's nuclear forces to be put on standby in February, it prompted fears the world was closer to nuclear war than it had been in decades. Amid this heightened state of tensions, a group of Japanese students held an online event to discuss the urgent need for the world to move toward nuclear abolition.

Atomic bomb survivor Tomonaga Masao started off the event by expressing his concerns about the Russian invasion. He said it was important for young people to speak out for peace.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in Cambodia, following his visit to India.

He will meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday. The two will reportedly discuss ways for the international community to collaborate on the Ukraine issue.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 6,502 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Sunday.

The daily tally is down more than 1,600 from a week ago.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has headed for Cambodia following a visit to India. In Cambodia, Kishida aims to confirm with Prime Minister Hun Sen the importance of international cooperation on the Ukraine situation.

Kishida met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. The Japanese prime minister is scheduled to arrive in Cambodia on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday marks 27 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult.

Members of the cult released the toxic nerve agent inside commuter trains on three lines in central Tokyo during morning rush hour on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people were killed and about 6,300 others were injured.

Many homes in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures are still without water more than three days after a powerful quake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan.

The quake on late Wednesday registered an intensity of 6-plus on Japan's seismic scale of 0 to 7 in hardest-hit areas. Three people died in the two prefectures.