Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi has inspected a next generation nuclear reactor being developed to produce energy more efficiently.
Nishimura visited a research center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Saturday.
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 4,121 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Saturday.
The daily tally rose by 890 from a week ago, marking a seventh straight day of week-on-week increase.
Arrangements are underway for Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to visit Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand in mid-November.
Kishida is planning to make the tour if his schedule allows during the current Diet session. He intends to attend summit meetings of the Group of 20 and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations plan to hold a session involving African countries when they meet next week in Germany.
Japanese Foreign Ministry sources say Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa aims to work more closely with governments in Africa as part of efforts to counter Russia.
Russia's ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin will reportedly leave his post as early as next month.
Galuzin assumed the role in 2018. He has served in Japan four times, stretching back to the days of the Soviet Union.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has revealed more information about a probe into the controversial religious group formerly known as the Unification Church.
On Friday, he said he will increase the number of government staff involved to 38, up from the current eight.
The Japanese government has approved an economic package at a special meeting of the Cabinet.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said, "This is a comprehensive economic package aimed at overcoming rising prices and reviving the economy. We will implement both price measures and stimulus measures to protect people's livelihoods and businesses. We will also strengthen the economy for the future."
A thief broke into a discount ticket shop in central Tokyo and got away with a handful of US 100 dollar bills. Police suspect the greenback was targeted due to its surging value against the yen.
The store near Shinjuku Station reported the theft to the police around at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
A Japanese government spokesperson has disclosed that he had received a "letter of support" from an affiliate of the controversial religious group previously known as the Unification Church.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji told a Lower House committee on Friday that he had received the document in connection with last year's general election. He said he learned of its existence when he checked a list of around 1,000 recommendation letters that he'd received in four past elections.
Japan's government has decided on an economic package, designed to tame the impact of rising consumer prices and the weaker yen.
The Cabinet approved the package on Friday. It features local and central government spending worth a total of around 39 trillion yen, or about 270 billion dollars.
Japanese police have arrested a gangster currently serving time in prison. It is over the deadly shooting of restaurant magnate almost a decade ago.
In 2013, Ohigashi Takayuki was gunned down in front of the headquarters of "Gyoza no Ohsho" in Kyoto. The Chinese dumpling chain operates hundreds of outlets across Japan, and overseas.
The master brewer at an old sake maker in central Japan has tasted this year's very first batch of sake produced using recently harvested rice.
The long-established brewery is the largest in Fukui Prefecture, along the Sea of Japan coast. It began making the sake with locally harvested rice earlier this month.
A Japanese professor estimates that more than 8 million people could be infected with the coronavirus in Japan by the end of February in a possible eighth wave of infections.
Kyoto University Professor Nishiura Hiroshi reported the result of a simulation at a meeting of the health ministry's expert panel on Wednesday.
Investigators probing the 2013 killing of the head of a popular restaurant chain say he was shot shortly after getting out of his car at a parking lot in front of the headquarters of the firm, Ohsho Food Service, in Kyoto City.
Ohigashi Takayuki was shot by a 25-caliber gun at point-blank range, with four bullets hitting his chest and abdomen.