The internal affairs ministry estimates that, as of last Thursday, there were a record 36.27 million people aged 65 or older in Japan, up 60,000 from last year.
The ministry says 15.74 million of them were men, and 20.53 million were women.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 8,077 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.
The daily tally is up 327 from a week ago, and marks the first week-on-week increase in 28 days.
Japanese weather officials have issued a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as typhoon Nanmadol approaches.
Officials have issued the warning in Miyazaki City, Miyakonojo City, Nichinan City and Mimata Town. It is the highest level of alert and advises people to take maximum caution.
An emergency heavy rain warning has been issued for parts of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. NHK World's meteorologist Sayaka Mori is calling on residents to exercise maximum caution. Please click to watch.
Japanese weather officials have issued an emergency heavy rain warning for parts of Miyazaki Prefecture, as a strong typhoon nears the region. They are urging residents to brace for record rainfall that could trigger flooding and landslides.
Weather officials have issued an emergency warning for violent winds, high waves and storm surges for Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan. They say a very strong typhoon could trigger the kind of disasters that are seen only once in a few decades.
Torrential rain and violent winds are hitting wide areas across the Kyushu region.
More than four million people in Kyushu have been ordered to evacuate as powerful typhoon, Nanmadol, bears down on southwestern Japan.
Local government officials across Japan sent NHK and others information about the orders that they had issued by 11 a.m. Sunday.
A powerful typhoon approaching southwestern Japan is disrupting transportation services across wide areas of the country.
As of 11 a.m. Sunday, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways had canceled more than 500 flights for the day.
A group of doctors in Japan has discovered that neutralizing antibodies against the coronavirus are transferred from pregnant women who received two vaccine doses to the fetus.
The doctors at the National Mie Hospital led by Suga Shigeru analyzed the umbilical cord blood of 146 women. They compared it with their blood after they gave birth.
Click to watch NHK World meteorologist Mori Sayaka provide the latest details on Typhoon Nanmadol.
Weather officials have issued an emergency warning for violent winds, high waves and storm surges for Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan. They say a very strong typhoon could trigger the kind of disasters that is seen only once in a few decades.
The eye of Typhoon Nanmadol is south of Kyushu on Sunday morning. And it is slowly moving north-north-west. It is expected to move close to Kyushu or could make landfall through Monday.
An emergency typhoon warning is issued when a typhoon with extreme power approaches Japan. This is the first time for Japan's Meteorological Agency to issue the warning for a prefecture other than Okinawa.
When a typhoon is expected to approach to Japan, the following standards are used for issuing an emergency warning: Pressure at the storm's center is less than 930 hectopascals, or its maximum wind speed is over 180 kilometers per hour. The emergency warning applies to violent winds, storm surges and high waves.
Nearly two million people in southern Kyushu have been ordered to evacuate because a powerful typhoon, Nanmadol, is approaching the region.
Local government officials across Japan sent NHK and others information about the orders that they had issued by midnight on Saturday.
The Japan Railways Group says some bullet train services may be suspended on Sunday and Monday due to a powerful typhoon.
As of Saturday midnight, the operator of the Kyushu Shinkansen said it decided to suspend service between Kumamoto and Kagoshima Chuo all day on Sunday. It said it will suspend service between Hakata and Kumamoto from around noon.