The operator of a cruise ship hit by the coronavirus outbreak says it will refund passengers of the doomed voyage of the vessel now docked at Yokohama Port.
The Diamond Princess operator's website says it will refund cruise fees as well as the costs of transportation, including planes and trains, and hotels used before and after the voyage.
A powerful activist investor has built a stake in SoftBank Group, potentially pressing the Japanese tech giant to make changes to boost its share value.
US media say Elliott Management has amassed a 2.5-billion-dollar-stake in SoftBank Group.That's about 3 percent of the Japanese firm's shares.
Officials at Japan's transport ministry say they have talked by phone with five Japanese nationals on board the cruise ship, Westerdam.
The ship was refused permission to dock at several destinations including Japan after leaving Hong Kong amid fears of the spreading coronavirus.
Japan's transport and tourism minister says the coronavirus outbreak is expected to hit the country's tourism industry hard, and the government is considering support measures.
Kazuyoshi Akaba told reporters on Monday that regular passenger flights connecting Japan and China have been reduced by 60 percent. He said he is concerned about a further reduction.
The Japan Railway group says it has managed to restore credit card services across the country. JR operators had been unable to accept the payment method on Monday morning due to a system issue.
Customers can again use credit cards for all purchases, including buying tickets in-person or online.
Many of Japan's major rail operators are reporting problems with taking credit cards. All JR companies across the country are currently not accepting the payment method due to the issue.
The problem reportedly started at around 4 a.m. Monday morning, local time.
Japan's health ministry says six more people on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number to 70.
Ministry officials told reporters on Sunday that their latest tests on the Diamond Princess covered 57 people, and found that one passenger and five crewmembers have contracted the virus.
Japanese people evacuated by a government-chartered plane from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, are expected to be released from quarantine isolation this week.
The government has sent a chartered plane to Wuhan on four occasions since January 29 to bring a total of 763 people back to Japan.
A doctor who treated people infected with the new coronavirus says symptoms are relatively mild but measures should be taken to protect vulnerable people.
Satoshi Kutsuna of Japan's National Center for Global Health and Medicine spoke to NHK about his experience treating five patients.
The death toll from the new coronavirus in mainland China has reached 811, surpassing the number of worldwide deaths from the SARS epidemic in 2003.
China's National Health Commission reported 89 new deaths on Saturday.
The coronavirus outbreak is increasingly weighing on Japanese companies that do business in China.
Toyota Motor has decided to further postpone the resumption of operations at its factories in four cities, including Tianjin and Guangzhou. They will remain closed at least until February16 .
Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters have mourned the death of the mother of abductee Keiko Arimoto.
Kayoko Arimoto died at the age of 94 on Monday.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu has clinched his first title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Hanyu performed in the men's singles free skating on Sunday in the competition held in South Korea.
Japan's health ministry says six more people on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo are infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of cases found on the Diamond Princess has risen to 70, excluding a Hong Kong man who tested positive for the virus after he disembarked.