FUKUOKA (TR) – Fukuoka Prefectural Police are searching for a man after two corpses were found inside a refrigerator in a residence in Fukuoka City, reports the Mainichi Shimbun. (tokyoreporter.com)

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 21-year-old man over the alleged fatal stabbing of a male youth in Kamakura City earlier this year, reports Kyodo News. (tokyoreporter.com)

Narita Airport will have dedicated lanes in the terminals for people arriving for the Tokyo Olympic Games as an anti-infection measure against the coronavirus. The lanes will open on Thursday, July 1, when athletes and staff begin arriving in large numbers. (NHK)

US tennis star Serena Williams says she will not take part in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (NHK)

Officials in Tokyo have decided to rearrange the Olympic torch relay so that the flame is not carried on public roads in the capital for at least the first eight days of the event. The relay will go ahead in Tokyo's island regions. (NHK)

TOKYO (TR) – A woman married a man who has been accused of assaulting her former husband. The former husband later died — and she was also arrested in the case, police have revealed, reports TBS News. (tokyoreporter.com)

Despite mounting concerns of inflation in the rest of the world, consumer prices and wages in Japan have both stubbornly resisted upward pressure for decades. (Nikkei)

Many schools near Tokyo are shunning Olympic and Paralympic events, cancelling more than half the 280,000 tickets reserved for them amid worries that the games could further spread COVID-19, a Japanese daily said Sunday. (Japan Times)

A restored castle watchtower in Mito, northeast of Tokyo, opened to the public on Sunday. (NHK)

Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 64-year-old man over the alleged theft of cash from a shrine in Chichibu City, reports TV Asahi (tokyoreporter.com)

I took a Gran Class bullet train in Japan for the first time. It’s considered as Premium First Class. It was luxurious and comfortable experience from Tokyo to Sendai. (Solo Travel Japan)

Takayama is located in the Hida region in the northern part of Gifu prefecture. (Anna Film Production)

People in parts of Japan are enjoying their first weekend since authorities lifted a coronavirus state of emergency. But even as crowds return to shopping districts experts warn the capital may be facing another uptick in cases. (NHK)

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka reopened on Saturday, its first weekend restart of business since its closure on April 25 due to a coronavirus state of emergency. (Japan Today)

SAITAMA (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of the former chief of the Fukaya Police Station over the alleged theft of toilet paper last month, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 29-year-old man who had a teenage girl sign a contract to be his slave before paying her for sex, reports the Sankei Shimbun. (tokyoreporter.com)

Miyagi Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested three people for allegedly posting so-called fast movies, or illegally edited short version of copyrighted films, on YouTube. (Japan Times)

Tokyo has ranked the fourth most expensive city for expatriates in an annual cost of living survey by a U.S. consulting firm, dropping one spot from last year. (Kyodo)

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says its aerobatic team will draw symbols representing the Olympics and Paralympics in the sky over Tokyo on the opening day of each event. (NHK)

Japan's Imperial Household Agency chief says Emperor Naruhito is deeply concerned about the coronavirus status in the country ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to open next month. (NHK)

Japan ratified on Friday the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a massive trade agreement also involving China, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Foreign Ministry said. (Japan Times)

Japan’s population, including foreign nationals, fell by 868,177 over the past five years, results of the national census survey conducted last year showed. (Japan Times)

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said that more stringent measures against COVID-19 are needed after the Ugandan Olympic team tested positive for the virus. (Reuters)

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled a plan to deploy as many as 18,000 private security guards daily during the event. (NHK)

NHK has learned that Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family are expected to move into the residence at the Imperial Palace as early as mid-September. (NHK)