As Japanese universities fall further in global rankings, the government is launching a new 10 trillion yen ($91 billion) endowment fund designed to help them better compete with top institutions around the world. (Nikkein)

Japan has confirmed more than 10,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time. The nationwide record is fueled by a surge of infections in the capital and surrounding area. (NHK)

TOKYO - Japan’s factory output rebounded in June and job availability rose to the highest level in nearly a year, data showed, a sign robust overseas demand was offsetting the drag to consumption from the pandemic. (Reuters)

As Japan's impressive medal haul grows, sales of official Tokyo Olympics merchandise such as badges and keyrings have been surging, with fans queuing outside stores to buy them despite mounting COVID-19 infections. (Kyodo)

The Japanese women's rugby sevens team lost the first two games of their Olympic tournament on Thursday, continuing the host nation's poor Tokyo Games in the sport. (Kyodo)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday there is no link between the recent surge in the number of coronavirus infections in Japan and the holding of the Tokyo Olympics. (Japan Times)

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has announced that 24 people related to the Games tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. (NHK)

Yuko Oshima, a former leading member of the popular Japanese all-girl idol group AKB48, and Japanese actor Kento Hayashi are set to marry, the couple said Thursday. (Kyodo)

Two people attending the Tokyo Olympics from overseas have been hospitalised with COVID-19, a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said on Thursday, amid concerns the Games will add to the strains on Japan's medical system. (Reuters)

Japan has confirmed more 10,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time. (NHK)

A Tokyo court has ordered a supermarket operator to pay the equivalent of about 190,000 dollars to a man who was injured after slipping over on floor made wet by water from lettuces while he was shopping. (NHK)

Tokyo Games organizers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 pre-ordered bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony. (Kyodo)

The South Korean Olympic squad's decision to bring its own team of chefs and food ingredients to the Tokyo Games has led to a controversy in Japan. (aljazeera.com)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's 2% inflation target has pulled Japan's economy out of deflation, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday, adding that this was not a mistaken policy. (usnews.com)

An ultra-high-speed computer, known as a "quantum computer," has started operating for commercial use in Japan. (NHK)

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics gave companies a stage on which to showcase their products and technologies to the world. (Nikkei)

“Masaka” — or, in English, “No way.” That’s how an incredulous Japan reacted Tuesday to the unexpectedly early loss of Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Olympics, erasing her chances for gold. (winknews.com)

Homeless people set up encampments made of cardboard and tarpaulin underneath the Olympics banners outside Tokyo's Metropolitan Government building, as seen on Monday. (Ruptly)

Japan took home the gold medal Tuesday, stunning the U.S. softball team 13 years after the Japanese defeated the Americans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (nbcnews.com)

Doctors in Tokyo are expressing growing alarm as more COVID-19 patients, even moderate cases, are requiring advanced treatment amid a surge in new infections. (NHK)

Takanori Nagase on Tuesday won Japan’s fifth gold medal in judo at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Mongolia’s Saeid Mollaei in the final of the men’s 81-kilogram division. (Japan Today)

Japan is justly famous for its sake, its most famous alcoholic drink, and now it’s becoming noteworthy for its whiskey as well. (TODAY)

FUKUOKA (TR) – A 59-year-old man in custody for allegedly leaving the corpses of his parents inside a refrigerator in their residence in Fukuoka City last month has admitting to killing them, police have revealed, reports the Asahi Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

The Japanese pair won the table tennis mixed doubles on Monday, earning Japan's first Olympic gold medal in that sport. (NHK)

A 59-year-old man from Nagoya has been arrested after scattering flyers protesting the Tokyo Olympics from a running subway train in the central Japan city, police said Sunday. (Kyodo)