Kyoto topped the list of powerful Japanese cities for the third straight year, an affiliate of major Japanese real estate developer Mori Building Co. has said. (Japan Times)

The central Japan city of Sanjo registered a temperature of 40.4 C on Thursday, a national record high for September, as a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast witnessed extraordinary heat. (Kyodo)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 211 new cases of the coronavirus, up 70 from Wednesday. Of the total, 107 are in their 20s and 30s. (Japan Today)

A boy in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Fukuoka City last week says he carried out the act after she denied him sexually, investigative sources have revealed, reports Television Nishinippon (Sept. 1). (tokyoreporter.com)

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has bucked the trend of socially responsible investing by acquiring 5%-plus stakes in five Japanese trading houses deeply involved in fossil-fuel-linked businesses. (Nikkei)

A 34-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from an apartment building after killing his 38-year-old former girlfriend in Tokyo on Sunday. (Japan Today)

The Olympic flame for the postponed Tokyo Games will be put on public view in a Tokyo museum, starting on Tuesday. (NHK)

Tokyo confirmed on Monday a monthly record 8,126 new cases of the novel coronavirus in August, exceeding the 6,466 infections logged in July. (Kyodo)

It’s midnight - and September 1st in Tokyo. Better get a snack! (ONLY in JAPAN)

A family-friendly amusement park in Tokyo is closing its doors after 94 years in operation. (NHK)

Japanese airline companies are working to reduce physical contact during check-in at airports to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (NHK)

Sources say a Japanese reality show star who apparently committed suicide had been criticized on social media. (NHK)

As customers increasingly bring their own bags to stores in response to the levy on plastic bags that began in July, guidelines for their use are being advocated to prevent shoplifting. (Japan Times)

Tokyo's daily tally of infections of the new coronavirus has fallen below 200 for the first time since Tuesday. (NHK)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 247 new coronavirus cases as of 3 p.m. on Saturday. (NHK)

A 23-year-old woman who appeared in a popular Japanese reality show has been found dead in Tokyo. (NHK)

The body of a 62-year-old construction worker was found Friday in a 30-meter-deep oil tank at a construction site in Yokohama, near Tokyo, after an apparent accident earlier this week, police said. (Kyodo)

The Environment Ministry said Thursday that a species of small butterfly endemic to southern Japanese islands is feared to have gone extinct as all artificially-bred butterflies and worms of the type have died. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 20-year-old male beautician over the alleged molestation of a woman in Meguro Ward, reports Fuji News Network (Aug. 26). (tokyoreporter.com)

The monthly number of people migrating into Tokyo and its vicinity in July was less than the number of those moving out of the area for the first time, as the capital became the center of a coronavirus resurgence in the country, government data showed Thursday. (Japan Today)

A voluntary request to have food establishments in the capital’s central 23 wards operate under reduced business hours will be extended into next month, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Thursday. (Japan Times)

The Tokyo Metropolitan government says it confirmed 250 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Thursday. (NHK)

Reader, heal thyself! In many a bookstore in Japan these days, that appears to be the message from publishers to consumers looking for summertime page-turners or browsers in search of popular titles about golf, computers and business-and-finance trends. (Nikkei)

The government said Tuesday 98.6 percent of households in Japan have received the one-off ¥100,000 yen ($940) cash handouts meant to help cushion the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic that has continued to linger, with Tokyo seeing 182 new daily cases of the virus. (Japan Times)

Former Justice Minister Kawai Katsuyuki and his lawmaker wife, Kawai Anri, denied charges of vote buying in the opening of their trial at Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. (NHK)