The two airports serving Tokyo have started conducting coronavirus antigen tests for international arrivals that produce results in about an hour, helping them roughly double testing capacity. (Nikkei)

Gov. Yuriko Koike said Wednesday asking restaurants and shops to close will be a "huge burden" for Tokyo's finances as the city faces a second wave of coronavirus infections. (Nikkei)

Experts say the situation of coronavirus infections in Tokyo is serious as the virus has spread to all generations and through diverse routes. (NHK)

Tokyo is set to request restaurants, bars and karaoke parlors to reduce operating hours as coronavirus cases in Japan's capital hit a new daily high. (Nikkei)

The Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan has been canceled for 2020. (wtatennis.com)

Vegetable prices are surging in the nation due to poor crops, blamed on unfavorable weather conditions such as a long spell of rain and a lack of sunlight. (Japan Times)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male graphic designer who admits to having sprayed graffiti in Shibuya Ward over three decades, reports the Sankei Shimbun (July 28). (tokyoreporter.com)

The coronavirus continues to spread across Japan. Nearly 1,000 cases were reported on Tuesday with several prefectures recording new daily records. (NHK)

Aichi Prefectural Police arrested a 27-year-old man after he admitted to intentionally driving his vehicle into a weed-cutting crew in Toyohashi City on Monday, killing one worker and injuring two others, reports TV Asahi (July 27). (tokyoreporter.com)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police estimate that a bar operator in the Roppongi entertainment district swindled foreigners out of more than 100 million yen annually since 2013, reports the Sankei Shimbun (July 28). (tokyoreporter.com)

Grand champion Hakuho claimed his 10th win for the sole lead at the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, while newly-promoted ozeki Asanoyama suffered his first loss. (Kyodo)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 250 new cases of coronavirus infections on Wednesday. (NHK)

A high court scrapped on Tuesday a lower court ruling and acquitted an assistant nurse over a 2013 incident in which an 85-year-old woman at a care home in central Japan died after eating a doughnut she was given. (Japan Times)

If more regions are excluded from the government’s Go To Travel tourism promotion campaign, discounted portions of the fees for trips to such areas booked before their exclusions will be covered by the travelers, the Japan Tourism Agency has said. (Japan Times)

Japanese authorities confirmed 598 new coronavirus cases nationwide on Monday. (NHK)

Off a narrow corridor above a store selling Persian rugs in central Tokyo, a small office houses a private operation that won a tender in April to distribute more than US$20 billion in government aid to businesses hit by the coronavirus. (channelnewsasia.com)

Trading began Monday on a new comprehensive derivatives exchange in Osaka, western Japan. The aim is to attract investment from around the world with the one-stop trading platform for financial and commodities futures. (NHK)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 131 new cases of coronavirus infection, marking the first time in seven days that the capital's single-day tally has totaled fewer than 200. (Japan Today)

Scream all you want from the confines of your car at Japan's first drive-thru haunted house. (businessinsider)

Earlier this year, as it became clear that the coronavirus pandemic was not going to pass quickly, the Japanese government delayed plans for what would be the first state visit by a Chinese leader to Tokyo since 2008. (economictimes)

Over 800 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Japan on Sunday. The cases are spreading not only in Tokyo but beyond its borders. (NHK)

A railway operator is testing disinfectant robots at a station in Tokyo to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (NHK)

Internationally renowned Japanese fashion designer Yamamoto Kansai has died of leukemia. He was 76. (NHK)

Eight persons connected to a hostess club in Adachi Ward have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the ward revealed on Saturday. (tokyoreporter.com)

The Japanese government is pushing ahead with plans to get the economy back on track even as the outbreak continues to spread. (NHK)