As part of strategies adopted Tuesday to promote Japanese-language education, the government is aiming to improve its outreach to foreign children so as to provide them with learning opportunities. (Japan Times)

Japan will boost visa support, lure more international schools and streamline procedures for obtaining investment management licenses to attract highly skilled foreign finance workers, according to a draft proposal from the ruling party seen by Reuters. (wkzo.com)

Japan's health ministry is trying to repair a glitch in the nation's coronavirus contact-tracing app, which was rolled out just days ago. (NHK)

Sales of personal computers are increasing in the nation thanks to demand from workers shifting to teleworking, in order to prevent infection with the novel coronavirus. (Japan Times)

People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are looking back at one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of World War Two. Seventy-five years ago today, Japan's military operations against US forces on the islands came to an end. (NHK)

Japan's SoftBank Group is selling its shares in US wireless carrier T-Mobile as part of a plan to improve its balance sheet. (NHK)

A survey in Japan found that three out of four children felt some form of stress due to the coronavirus outbreak, as their schools were closed and they couldn't visit with friends. (NHK)

The operator of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea says the theme parks will reopen on July 1. Located just outside Tokyo, both have been closed since February 29 due to the coronavirus outbreak in Japan. (NHK)

Welcome to Tokyo’s new Yamanote Line Station Takanawa Gateway Station 🚉 Y26 opened March 14, 2020! (ONLY in JAPAN)

The number of couples in Japan planning to hold wedding ceremonies is increasing gradually after the government lifted its coronavirus emergency in late May. (Japan Times)

On this day in 1965, twenty years after South Korea was liberated from Japan's colonial rule,...Seoul and Tokyo signed historic agreements normalizing their ties. (ARIRANG NEWS)

Arrested former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai has admitted to handing out cash to local lawmakers and supporters but denied any intention to buy votes for his wife's election campaign last summer, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. (Japan Today)

China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese city's decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours. (Japan Today)

Students commonly receive homework, but some don’t always receive it. (newsonjapan.com)

Japanese high school baseball players, heartbroken because their annual tournament was canceled due to the pandemic, are getting a consolation prize: a spoonful of dirt. (Japan Today)

A Japanese local authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain that is also claimed by China and Taiwan. (Al Jazeera)

Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against coronavirus, is now ranked as the world's fastest, its developers announced Monday. (Japan Today)

There was a great sense of sadness when it was announced by F1 officials that the Japanese Grand Prix in 2020 would be cancelled. (newsonjapan.com)

Britain will have to wrap up a post-Brexit trade deal with Japan by the end of next month, if it wants an agreement ratified this year. (CNA)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 29 new coronavirus infections Monday for the fifth consecutive day logging more than 20 cases, officials said. (Japan Times)

More people in Japan are visiting city centers after the government lifted restrictions on travel between prefectures on Friday. (NHK)

A Japanese government survey has found 34.6 percent of respondents experienced teleworking due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Cabinet Office said Sunday. (Japan Times)

People in many parts of Asia and Africa observed a partial solar eclipse on Sunday. (NHK)

The government is set to strengthen the capacity of consumer affairs centers across Japan to support game addicts and their families, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. (Kyodo)

Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni Island in Japan, looking for hammerhead sharks in the 1980s, when he made an incredible discovery. (Unveiled)