Yamaha Corporation offers a wide variety of products and services. It is the biggest piano manufacturing firm globally. (newsonjapan.com)

People in Japan are moving about again on the first weekend since authorities lifted cross-country travel restrictions. On Saturday, crowds were seen venturing to distant tourist attractions. (NHK)

A foreign submarine was detected passing by Amami-Oshima Island while submerged off Kagoshima Prefecture, the Defense Ministry said Saturday. (Japan Times)

Japan logged the first drop in land prices in any major city in 23 quarters in April due to the effects of the coronavirus epidemic, a land ministry survey showed Friday. (Japan Times)

Crowds of people were seen boarding trains and buses stations in Tokyo, as domestic travel restrictions across prefectures were lifted on Friday in an attempt to help the economy recover from the pandemic downturn. (Ruptly)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 39 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, marking more than 20 new reported cases for three straight days in the capital. (Japan Times)

Summer is here at last, and Universal Studios Japan finally opened its doors again on Friday. But before you get too excited, make sure you live in or around the cities of Osaka and Kyoto. Otherwise, you won't be able to enter. (Nikkei)

A total of 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures are offering or plan to offer customers discounts for staying at their hotels and inns to help spur demand that has fallen due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Kyodo News survey found Friday. (Japan Today)

Japan, the biggest taker of cheap dollar funding from the U.S. Federal Reserve during the coronavirus pandemic, is weaning itself off that supply as it shies away from emergency swaps and returns to now sedate interbank markets. (Japan Today)

Japan will likely ease travel restrictions on Thailand and Vietnam before Australia and New Zealand, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday. (Japan Today)

Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not — play ball. (Japan Today)

The government launched Friday a free smartphone application that alerts users when they may have been in close proximity to someone infected with the coronavirus. (Japan Times)

The roller coasters are back running in Tokyo but with requests to not scream. Restaurants are offering more take-out and outdoor seating. Major retailer Uniqlo’s new “cool and dry” mask, three for 990 yen, sold out Friday shortly after it was put on the shelves. (Japan Today)

The ancient city of Kyoto, the former Japanese capital and currently the capital city of the Kyoto Prefecture, has been listed as the top place to visit in Japan, ranking ahead of some of the country's top and most-visited attractions. (newsonjapan.com)

Fuji Television Network Inc. and newspaper publisher Sankei Shimbun Co. revealed on Friday that their joint opinion polls over the past year included answers fabricated by a contractor. (Japan Times)

Top bosses of Japan’s most popular thrill ride park sit down and shut up. (soranews24.com)

Low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. resumed services on all 22 domestic routes Friday, as Japan lifted the last remaining travel restrictions after claiming to have checked the spread of coronavirus. (Japan Times)

Tokyo confirmed 35 more coronavirus infections Friday, a level lower than the 41 logged on the previous day but still a source of concern after the capital entirely removed its business closure requests earlier in the day. (Japan Times)

Japanese electrical and electronic equipment maker Toshiba announced on Friday that Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, its chairman of the board, intends to resign from the post, a move seen as an indication the company has returned to a firm footing after the veteran executive was brought in to oversee its recovery from a wrenching scandal. (Nikkei)

Makoto Uchida could not have been clearer. Electric cars, the CEO of Nissan Motor said last month, would be a dominant theme for his financially battered company -- with China leading the way. (Nikkei)

Japan has gone its own way on the coronavirus pandemic from its beginning, with a delayed response, limited testing and a gentler lockdown. (PBS NewsHour)

Hanging Hydroponic Melon is a unique Japanese method in which melons are grown and hung in greenhouses. (Noal Farm)

A Tokyo-based national health center revealed on Tuesday that marijuana use in Japan is at an all-time high. (tokyoreporter.com)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday the government was considering setting up a new coronavirus testing facility dedicated to overseas travelers, as he stressed the need to reopen borders to business and trade. (Nikkei)

South Korea has reopened a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Japan's tightened export controls on three high-tech materials. (NHK)