Japan's Reconstruction Minister Akiba Kenya has refuted a report that he allegedly violated the election law during the Lower House election campaign in October last year.

A survey by the Japan External Trade Organization has found that firms doing businesses overseas expect better financial results this year.

Japan's Finance Ministry said on Thursday that the country posted a trade deficit of 2.1623 trillion yen, or about 15.5 billion dollars, last month.

According to statistics on machinery orders, which show the outlook for corporate capital investment, the value of orders received by major machinery manufacturers from domestic companies between July and September this year, excluding ship and power orders, which fluctuate widely, was 2,743.8 billion yen, down 1.6% compared to the previous three months.

Japan's health ministry says 11,196 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Japan's top medical advisor says the country is now entering another wave of the coronavirus. Officials are preparing to respond to the latest surge.

Japan's top government spokesperson has reiterated that no coronavirus-related restrictions on people's activities will be imposed in principle unless a new strain more powerful than the Omicron variant emerges.

The Japanese government is hearing from experts about its handling of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's state funeral in September.

According to the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, at around 8:00 am on the 4th, there was a report that "a car collided with three children attending school" on the road in Hojo-cho, Nishi-ku, Sakai City.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 3rd that it confirmed that 6,686 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, has marked 30 years since it began sending volunteer workers to Mongolia.

Ken Kobayashi, a former major trading company, will be appointed as the new president of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the 1st.