A British man has died from coronavirus after contracting the disease on board a Japanese cruise ship.
The Foreign Office is now investigating the death after the man boarded the Diamond Princess.
Health Minister Jo Churchill has said she was aware a British man who had been on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship was "very poorly".
Japanese news outlets said he then died after contracting the illness.
The Kyodo reported that this brought the death toll among passenger from the Japanese vessel to six.
He was the first foreign passenger to die, according to the Kyodo.
Japanese news agencies made the announcement following a statement from their ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at around 1pm UK time.
A spokeswoman for Princess Cruises, which operates the Diamond Princess ship that the British man had been holidaying on, said: "All of us at Princess Cruises, including the crew of Diamond Princess, offer our sincere condolences to family members and friends for their loss.
"Our dedicated care team are on hand to provide support."
On Sunday it was confirmed that four British people who arrived at a UK quarantine centre from the Japanese cruise ship had tested positive for coronavirus.
The Brit who has died is not one of these four people, Sky News reports.
The Diamond Princess liner was carrying 3,700 people, including 78 Britons, when it was quarantined in Yokohama on February 5 after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the bug.
