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Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
China¡¯s Xi vows boosted ties with Kim, but avoids North Korea nuclear issue
By Jesse Johnson
Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed China's "firm commitment to safeguarding the shared interests of the two countries" during a rare summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Monday.
Two men examine a fallen rocket half-buried in the ground on the outskirts of Jericho, Israel, on Monday, following Iranian and Iran-backed Houthi rebel attacks.
WORLD / Politics
Iran, Israel pledge to end attacks that threatened talks
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that his country had neither abandoned the battlefield nor the negotiating table.
The yen is back above ?160 to the dollar, considered by some investors to be a red line for Japanese authorities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Yen lingers above ?160 to the dollar ahead of BOJ meeting
By Kazuaki Nagata
91²Ö¿â currency lost all the gains from the last intervention in about a month.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Sakura Uchikoshi (right) and Kazuki Yuda of Touch Immigration Law Firm during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Monday
JAPAN / Society
Tighter immigration rules could tarnish Japan¡¯s image, opposition lawmaker says
By Elizabeth Beattie
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Sakura Uchikoshi cautions against a shift in Japan toward exclusionism and xenophobia.
Californians Ben and Ariella Jacoby, who married with Mount Fuji as their backdrop, are part of a growing trend of inbound weddings in Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Foreign couples are turning Japan into a wedding destination
By Mai Yoshikawa
Personal and cultural connections, as well as a weak yen, are driving more foreign couples to choose Japan to mark major life events.
Californians Ben and Ariella Jacoby, who married with Mount Fuji as their backdrop, are part of a growing trend of inbound weddings in Japan.

JAPAN

The Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched its Kongo destroyer and the South Korean Navy sent its Cheon Ja Bong landing ship for a joint search-and-rescue exercise in waters west of the Goto Islands on Sunday.
Japanese and South Korean navies hold first joint drills in nine years
By Jesse Johnson
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi hailed the resumption of exercises as signaling "a new chapter" in bilateral defense cooperation.
Pupils of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, lay flowers at a monument at the school on Monday, the 25th anniversary of a mass stabbing that killed eight children.
Work to improve safety continues 25 years after mass stabbing at Osaka school
On June 8, 2001, a man armed with knives broke into the school and stabbed eight children to death, and injured scores of others.
Prosecutors seek 27-year sentence for suspect in murder of Hokkaido girl
Japan-Philippines maritime talks ¡®big step,¡¯ expert says
JMA lifts tsunami advisory for Japan coastlines after strong quake off Philippines
By Jessica Speed
Okinawa schools adopting ¡®learncation¡¯ to give students more family time

BUSINESS

Yamada Holdings Chairman Noboru Yamada (left) and Edion Chairman Masataka Kubo at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday
Yamada-Edion integration aimed at expansion beyond electronics
The merger will create an even bigger group far ahead of competitors, including second-biggest Nojima.
A Nissan production line in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture. S&P Global has downgraded Nissan to reflect the rising strain on its finances.
Corporate Japan borrows more as deals and outflows pressure ratings
By Umesh Desai
Against the backdrop of tighter governance and the return of inflation, investors are pressing companies to deploy capital more aggressively.
U.S. says BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and other tech giants are aiding China¡¯s military
By Michael Martina and David Shepardson
Toto to fully resume bathroom orders as supply concerns ease
By Eddy Duan
Goldman-backed Go prices Japan¡¯s biggest 2026 IPO at upper end
By Yasutaka Tamura
Smaller firms in Japan raise pay by 4.29% in fiscal 2026

WORLD

Police gather in front of a collapsed Jollibee fast food restaurant after an earthquake in General Santos City, the Philippines, on Monday.
Powerful Philippine quake kills 15 and displaces thousands
It was the most powerful quake to rock the Southeast Asian nation since 1976, and the strongest globally this year.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung
South Korea names first female prime minister in decades to lead AI push
By Heesu Lee
Lee Jae Myung hopes the former Naver CEO will help better use the nation's tech expertise for future growth and ensure its benefits spread more widely through the economy.
Israel hits Iran with new strikes despite Trump admonition
India¡¯s ¡¯cockroach¡¯ party protests against education minister
By Alisha Sachdev
Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears
By Romain FONSEGRIVES
Taiwan says China Coast Guard patrols to its east are ¡¯provocative act¡¯
By Ben Blanchard

Sports

Alexander Zverev celebrates with the trophy after winning the French Open final in Paris on Sunday.
Alexander Zverev claims long-awaited Grand Slam title with French Open win
Zverev is the first German man to capture a Slam since Boris Becker's Australian Open triumph three decades ago.
Denmark¡¯s Christian Eriksen collapses again during international match
England¡¯s World Cup opener is set to cause power spike
By Eamon Akil Farhat
Kimi Antonelli stays cool under fire to win chaotic Monaco Grand Prix
Chance to play in front of children behind Serena Williams¡¯ return to tennis

Opinion

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech before the country's parliament in Tokyo in February. The Japanese leader recently argued that requiring candidates to disclose prior citizenship would violate equality before the law.
In trust¡¯s name, disclose candidates¡¯ prior citizenship
Robert D. Eldridge
The issue is whether voters have the right to know the backgrounds of the people seeking to govern them. In any healthy democracy, the answer is yes.
The great shift to remote work has entered a new normal
By Justin Fox
A decade after Brexit, the City of London is fine
By Paul J. Davies
Pete Hegseth¡¯s dangerous call to arms in Asia
By Thitinan Pongsudhirak
How students almost got protesting Sohei Kamiya right
By Shaun O'Dwyer

ENVIRONMENT

A worker in Tokyo collects used cooking oil from a Tempura restaurant in April to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Japan steps up efforts on cooking oil in race for sustainable aviation fuel??
By Mariko Katsumura
The world's fourth-biggest economy estimates it needs about 1.7 million kiloliters in 2030, and hopes to gain as much as it can domestically through used cooking oil.
Study warns biodiversity loss could trigger wave of debt crises
By Marc Jones
A South Korean beekeeper counts the cost of climate change
By Hongji Kim and Minwoo Park
Takaichi calls for cooperation at meeting with leaders of island nations
How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan¡¯s ailing forestry industry
By Annelise Giseburt

CULTURE

Mizue Fukagawa's works explore of the fragility of memory and the regenerative beauty of nature.
Emerging Kansai artists to watch
By Jennifer Pastore
Among the artists featured at Art Osaka, several offered particularly engaging takes on the ubiquity of digital technology and relationships between people and nature.
¡®Never After Dark¡¯ finds fresh chills in familiar J-horror territory
By James Hadfield
¡®Fujiko¡¯ is a stirring portrayal of a scrappy single mom
By Mark Schilling
J-pop group Arashi takes its final bow at Tokyo Dome
By Alyssa I. Smith
Japan¡¯s Cannes moment signals a new global push
By Blake Simons

LIFE

When bells aren¡¯t enough to prevent encounters with bears, outdoorspeople in Japan now have a wide range of deterrents to choose from.
In Japan, a bull market for bear deterrents
By Alex K.T. Martin
With no end in sight to the rise in bear encounters, manufacturers are bringing new kinds of deterrents to the market.
At 1 Hotel Tokyo, luxury is a zero-waste journey
By Gendel Gento
Rare Yamazaki whisky sells for record $1 million
By Weiwen Lin
Five things to look out for while getting lost in Takanawa Gateway City
By Mark Thompson
The Frenchmen who gave sake a Champagne soul
By Weiwen Lin

COMMUNITY

Members of the Kawasaki Foreign Resident Council discuss issues faced by foreign residents during a meeting on May 17.
As immigration rises, Kawasaki¡¯s foreign council shows path toward inclusion
By Moe Shimizu
The council aims to improve the lives of foreign residents and foster a harmonious co-existence with native Japanese.
Amaguri is an aptly named sweetheart
Anglophone bookworms unite across Japan
By Mike Fu
Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears
By Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings
Italian creatives find their niche in Japan
By Agnese Dionisio

Editors' Picks

COMMUNITY
Fear and uncertainty for foreign business owners after Japan revises rules
By Elizabeth Beattie
Manish Kumar, who asked that his face not be shown, at his restaurant in Tsurugashima, Saitama Prefecture, on June 1.
LIFE
In Japan, a bull market for bear deterrents
By Alex K.T. Martin
When bells aren¡¯t enough to prevent encounters with bears, outdoorspeople in Japan now have a wide range of deterrents to choose from.
LIFE
In Matsuyama, sushi more than worth the pilgrimage
By Robbie Swinnerton
The signature piece in chef Koji Takahira¡¯s "nigiri" selection is "shiro-amadai" (white tilefish) ¡ª one of the most prized species from the Seto Inland Sea on account of its sweetness, rich umami and firm texture.
JAPAN
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
By Eric Johnston
Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.
CULTURE
¡®Fujiko¡¯ transforms a mother¡¯s resilience into festival gold
By Mark Schilling
¡°Fujiko¡± stars Yuki Katayama (left) as a scrappy single mother who fights for her autonomy in 1970s and ¡¯80s Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ¡®coming home.¡¯ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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JAPAN
Benefits for foreign tourists spark debate in Japan
Tourists in Nara Park in March
JAPAN
JMA lifts tsunami advisory for Japan coastlines after strong quake off Philippines
By Jessica Speed
A Japan Meteorological Agency official speaks about the earthquake off the Philippines and ensuing tsunami advisory for a large chunk of Japan, at a news conference early Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Missing U.S. student found dead near Kyoto, mother says
The body of James "Weston" Higginbotham ?was discovered in a mountainous area ?by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, his mother, Nancy Higginbotham, wrote Saturday on Facebook.
JAPAN
On patrol with Tokyo¡¯s new litter police
By Kiuko Notoya
Tourists in the Shibuya area of Tokyo are stopped by a group of multilingual officials who hand out fines to people caught littering on Thursday.
SOCCER
Denmark¡¯s Christian Eriksen collapses again during international match
Denmark's Christian Eriksen gestures during the team's match against Ukraine in Odense, Denmark, on Sunday.