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Japan's central bank is likely to consider raising its economic growth forecast at its July meeting while leaving the policy rate unchanged after last month hiking it to the highest level since 1995, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Economy
BOJ likely to raise growth forecast and stand pat, sources say
By Toru Fujioka and Sumio Ito
The officials will make final decisions on policy and the economic outlook after assessing all available data and information up to the last minute, the sources said.
Japan's central bank is likely to consider raising its economic growth forecast at its July meeting while leaving the policy rate unchanged after last month hiking it to the highest level since 1995, according to people familiar with the matter.
The lack of movement in the yen following Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's warning speaks to the diminishing power of verbal intervention if it isn’t backed up with further action.
BUSINESS
Japan’s ‘decisive action’ threat does little to scare yen bears
By Takashi Umekawa and Masahiro Hidaka
The lack of movement in the yen speaks to the diminishing power of verbal intervention if it isn’t backed up with further action.
Yasuo Yamazaki, 69, stands next to a protest flag reading, 'Do Not Push Forward with the Data Center Construction!', in the city of Hino, Tokyo, on June 30.
JAPAN / Society
Opposition to data centers grows in cramped urban Japan
By Kyoko Hasegawa
The explosion in resource-hungry data centers — housing the hardware “brains” of artificial intelligence — is fueling unease worldwide.
A woman wearing a kimono performs an uchimizu ritual in Tokyo. The splashing of water onto the hot asphalt in summer is an old Japanese tradition meant to cool down the air as the water evaporates.
JAPAN / Science & Health
To stay cool, wear flowing robes and throw water around? Yes, says science.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Long before air conditioning, people around the world came up with ingenious ways to beat the heat.
Sonau Okamoto poses inside the Beatles Art & Culture Museum he founded in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, after spending decades collecting memorabilia and promoting the band's legacy in Japan.
CULTURE / Music
It was 60 years ago today: Japan’s top Beatles fan keeps the Budokan flame burning
By Tim Hornyak
A lifelong collector turned one unforgettable concert into a museum celebrating the Fab Four’s enduring impact in Japan.
Sonau Okamoto poses inside the Beatles Art & Culture Museum he founded in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, after spending decades collecting memorabilia and promoting the band's legacy in Japan.

JAPAN

Emperor Naruhito (top third right) appears with Empress Masako (second right), their daughter Princess Aiko (right), Crown Prince Akishino (third left, Crown Princess Kiko (seconf left) and their daughter Princess Kako (left) on the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
U.N. hails women’s rights in response to Japan’s revision of Imperial House Law
The revised law maintains the rule limiting the right of succession to the throne to male members in the male line.
An under-construction section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project in Ahmedabad, India.
Ex-Japan minister faults India for Modi bullet train delay
“They just don’t keep promises, no matter what. Even if they make a promise, they flip it right away,” said Hideki Makihara.
Parliament extends current session through July 25
By Eric Johnston
23 injured after substance sprayed at Osaka junior high school
Japan passes bill to prevent unauthorized overseas crop sales
Bioplastic use rising in Japan amid naphtha woes

BUSINESS

The iPhone 17
Apple raises iPhone 17 price by 10% in Japan as yen stays weak
The starting quote for the entry-level iPhone 17 handset with 256 gigabytes of storage was ?142,800 ($879.29) on Apple’s official website in Japan.
Nichirei headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday
Nichirei to fully resume operations as early as next week
The company on Friday partially restarted operations at refrigerated warehouses and food factories, by accepting limited orders from client companies.
Uniqlo sister brand GU taps luxury designer to sell $18 jeans
Nikkei briefly dives over 4,100 points in afternoon
Chipmaker Kioxia’s market value halves from peak on AI selloff
By Momoka Yokoyama
Google Search AI poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to kids, report finds
By Davey Alba and Julia Love

WORLD

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.
Chinese media’s ‘racist’ video of monkey in Filipino costume draws Manila’s rebuke
The animated video also depicted the monkey as acting on orders from U.S. and Japan, and being hit by a water cannon.
Most analysts agree a major escalation ?by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding Iran would have little chance of being any more effective in forcing Tehran to change course than earlier phases of the war.
Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakes
By Matt Spetalnick
While the U.S. and Iran have so far avoided a return to full-scale conflict, increasingly ominous developments have dimmed hopes of finding an off-ramp anytime ?soon.
Founding father: statues of Myanmar’s Aung San disappear
Andy Burnham bets political future on remaking Britain’s centralized state
By Andrew MacAskill, Alistair Smout and Andy Bruce
‘Walking Ebola’ helps explain why Congo’s outbreak is so hard to stop — and how to treat it
By Jason Gale
Iran says tankers exploded from Hormuz mines as U.S. strikes continue

Sports

Soccer fans and others wait for a train at the LAX Metro Transit Center on the day of a World Cup match in Los Angeles on June 15.
As the World Cup wraps in LA, the 2028 Olympics beckon
By Tim Arango
Los Angeles’ public transit has been used by hundreds of thousands of fans to reach games and fan events, a notable achievement in a region where the automobile is king.
Japan ready to welcome France to steamy Tokyo for Nations Championship clash
By Andrew MCKIRDY
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc labels Mercedes as favorite for Belgian Grand Prix
Giannis Antetokounmpo says Heat provide best route to another NBA title
Dejected England and France prepare for World Cup match neither wanted
By Julien Pretot

Opinion

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.
Don’t become a casualty in Beijing’s ‘history war’
Masahiro Matsumura
Koizumi and the Takaichi administration must quickly shake off the euphoria of their Shangri-La performance and tighten their ideological defenses.
As Ukraine’s deep strikes mount, Putin lets his country burn
By Nina L. Khrushcheva
There is more at stake than the Strait of Hormuz
The AI jobs crisis no one is talking about
By Parmy Olson
As shared values shift, what’s next for U.S.-Japan relations?
By Yoshiyuki Kato

ENVIRONMENT

Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the Manhattan skyline in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Thursday.
Heat and wildfire smoke become a dangerous new climate reality
By Emma Court
High temperatures alone are dangerous, as is inhaling polluted air. The harm from each individually can be magnified when people experience both together.
Europe’s coal mines say they slashed emissions. Experts don’t believe them.
By Petra Sorge
Drones, AI and white paint: Europe races to protect infrastructure from heat
By Giulia Segreti and Sam Tabahriti
Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris
Extreme heat threatens Italy’s Parmigiano-Reggiano heartland
By Sara Rossi

CULTURE

Sonau Okamoto poses inside the Beatles Art & Culture Museum he founded in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, after spending decades collecting memorabilia and promoting the band's legacy in Japan.
It was 60 years ago today: Japan’s top Beatles fan keeps the Budokan flame burning
By Tim Hornyak
A lifelong collector turned one unforgettable concert into a museum celebrating the Fab Four’s enduring impact in Japan.
Zainichi drama ‘Trophy’ is a sweet, if slight, coming-of-age tale
By James Hadfield
‘Sana: Play With Me’ can’t recapture the simple scares of J-horror’s glory days
By Mark Schilling
Chito Kosagawa and Kasumi Asakura win Japan’s top literary prizes
By Mike Fu
‘Why Wait, Just Die’: A dead-eyed investigator takes on an unsolved murder
By James Hadfield

LIFE

Retirement can bring unexpected changes to long-established relationships, prompting some Japanese couples to adjust to new routines and a shared daily life.
Japanese has a word for when your husband makes you sick
By Yaeko Kabe
Explore Japan’s “husband-origin illness” while learning vocabulary and grammar about marriage, retirement and relationships.
Surviving the Uchiwa Festival, Japan’s hottest ‘matsuri’
By Jessica Kozuka
A sensory encounter at rare architectural gem KAIT Plaza
By Erik Augustin Palm
Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan
By Gabrielle Doman
Is ramen soup? An inquiry.
By Thu-Huong Ha

COMMUNITY

Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
By Megha Wadhwa
From classrooms in India’s northeast to nursing homes in Japan, an emerging labor corridor hopes to improve lives in both countries.
Found on Jan. 1, Osechi is a New Year’s darling
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
By Mai Yoshikawa
Two furry siblings seek their forever home

Editors' Picks

CULTURE
The creator of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ has advice for the anime industry
By Eric Margolis
Shinichiro Watanabe, creator of “Cowboy Bebop” and “Lazarus,” is known for a stylish aesthetic that one American academic describes as “jagged.”
LIFE
‘Tony Hawk with Japanese trains’: Denshattack! makes derailing a blast
By Owen Ziegler
In Denshattack!, your one-car train becomes a kickflipping, wall-riding vehicle up and down a postapocalyptic Japan.
CULTURE
How ‘The Solitary Gourmet’ became one of Japan’s most enduring TV hits
By Mathias Cena
Actor Yutaka Matsushige performs a dining scene during the filming of an episode of the TV drama series "Solitary Gourmet" at a tuna restaurant in Chiba Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Cash is king again at Tokyo’s bars after credit processor fails
By Eddy Duan
Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo
CULTURE
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
By Jennifer Pastore
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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