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JAPAN

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center right) meets with Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (center left) in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Ishiba on the counteroffensive in parliament¡¯s final rush
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
A recent bump in approval ratings and a show of bipartisan unity have given the prime minister a boost in parliament.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2025
Japan to move up auctions for imported rice
This year's first auction for rice as a staple food will take place on June 27 instead of the usual September, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Thursday.
Princess Kako pays a courtesy call to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in Brasilia.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2025
Princess Kako helps mark 130 years of Japan-Brazil ties on official visit
The princess expressed gratitude to Brazil, home to the world's largest community of 911±¬ÁÏÍø immigrants and their descendants.
Aichi police have arrested a 19-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a man found dead in a hotel in Nagoya's Sakae district last Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2025
Aichi police make two more arrests over Nagoya hotel robbery-murder
Investigators believe the suspects conspired to extort the victim by threatening to report him to the police for alleged sexual misconduct.
In an annual gender gap report, Japan recorded its strongest gains in economic participation, where its score climbed to 61.3% from 56.8% in 2024.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 12, 2025
Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries in gender gap report
By Jessica Speed
911±¬ÁÏÍø gender parity ranking was unchanged from a year ago and is still the lowest among?Group of Seven countries.
SMBC Nikko Securities has already introduced a family trust system under which relatives can act as agents for older customers for their investments.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2025
New securities system enables those with dementia to invest with family's help
Under the system, investors can designate trusted family members as their agents while they are still mentally capable.
Satoshi Fujii, head of a subcommittee at the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2025
Nankai Trough quake predicted to cause ?1.47 quadrillion in damage
The Japan Society of Civil Engineers said that the damage would be spread over the course of 22 years.
Under the new law, the Science Council of Japan will be positioned as a "representative organization for 911±¬ÁÏÍø scientists at home and abroad," and the government will provide necessary financial support.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Japan enacts law to turn Science Council into special entity
The new law for the council, which represents the country's scientific community, will come into effect in October 2026.
Printed copies of the newly disclosed documents related to the dubious sale of state-owned land to Moritomo Gakuen, on Wednesday in the city of Osaka
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
More Moritomo Gakuen papers disclosed to widow of Finance Ministry official
The ministry intends to gradually disclose all the documents, which total more than 170,000 pages.
A Chinese J-15 fighter jet flies just to the side of a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C surveillance plane over the high seas in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2025
Chinese fighter jets in close encounters with MSDF patrol planes over Pacific
By Jesse Johnson
Chinese fighters made ¡°abnormal approaches¡± to MSDF patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in recent days that risked collisions, the Defense Ministry said.

ASIA PACIFIC

Relatives of victims who died in the Air India plane crash mourn as they wait outside the postmortem room at a hospital, in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2025
Search for answers hastens in Air India crash that killed over 240
By PR Sanjai, Mihir Mishra and Danny Lee
Questions are growing over how and why the 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London, exploded into a huge fireball just minutes after takeoff.
United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar in 2016. The armed group controls one of the world's largest tin mines.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar
By Shoon Naing, Devjyot Ghoshal, Napat Wesshasartar, Eleanor Whalley and Naw Betty Han
Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce magnets that power critical goods.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon in Washington in February.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
U.S. to review AUKUS as part of Trump¡¯s ¡®America First¡¯ agenda
By Gabriel Dominguez
The decision to review the partnership is likely to raise eyebrows among U.S. allies and partners, but was downplayed by Canberra.

WORLD

Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Stephen Miller: 'Trump's brain' who is behind migration crackdown
By Danny Kemp
Stephen Miller's fingerprints have been all over the White House's unprecedented assertion of its right to use presidential power to pursue its agenda.
A man ride his bike with an umbrella in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Los Angeles residents reject Trump's claims of protest destruction
By Sarah TITTERTON
The U.S. president has insisted that without the extraordinary step of sending troops into the city over the weekend, "it would be burning to the ground right now."
A person stands between Texas State Troopers in riot gear and people protesting against federal immigration sweeps, in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Protests spread across U.S. despite Trump threats
By Huw Griffith and Sarah TITTERTON
California was preparing for a legal showdown over Trump's deployment of the military to the state.
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting where Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran, in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Israel appears ready to attack Iran, officials in U.S. and Europe say
By Michael Crowley, David E. Sanger, Farnaz Fassihi and Eric Schmitt
The step could further inflame the Middle East and derail or delay U.S. efforts to broker a deal to cut off Iran¡¯s path to building a nuclear bomb.
Displaced people ride a an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on April 15.
WORLD / Society
Jun 12, 2025
U.N. says 122 million forcibly displaced worldwide 'untenably high'
The U.N. refugee agency warned that how major conflicts worldwide played out would determine whether the figure would rise once again.
A man hangs flowers on the fence of Francoise Dolto middle school in Nogent on Wednesday, a day after a secondary school pupil was arrested after killing a 31-year-old school assistant with a knife during a bag search.
WORLD / Society
Jun 12, 2025
France eyes social media ban for kids under 15 after school stabbing
By Anna Smolchenko and Julien Sengel
A ban on the sale of knives to minors is also planned for implementation.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (center) speaks at a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on June 6.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Group of Seven tries to avoid Trump conflict by scrapping joint communique
By Stephanie Lai, Jorge Valero and Brian Platt
Agreeing on a final communique is usually a ritual for leaders gathered at meetings such as the G7 summit.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget in Washington on May 20.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Kennedy replaces fired U.S. CDC vaccine panel members
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman
His appointments include several who have advocated against vaccines.
A military vehicle as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
U.S. slams U.N. conference on Israel-Palestinian issue and warns of consequences
By John Irish and Humeyra Pamuk
The diplomatic demarche says countries that take "anti-Israel actions" following the conference could face diplomatic consequences from Washington.
A man stands on a balcony damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 12, 2025
Russia hits Ukraine's Kharkiv with deadly nighttime barrage of drones
By Vitalii Hnidyi
The overnight attack followed Russia's two biggest air assaults of the war on Ukraine this week.
A demonstrator faces a group of riot police vehicles as riots continue in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 12, 2025
Disorder breaks out in Northern Ireland for consecutive nights
By Conor Humphries and Amanda Ferguson
Hundreds of masked rioters in the town of Ballymena engaged in what police condemned as "racist thuggery" during the previous two nights.
Members of the media report from Los Angeles Street where Waymo cars were burned yesterday, after the California National Guard was deployed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a response to protests against federal immigration sweeps, in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 12, 2025
Journalists among the injured in LA as ICE protests grow violent
By Helen Coster
The Los Angeles Press Club said it was aware of 20 injuries to journalists during the protests, including at least five that required medical attention.

BUSINESS

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office after holding talks with opposition leaders Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2025
Japan and U.S. still far apart in tariff talks, Ishiba cited as saying
By Yoshiaki Nohara, Akemi Terukina and Sakura Murakami
Ishiba is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders gathering in Canada starting Sunday, but a deal is far from certain.
University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii (left) and Y.J. Mii, a TSMC executive vice president, at a news conference Thursday. The school and the company have been working together since 2019.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
TSMC and Tokyo University team up to establish a chip lab
By Kazuaki Nagata
The chip giant and university will work together on chip-related technologies and supporting educational and research and development opportunities.
Shareholders passed a motion to reappoint Chairman Akio Toyoda during Toyota Motor's general shareholders' meeting on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
No mention of buyout as Toyota shareholders reappoint Chairman Akio Toyoda
By Nicholas Takahashi
Questions about the privatization of Toyota Industries and Toyoda¡¯s role in it never came up, in stark contrast to earlier this week at Toyota Industries¡¯ annual meeting.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands at Lancaster House in London on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2025
Deal to get U.S.-China trade truce back on track is done, Trump says
By Doina Chiacu, Alistair Smout and Jeff Mason
The deal removes Chinese export restrictions on rare earth minerals and allows Chinese students access to U.S. universities.
Nike branded shoes on display at a store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 11
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
Vietnam trade envoy meets U.S. execs at Nike and Walmart ahead of tariff talks
By Nguyen Xuan Quynh and Francesca Stevens
Vietnam has engaged in weeks of intense diplomacy with the U.S. ¡ª the largest export market of the trade-reliant country ¡ª as it seeks to avert a threatened 46% tariff.
The Business Sentiment Index for large firms registered minus 1.9 for the April-June quarter, slipping into negative territory for the first time since the first quarter of 2024.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2025
Japan¡¯s firms see business climate worsen amid U.S. tariff hits
By Erica Yokoyama
The Business Sentiment Index for large firms slipped into negative territory for the first time since the first quarter of 2024.
Seven & I Holdings, the operator of 7-Eleven storesm has pushed back against Alimentation Couche-Tard¡¯s unsolicited ?7.39 trillion ($51.3 billion) takeover proposal and is overhauling its business under a new CEO.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
Couche-Tard sees ¡®clear path¡¯ to Seven & I deal with U.S. stores divestment
By Mathieu Dion
The Canadian retailer says several potential buyers have made proposals to acquire its convenience stores in the U.S. that overlap with Seven & I's.
Jera's LNG agreements with U.S. suppliers bolster Japan¡¯s role as the world¡¯s second-largest LNG importer, and come as U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to expand exports of the fuel.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
Jera touts 20-year LNG agreements with U.S. suppliers
By Emma Sanchez
Japan¡¯s largest power generation company has reached agreements to buy as much as 5.5 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas from U.S. suppliers.
In Japan, the National Police Agency and others secured the safety of 129 domestic servers under the Interpol-led operation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
Japan joins international crackdown on malware-linked servers
The National Police Agency and others secured the safety of 129 domestic servers under the Interpol-led operation.
World Bank President Ajay Banga at the Milken Institute Global Conference in California on May 5
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2025
World Bank to end ban on nuclear energy projects, but undecided on upstream gas
By Andrea Shalal
The global development bank, which lends at low rates to help countries build everything from flood barriers to railroads, decided in 2013 to stop funding nuclear power projects.
Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc, in Mountain View, California, in 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 12, 2025
Meta taps top researchers from Google and Sesame for new AI lab
By Shirin Ghaffary, Kurt Wagner and Riley Griffin
The new group is part of an ambitious, and costly, effort by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to gain ground on rivals like Google and OpenAI.

Opinion

India¡¯s potential participation in the Japan-U.K.-Italy fighter jet project GCAP makes strategic sense but should be postponed until the core partners solidify the program to avoid delays, conflict and operational risk.
COMMENTARY
Jun 12, 2025
India should join the Global Combat Air Program ¡ª but not just yet
By Tomoko Kiyota
GCAP is more than just a weapons platform. It is a statement of strategic autonomy, industrial innovation and trilateral cooperation among democracies.
The public breakdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk highlights a familiar pattern among authoritarian leaders: They elevate allies only to discard them when their loyalty falters or their influence threatens the throne.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2025
No loyalty lasts: Why authoritarians always betray their allies
By Nina L. Khrushcheva
The very public and acrimonious split between U.S. President Donald Trump and his once-favorite aide, Elon Musk, would be amusing if it were not so terrifying. Their puerile public feud demonstrated just how insecure ¡ª even unhinged ¡ª the world¡¯s most powerful person and its wealthiest really are....
A 911±¬ÁÏÍø actress known for voicing Hello Kitty sparked national debate with an anti-immigration blog post, highlighting rising tensions over Japan¡¯s growing foreign population and the government's slow response to related concerns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 12, 2025
Cultural anxiety and 911±¬ÁÏÍø immigration pains
By Gearoid Reidy
Japan must address legitimate public worries without inflaming xenophobia ¡ª or risk populist backlash.

Sports

The Club World Cup trophy is displayed before a Bundesliga match in Dortmund, Germany, on April 30.
SOCCER
Jun 12, 2025
Expanded Club World Cup set to have far-reaching impact on global soccer
The 32-team tournament, with $1 billion dollars in prize money on offer, has been crammed into an already overloaded schedule
The New York/New Jersey 2026 FIFA World Cup logo is revealed during a kickoff event in Times Square in New York in May 2023.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 12, 2025
U.S. begins countdown to World Cup amid Donald Trump's immigration crackdown
The United States, along with Canada and Mexico, is set to cohost the tournament, which will feature 48 teams and a record 104 matches.
The Pacers' Obi Toppin dunks over Thunder guard Lu Dort during Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 12, 2025
Pacers bounce back to take 2-1 lead over Thunder in NBA Finals
Haliburton scored 22 points with nine rebounds and 11 assists to spearhead a tremendous collective effort.
A ball kid holds tennis balls during a women's quarterfinal match at Wimbledon in July 2023.
TENNIS
Jun 12, 2025
WTA players undergoing fertility treatments to receive protected ranking
Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, said the rule will reduce the pressure on players to return to the court too quickly.
WADA President Witold Banka attends the World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 12, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 12, 2025
WADA calls on U.S. to stop Enhanced Games from taking place
The first Enhanced Games will be staged in Las Vegas in May 2026, with athletes participating in three sports ¡ª?athletics, swimming and weightlifting.
Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg rides a bike before the Monaco Grand Prix on May 25.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Jun 12, 2025
Nico Hulkenberg says Le Mans-F1 double too much for drivers to handle now
Nico Hulkenberg raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans a decade ago when the Formula One calendar allowed it, and he came away a winner with Porsche.
Scottie Scheffler hits off the first tee during a practice round ahead of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 6.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 12, 2025
Scottie Scheffler leads field into ultimate U.S. Open test at Oakmont
Scheffler enters the U.S. Open in stellar form having secured three wins in his last four starts.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is one penalty point away from a suspension.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Jun 12, 2025
Max Verstappen heads into Canadian GP hoping to win and stay out of trouble
If Verstappen collects one more penalty point on his racing license he will automatically miss the Austrian Grand Prix later this month.

LIFE

Get those umbrellas out, rainy season has arrived in much of Japan.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 12, 2025
In the forecast for June ¡ª a lot of talk about the weather
By Yaeko Kabe
From "tsuyu" to "amayadori," the current season has no shortage of vocabulary for downpours, floods and wet weather.

CULTURE

Politics find a way into the bedroom as a stay-at-home wife (Ami Chong, left) clandestinely tends to a series of johns (including Kenji Iwaya, right) in ¡°A Unique Country in Asia.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2025
¡®A Unique Country in Asia¡¯: Sex and politics make for strange bedfellows
By James Hadfield
With sex work and small talk, Kenji Yamauchi¡¯s politically sharp film paints a complex portrait of modern Japan.
In ¡°Dollhouse,¡± a grieving mother (Masami Nagasawa) finds comfort in an old doll that resembles her deceased child, until the toy starts wreaking havoc on her family.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2025
Parental grief and spiritual terror collide in ¡®Dollhouse¡¯
By Mark Schilling
Previously known for feel-good comedies, Shinobu Yaguchi turns to delivering creeping unease in his mysterious film.
Brian Wilson is seen at home in Beverly Hills in 2004. Wilson, who as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys became rock¡¯s poet laureate of surf-and-sun innocence, was also the embodiment of damaged genius through his struggles with mental illness and drugs.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 12, 2025
Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson dies at age 82
By Mary Milliken and Bill Trott
The band defined California beach culture for a generation, with Wilson achieving what many musicians saw as perfection in "Pet Sounds."

COMMUNITY

Tokyo Rainbow Pride is wrapping up for the year, but a slew of events in cities all over the country, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, lies in store in the second half of 2025.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 12, 2025
The persistence of Pride: LGBTQ+ events in Tokyo and beyond
By Mike Fu
Pride isn¡¯t just a one-off weekend ¡ª a slate of activities and programs in support of the queer community continues in full force, from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
Treacle is a spry 14-year-old who¡¯s been called ¡°big, bold and beautiful¡± by the staff at ARK.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 12, 2025
Cool cat Treacle is a master of relaxation
A ¡°big, bold and beautiful¡± cat, Treacle loves food and naps and is still keeping spry at age 14.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan ¡ª and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China¡¯s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan¡¯s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto¡¯s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

Podcast

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

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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