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A diary entry written by Yoko Moriwaki on Aug. 5, 1945, the day before she died in the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, followed by a message written by her father when he returned to Japan after the war.

JAPAN / History

Jun 15, 2025

Diary of a teenage A-bomb victim donated to Hiroshima museum

The diary also includes a message from her father, who only knew of her death upon returning from China after the war.

A registration system linking local governments with the so-called connected population — nonresidents who regularly interact with regional areas — is designed to encourage people living in urban areas to play active roles in rural communities amid their shrinking populations.

JAPAN / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

Japan considers new system to connect urban and rural populations

The system aims to help those in overpopulated cities to play more active roles in rural communities with shrinking populations.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (center) speaks as leading business executives listen during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Friday.

JAPAN / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

South Korea’s Lee open to trilateral meet with Ishiba and Trump at G7

By Jesse Johnson

Any talks would be the first trilateral meeting for all three leaders since taking office, and would symbolize a commitment to continuing to build closer security ties.

Guillaume Ollagnier, director general of strategic, security and disarmament affairs at the French Foreign Ministry, says that the global nonproliferation architecture should be further strengthened — lest a nuclear arms race erupt.

JAPAN / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

France doubles down on opposition to new nuclear states, top official says

By Gabriel Dominguez

With Pyongyang and Beijing ramping up their nuclear capabilities, calls are growing louder in Seoul and elsewhere to develop their own nukes.

A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, in China's Jiangxi province, in October 2010.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

U.S.-China trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved

By Laurie Chen and Fanny Potkin

The renewed U.S.-China trade truce left a key area of export restrictions tied to national security untouched, an unresolved conflict that threatens a more comprehensive deal.

Anthony Albanese

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

Australia PM Albanese to meet with Trump on G7 sidelines in Canada

Australian leader Anthony Albanese will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada for talks on the AUKUS defense pact and tariffs.

Missiles fired from Iran are pictured in the night sky over Jerusalem on Saturday.

WORLD

Jun 15, 2025

Israel and Iran strike at each other as Trump says conflict can be easily ended

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Israel's attacks, which began on Friday, were aimed at sabotaging nuclear talks with the U.S.

A worker prepares a sign ahead of the Group of Seven summit at a satellite location in Banff, Alberta, on Saturday.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

Guest list for G7 summit tells of global challenges

The leaders of India, Ukraine, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea are joining at a time of global turmoil and a radical new U.S. approach to world affairs.

Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading "We the People," the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's preamble, during a "No Kings" rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, on the same day as President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

As Trump celebrates army’s founding, his critics take to the streets

By David E. Sanger

U.S. President Donald Trump held a military parade the same day that hundreds of protests took place, in what amounted to a split-screen show of force.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a call for the fifth time since the Republican took office and sought to reset relations with Moscow, in a stark pivot from the approach of his predecessor Joe Biden's administration.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

Putin tells Trump Russia is ready for next round of Ukraine talks

The U.S. and Russian leaders held a call for the fifth time since Trump took office and sought to reset relations with Moscow, in a stark pivot from his predecessor.

Plainclothes officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) make an arrest in a hallway outside of a courtroom at New York-Federal Plaza Immigration Court inside the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York City on June 6.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

ICE ordered to pause most raids on farms, hotels and restaurants

Despite the White House framing the raids as an effort to remove serious criminals, thousands of people with no criminal records have been swept up in recent months.

Protesters hold a U.S. flag and placards as they take part in a nationwide "No Kings" rally against President Donald Trump's policies, in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 15, 2025

Tens of thousands throng U.S. streets against 'king' Trump

Protest organizers expected rallies in all 50 U.S. states, calling them the largest since Trump returned to office in January.

A vehicle believed to belong the suspected gunman, who was impersonating law enforcement, is towed away from the home of the late State Rep. Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on Saturday.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Jun 15, 2025

Authorities hunt suspect in deadly shooting of Minnesota Democratic lawmakers

The shootings by a gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband and wounded a second lawmaker and his spouse.

U.S. government's "golden share" in U.S. Steel will require the company to obtain approval from the U.S. president before relocating its headquarters from Pittsburgh or changing its name, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday.

BUSINESS / Companies

Jun 15, 2025

'Golden share' to help U.S. Steel keep name and prevent relocation

The move will also prevent Nippon Steel from transferring production or jobs outside the U.S. without consent of the U.S. president.

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's economic revitalization minster, speaks to members of the media in Washington on Friday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jun 15, 2025

Japan and U.S. trade negotiators spoke again Saturday

911爆料网 top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick spoke by phone and explored the possibility of a trade deal.

Eating locally grown food could be part of a decokatsu lifestyle that's both good for the planet and your wallet.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET

Jun 15, 2025

Decokatsu could save you money and help the planet. But you probably haven't heard of it.

By Mai Yoshikawa

The ambitious government program aims to get people to live in ways that are healthier for the planet without being restrictive about it.

AI is not only transforming the applications we use; it is also reshaping the very process of software development, threatening to render much of today’s tech sector obsolete.

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 15, 2025

How artificial intelligence will disrupt Big Tech

By Charles Ferguson

AI is already starting to cannibalize established giants and also to reshape the profession of software engineering.

The oceans have absorbed most anthropogenic heat and carbon dioxide emissions since the start of industrialization. But their capacity to do so is not unlimited.

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 15, 2025

The ocean is not just a carbon sink

By Wavel Ramkalawan

Reducing the value of three-quarters of our planet to the singular role of carbon sink overlooks the ocean’s vast contributions to food security, cultural identity and economics.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on April 7. Netanyahu is playing a risky game by launching a war against Iran that may not stop its nuclear program and could trigger a wider conflict beyond Israel’s control.

COMMENTARY / World

Jun 15, 2025

Netanyahu’s big gamble risks a quicker Iranian bomb

By Marc Champion

Whether the air strikes can indeed succeed is a very big "if.” It’s more likely that Israel can do no more than delay Iran’s nuclear program.

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi controls the ball against two Al Ahly defenders during the opening match of the Club World Cup in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday.

SOCCER

Jun 15, 2025

Messi denied late winner in Club World Cup opener

By Simon Evans

Messi was denied a storybook stoppage-time winner when he saw his curling shot from 20 yards out tipped on to the bar.

An aerial view of SoFi Staidum in the weeks leading up to its hosting of the Super Bowl, in January 2022.

SOCCER

Jun 15, 2025

PSG inspired by Los Angeles as it sets out to build new stadium

Paris Saint-Germain is drawing inspiration from the success of new state-of-the-art venues in Los Angeles as the club begins the process of building a new stadium for the team.

Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after launching his first of two home runs on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.

BASEBALL

Jun 15, 2025

Ohtani's two homers lead Dodgers over Giants

It was Ohtani's third multi-homer game of the season and the 22nd of his career.

Rio Takeda banked roughly ?265.7 million during the 2024 season in prize money on the back of a tour-high eight wins.

MORE SPORTS / Golf

Jun 15, 2025

What gender pay gap? In 911爆料网 golf, women are on par with men

By Mai Yoshikawa

Fan and sponsorship growth has players in the JLPGA making just as much as their male counterparts, a rarity in the male-dominated world of sports.

Panthers forward Brad Marchand shoots during the second period of Game 5 against the Oilers on Saturday.

MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey

Jun 15, 2025

Panthers on brink of Stanley Cup repeat after Game 5 win over Oilers

The victory in Edmonton gave the Panthers a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final and a chance to clinch the series on home ice on Tuesday.

Sam Burns prepares to putt on the 16th green during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

MORE SPORTS / Golf

Jun 15, 2025

U.S. Open leader Burns eyes first major title at historic Oakmont

By Jim Slater

The 28-year-old American will carry a one-stroke lead into Sunday's final round after firing a 1-under-par 69 on Saturday.

Japan captain Mai Yanagida bats against Hong Kong during the women's Sano City International Trophy cricket tournament on June 4 in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture.

MORE SPORTS / Cricket

Jun 15, 2025

From samurai threat to Asian Games as Japan cricket fights obscurity

By Andrew MCKIRDY

911爆料网 cricket association says the sport is slowly gaining popularity and hopes next year's home Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics can take it to a new level.