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JAPAN

A view of Kunashir ¡ª known as Kunashiri in 911±¬ÁÏÍø ¡ª one a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025
Memorial services at sea to be held off disputed islands
Two of the five events will involve an overnight stay on a ship, with participants offering prayers toward part of Kunashiri Island.
Students' opinions are being sought on a planned system for checking whether teachers have sexual crime records.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Government to seek students' opinions for sexual abuse prevention
Around 12 students will be selected by lottery from volunteers to participate in the upcoming session.
Eight banks have entered into an agreement with the National Police Agency to share information on suspicious accounts as part of efforts to combat special fraud schemes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Major banks team up with police to combat special fraud
By Yukana Inoue
Under a new agreement, the banks will send information on suspicious accounts directly to the police instead of channeling it through the Financial Services Agency.
Tatsunori Ibayashi, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who was removed from his post as Lower House finance committee chair, reacts after a motion of dismissal against him cleared the chamber on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
In a first, Lower House opposition parties unite to dismiss finance committee chair
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
Yukihiko Akutsu, a Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker, was chosen hours later to replace the chair in an election in the Lower House.
A J-15 fighter jet from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong makes an unusual approach to a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft that was conducting surveillance above the Pacific Ocean on June 8.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025
In rare move, Japan releases map showing Chinese aircraft carrier activities
By Jesse Johnson
The decision to release the map comes as concerns grow over Beijing¡¯s apparent efforts to alter the status quo in the region.
The Tokyo District Court has issued an order to the government to pay ?1.2 million ($8,300) in damages to two overstayers who got sick while they were held at a detention center.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Government ordered to compensate overstayers who got sick in detention
The Tokyo District Court held the government responsible over the deterioration of health of the two men ¡ª one Iranian, the other Turkish ¡ª at an immigration detention facility.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ahead of their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Kananaskis in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
South Korea's Lee touts ¡®inseparable¡¯ Japan ties after Ishiba meeting
By Jesse Johnson
Seeking to ride the momentum that has pushed the neighbors closer following years of chilly ties, the pair also reaffirmed their commitment to trilateral cooperation with the U.S.
A video from the National Police Agency aimed at educating people about the illegality of online casinos is shown at a movie theater in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Japan revises law to ban online casino ads as it cracks down on offshore gambling
The revised law makes gambling on overseas sites explicitly illegal, allowing internet service providers and social media platforms to remove content more proactively.
Citing challenges such as a declining workforce and rising costs, four major newspapers will discontinue their Saturday evening editions from August, in a shift away from a publishing tradition that has endured for decades in Japan.
JAPAN / Media
Jun 18, 2025
Four newspapers in Japan to cease Saturday evening editions from August
By Jessica Speed
The announcements mark a shift away from a publishing tradition that has endured for decades in Japan, where evening newspapers had been a staple of the media landscape.
A minivehicle that crashed head-on with another vehicle in the Enasan Tunnel in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on June 11 after being driven the wrong way on the Chuo Expressway
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2025
Wrong-way driving on expressways proves a persistent problem in Japan
Around 200 cases of wrong-way driving on expressways are reported each year.
Shogakukan's office in Tokyo. The Fair Trade Commission issued a warning to Shogakukan and Kobunsha for failing to clearly indicate terms and conditions for freelancers they outsource work to.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025
911±¬ÁÏÍø FTC gives first warning over freelance law breaches
Shogakukan and Kobunsha, both based in Tokyo, were urged to take preventive measures under the law, which came into effect in November 2024.
Japan Post President Tetsuya Senda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025
Japan Post to accept loss of truck transport business permit
The transport ministry is expected to revoke the permit by the end of this month at the earliest.
Bicycle riders will be fined for minor traffic violations starting on April 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Japan to fine riders ?12,000 for using mobile phones while cycling
Fines between ?3,000 ($20) and ?12,000 will be imposed for 113 types of traffic violations.
Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Tehran on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025
Japan raises travel warning for Iran to highest level
"The situation is becoming increasingly tense," Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told a news conference, adding that the government will do all it can to protect 911±¬ÁÏÍø nationals.
Reiwa Shinsengumi deputy leader Yasuhiko Funago during a news conference at the Diet building on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Reiwa Shinsengumi lawmaker with ALS to retire
Yasuhiko Funago, 67, said that it would be difficult for him to serve another six-year term considering his age and physical strength.

ASIA PACIFIC

A man watches the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki as seen from East Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2025
Dozens of Bali flights canceled following volcanic eruption
By Audrey Wan
At least 30 flights were canceled due to Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in the east of Indonesia¡¯s Flores island erupting.
People take part in a solidarity march organized in support of the Cambodian government's actions in its recent border dispute with Thailand, in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Cambodian government musters support from huge crowds in Thai border row
By Suy SE
The two sides held talks in Phnom Penh over the weekend, which Thailand said had made progress, but the border row shows little sign of dying down.
Workers pack bathroom fittings in a factory of the Taiwanese-owned LCM Group in Kunshan, China, on June 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Taiwan's entrepreneurs in China feel heat from cross-strait tensions
By Amber Wang and Adrien Simorre
Safety fears have led many Taiwanese manufacturers to turn to less politically sensitive locales such as Vietnam and Thailand.
Bali Regional Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya speaks to journalists during a news conference at the Badung district police station in Badung regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Australian suspects in Bali murder of compatriot face death penalty
Authorities had been searching for several suspects over the shooting of a 32-year-old Australian national on Saturday.
European Council President Ant?nio Costa (from left to right), Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Italian leader Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and leader Minister Keir Starmer pose for a family photo during the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2025
Asia overshadowed as G7 struggles with crises and lack of unity
By Gabriel Dominguez and Jesse Johnson
Mentions of China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific were conspicuously absent from the statements that emerged from the latest summit.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu (left) at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
North Korea to send thousands of troops to Russia to help rebuild Kursk
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu announced the move following two meetings in as many weeks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) and Indian leader Narendra Modi shake hands before posing for a photo during the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
India and Canada return ambassadors as Carney and Modi look past spat
Carney's predecessor last year accused India of involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil and expelled the Indian envoy.
A family looks at a model and an introduction video of the first Taiwan domestically made submarine on display at a Panshih-class fast combat support ship in Keelung, Taiwan, in March.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2025
Taiwan completes first sea trial for domestically made submarine in defense milestone
Taiwan has made the indigenous submarine program a key part of a project to modernize its armed forces as Beijing stages almost daily military exercises.

WORLD

In a recorded speech played on television Wednesday, Iranian?Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender, saying Americans "should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage."
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Iran supreme leader rejects Trump's call for surrender as thousands flee Tehran
U.S. President Donald Trump has veered from proposing a swift diplomatic end to the Israel-Iran war to suggesting the United States might join it.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow in March. If U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy meets Lukashenko, he would be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the authoritarian state in years.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Trump's Ukraine envoy to meet Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko
Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg in private has portrayed the trip as a step that could help jump-start peace talks aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
Israeli military vehicles maneuver in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2025
Israeli tanks kill 59 people in Gaza crowd trying to get food aid, medics say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled
Palestinian medics said at least 59 people were killed and 221 wounded in the incident, at least 20 of them in critical condition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting with Group of Seven leaders during the bloc's annual summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
G7 abandons joint Ukraine statement as Zelenskyy says diplomacy in crisis
The Ukrainian president also did not get to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with whom he hoped to talk to about acquiring more weapons.
People march during a protest calling for abortion law reform in London on June 17, 2023.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
U.K. parliament votes to decriminalize abortion
By Andrew MacAskill
Abortions have been legal in England and Wales for almost 60 years, but only up to 24 weeks and with the approval of two doctors.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the national anthem as Air Force officers salute during a meeting in Tehran in February.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2025
Iran supreme leader sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall
The killings of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's main military and security advisers has left major holes in his inner circle, raising the risk of strategic errors.
A GBU-57 or Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, known as a "bunker buster," at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri in May 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Bunker-buster bomb draws focus as Trump weighs Iran options
By Courtney McBride and Tony Capaccio
The U.S. has a wide range of military assets in the Middle East and across the globe to bring to bear in a potential fight against Iran.

BUSINESS

Shibuya¡¯s iconic scramble crossing has helped put the district on the map globally.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2025
Shibuya, Tokyo's coolest ward, offers startups a leg up in Japan
By Kazuaki Nagata
It's offering international entrepreneurs free space, a good address and a wide range of support services.
Mitsubishi Motors is raising prices on some of its models, including the gasoline version of Outlander Sport sold in the U.S. market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2025
Mitsubishi Motors raises U.S. prices as tariffs roil carmakers
By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Nicholas Takahashi
The new prices will affect vehicles delivered after Wednesday and won¡¯t be applied to cars currently on display in showrooms.
The Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, near Rome, in 2024
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2025
Airfares from Western Europe to United States drop amid pullback in U.S. travel
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Joanna Plucinska
In March, travel to the United States from Western Europe fell 17% year-over-year, according to U.S. data
Honda's experimental reusable rocket during a launching and landing test
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2025
Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket
911±¬ÁÏÍø second-biggest carmaker has successfully tested an experimental reusable rocket as it seeks to expand into the space sector.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te had pledged in April to address unspecified concerns from Washington about export controls.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 18, 2025
U.S.-China tech fight widens after Taiwan blacklists Huawei
By Mackenzie Hawkins, Miaojung Lin and Yian Lee
The move is the first time Taipei has used its blacklist against major Chinese firms.
Shareholders arrive at Toyota's annual shareholders' meeting on June 12 in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2025
Record demands from activist investors driving focus on governance and efficiency
By Momoka Yokoyama
The country¡¯s jammed annual general meeting season matters more than ever this year as investors seek signs that 911±¬ÁÏÍø stocks can get out of a rut.
Exports measured by value dropped 1.7% in May from a year earlier, suggesting exporters may be absorbing the tariff shock by cutting prices, as export volume rose 1.8%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 18, 2025
Japan¡¯s export drop raises recession risks as U.S. tariffs bite
By Yoshiaki Nohara
The drop in exports and the larger trade deficit add to concerns that Japan¡¯s economy could shrink again in the second quarter.
U.S. President Donald Trump is granting a third reprieve to TikTok from enforcement of a congressionally mandated ban that was supposed to take effect in January.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 18, 2025
Trump to extend TikTok sale deadline for third time, White House says
The U.S. president will extend the June 19 deadline for 90 days.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters after holding talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 18, 2025
Trump calls Japan 'tough' trade negotiator and complains EU not being fair
U.S. President Donald Trump also said there was still a chance of a trade deal between Washington and Japan.

ENVIRONMENT

A dead sea star in 2015. About 5 billion sea stars died from a disease outbreak, likely including this one.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 18, 2025
Marine heat waves are spreading around the world
By Delger Erdenesanaa
Some unusual ocean events have become so intense that scientists have coined a new term: super marine heat waves.

Opinion

The AUKUS submarine deal was flawed from the start, and its possible collapse offers Australia a chance to rethink its defense strategy, reclaim sovereignty and pursue more practical, cost-effective alternatives.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2025
Cross your fingers, Australia, and hope the AUKUS deal collapses
By Gareth Evans
Some analysts assume that the U.S. Defense Department review is just another Trumpian extortion exercise designed to extract an even bigger financial commitment from Australia.
Israel¡¯s rapid military gains in Iran have exposed deep vulnerabilities in Tehran¡¯s defenses, but they also raise urgent questions about how far Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to go and at what cost.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2025
Success in Iran leaves Israel at a strategic crossroads
By Marc Champion and James Hertling
In Iran, it¡¯s vital that Netanyahu follow his Hezbollah model if his campaign of military shock and awe doesn¡¯t quickly succeed.
Drone warfare in Ukraine has exposed the obsolescence of traditional military systems, the need for rapid, adaptive innovation and the terrifying potential of AI-driven autonomous weapons in future conflicts.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2025
The age of AI drone warfare is here and changing the rules
By Charles Ferguson
Drone technology, weapons and tactics now evolve at a blinding pace. A new drone will be useful for only two to six months.
Jeremy Allaire, chief executive officer of Circle Internet Financial (center) celebrates during the company's initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 5.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2025
A digital dollar is a trade war weapon, and Europe may be a primary target
By Lionel Laurent
Stablecoins could serve to entrench the existing tech and monetary order dominated by the U.S., as 95% of them are dollar-denominated. The euro commands less than 1%.

Sports

Masuiyama competes during a tournament in Tokyo in May 1980.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 18, 2025
Music star Masuiyama, a former ¨­³ú±ð°ì¾± who died Sunday at 76, blazed unique trail
By John Gunning
Masuiyama was unique in the world of sumo in that he gained as much fame ¡ª if not more ¡ª for what he did outside of the ring.
Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa fails to stop a Maximiliano Meza header during River Plate's 3-1 win at the Club World Cup on Tuesday in Seattle.
SOCCER
Jun 18, 2025
River Plate eases past Urawa at Club World Cup
Under 12,000 fans attended the clash, but those who were there, many traveling from Japan and Argentina, created a vibrant atmosphere at both ends of the stadium.
Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki hits a three-run home run against the Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2025
Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer helps Cubs get by Brewers
The blast was the 911±¬ÁÏÍø slugger's 18th of the season.
Naomi Osaka hits a forehand during her first round match against Paula Badosa at the French Open on May 26. Osaka lost at the same stage on Tuesday in Berlin in a Wimbledon tuneup.
TENNIS
Jun 18, 2025
Grand Slam champions Osaka and Keys crash at first hurdle in Berlin
It was a disappointing start to the former world No. 1's grass season, with Wimbledon starting in just under two weeks.
Gold medalist Shiho Tanaka after winning the women's under-70 kilogram event at the Judo World Championships in Budapest on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Judo
Jun 18, 2025
Tanaka and Murao strike more gold for Japan at judo worlds
Japan has won six of the 10 titles already attributed after five days of competition in Budapest.
Panthers center Sam Reinhart lifts the Stanley Cup after Florida beat Edmonton to clinch a second-straight title.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Jun 18, 2025
Sam Reinhart scores four as Panthers beat Oilers to retain Stanley Cup
Reinhart scored on all four shots he took to become the first player to notch four goals in a Stanley Cup Final game since 1957.
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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