The Japan Times: All Stories https://www.japantimes.co.jp/ All the news, sports and feature stories from The Japan Times Online Newspaper en-US hourly 1 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:05:14 +0900 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:05:14 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ U.S. launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downed ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/10/world/us-strikes-iran-helicopter/ WORLD Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:14:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642496/ <![CDATA[ How Honda’s old guard tried, and failed, to oust its CEO ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/honda-ceo-troubles/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:49:00 +0900 Norihiko Shirouzu,Daniel Leussink,Maki Shiraki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642495/ <![CDATA[ LDP mulls proposal to automatically cut 45 Lower House seats ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/politics/ldp-lower-house-seat-cut-proposal/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:27:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642494/ <![CDATA[ Japan wary of closer China-North Korea military ties after Xi visit ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/japan-wary-nk-china-ties/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:27:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642493/ <![CDATA[ JR East to shift from magnetic to QR code tickets in 2027 ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/jr-east-qr-code-tickets/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:07:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642492/ <![CDATA[ BOJ may raise rate in June and October, former official says ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/economy/boj-raise-rates-former-official/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:12:00 +0900 Toru Fujioka,Sumio Ito https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642491/ <![CDATA[ Dayslong bear hunt in Tochigi Prefecture capital ends with animal’s capture ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/tochigi-bear-hunt/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:51:00 +0900 Yukana Inoue https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642489/ <![CDATA[ Japanese sailor sets course for around-the-world yacht race ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/solo-sailor-yacht-race/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:45:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642488/ <![CDATA[ What was left unsaid may be biggest takeaway from Xi-Kim summit ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-xi-kim-nukes-analysis/ ASIA PACIFIC Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:31:00 +0900 Jesse Johnson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642487/ <![CDATA[ Sister of ex-death row inmate calls for full disclosure of evidence by prosecutors amid retrial system review ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-sister-full-disclose-evidence/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:21:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642490/ <![CDATA[ China rides AI wave as exports surge past forecast ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/tech/china-ai-wave-exports-forecast/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:15:00 +0900 Joe Cash https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642486/ <![CDATA[ Sumitomo Mitsui Trust mulls up to ¥380 billion in digital investment ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-trust-digital-investment/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:14:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642485/ <![CDATA[ Takaichi reluctant to resolve naphtha bottleneck by enforcing laws ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/politics/takaichi-hoarding-price-laws/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:13:00 +0900 Eric Johnston https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642484/ <![CDATA[ U.S. says BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and other tech giants are aiding China’s military ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/us-byd-baidu-alibaba-china-military/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:48:00 +0900 Michael Martina,David Shepardson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642441/ <![CDATA[ Former Giants manager Abe referred to prosecutors over alleged assault ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/crime-legal/giants-abe-prosecutors-assault/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:34:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642477/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan simulates destroying an invading Chinese force in coastal drill ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-force-coastal-drill/ ASIA PACIFIC Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:21:00 +0900 Angie Teo,david lague https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642475/ <![CDATA[ Japanese researchers find cats prefer silver vine over catnip ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/cats-preference-silver-vine/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:19:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642478/ <![CDATA[ Exposed by the Justice Department, Epstein survivors come under attack ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/world/crime-legal/epstein-victims-justice-under-attack/ WORLD Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:09:00 +0900 Mike Spector,Linda So https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642474/ <![CDATA[ Knicks fall to Spurs in first home Finals game in a generation ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/09/basketball/nba/knicks-game-3-home/ BASKETBALL Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:25:00 +0900 Josh Wingrove,Jennifer A. Dlouhy,Kaitlyn Pohly https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642473/ <![CDATA[ Mark Carney’s trade push collides with reality of U.S. dependence ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/mark-carney-trade-us-dependence/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:20:00 +0900 Promit Mukherjee https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642476/ <![CDATA[ Prosecutors seek 27-year sentence for suspect in murder of Hokkaido girl ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/crime-legal/japan-high-school-student-murder-prosecutor-demand/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:19:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642436/ <![CDATA[ Katayama says Japan undergoing biggest budget reform since 1945 ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/economy/japan-finance-minister-katayama-budget-reform/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:14:00 +0900 Erica Yokoyama,Takashi Umekawa https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642463/ <![CDATA[ The Iran war is coming for your Diet Coke ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/09/world/iran-diet-coke/ COMMENTARY Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:09:00 +0900 David Fickling https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642483/ <![CDATA[ South Korea hit the China reset button. Or did it? ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/09/world/seoul-hits-china-reset-button/ COMMENTARY Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:50:00 +0900 Jiseon Shin https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642480/ <![CDATA[ Hometown donations program to refocus on local community ties ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/hometown-tax-donation-program/ JAPAN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:41:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642472/ <![CDATA[ Japan to ease bank capital adequacy requirements ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/fsa-capital-adequacy-banks/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:25:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642471/ <![CDATA[ Goldman’s Japan chief counts on new leaders to drive growth ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/goldman-sachs-japan-head-interview/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:17:00 +0900 Takashi Nakamichi https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642470/ <![CDATA[ Japanese firms see record number of shareholder proposals from activist investors ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/09/companies/record-shareholder-proposals/ BUSINESS Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642469/ <![CDATA[ Europe weighs its nuclear future as U.S. certainty fades ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/09/world/europes-nuclear-options/ COMMENTARY Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:43:00 +0900 Ana Palacio https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642482/ <![CDATA[ Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful, U.S. judge rules ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/world/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-us-judge/ WORLD Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:40:00 +0900 Nate Raymond https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642467/