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 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:05:27 +0900 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:05:27 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ China’s Xi visits North Korea for rare summit with Kim ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/asia-pacific/politics/china-north-korea-xi-kim-summit/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:04:00 +0900 Jesse Johnson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642401/ <![CDATA[ Pete Hegseth’s dangerous call to arms in Asia ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/08/world/hegseths-asia-call-to-arms/ COMMENTARY Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:02:00 +0900 Thitinan Pongsudhirak https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642397/ <![CDATA[ Yamada-Edion integration aimed at expansion beyond electronics ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/companies/yamada-edion-integration/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:29:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642431/ <![CDATA[ Okinawa schools adopting ‘learncation’ to give students more family time ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/japan-education-learncation-weekday-leave/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:20:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/641551/ <![CDATA[ South Korea names first female prime minister in decades to lead AI push ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/asia-pacific/south-korea-female-pm-ai/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:04:00 +0900 Heesu Lee https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642428/ <![CDATA[ Businesses fear for economy if Swiss vote to cap population at 10 million ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/economy/businesses-economy-swiss-vote-population/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:51:00 +0900 John Revill,Marleen Kaesebier https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642429/ <![CDATA[ Victims mourned 18 years after Akihabara stabbing incident ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-akihabara-mass-murder-18-years/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:44:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642430/ <![CDATA[ Fukushima woman finds purpose sharing memories of family lost in tsunami ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/storyteller-fukushima-2011-tsunami/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/641791/ <![CDATA[ China’s Moonshot AI seeks $30 billion value in new funding talks ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/tech/china-moonshot-ai-funding/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:55:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642427/ <![CDATA[ Japanese and South Korean navies hold first joint drills in nine years ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/japan-south-korea-navy-drills/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:49:00 +0900 Jesse Johnson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642426/ <![CDATA[ Nvidia clinches deals with South Korean giants including SK Group to advance AI boom ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/tech/nvidia-south-korea-deals-ai/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:42:00 +0900 Heekyong Yang,Hyunjoo Jin https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642425/ <![CDATA[ Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapses again during international match ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/08/soccer/christian-eriksen-collapses-during-match/ SOCCER Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:27:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642424/ <![CDATA[ Agency asks local authorities to set up youth suicide prevention councils ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/municipalities-youth-suicide-prevention/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642423/ <![CDATA[ Work to improve safety continues 25 years after mass stabbing at Osaka school ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/ikeda-elementary-killings-25-years/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642421/ <![CDATA[ Japanese pension fund proxies buy record foreign bonds in May ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/companies/japan-pension-fund-foreign-bonds-buy/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:39:00 +0900 Masaki Kondo,Mia Glass https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642422/ <![CDATA[ Israel hits Iran with new strikes despite Trump admonition ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/world/politics/trump-israel-iran-beirut-attack/ WORLD Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642398/ <![CDATA[ India’s ’cockroach’ party protest against education minister ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/asia-pacific/politics/cockroach-youth-founder-protest-india/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0900 Alisha Sachdev,Aryan Gupta https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642390/ <![CDATA[ Powerful Philippine quake kills 15 and displaces thousands ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/asia-pacific/philippines-major-quake/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:41:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642420/ <![CDATA[ Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/world/society/los-angeles-homeless-world-cup/ WORLD Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:33:00 +0900 Romain FONSEGRIVES https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642417/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan says China Coast Guard patrols to its east are ’provocative act’ ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-china-coast-guard/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:27:00 +0900 Ben Blanchard https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642418/ <![CDATA[ Standoff weapon launcher showcased in SDF live-fire exercise for the first time ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/japan-sdf-drill-hvgp-launcher/ JAPAN Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642419/ <![CDATA[ England’s World Cup opener is set to cause power spike ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/08/soccer/world-cup/england-world-cup-power-spike/ SOCCER Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:12:00 +0900 Eamon Akil Farhat https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642414/ <![CDATA[ Kimi Antonelli stays cool under fire to win chaotic Monaco Grand Prix ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/08/more-sports/kimi-antonelli-monaco-grand-prix-win/ MORE SPORTS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:08:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642412/ <![CDATA[ ジャパンタイムズが The Japan Times Destination Region 2026 に、内子町（愛媛県）を選定 ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/press/2026/06/08/uchiko-town-destination-region-2026/ PRESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642269/ <![CDATA[ Corporate Japan borrows more as deals and outflows pressure ratings ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/companies/japan-businesses-borrowings/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:50:00 +0900 Umesh Desai https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642415/ <![CDATA[ South Korea’s AI impact sparks pressure across government bond market ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/markets/korea-ai-government-bond-market/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:40:00 +0900 Hooyeon Kim https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642416/ <![CDATA[ NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/companies/nasa-prada-space-industry/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:35:00 +0900 Danielle Kaye https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642411/ <![CDATA[ Chance to play in front of children behind Serena Williams’ return to tennis ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/08/tennis/serena-return-reason-children/ TENNIS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:35:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642409/ <![CDATA[ Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/tech/silicon-valley-military-startup/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:31:00 +0900 David Jeans https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642410/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s growth holds up despite drop in business investment ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-january-march/ BUSINESS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:29:00 +0900 Yoshiaki Nohara https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/642413/