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4 injured in bear attacks in Fukushima Prefecture
2 June 2026 @ 10:31 am
Four people were attacked and injured by a bear in northeast Japan on Tuesday, with all sent to the hospital and conscious, according to the local police and…
Man kills his mother’s visiting caregiver, calls police, then kills himself
2 June 2026 @ 10:28 am
A 60-year-old man living in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, called 110 on Monday and said he had killed his 90-year-old mother’s visiting caregiver and then said he was going…
Sabalenka ends Osaka's fashion show and advances to French Open quarterfinals
2 June 2026 @ 9:41 am
Naomi Osaka may have had the edge in the fashion contest. In the tennis department, though, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was the winner.
Sabalenka beat Osaka 7-5, 6-3 on…
SoftBank overtakes Toyota to become Japan's most valuable company
2 June 2026 @ 7:36 am
SoftBank Group Corp overtook Toyota Motor Corp on Monday to become Japan's most valuable publicly traded company amid a rally in technology shares, marking the first time in…
Takaichi urges free passage through Hormuz in phone talks with Iran president
2 June 2026 @ 7:36 am
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday she called for the free and safe passage of ships through the all-but-closed Strait of Hormuz in phone talks with Iranian…
88-year-old driver killed after his car crashes into house wall in Oita
2 June 2026 @ 7:35 am
An 88-year-old man driving a light passenger car was killed after his vehicle crashed into the wall of a house in Oita City on Monday,
Police said the…
Typhoon moves north toward Kyushu after battering Okinawa
2 June 2026 @ 7:32 am
Typhoon Jangmi was moving north toward Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday after battering Okinawa the previous day, the weather agency said.
Nine people had sustained…
Trump administration says it will comply with court order to pause $1.8 billion compensation fund
2 June 2026 @ 7:22 am
The Trump administration said Monday it will comply with a court ruling temporarily blocking a nearly $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Donald Trump, effectively…
Four dead as Russia launches major attack across Ukraine, authorities say
2 June 2026 @ 7:11 am
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed four people in Dnipro and damaged two apartment buildings in the capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, authorities said, after days of warnings that…
Trump's 'weaponization' fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress
2 June 2026 @ 6:13 am
President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponization" has been put on hold after the White House faced fierce opposition from Republicans…