7+ hour, 23+ min ago  (77+ words) June 29, 2026 at 12: 57 JST A young woman in her 20s confessed a quiet fear: "The more I stay true to myself," she wrote, "the more I seem to stand out awkwardly from those around me. What am I supposed to do?" [Read…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago  (579+ words) By MASAHIKO OHTA/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 17: 30 JST A sketch by Shinichi Komatsu depicting a scene at a prisoner-of-war camp (Provided by the Prisoner's Diary Museum) Rare sketches'by a Japanese civilian offering a personal and complex perspective of wartime Philippines…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (618+ words) By YUTA OGI/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 16: 54 JST Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters before departing for India on July 1. (Takeshi Iwashita) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, are expected to lock in shared goals'covering…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago  (654+ words) July 2, 2026 at 16: 43 JST Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, in March 2020 (Reuters) KOBE--Hyogo prefectural police on July 1 arrested nine people over their suspected involvement in a fraud organization based in Sierra Leone that used scamming tactics commonly seen in…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (645+ words) July 2, 2026 at 15: 00 JST Asian shares mostly declined Thursday on heavy selling of computer chip stocks, while U. S. futures were little changed after modest losses on Wall Street. Oil prices fell after negotiators from the U. S. and Iran met separately with mediators from…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago  (645+ words) By TAICHI HIGA/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 15: 24 JST Masato Ima at the private library of LGBTQ+-related materials in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on June 19 (Taichi Higa) "I want people to have access to primary information not found online and learn…...

12+ hour ago  (496+ words) July 2, 2026 at 14: 02 JST In reference to constitutional revision, a certain former prime minister once said to the effect, "The German Weimar Constitution became the Nazi Germany Constitution without anyone noticing the change. Why don't we learn from their tactics?" Made…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago  (448+ words) July 2, 2026 at 14: 08 JST Tokyo police arrested five individuals, including a suspected Chinese ringleader, on July 1 over allegations they laundered about 28 million yen ($172, 000) stolen from a U. S. resident through a Japanese bank. The Metropolitan Police Department suspects Lin Jun, 44, a Chinese national…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago  (589+ words) By TAKASHI OGAWA/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 13: 46 JST Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, at a news conference in Tokyo on July 1 (Takashi Ogawa) "Japan stands with Ukraine, and that policy remains unwavering," Foreign Minister Toshimitsu…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago  (593+ words) By SHUN HAYASHI/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 07: 00 JST A part of the cover of a reprint edition of Osamu Tezuka's short story "Nagai Ana" released on June 2 (Provided by Hosei University Press) Delving into issues of discrimination against ethnic Koreans…...