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Japan-Bound Oil Tanker Sails Strait of Hormuz After Lifting of Effective Blockade
16+ hour, 22+ min ago (252+ words) 16: 35 JST, June 19, 2026 A Japan-related vessel has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East, according to data from a vessel tracking service, following the lifting of an effective blockade of the strait that had lasted three months. According…...
Ron Mueck sculpture exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (148+ words) By Tom Baker / Japan News Staff Writer 12: 33 JST, June 15, 2026 What are they thinking about? That woman lying in bed with her fingertips pensively on her cheek. That man in a boat, leaning to one side, peering ahead. That dispirited angel,…...
Japan, Britain Agree to Enhance Energy Security
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (543+ words) 23: 38 JST, June 14, 2026 LONDON (Jiji Press) " Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her British counterpart, Keir Starmer, on Sunday agreed to cooperate to enhance economic security, including energy supply stability, amid the Middle East turmoil. The two leaders also agreed to…...
White Sox's Munetaka Murakami Begins Rehab for Hamstring Injury
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (161+ words) 15: 44 JST, June 13, 2026 CHICAGO " Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami said Friday he has started rehabilitation for his hamstring strain. Murakami strained his right hamstring during a game on May 29 and was placed on the injured list. He told reporters at…...
Japanese Companies Gear Up for Long World Cup Campaign with Samurai Blue's Performance to have Large Impact on Sales
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (562+ words) By Chika Nakayama and Yuya Iwasaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers 16: 20 JST, June 13, 2026 Companies across Japan are gearing up for a prolonged sales campaign of items related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is now underway. With the increased number of…...
Archaeologists Find Porcelain, Chandeliers in Shipwreck
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (177+ words) 13: 35 JST, June 13, 2026 OSLO (Reuters) " Archaeologists have recovered a trove of Chinese porcelain and European-made goods from a recently discovered 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Norway, government and museum officials said on June 1. Among the goods found in the remains…...
Putin Says Russia Developing Satellite-Based Drone Control System, Ifax Says
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (95+ words) 11: 09 JST, June 13, 2026 MOSCOW, June 12 (Reuters) " Russia is developing a satellite-based system for controlling combat drones, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a meeting with military officials, the Interfax news agency reported. Russian news agencies later said Putin issued a…...
JASRAC "Won't Administer AI Works'; Guidelines to Require Guarantee of Human Involvement in Creation
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (281+ words) 14: 34 JST, June 12, 2026 Major musical copyright collective the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) announced on Thursday that, in regard to the handling of works created using artificial intelligence, the organization "will not administer works in which…...
Former Japanese Lightweight Champ Guts Ishimatsu Dies
1+ week, 1+ day ago (87+ words) 16: 48 JST, June 11, 2026 Former lightweight champion Guts Ishimatsu has died of pneumonia. He was 76. Ishimatsu, whose real name is Yuji Suzuki, became a WBC lightweight champion in 1974. He successfully defended his title five times before retiring in 1979. Since, he had become…...
Taiwan Fires Rockets in China's Direction from a US-Supplied Mobile Launching System in Drill
1+ week, 1+ day ago (249+ words) 12: 15 JST, June 11, 2026 While the U. S. -supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest live-fire exercise was the first time its rockets were fired into the waters of the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the self-governing island from China....