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Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion agree to business integration

Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion agree to business integration

Photo taken on June 4, 2026, shows an outlet of Yamada Denki Co., a subsidiary of Yamada Holdings Co., in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's largest consumer electronics retailer Yamada Holdings and another key player in the sector, Edion Corp., said on June 5 they have agreed to integrate their businesses under a new holding company.

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Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion agree to business integration

Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion agree to business integration

Photo taken on June 4, 2026, shows an outlet of Yamada Denki Co., a subsidiary of Yamada Holdings Co., in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's largest consumer electronics retailer Yamada Holdings and another key player in the sector, Edion Corp., said on June 5 they have agreed to integrate their businesses under a new holding company.

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US: Storm Brings Heavy Rain and Hail to Las Cruces, New Mexico

Heavy rain and pea-sized hail pounded Las Cruces, New Mexico on Wednesday night, with rainfall totals exceeding one inch in many areas.

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The 15th Annual General Meeting of Keidanren

The 15th Annual General Meeting of Keidanren

Keidanren’s 15th Annual General Meeting Press Conference. The photo shows, from right to left: Reiko Akiike, new Vice Chair; Akira Komiya, new Vice Chair; Keiichi Iwata, new Vice Chair; Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chair; Yuji Fukasawa, new Vice Chair; Kei Uruma, new Vice Chair; and Kentaro Okuda, new Vice Chair.=June 3,2026,Tokyo

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Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion eye business integration

Electronics retailers Yamada, Edion eye business integration

Photo taken on June 4, 2026, shows an outlet of Yamada Denki Co., a subsidiary of Yamada Holdings Co., in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's largest consumer electronics retailer Yamada Holdings and another key player in the sector, Edion Corp., are planning to merge their businesses under a new holding company.

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Kyrgyzstan wins U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

Kyrgyzstan wins U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev meets the press in New York on June 3, 2026, after his country was elected as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council for the first time on June 3, 2026.

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Germany fails to get U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

Germany fails to get U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul meets the press in New York on June 3, 2026, after Germany lost its bid for a nonpermanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

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New Zealand: Peacock Kicks Away Goat Trying to Join Feeding Session

On May 7, 2026, in New Zealand, a peacock being hand-fed by a woman reacted aggressively when a curious goat approached to join in. The peacock kicked the goat away, sending it stumbling back, while continuing to eat undisturbed.

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Nvidia unveils new AI chip for Windows laptops, desktops

Nvidia unveils new AI chip for Windows laptops, desktops

Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang unveils the RTX Spark chip at a press event in Taipei on June 1, 2026. The new chip brings advanced artificial intelligence functions to Windows laptops and desktop computers.

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Nvidia unveils new AI chip for Windows laptops, desktops

Nvidia unveils new AI chip for Windows laptops, desktops

Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang unveils the RTX Spark chip at a press event in Taipei on June 1, 2026. The new chip brings advanced artificial intelligence functions to Windows laptops and desktop computers.

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Japan pledges $20 mil. to World Bank for critical minerals supply chains

Japan pledges $20 mil. to World Bank for critical minerals supply chains

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (R) and World Bank President Ajay Banga pose for a photo at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 1, 2026, after signing a document on cooperation to help developing countries strengthen supply chains for critical minerals. Japan will disburse $20 million for a new facility to spur investments in those countries.

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Golf: ShopRite LPGA Classic

Golf: ShopRite LPGA Classic

Celine Boutier of France holds the victor's trophy after winning the ShopRite LPGA Classic golf tournament at Seaview's Bay Course in Galloway, New Jersey, on May 31, 2026.

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi delivers speech in Singapore

Japan Defense Minister Koizumi delivers speech in Singapore

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi delivers a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on May 31, 2026, rejecting China's criticism that Japan's defense capability buildup represents a "new militarism."

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Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors holds a briefing on its new mid-to-long-term vision. The photo shows, from left, CEO Takao Kato and President and COO Keisuke Kishiura.=May 29,2026,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors holds a briefing on its new mid-to-long-term vision. The photo shows President and COO Keisuke Kishiura.=May 29,2026,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors holds a briefing on its new mid-to-long-term vision. The photo shows CEO Takao Kato.=May 29,2026,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors: Briefing on the New Mid-to-Long-Term Vision

Mitsubishi Motors holds a briefing on its new mid-to-long-term vision. The photo shows CEO Takao Kato.=May 29,2026,Tokyo

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U.N. special representative Patten

U.N. special representative Patten

Pramila Patten, U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 29, 2026.

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Trilateral meeting between Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Trilateral meeting between Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters in Singapore on May 30, 2026, after a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from Australia and New Zealand.

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Trilateral meeting between Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Trilateral meeting between Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Photo taken in Singapore on May 30, 2026, shows Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C), Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles (R) and New Zealand Defense Minister Chris Penk. The three met on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue regional security forum, reaffirming their commitment to closer defense cooperation following Japan's recent easing of rules governing defense equipment exports.

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UK: Giant Bee Swarm Engulfs Pedestrian Crossing Outside Leeds Station

A giant swarm of bees engulfed a pedestrian crossing outside Leeds Station in northern England on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, May 25, completely covering the crossing button on New Station Street and forcing commuters to dodge the insects. According to the British Beekeepers Association, the bees were likely clustering around their queen while scout bees searched for a new nesting site.

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US: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Engine Test at Cape Canaveral 5

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 28. The blast rocked the Space Coast, filling the night sky with fire visible across Brevard County. Blue Origin confirmed there were no injuries and it was an anomaly during the hotfire test.

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US: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Engine Test at Cape Canaveral 3

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 28. The blast rocked the Space Coast, filling the night sky with fire visible across Brevard County. Blue Origin confirmed there were no injuries and it was an anomaly during the hotfire test.

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US: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Engine Test at Cape Canaveral 4

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 28. The blast rocked the Space Coast, filling the night sky with fire visible across Brevard County. Blue Origin confirmed there were no injuries and it was an anomaly during the hotfire test.

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US: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Engine Test at Cape Canaveral 2

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 28. The blast rocked the Space Coast, filling the night sky with fire visible across Brevard County. Blue Origin confirmed there were no injuries and it was an anomaly during the hotfire test.

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US: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Engine Test at Cape Canaveral

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 28. The blast rocked the Space Coast, filling the night sky with fire visible across Brevard County. Blue Origin confirmed there were no injuries and it was an anomaly during the hotfire test.

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US: Manhattanhenge Draws Crowds to Manhattan for Spring Sunset Spectacle

Crowds gathered along 42nd Street and other Midtown Manhattan cross streets on Thursday, May 28, for Manhattanhenge, a twice-yearly phenomenon when the setting sun aligns perfectly with the city's east-west street grid.

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US: Manhattanhenge Draws Crowds to Manhattan for Spring Sunset Spectacle 2

Crowds gathered along 42nd Street and other Midtown Manhattan cross streets on Thursday, May 28, for Manhattanhenge, a twice-yearly phenomenon when the setting sun aligns perfectly with the city's east-west street grid.

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US: Fireball Lights Up Western New York Sky, Producing Loud Sonic Boom

A bright fireball streaked across the sky over Western New York and Southern Ontario early Wednesday, May 27, producing a loud sonic boom that shook homes across the region. Scientists confirmed the phenomenon was a bolide, an exceptionally bright meteor that exploded as it burned up entering Earth's atmosphere.

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New Japan-Taiwan ferry service

New Japan-Taiwan ferry service

A passenger ferry is docked at Keelung on May 28, 2026, ahead of the inauguration later in the day of its regular service between the northern Taiwanese city and Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Round 7 of the World Rally Championship: Forum 8 Rally Japan 2026

Round 7 of the World Rally Championship: Forum 8 Rally Japan 2026

Round 7 of the World Rally Championship: Forum 8 Rally Japan 2026. The photo shows Takamoto Katsuta showing off his helmet in its new livery.=May 27,2026,Aichi

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US: Arrests Made Outside Delaney Hall as ICE-Protester Standoff Enters Sixth Day

Two people were arrested late Tuesday outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, as confrontations between ICE agents and demonstrators entered a sixth day. The Department of Homeland Security said the pair were charged with assaulting federal officers, while the person who filmed this video claimed on social media that one of those arrested was a medic.

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US: Witnesses Report Possible Meteor in Sky Over Western New York

A potential meteor sighting was reported in Western New York on Wednesday morning, May 27.

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Japan ruling LDP launches new group

TOKYO, Japan, May 21 Kyodo - A new group created within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party holds its inaugural meeting in Tokyo on May 21, 2026, with 347 out of the ruling party's 417 lawmakers joining. The group, dubbed "the research group on the nation's power," is believed to seek to promote the national security and economic policy agendas of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Figure skating: Uno returns to competition with Honda

TOKYO, Japan, May 22 Kyodo - Japanese former figure skating world champion and Olympic medalist Shoma Uno and former world junior champion Marin Honda pose for photos in Tokyo on May 22, 2026. The pair announced in an Instagram post earlier in the day that they will return to competition in ice dance from the new season. (Kyodo)

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China launches new spaceship

JIUQUAN, China, May 25 Kyodo - A rocket carrying China's Shenzhou-23 manned spaceship lifts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, on May 24, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Law to establish National Intelligence Council enacted

Law to establish National Intelligence Council enacted

Japan's House of Councillors approves a bill to establish a new National Intelligence Council during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, marking enactment of the law to create an entity to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Law to establish National Intelligence council enacted

Law to establish National Intelligence council enacted

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Councillors approved a bill to establish a new National Intelligence Council during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, marking enactment of the law to create an entity to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

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Law to establish National Intelligence Council enacted

Law to establish National Intelligence Council enacted

Japan's House of Councillors approves a bill to establish a new National Intelligence Council during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, marking enactment of the law to create an entity to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats. ==Kyodo

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China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

The U.N. Security Council, of which China is the rotating president for May, holds a high-level meeting chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on strengthening the international system at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 26, 2026.

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US: Strong Winds and Blowing Dust Hit Northern New Mexico on Memorial Day

A dust storm swept across parts of northern New Mexico on Monday, May 25, with strong winds and blowing dust creating hazardous conditions near White Rock. The National Weather Service warned that gusty winds could continue to accompany showers across western and central New Mexico through Tuesday.

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Quad ministerial meeting in New Delhi

Quad ministerial meeting in New Delhi

(from L) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a joint press conference following a Quad ministerial meeting in New Delhi on May 26, 2026.

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China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) chairs a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council, of which China is the rotating president for May, on strengthening the international system at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 26, 2026.

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US: Knicks Clinch NBA Finals Berth, Fans Pour Into NYC Streets to Celebrate 3

Knicks fans spilled into the streets of New York City on Monday night, May 25, celebrating outside Madison Square Garden after the team clinched its first NBA Finals berth in 27 years. A packed watch party at Radio City Music Hall was also on its feet as the final buzzer sounded. This video shows crowds of fans celebrating the victory in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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US: Knicks Clinch NBA Finals Berth, Fans Pour Into NYC Streets to Celebrate 2

Knicks fans spilled into the streets of New York City on Monday night, May 25, celebrating outside Madison Square Garden after the team clinched its first NBA Finals berth in 27 years. A packed watch party at Radio City Music Hall was also on its feet as the final buzzer sounded.

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US: Clashes Erupt at Delaney Hall as Hunger Strike Continues

Protesters clashed with ICE agents outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, May 25, as a hunger strike by detainees entered its fourth day. Gov. Mikie Sherrill visited Delaney Hall on Monday to meet with families of detainees but was denied access to the facility.

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