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Ceremony for summer climbing season on Mt. Daisen

Shinto priests and climbers gather at the summit of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, to offer prayer for safety at a ceremony marking the start of the summer climbing season on June 7, 2026.

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Ceremony for summer climbing season on Mt. Daisen

Shinto priests and climbers gather at the summit of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, to offer prayer for safety at a ceremony marking the start of the summer climbing season on June 7, 2026.

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Ceremony for summer climbing season on Mt. Daisen

A torchlight procession is held in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2026, to offer prayer for safety on Mt. Daisen, a day before a ceremony is held on its summit marking the start of the summer climbing season.

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Ceremony for summer climbing season on Mt. Daisen

A torchlight procession is held in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2026, to offer prayer for safety on Mt. Daisen, a day before a ceremony is held on its summit marking the start of the summer climbing season.

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Spain: Teachers March in Barcelona on Final Day of Month-Long Strike

Teachers took to the streets of Barcelona on Friday, June 5, in a mass demonstration marking the final day of a month-long strike. Unions rejected a government deal and warned of an indefinite walkout if negotiations failed to produce an acceptable offer.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japan's House of Councillors passes a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026, marking its enactment as the budget was earlier approved by the House of Representatives.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japan's House of Councillors passes a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026, marking its enactment as the budget was earlier approved by the House of Representatives.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Firefighters offer flowers and silent prayers at a monument in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, marking the 35th anniversary of a deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Police officers from the Shimabara police station in Nagasaki Prefecture offer silent prayers at the former site of a volunteer fire brigade station in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, marking the 35th anniversary of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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Football: Japan players departing for Mexico

Members of the Japan men's national football team and manager Hajime Moriyasu (C, front) attend a ceremony at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo on June 2, 2026, marking the squad's departure for a pre-World Cup camp in Monterrey, Mexico.

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Football: Japan players departing for Mexico

Hajime Moriyasu, manager of the Japan men's national football team, speaks at a ceremony at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo on June 2, 2026, marking the squad's departure for a pre-World Cup camp in Monterrey, Mexico.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese crested ibises are released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Revised immigration control law enacted

Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi (far R) bows after the House of Councillors approved a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

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Revised immigration control law enacted

Japan's House of Councillors approves a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

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Revised immigration control law enacted

Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi bows after the House of Councillors approved a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

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Revised immigration control law enacted

Japan's House of Councillors approves a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

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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

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

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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Princess and Prince at exhibition

Japan's Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito (R) visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 23, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Princess and Prince at exhibition

Japan's Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito (R) visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 23, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Princess and Prince at exhibition

Japan's Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito (R) visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 23, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Princess and Prince at exhibition

Japan's Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 23, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor attends infectious disease association ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on May 22, 2026.

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Emperor attends infectious disease association ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on May 22, 2026, to attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. (Pool photo)

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Emperor attends infectious disease association ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on May 22, 2026.

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Emperor attends infectious disease association ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on May 22, 2026.

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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46th anniv. of pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a ceremony in Gwangju on May 18, 2026, marking the anniversary of a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern South Korean city in which over 160 people were killed by the military.

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46th anniv. of pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (C) attends a ceremony in Gwangju on May 18, 2026, marking the anniversary of a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern South Korean city in which over 160 people were killed by the military.

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Nissan's earnings results for FY 2025

YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Ivan Espinosa speaks at a press conference in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 13, 2026. Nissan posted a net loss of 533.10 billion yen for fiscal 2025, marking a second straight year of red ink, while forecasting a return to profitability in fiscal 2026. (Kyodo)

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