Japan: Balck-and-White Calbee Chips Spotted in Store Before Color Return

Major snack maker Calbee announced on July 9 that it will gradually restore color packaging for eight products starting in late July, after switching them to black-and-white printing due to naphtha supply concerns. The "black-and-white potato chips" ended up on shelves for about two months since late May, sparking varied reactions on social media. Some said they never saw the black-and-white version in stores at all, since only the full-color packaging was available, while others speculated the black-and-white chips could become a collector's item.

[Breaking News]Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Video taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations. (Kyodo)

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Canada: Orange Haze Blankets Kamloops Skies as Wildfire Smoke Drifts In 3

Skies over Kamloops, British Columbia, darkened significantly on Tuesday evening, July 7, as smoke drifted in from the Brunswick Creek wildfire burning near Boston Bar. Videos shared on social media show an orange haze in the sky that evening.

Canada: Orange Haze Blankets Kamloops Skies as Wildfire Smoke Drifts In 2

Skies over Kamloops, British Columbia, darkened significantly on Tuesday evening, July 7, as smoke drifted in from the Brunswick Creek wildfire burning near Boston Bar. Videos shared on social media show an orange haze in the sky that evening.

Canada: Orange Haze Blankets Kamloops Skies as Wildfire Smoke Drifts In

Skies over Kamloops, British Columbia, darkened significantly on Tuesday evening, July 7, as smoke drifted in from the Brunswick Creek wildfire burning near Boston Bar. Videos shared on social media show an orange haze in the sky that evening.

US: Severe Flooding Swamps New Jersey Streets 4

Severe flooding continued to disrupt the tri-state area on Monday, with heavy rainfall inundating New Jersey after a weekend of severe weather. Social media videos showed submerged streets across New Jersey.

US: Severe Flooding Swamps New Jersey Streets 3

Severe flooding continued to disrupt the tri-state area on Monday, with heavy rainfall inundating New Jersey after a weekend of severe weather. Social media videos showed submerged streets across New Jersey.

US: Severe Flooding Swamps New Jersey Streets 2

Severe flooding continued to disrupt the tri-state area on Monday, with heavy rainfall inundating New Jersey after a weekend of severe weather. Social media videos showed submerged streets across New Jersey.

US: Severe Flooding Swamps New Jersey Streets

Severe flooding continued to disrupt the tri-state area on Monday, with heavy rainfall inundating New Jersey after a weekend of severe weather. Social media videos showed submerged streets across New Jersey.

Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Naomi Osaka of Japan speaks to the media after beating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles fourth round at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London on July 5, 2026.

Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Naomi Osaka of Japan speaks to the media after beating Daria Kasatkina of Australia in the women's singles third round at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London on July 3, 2026.

Venezuela: Candilazo Phenomenon Turns Sky Red Days After Twin Quakes

Days after powerful twin earthquakes battered the country, residents of Venezuela witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

Venezuela: Skies Over Caracas Turn Red at Sunset Days After Deadly Earthquakes 2

Days after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, residents of Caracas witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

Venezuela: Skies Over Caracas Turn Red at Sunset Days After Deadly Earthquakes

Days after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, residents of Caracas witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

U.S.-Iran negotiations

U.S.-Iran negotiations

Photo taken on June 21, 2026, shows a media center in Burgenstock, central Switzerland, for U.S.-Iran negotiations aimed at ending the Middle East conflict.

U.S.-Iran negotiations

U.S.-Iran negotiations

Photo taken on June 21, 2026, shows a media center in Burgenstock, central Switzerland, for U.S.-Iran negotiations aimed at ending the Middle East conflict.

France: Massive Warehouse Fire Breaks Out in Bobigny East of Paris

A massive fire broke out Wednesday afternoon, June 17, at a large warehouse in Bobigny, east of Paris. The fire engulfed a roughly 7,000-square-meter storage facility in an industrial zone, destroying furniture and kitchen equipment. A large smoke plume was visible from Paris and spread widely on social media.

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan Motor Co. unveils the fully remodeled Kicks compact sport utility vehicle to the media in Tokyo on June 17, 2026, a day before it goes on sale.

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan Motor Co. unveils the fully remodeled Kicks compact sport utility vehicle to the media in Tokyo on June 17, 2026, a day before it goes on sale.

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan Motor Co. unveils the fully remodeled Kicks compact sport utility vehicle to the media in Tokyo on June 17, 2026, a day before it goes on sale.

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan unveils fully remodeled Kicks SUV

Nissan Motor Co. unveils the fully remodeled Kicks compact sport utility vehicle to the media in Tokyo on June 17, 2026, a day before it goes on sale.

UK: Protests Spread to England After Belfast Knife Attack

Anti-immigration protests spread to cities across England on Tuesday, June 9, fueled by social media outrage over a knife attack in Belfast. In London, a group of far-right protesters confronted police and chanted anti-immigration slogans. Demonstrations were also reported in other English cities. The unrest follows the charging of a Sudanese man with attempted murder over Monday's knife attack in northern Belfast.

35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

A man offers a prayer in front of a monument at a fixed observation point used by the media during coverage of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, the 35th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members offer prayers in front of a monument at a fixed observation point used by the media during coverage of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, the 35th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

JR East to start self-driving bus service

JR East to start self-driving bus service

A bus driver takes his hands off the wheel during a media demonstration of self-driving operations in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 28, 2026, ahead of commercial services starting the following day. JR East will operate self-driving buses every Friday and Saturday through July 4 on a 15.5-kilometer route in the northeastern Japan city.

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.

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

DAZAIFU, Japan, May 19 Kyodo - Video taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

TOKYO, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - Shinnosuke Abe meets the media in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, as he resigns as manager of the Yomiuri Giants following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of assaulting his daughter. He was released in the small hours of May 26. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Shinnosuke Abe meets the media in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, as he resigns as manager of the Yomiuri Giants following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of assaulting his daughter. He was released in the small hours of May 26.

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Shinnosuke Abe meets the media in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, as he resigns as manager of the Yomiuri Giants following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of assaulting his daughter. He was released in the small hours of May 26.

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Shinnosuke Abe meets the media in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, as he resigns as manager of the Yomiuri Giants following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of assaulting his daughter. He was released in the small hours of May 26.

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Shinnosuke Abe meets the media in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, as he resigns as manager of the Yomiuri Giants following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of assaulting his daughter. He was released in the small hours of May 26.

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship=May 19,2026,Niigata

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship=May 19,2026,Niigata

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship

Exterior, logo, and sign of the Niigata Nippo Media Ship=May 19,2026,Niigata

Honda new EV

Honda new EV

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 21, 2026, shows a Honda Motor Co. new electric vehicle, Super-ONE, shown to the media ahead of going on sale domestically on May 22.

Honda new EV

Honda new EV

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 21, 2026, shows a Honda Motor Co. new electric vehicle, Super-ONE, shown to the media ahead of going on sale domestically on May 22.

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

Private space station project

Private space station project

Axiom Space CEO Jonathan Cirtain meets the press in Tokyo on May 14, 2026, on the U.S. company's plan to develop a private space station to replace the outmoded International Space Station. Cirtain said former Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who also attended the media event, will head the Japan unit of Axiom, to be set up in July.

Private space station project

Private space station project

Former Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (L) shakes hands with Jonathan Cirtain, CEO of Axiom Space, in Tokyo on May 14, 2026, as they meet the media over the U.S. company's plan to develop a private space station to replace the outmoded International Space Station. Cirtain said Wakata will head the Japan unit of Axiom, to be set up in July. ==Kyodo

Canada: Granville Street Bridge Closed Due to Police Incident in Vancouver

The Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver was closed in both directions on Tuesday afternoon, May 12, during rush hour due to a police incident. While authorities did not confirm details, social media posts suggested the closure was related to a mental health crisis involving a person on the bridge structure.

Partnership between JSA and Tudor

Partnership between JSA and Tudor

Ozeki Kirishima holds a Tudor Black Bay 68 during a media event held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 9, 2026, to announce the conclusion of a partnership accord between the Japan Sumo Association and the Swiss luxury watch maker, a sponsor of the June grand sumo event in Paris.

Lexus unveils all-electric TZ sport utility vehicle

Lexus unveils all-electric TZ sport utility vehicle

Toyota Motor Corp. Chief Branding Officer Simon Humphries speaks during a media event in Toyota on May 7, 2026, unveiling the Lexus TZ all-electric luxury sport utility vehicle to the world.