Haruki Murakami's latest book in bookstore

TOKYO, Japan, July 3 Kyodo - Renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's new novel "The Tale of KAHO" hits the shelves at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 3, 2026, upon its midnight release. (Kyodo)

Haruki Murakami's latest book in bookstore

Haruki Murakami's latest book in bookstore

Renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's new novel "The Tale of KAHO" hits the shelves at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 3, 2026, upon its midnight release.

Haruki Murakami's latest book in bookstore

Haruki Murakami's latest book in bookstore

Renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's new novel "The Tale of KAHO" hits the shelves at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 3, 2026, upon its midnight release.

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

A civilian house damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces is seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

Civilian houses damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces are seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

A civilian house damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces is seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

A civilian house damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces is seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

A civilian house damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces is seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

House Damaged By Thai Artillery Shells - Cambodia

A school building damaged by shrapnel of artillery shells fired by Thai military forces is seen in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Dec. 16, 2025. The Thai military forces have continued to fire artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory from Monday midnight until Tuesday morning, said a Cambodian defense spokesperson on Tuesday. Cambodian Defense Ministry's Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata made the remarks in a press briefing. On the same day, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a press release that the civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 15. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

Nintendo Switch 2 Release: Midnight Queues Around World 3

Nintendo Switch 2 launched worldwide on June 5, 2025, with massive pre-orders and midnight queues outside stores.

Nintendo Switch 2 Release: Midnight Queues Around World 2

Nintendo Switch 2 launched worldwide on June 5, 2025, with massive pre-orders and midnight queues outside stores.

Nintendo Switch 2 Release: Midnight Queues Around World

Nintendo Switch 2 launched worldwide on June 5, 2025, with massive pre-orders and midnight queues outside stores.

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

New Year's Eve Confetti Test - NYC

Multicolored confetti testing in preparation for the release of 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York on December 29, 2023. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

At least 3 killed, 8 injured in U.S. Texas shooting

STORY: At least 3 killed, 8 injured in U.S. Texas shooting DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic 2. various of people mourning and taking interviews 3. various of the police station STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting just before midnight on Monday in downtown Fort Worth, south central U.S. state Texas, authorities said on Tuesday. The victims were 10 adults and a juvenile, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to reports of a shooting during the annual community gathering known as "ComoFest," and when they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims in a parking lot, police said. "Fireworks were being shot off, lots of people just trying to flee the area from the multiple gunshots, so it was difficult for them to navigate quickly into the area," said Capt. Shawn Murray, a spokesman for the Fort Worth Police Department, at a news

First Slam Dunk movie released in China

First Slam Dunk movie released in China

People wait in line at a theater in Shanghai on the night of April 19, 2023, to watch the Japanese anime sports film First Slam Dunk ahead of its release just after midnight.

Waiting for release of Beaujolais Nouveau

Waiting for release of Beaujolais Nouveau

TOKYO, Japan - Women await in Tokyo's Roppongi district on the night of Nov. 19, 2014, the midnight release of the year's Beaujolais Nouveau in Japan.

Waiting for release of Beaujolais Nouveau

Waiting for release of Beaujolais Nouveau

TOKYO, Japan - Women await in Tokyo's Roppongi district on the night of Nov. 19, 2014, the midnight release of the year's Beaujolais Nouveau in Japan.

English translation of Murakami novel goes on sale

English translation of Murakami novel goes on sale

NEW YORK, United States - Fans of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami wait inside a New York bookstore on the night of Aug. 11, 2014, for the release at midnight of his recent book "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage."

Murakami's new short story collection

Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

Murakami's new short story collection

Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

Murakami's new short story collection

Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the new novel by popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage," are piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on the morning of April 12, 2013, after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

OSAKA, Japan - A woman buys a copy of the new novel by popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage," at a bookstore in Osaka on the morning of April 12, 2013, after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

OSAKA, Japan - A woman buys a copy of the new novel by popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage," at a bookstore in Osaka on the morning of April 12, 2013, after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

OSAKA, Japan - A woman buys a copy of the new novel by popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage," at a bookstore in Osaka on the morning of April 12, 2013, after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the new novel by popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage," are piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on the morning of April 12, 2013, after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the new novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Shikisaiwo motanai Tazaki Tsukuruto kareno junreino toshi (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage)," are piled up at Tsutaya bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the early hours of April 12, 2013, soon after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters flock around copies of the new novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Shikisaiwo motanai Tazaki Tsukuruto kareno junreino toshi (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage)," at Tsutaya bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the early hours of April 12, 2013, soon after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds an issue of the new novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Shikisaiwo motanai Tazaki Tsukuruto kareno junreino toshi (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage)," at Tsutaya bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the early hours of April 12, 2013, soon after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Haruki Murakami's new novel

Haruki Murakami's new novel

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds an issue of the new novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, titled "Shikisaiwo motanai Tazaki Tsukuruto kareno junreino toshi (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage)," at Tsutaya bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the early hours of April 12, 2013, soon after its midnight release. It is Murakami's first novel in three years.

Beaujolais Nouveau on sale

Beaujolais Nouveau on sale

TOKYO, Japan - This year's Beaujolais Nouveau red wine from France is lined up on a table at a promotional event in Tokyo late at night on Nov. 17, 2010, prior to its nationwide release at midnight.

Beatles' digitally remastered CDs hit store shelves

Beatles' digitally remastered CDs hit store shelves

TOKYO, Japan - A corner is reserved for digitally remastered CDs of The Beatles' 14 albums at Yamano Music CD shop in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on Sept. 9, 2009. At the shop, some 150 people gathered for the commemoration event to mark the worldwide release of the legendary rock band's albums at around the previous midnight.

This year's Beaujolais Nouveau released to usual fanfare in Japan

This year's Beaujolais Nouveau released to usual fanfare in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a countdown party at the Shin-Marunouchi Building in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district toasts to each other upon release of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau at midnight Nov. 14. Japan is one of the first countries able to enjoy the young wine each year due to the time difference.

Few queuing for Harry Potter book in Japan as fans await translation

Few queuing for Harry Potter book in Japan as fans await translation

TOKYO, Japan - Harry Potter fans in Tokyo buy the seventh and final book of the Harry Potter series, which went on sale worldwide at midnight July 20 British time. While Harry Potter fans elsewhere may have to wait on a long line to get the book, only a few were seen lining up at a bookstore in Tokyo for the original English version. Many Japanese fans are apparently waiting for the release of a translated edition.

This year's Beaujolais Nouveau released to usual fanfare in Japa

This year's Beaujolais Nouveau released to usual fanfare in Japa

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a countdown party at the Shin-Marunouchi Building in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district toasts to each other upon release of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau at midnight Nov. 14. Japan is one of the first countries able to enjoy the young wine each year due to the time difference. (Kyodo)