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Aftermath of Aeon mall explosion following Kumamoto quake

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows cars left at a parking lot of an Aeon shopping mall in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture where a deadly explosion occurred the previous day following a powerful earthquake that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity.

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Aftermath of Aeon mall explosion following Kumamoto quake

Photo taken July 29, 2026, shows a car left near an Aeon shopping mall in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture where a deadly explosion occurred the previous day following a powerful earthquake that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity.

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Aftermath of Aeon mall explosion following Kumamoto quake

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows cars left at a parking lot of an Aeon shopping mall in Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture where a deadly explosion occurred the previous day following a powerful earthquake that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Nikkei index tumbles

A financial monitor in Tokyo on July 28, 2026, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shedding over 2,500 points from the previous day to end at a level more than 10,000 points below the record closing high marked in June.

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Nikkei index tumbles

A financial monitor in Tokyo on July 28, 2026, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shedding over 2,500 points from the previous day to end at a level more than 10,000 points below the record closing high marked in June.

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CORRECTED: Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows the inside of a facility in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, whose ceiling fell following the previous day's powerful earthquake in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The facility was meant for use as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A staff member of a pharmacy in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 29, 2026, tidies up mess caused by the previous day's powerful earthquake.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Rescue efforts after strong earthquake in Kumamoto Pref.

Members of the Metropolitan Police Department's emergency rescue team board a helicopter in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on July 29, 2026, to fly to Kumamoto Prefecture to assist search and rescue operations after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Canada: Hail, Strong Winds Hit Edmonton 2

Severe weather, including heavy rain, strong winds, and hail, battered Edmonton on Saturday afternoon, July 11, after a severe thunderstorm swept through the area, causing damage and power outages the previous day.

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Canada: Hail, Strong Winds Hit Edmonton

Severe weather, including heavy rain, strong winds, and hail, battered Edmonton on Saturday afternoon, July 11, after a severe thunderstorm swept through the area, causing damage and power outages the previous day.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning speaks at a press conference in Beijing on July 7, 2026, reiterating that the previous day's test-firing of a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine was part of China's annual military training and was conducted in accordance with international law.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning speaks at a press conference in Beijing on July 7, 2026, reiterating that the previous day's test-firing of a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine was part of China's annual military training and was conducted in accordance with international law.

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China test-fires missile from nuclear sub

Photo taken at a newsstand in Beijing on July 7, 2026, shows a local newspaper reporting on the Chinese military's test-firing the previous day of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a submarine toward the Pacific.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Hiroki Ito meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Daizen Maeda meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Junya Ito meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Takehiro Tomiyasu meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Yuto Nagatomo meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan captain Ko Itakura meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Ao Tanaka meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Daichi Kamada meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Keito Nakamura meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Ritsu Doan meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Takefusa Kubo meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Imperial succession

Hirofumi Nakasone, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's constitutional reform headquarters, speaks to reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo on June 29, 2026, saying he regrets having said inappropriately the previous day that Princess Aiko cannot become emperor under Japan's current succession law.

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Light aircraft crashes into skyscraper in Beijing

Damage is seen on the CITIC Tower, the tallest building in Beijing, on June 27, 2026, after a small airplane crashed into the skyscraper the previous day, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people.

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Light aircraft crashes into skyscraper in Beijing

Damage is seen on the CITIC Tower, the tallest building in Beijing, on June 27, 2026, after a small airplane crashed into the skyscraper the previous day, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people.

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Light aircraft crashes into skyscraper in Beijing

Damage is seen on the CITIC Tower, the tallest building in Beijing, on June 27, 2026, after a small airplane crashed into the skyscraper the previous day, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people.

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Tokyo stocks soar

A monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring over 800 points from the previous day's close on the morning trading of June 19, 2026. Nikkei finished the day at an all-time closing high of 71,250.06.

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in Hiroshima Pref.

FUKUYAMA, Japan, May 19 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter engaging in firefighting operations in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 18, 2026. The fire, which broke out the previous day, was later put under control. (Kyodo)

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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)

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Welcome ceremony for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos (L) attend a welcome ceremony with Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L) and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after arriving in Japan the previous day for a four-day state visit. (Pool photo)

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Welcome ceremony for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (front, L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos (back, L) attend a welcome ceremony with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after arriving in Japan the previous day for a four-day state visit. (Pool photo)

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Welcome ceremony for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (front, L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos (back, L) attend a welcome ceremony with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after arriving in Japan the previous day for a four-day state visit. (Pool photo)

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Welcome ceremony for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (front, L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos (back, L) attend a welcome ceremony with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after arriving in Japan the previous day for a four-day state visit. (Pool photo)

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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.

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Baseball: Abe resigns as Giants manager

Shinnosuke Abe cries during a press briefing 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wildfire in Hiroshima Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter engaging in firefighting operations in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 18, 2026. The fire, which broke out the previous day, was later put under control.