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Interview with Finnish ambassador to Japan

Finnish Ambassador to Japan Tanja Jaaskelainen speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 8, 2026.

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Interview with Finnish ambassador to Japan

Finnish Ambassador to Japan Tanja Jaaskelainen speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 8, 2026.

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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.

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Japan-New Zealand talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) holds talks with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters (far L) in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japan's House of Representatives passes a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi applauds after the House of Representatives passed a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Lower house passes bill for imperial law revision

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill for a law revision to address the dwindling number of imperial family members during a plenary session in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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Japan: Typhoon Bavi Approaches Okinawa, Rough Seas Hit Pacific Coast

Typhoon Bavi was approaching Okinawa on Friday, July 10, engulfing the region in strong winds, with storm warnings issued across the Sakishima Islands, including Miyako and Ishigaki islands. The typhoon was forecast to pass near the region through Saturday, while swells from the storm caused high surf along Pacific coastal areas further north. This video shows rough seas crashing along the coast of Hachijojima.

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Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo

Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo=July 6,2026,Tokyo

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Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo

Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo=July 6,2026,Tokyo

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Asahi Group Holdings: Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025

Asahi Group Holdings, Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025. The photo shows President Atsushi Katsuki.=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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Asahi Group Holdings: Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025

Asahi Group Holdings: Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo

Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo=July 7,2026,Tokyo

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Exterior and signboard of Yodobashi Camera

Exterior and signboard of Yodobashi Camera=July 7,2026,Tokyo

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Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo

Imabari Shipbuilding Signboard and Logo=July 6,2026,Tokyo

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Asanuma Corporation Logo

Asanuma Corporation Logo=July 6,2026,Tokyo

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Asahi Group Holdings: Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025

Asahi Group Holdings, Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025. The photo shows President Atsushi Katsuki (left).=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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UACJ Sign and Logo

UACJ Sign and Logo=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo

Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo=July 7,2026,Tokyo

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UACJ Sign and Logo

UACJ Sign and Logo=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo

Lenovo Japan Sign and Logo=July 7,2026,Tokyo

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Asahi Group Holdings: Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025

Asahi Group Holdings, Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending December 2025. The photo shows President Atsushi Katsuki.=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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UACJ Sign and Logo

UACJ Sign and Logo=July 8,2026,Tokyo

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Exterior and signboard of Yodobashi Camera

Exterior and signboard of Yodobashi Camera=July 7,2026,Tokyo

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Minor opposition Reiwa party head to retire from politics

Taro Yamamoto, head of minor opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, to announce he will retire from politics as well as step down as leader. The party said earlier he was fined and his driving license was suspended for 90 days for driving a rental car at about 150 kilometers per hour on an expressway with an 80-kph speed limit in October 2025.

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Minor opposition Reiwa party head to retire from politics

Taro Yamamoto, head of minor opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, to announce he will retire from politics as well as step down as leader. The party said earlier he was fined and his driving license was suspended for 90 days for driving a rental car at about 150 kilometers per hour on an expressway with an 80-kph speed limit in October 2025.

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Minor opposition Reiwa party head to retire from politics

Taro Yamamoto, head of minor opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, to announce he will retire from politics as well as step down as leader. The party said earlier he was fined and his driving license was suspended for 90 days for driving a rental car at about 150 kilometers per hour on an expressway with an 80-kph speed limit in October 2025.

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Minor opposition Reiwa party head to retire from politics

Taro Yamamoto, head of minor opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, to announce he will retire from politics as well as step down as leader. The party said earlier he was fined and his driving license was suspended for 90 days for driving a rental car at about 150 kilometers per hour on an expressway with an 80-kph speed limit in October 2025.

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Minor opposition Reiwa party head to retire from politics

Taro Yamamoto, head of minor opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, to announce he will retire from politics as well as step down as leader. The party said earlier he was fined and his driving license was suspended for 90 days for driving a rental car at about 150 kilometers per hour on an expressway with an 80-kph speed limit in October 2025.

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Meeting of BOJ branch managers

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (C) attends a meeting of BOJ branch managers at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 9, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Meeting of BOJ branch managers

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (3rd from R) attends a meeting of BOJ branch managers at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 9, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Meeting of BOJ branch managers

The Bank of Japan holds a meeting of its branch managers at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 9, 2026, with BOJ head Kazuo Ueda in attendance. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Giants vs. BayStars

Taisei Ota of the Yomiuri Giants pitches in the eighth inning of a Central League baseball game against the DeNA BayStars at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on May 17, 2026.

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Japan's 10-year gov't bond yield hits 2.9%

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond hitting 2.900 percent on the afternoon of July 9, 2026, for the first time since November 1996 amid concerns about inflation in Japan fueled by heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.

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[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)

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Baseball: Fighters vs. Swallows

Yakult Swallows pitcher Taichi Yamano starts in an interleague baseball game against the Nippon Ham Fighters at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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Baseball: Fighters vs. Swallows

Yakult Swallows pitcher Taichi Yamano starts in an interleague baseball game against the Nippon Ham Fighters at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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