Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates after beating Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan is pictured before playing against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan (R) shakes hands with Donna Vekic of Croatia after beating her in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the women's singles second round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 28, 2026.

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends a joint press event with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi following their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a joint press event with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. following their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. following a joint press announcement at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (far L) attend a signing ceremony at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attend a press event following their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) greets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) holds talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) poses for a photo with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shake hands before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Philippines summit

Japan-Philippines summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shake hands before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on May 28, 2026. (Pool photo)

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) arrives at Japan's parliament in Tokyo on May 28, 2026, to make a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) claps after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine president in Japan's parliament

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech in the plenary chamber of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

New Japan-Taiwan ferry service

New Japan-Taiwan ferry service

A passenger ferry is docked at Keelung on May 28, 2026, ahead of the inauguration later in the day of its regular service between the northern Taiwanese city and Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

Kyoto Univ. professor Yamanaka

Kyoto Univ. professor Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka, director emeritus and professor at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and the co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 27, 2026.

Kyoto Univ. professor Yamanaka

Kyoto Univ. professor Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka, director emeritus and professor at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and the co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 27, 2026.

Japan: Clever Crows Use Passing Truck to Crack Open Walnut on Road

A crow in Japan dropped a walnut onto a road on May 22, waited for a passing truck to crush it, then flew down with another crow to eat the cracked shell — a striking display of problem-solving behavior.

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.

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japan enacts law centralizing intelligence gathering

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, after parliament enacted a law to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information gathering in response to overseas threats.

Japan PM Takaichi at Okinawa specialty fair

Japan PM Takaichi at Okinawa specialty fair

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits an Okinawa regional specialty fair at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2026.

Japan PM Takaichi at Okinawa specialty fair

Japan PM Takaichi at Okinawa specialty fair

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits an Okinawa regional specialty fair at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2026.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L) and Empress Masako (far R) welcome Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos for a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako (2nd from R) welcome Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (far L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos for a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L) and Empress Masako (far R) welcome Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos for a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, 2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) see off Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (far L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos following a state banquet in their honor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, R) and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. make a toast during a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (4th from L) welcomes Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos (far R) during a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, and Prince Hisahito, the emperor's nephew, attend a state banquet for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japan's state banquet for Philippine President Marcos Jr.

Japanese Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, and Prince Hisahito, the emperor's nephew, attend a state banquet for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Laura Siegemund of Germany in the women's singles first round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 26, 2026.

Tennis: French Open

Tennis: French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays against Laura Siegemund of Germany in the women's singles first round of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 26, 2026.