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Canada: Rally Held in Vancouver Against Ferdinand Marcos’ Official Visit

A rally was held in Vancouver on Wednesday, July 1, against the official visit of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marcos' four-day visit is aimed at strengthening trade, energy, labor and tourism ties with Canada, marking the first visit by a Philippine president to the country in over a decade.

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Canada: Storms Batter Southern Ontario, Disrupt Canada Day Celebrations

Intense storms swept through southern Ontario on Wednesday, July 1, downing trees and breaking at least one monthly rainfall record, with damaging winds, torrential rain and frequent lightning disrupting outdoor Canada Day gatherings across the region, including in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa.

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Summer parade at Tokyo Disneyland

Summer parade at Tokyo Disneyland

Water is sprayed from a parade float during a press preview for a summer event at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on July 1, 2026, ahead of the event's start the following day.

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Summer parade at Tokyo Disneyland

Summer parade at Tokyo Disneyland

Water is sprayed from a parade float during a press preview for a summer event at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on July 1, 2026, ahead of the event's start the following day.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is greeted upon her arrival at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on her three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is greeted upon her arrival at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on her three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is greeted upon her arrival at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on her three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, on a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Seaweed harvesting season starts in central Japan

Seaweed harvesting season starts in central Japan

Female divers, known as ama in Japanese, harvest mozuku seaweed off Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on July 1, 2026, the opening day of the year's collecting season.

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Seaweed harvesting season starts in central Japan

Seaweed harvesting season starts in central Japan

Fishing boats carrying female divers, known as ama in Japanese, sail from a port in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, to harvest mozuku seaweed on July 1, 2026, the opening day of the year's collecting season.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season

Mt. Fuji climbing season

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Yoshida route in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 1, 2026. The route, as well as the Subashiri route in Shizuoka Prefecture, opened the same day for the start of the official climbing season through Sept. 10.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season

Mt. Fuji climbing season

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Yoshida route on July 1, 2026. The route in Yamanashi Prefecture, as well as the Subashiri route in Shizuoka Prefecture, opened the same day for the start of the official climbing season through Sept. 10.

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Mt. Fuji in climbing season

Mt. Fuji in climbing season

People begin climbing Mt. Fuji along the Subashiri route on July 1, 2026. The route in Shizuoka Prefecture up Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day for the start of the official climbing season through Sept. 10.

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Japan PM Takaichi off to India

Japan PM Takaichi off to India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi off to India

Japan PM Takaichi off to India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) boards a government plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 1, 2026, to make a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japan PM Takaichi to depart for India

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2026, before making a three-day trip to India for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Photo shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (front), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Lt. Gen. Seiji Toriumi (R), commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force, during a press conference at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Lt. Gen. Seiji Toriumi (R), commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force, during a press conference at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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New BOJ policymaker

New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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New BOJ policymaker

New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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New BOJ policymaker

New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Football: 2026 World Cup

A Mexico supporter wears a traditional sombrero hat decorated with a trophy, a ball and football shoes in Mexico City on June 11, 2026. Mexico defeated South Africa 2-0 in the World Cup opener at the venue the same day.

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Imperial succession

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

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

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

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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Football: 2026 World Cup

Football: 2026 World Cup

Photo taken on June 28, 2026, shows Houston Stadium in Houston ahead of a World Cup round of 32 football match between Japan and Brazil the following day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Football: 2026 World Cup

Photo taken on June 28, 2026, shows Houston Stadium in Houston ahead of a World Cup round of 32 football match between Japan and Brazil the following day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Football: 2026 World Cup

Photo taken on June 28, 2026, shows Houston Stadium in Houston ahead of a World Cup round of 32 football match between Japan and Brazil the following day.

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