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Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako, walk with Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg, right, after arriving at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (MONTSAME News Agency via AP)

Japan’s emperor begins a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor POWs

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners. The visit, which began Sunday, marks the 80th anniversary of the war’s end.
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks during a press conference at the Imperial Palace in advance of his visit to Mongolia Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Japan’s emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia

July 2
Leaders of eight political parties, from left to right, Komeito Chief Representative Tetsuo Saito, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, Japan Innovation Party Co-Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura and Democratic Party For the People Representative Yuichiro Tamaki pose before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election

July 2
The headquarters of Bank of Japan (BOJ) is seen in Tokyo, on Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japanese manufacturers are slightly more optimistic despite Trump tariff worries

July 1
Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Chinese factory activity improves slightly with delay on tariffs, but still lags

June 30

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Eight leaders from Japan’s main political parties engaged in heated debate on Wednesday, ahead of elections in the country’s upper house. Official campaigning begins on Thursday for the July 20 vote.
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June 30
An H-2A rocket carrying Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, or GOSAT-GW satellite, lifts off from a launch pad in Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, early Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Takumi Sato/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan launches a climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket’s last flight

June 29
Giant panda Saihin, one among the four pandas on loan to Japan which will soon be heading back to China chews bamboo inside an enclosure at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill)

Fans bid teary farewell to four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan before their return to China

June 27
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks during a media tour at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, constructed in the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, Sunday, June 20, 2021. (Akio Kon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Veteran politician Seiko Hashimoto elected first female president of the Japanese Olympic Committee

June 27
Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Israel-Iran was was a wake-up call for Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil

June 27
Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment

June 27
President Donald Trump dances after speaking at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

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June 26

Japan conducts first missile test on its own territory as part of military buildup to deter China

June 25
Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China plans to show off new equipment at parade marking 80th anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender

June 24
A bereaved person prays in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 23, 2025 as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. (Haruna Furuhashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa marks 80 years since end of one of harshest WWII battles with pledge to share tragic history

June 23
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7, in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 17, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan and South Korea mark 60 years of ties despite lingering tension and political uncertainty

June 22
In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, patrol vessels of U.S. Coast Guard, left, Japan Coast Guard, center, and Philippine Coast Guard, participate in a join training off Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Japan Coast Guard via AP)

Japan hosts coast guard drills with US and Philippines as sea tensions rise

June 20

Japan’s Emperor, Empress in Hiroshima to mourn A-bomb victims ahead of the 80th anniversary

June 19
Japanese Emperor Naruhito, center, and Empress Masako bow in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing as they visit the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Thursday, June 19, 2025. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui is at left. (Kai Naito/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s royal couple mourn A-bomb victims ahead of Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary

June 19

Tokyo braces for heatwave as heatstroke warnings issued in many parts of Japan

June 18
Tokyo Tower is seen amid tall buildings as a container ship leaves a cargo terminal in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japan records trade deficit as exports suffer from Trump’s tariffs

June 18
Tourists walk through the Torii path at Nezu Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Japan’s chief meteorologist calls rumors of a July earthquake a hoax and urges people not to worry

June 13
This image provided by Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a Chinese J-15 fighter jet over the Pacific on June 8, 2025. (The Ministry of Defense via AP)

Japan and China trade blame over Chinese fighter jets flying close to Japanese planes

June 12
Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino pays tribute to early Japanese settlers during a wreath laying ceremony at the Japanese Pavilion in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

AP PHOTOS: Princess Kako of Japan visits Brazil

June 11
Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino arrives to Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Japan’s Princess Kako addresses Brazil’s Congress, meets with Lula in presidential palace

June 11
U.S. military persons gather near the site of an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnances at a U.S. military base in the town of Yomitanson, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 9, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers

June 9

Drone view as thousands of pilgrims take part in final day of symbolic stoning ritual of annual Hajj

June 8

Mount Fuji provides scenic backdrop for live fire exercises by Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force

June 8

Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown

June 5

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June 5
From left, Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko lay flowers in front of "kozakura-no-to," a monument to commemorate about 1,500 people, including hundreds of school children, killed in a U.S. torpedo attack on their evacuation ship Tsushima Maru in August 1944, in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)

Emperor’s visit to Okinawa reflects imperial family’s close ties to the island. Here is why he cares

June 5
This image taken from video shows flight controllers at ispace Mission Control in Tokyo awaiting confirmation of their private lunar lander touching down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025. (ispace via AP)

Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

June 6
People walk along a pedestrian crossing at a shopping street Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Annual births fall to another record low in Japan as its population emergency deepens

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