The University of Tokyo is expected to post a 4.4 billion yen deficit for fiscal 2026, marking its first two consecutive years in the red since becoming a national university corporation in 2004, as inflation, rising personnel costs and long-standing structural constraints place growing pressure on its finances. (News On Japan)

His family said they were "in shock" to have lost him, adding a "campaign of misinformation" had been too much.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other Cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi refrained from going in person and instead offered prayers from the Nippon Budokan. (News On Japan)

BBC Verify examines the impact of drought and extreme heat on western European rivers, fields and mountains.

The earthquake struck off Flores island in the country's east early on Saturday morning.