A 50-year-old woman has been arrested in Kobe on suspicion of abandoning the dismembered body of her former husband in a large freezer at a condominium unit, where she allegedly continued paying rent for more than 14 years while hiding his death. (News On Japan)

FamilyMart began testing a new bear deterrent on June 24 at a store in a mountainous area of Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, installing a wolf-shaped device known as Monster Wolf next to the outlet in the first such trial at a convenience store. (News On Japan)

A 50-year-old member of an organization affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate has been arrested in Yamaguchi Prefecture after nearly nine years on the run over the 2017 fatal shooting of a bodyguard for the leader of a rival group in Kobe. (News On Japan)

An Iranian national has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle more than 40 kilograms of stimulants from the United Arab Emirates into Japan in March, after customs officers found the drugs hidden in the bottom section of a machine used in the process of making naan bread. (News On Japan)

The Takaichi government said on June 24 that public and private investment in 17 strategic fields, including AI and semiconductors, is expected to exceed 370 trillion yen by 2040, as it seeks to draw out private-sector spending and turn advanced technologies into economic growth. (News On Japan)

Brad Lander unseats Dan Goldman in a race that laid bare the city's divisions over the Israel-Gaza war.

A cross-party national council discussing a reduction in the consumption tax on food will present a draft proposal on June 24 calling for the rate to be lowered to 1% from April next year. (News On Japan)

Rice field art depicting Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy is nearing its best viewing period in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, Ohtani’s hometown. (News On Japan)

Leah Stewart, 34, had one of her arms amputated after she was bitten while swimming at Coogee Beach.

Leah Stewart, 34, had one of her arms amputated after she was bitten while swimming at Coogee Beach.

A luxury hotel using the former Nara Prison, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, will open on June 25, offering rooms from 147,000 yen per night as Japan sees a growing trend of converting historic cultural assets into hotels. (News On Japan)

An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell operatives", prosecutors said.

An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell operatives", prosecutors said.

Rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause train services across the country for more than two-and-a-half hours.