Some see a double standard: Japanese men who clean in public while their wives do all the housework.

Some see a double standard: Japanese men who clean in public while their wives do all the housework.

His fierce defence of the Iran plan amid mounting criticism comes as speculation intensifies about a possible 2028 presidential run.

Eleven pupils and teachers were injured after a fire broke out at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo's Kita Ward at around 11 a.m. on June 19, forcing more than 300 children to evacuate and briefly trapping several pupils on a narrow ledge outside a fourth-floor classroom. (News On Japan)

Emaa Hussen, 34, faces life in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle 320kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal.

Emaa Hussen, 34, faces life in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle 320kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal.

The defence team reverse course a day after saying they would argue he suffered "extreme emotional disturbance".

The US defence secretary's move follows a US decision to scale back its commitments to a high readiness force within the alliance.

BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.

The campus opens to the public this weekend with a museum, community amenities and more to honour the 44th US president.

Iran's supreme leader says he disagrees with the deal and Donald Trump signed it "out of desperation".

Japan's nationwide consumer price index rose 1.4% in May from a year earlier, staying below 2% for the fourth straight month as lower rice, gasoline, utility and school tuition costs helped curb the overall increase. (News On Japan)

Heavy rain is expected across a wide area of Japan this weekend, with western Japan facing cloudy and rainy conditions on June 19 and Kyushu likely to see torrential rain and thunderstorms before rain clouds move eastward toward eastern Japan and Tohoku through June 21. (News On Japan)

Japan's national soccer team arrived in Monterrey, Mexico, after holding a mostly closed training session near Nashville, Tennessee, on June 18 as it prepares for a key Group F match against Tunisia on June 20 local time, or June 21 in Japan, at Monterrey Stadium. (News On Japan)

The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.

The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.

While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones were launched towards an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.

Iran has come out of the war's first chapter stronger than many expected, but its next challenge may be harder, the BBC Persian Service's Amir Azimi writes.