Empress Masako harvested wild silk cocoons at the Imperial Palace on July 9, continuing the long-standing sericulture tradition passed down through generations of empresses since the Meiji era. (News On Japan)

Police in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, presented letters of appreciation to two first-year junior high school students on July 10 after they chased a suspected shoplifter for about 250 meters and helped detain the person. (News On Japan)

Plans to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture to Shin-Osaka have been narrowed from eight proposals to two main options, the Obama-Kyoto route and the Maibara route, as concerns grow over construction costs and the potential impact on Kyoto's groundwater and cultural heritage. (News On Japan)

A firefighter with the Toyonaka City Fire Department has been arrested on suspicion of confining his live-in partner's 6-year-old daughter at their home and causing her injury. (News On Japan)

NTT Docomo will begin offering banking services under the new "Docomo Bank" brand in August, with plans to build a network of more than 1,500 locations by fiscal 2030, far exceeding the branch networks of Japan's major banks. (News On Japan)

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing to rob a home in Saitama City after police found new face masks and crowbars hidden in shrubbery at a coin-operated parking lot. (News On Japan)

Ryanair confirm a passenger was given medical treatment after an incident on a Malta Air flight, which is owned by Ryanair.

Headed for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.

It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Six people were injured in the blaze in Los Gallardos in the province of Almería.

The shares are set to start trading on the Nasdaq on Friday in what will be the largest ever debut by a foreign firm.

Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.

Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.

Scorching temperatures in the French capital accompanied the hottest week in haute couture.

A lawsuit demands that the Port of Rotterdam moves faster to cut its dependence on fossil fuel firms.

The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.

As a society, we take mothers for granted and raising children is a thankless job, says actor Kalki Koechlin.

Officials say the app will help stalking victims, but some experts question the impact it might have.

Aid worker Mohammed al-Wahidi had become a prominent humanitarian figure during the Israel-Hamas war.