A 20-year-old man who went missing while attempting to swim across Hakata Bay from Nokonoshima Island to the mainland was found in the water and later confirmed dead. (News On Japan)

Despite the legal mire, all signs point to this being a battle the Republican president won't give up easily.

Opinion polls say Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are running neck and neck ahead of Sunday's vote.

Nine alleged members of the Gulf Cartel have been arrested.

Nine alleged members of the Gulf Cartel have been arrested.

The US says Israel has "signed off" on envoy Steve Witkoff's plan and that it is waiting for a formal response from Hamas.

Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.

Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.

The UN's Tom Fletcher tells the BBC the people of Gaza have been subjected to forced starvation by Israel.

Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

The anonymous witness tells the jury she lived in fear of the hip-hop mogul's violent rages.

The souring relationship between the nations has already caused issues for students at home and in the US.

The body of an 87-year-old man who served as the chairman of a civil engineering and construction firm was found buried beneath a pile of soil at a materials storage yard in Kitakyushu on May 20th, prompting an ongoing investigation that now includes possible murder charges. The police arrested the chairman’s son the following day, and on May 23rd, also arrested a woman acquainted with the son, believing the two had conspired to abandon the body. (News On Japan)

Toyota Motor announced that its overseas vehicle sales in April reached a record 756,190 units, up 9.7% from the same month last year. The surge was driven in part by last-minute demand in the United States ahead of additional tariffs on imported vehicles proposed by the Trump administration. (News On Japan)

Scenes of chaos and looting in parts of Gaza persist as food shortages continue.

Tariffs will remain in place while a legal battle over Trump's tariffs continues.

A gas cylinder recovered from the scene of an explosion in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward bore a stamp indicating it was manufactured in November 1964, according to investigative sources. The blast, which occurred on May 27th at a construction site, injured 10 people. (News On Japan)

Ten months after the release of Japan’s redesigned banknotes, an unusual detail has caught the public’s eye: the letter F on the new bills appears oddly rounded. (News On Japan)

A visiting family in Tokyo’s Asakusa district was left shaken after witnessing a sudden outburst by a foreign tourist who punched their car and made aggressive gestures in the middle of the road. (News On Japan)