A 66-year-old man has been arrested for repeatedly stealing sweets from an unmanned store in Nagoya, with police suspecting him of targeting the same shop on six occasions since the beginning of the year. (News On Japan)

Empress Masako has completed her annual silkworm-rearing duties at the Imperial Palace, a tradition passed down through generations of empresses since the Meiji era. (News On Japan)

The Kansai Expo site in Osaka was alive with the rhythms of summer on July 28th, as roughly 8,000 participants gathered for a large-scale Bon Odori dance atop the iconic roof ring structure. (News On Japan)

A small island in the Seto Inland Sea, home to just seven registered residents, is seeing rapid changes due to land acquisitions linked to Chinese investors—raising alarm among the local community. (News On Japan)

France describes it as a "submission", though there is relief in Europe that a trade war has been averted.

Trump's lawyers argue that Murdoch is 94 and may not be available to testify in person due to “recent significant health scares".

Trump's lawyers argue that Murdoch is 94 and may not be available to testify in person due to “recent significant health scares".

The BBC's international editor was on a Jordanian flight as it dropped supplies into Gaza.

Police say a boy, 12, was among the victims of the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug violence.

Police say a boy, 12, was among the victims of the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug violence.

Six people were injured in a knife attack on the evening of July 28th near JR Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, with two men sustaining serious wounds. Police arrested 48-year-old Hirokazu Shiobara at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. (News On Japan)

France describes it as a "submission", though there is relief in Europe that a trade war has been averted.

Israel's government rejects the allegations in the separate reports by B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.

The aircraft - valued at $400m - is being donated by Qatar as an "unconditional gift", with any retrofitting costs being borne by the US government.

The US president says there is "no reason" for waiting amid little sign of progress towards peace.

The US president says there is "no reason" for waiting amid little sign of progress towards peace.

The US president's comments come after Israel's prime minister said claims of hunger were a "lie".

The Kremlin says reports of a cyber-attack on Russia's national carrier Aeroflot are "worrying".

The Kremlin says reports of a cyber-attack on Russia's national carrier Aeroflot are "worrying".

They were put to death despite ransoms being paid for their release, a local official told the BBC.