Keir Starmer mistakenly shakes hands with a Korean interpreter instead of the President of South Korea (2025)

My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way, wearing a Godzilla shirt, has announced on Instagram that he will throw the first pitch at tonight's Los Angeles Dodgers game. Toho and the Dodgers have partnered for the 2025 MLB season.

McDonald's Japan is selling "Jurassic World Burgers" - here is an example of a commercial that for their Thick Beef & Garlic Onion variety of Jurassic World Burger.

FNN's polling shows big increases in support for Prime Minister Ishiba's cabinet among two demographics that might be very concerned about rice prices and pleased by Agriculture Minister Koizumi's actions: •Housewives/Househusbands: 42.3% to 58% •People over 70: 49.6% to 57.7%

We're starting to see some of the economic damage inflicted on Japan by Trump's tariffs:

Good rice price news for Ishiba, Koizumi, and the LDP: Niigata-grown Koshihikari rice prices have fallen by about 30% since their recent peak in late May on the spot market, where wholesalers trade rice daily. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fe2c4…

The prosecution against the American man arrested last year for using pepper spray in an Aeon Mall in Chiba has been dropped/suspended.* Authorities say it is because a settlement has been reached with one of the victims of the spray, together with "other factors." I wonder

Japan is sending two C-2 transport planes to the Middle East to prepare for a possible evacuation of Japanese citizens if the Israel-Iran war continues to escalate. There are currently about 1,000 Japanese citizens in Israel, and about 280 in Iran.

Deeply grateful to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський for our productive meeting on the margins of the G7 summit. It was nice meeting you in person for the first time and I will continue to work closely with Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський for the realization of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.

Japan destroyer sails Taiwan Strait after China jet encounter english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/06/3…

Enoshima, by Takahashi Yuichi, 1873-1876

How local politics work in Japan: Komeito candidate in Toshima Ward, Tani Kimiyo, made a short manga to show achievements, like expanding preschool & after-school programs to help working parents & support better work-life balance. Simple & visual, easy for voters to understand.

From the r/Tokyo subreddit: a restaurant in Asakusa has added a 10% service charge for foreign tourists. The comments seem divided, with some calling it "racist," and others not seeing a problem with it because similar systems exist in other countries. reddit.com/r/Tokyo/commen…

Shared by a pro-Ishiba account: A video of the Prime Minister talking (at 2X speed) about his economic plans, including wage increases. Will this kind of content appeal to young voters? I find the shaky text particularly weird.

The Mainichi Reports that the Democratic Party for the People's efforts to draw voters away from the LDP has resulted in an unwanted(?) influx of very conservative supporters: 「"The Democratic Party for the People has marketed itself as being neither right nor left, but

NHK will air a special documentary on June 22nd about the issue of unexploded ordnance from WW2. Members of the Self-Defense Force regularly risk their lives to dispose of old shells and bombs leftover from the war, particularly in Okinawa.