The Reuters Institute records its lowest trust figures since the annual research began in 2015.

Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement with Iran leaves the Israeli PM trapped in a new political and security dilemma.

The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.

The incident occurred on Monday morning while the aircraft had been on a routine test mission.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been used by the US military since the 1950s.

A court in Shiga Prefecture has sentenced a 29-year-old former sex industry employee to life imprisonment for the murder of a company president, the theft of his cash card, and the disposal of his body in Lake Biwa. (News On Japan)

Aragi Island, a tongue-shaped plateau surrounded on three sides by the sharply winding Arida River in Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, is drawing attention for its spectacular terraced rice fields, which create giant geometric patterns reflecting the sun and sky during the planting season. (News On Japan)

A stone-skipping tournament on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture has drawn attention to 32-year-old Kosei Kigo of Nagoya, whose extraordinary dedication to the childhood pastime includes spending hours searching for the perfect stones, taking private coaching lessons, and competing against some of Japan's top athletes in pursuit of stone-skipping mastery. (News On Japan)

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has conducted on-site inspections of six major food manufacturers over suspicions they formed a cartel to coordinate ice cream prices, with authorities investigating whether the companies exchanged information and unfairly adjusted planned retail price increases in response to rising costs. (News On Japan)

The Nikkei Stock Average briefly topped the 70,000 mark for the first time on June 16, rising as much as 700 points to an intraday high of 70,020 after the Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates matched market expectations, before retreating as investors locked in profits, though the benchmark still ended the day at a record high. (News On Japan)

Australian activists claim they were kidnapped, raped and tortured after being detained in May.

Australian activists claim they were kidnapped, raped and tortured after being detained in May.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has partially revised a bill that would create a new offense for desecrating the national flag, removing provisions that would have punished the posting of such acts on social media. (News On Japan)

More than 900 packs of the food linked to a food poisoning outbreak at a Costco store in Nagoya were sold over a two-day period, health authorities said. (News On Japan)

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?

The claims also prompted a response from UK media regulator Ofcom, who called them "deeply concerning".

The claims also prompted a response from UK media regulator Ofcom, who called them "deeply concerning".

There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo's fight against the virus that has killed more than 170.

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue looks at the contrasting approaches of the two presidents as Trump touts a new peace deal.

From fuel switches to engine failures, here are the biggest mysteries around the Air India crash inquiry.