Japan Is Running Out of Royals. Are More Men the Answer? NYT - Top Stories By: Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno 14 June 2026 at 05:01 Japan’s legislature is drafting a plan to allow the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives. But some in Japan would prefer a female emperor. © Pool photo by Kazuhiro NogiEmperor Naruhito of Japan, center, with Empress Masako and other royal family members at a garden party in April in Tokyo.
Germany and Japan Are Rearming Again, 80 Years After World War II NYT - Top Stories By: Jim Tankersley and Javier C. Hernández 14 June 2026 at 05:01 After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries. © Pool photo by David MareuilShinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, at a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, in March. The countries have been building up their militaries.
UK and Japan set to agree investment deal worth £18bn The Guardian - World news By: PA Media 13 June 2026 at 23:39 Keir Starmer says commercial and government agreements will create tens of thousands of jobsThe UK and Japan are set to agree £18bn worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs.Prime minister Keir Starmer will welcome his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi to Downing Street on Sunday ahead of the G7 summit next week. Continue reading... © Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images © Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images © Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images
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