The shopping spree also reveals a deepening societal divide, exposing the increasingly uneven nature of Japan's economic revival.
U.S. President Donald Trump may disclose the intelligence, which was collected and analyzed during his first term, in a speech that he is set to deliver on Thursday night.
Tech-dystopian fiction and a historical novel claimed Japan's highest literary honors on Wednesday.
Police detained the former head of Phu Nhuan Jewelry's gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational diamond-smuggling ring.
The global race to build artificial intelligence data centers has upped business for chipmakers, creating shortages and sending prices soaring for memory components in particular.
Judge Takao Okawa said the defendant committed a "despicable" sexual assault that abused his position as captain.
U.S. President Donald Trump on July 6 asked the Supreme Court justices to take the unusual step of reconsidering their rejection of his appeal, with no decision yet made.
World Cup winners in 2010, Spain will now face either Argentina or England in Sunday's final in New Jersey.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party often promotes vegetarianism as a part of its nationalist agenda, although most Indian Hindus eat meat and fish.
Munetaka Murakami was eliminated in the first round.
By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of children on waiting lists, followed by Saitama and Hyogo, while Fukui had no children on such waiting lists.
The State Department said on Monday it was considering travel bans and revoking visas for ICC officials as well as additional sanctions against the ICC.
The revision proposes concrete support measures, including benefit payments to low-income earners and people who cannot work due to diseases or disabilities, in fiscal 2029.
The main points of contention were restrictions on the transport of Russian liquefied natural gas and measures regarding Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International.
Such curtains — which involve growing vines such as bitter melon and morning glory near windows — leverage on plant physiology to cool down homes.
The four victims have been taken to the hospital but are not in any life-threatening condition.
The Tokyo-listed group's shares fell as much as 3.4%, the biggest intraday decline in more than a month, before paring some losses.
The storm is expected to turn northeast before moving into the northern Yellow Sea and gradually transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone.
Candidates range from a general holding public sympathy but lacking political experience to a former TV star with an active social media presence.
The request follows reports that the sailor went missing on Sunday morning while a vessel was on patrol off South Korea's eastern coast near the Northern Limit Line.
The Swiss had reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954, but suffered a major blow when Breel Embolo was sent off for diving in the 72nd minute.
The countries stressed that the 2016 decision in The Hague "is final, legally binding and definitive between China and the Philippines" regarding their territorial row.
England will face Argentina or Switzerland in Atlanta on Wednesday, looking to stay on course for a repeat of their sole World Cup triumph of 1966.
Donald Trump declared the end of a ceasefire on February 28, though Washington has left the door open to continued negotiations.
