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Rainy Season Hits Japan's Kanto-Koshin and Tokai
The Japan Meteorological Agency says the rainy season has apparently set in for the Kanto, Koshin and Tokai regions.
The agency is also telling people along the Pacific coast to expect heavy rain and to be on the alert for disasters.
On Sunday, clouds are stretching over wide areas of eastern Japan, and it's rainy and cloudy in Kanto, Koshin and Tokai.
The agency announced the start of rainy season in those regions in light of the current weather as well as the forecast for the regions for next week, which is mostly rainy or cloudy.
The agency says a low-pressure system accompanying a rain front over southern Kyushu brought warm and moist air from the south and caused rain clouds to develop.
Nichinan City in Miyazake Prefecture recorded 181 millimeters of rain between midnight and 6 a.m. Sunday, setting a record for June.
The low pressure system will gradually move east and will bring heavy rain to the regions of Shikoku, southern Kinki Tokai and the Izu Islands. Localized torrential rain is forecast.
Weather officials warn there could be landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, swollen rivers, lightning and tornadoes or other gusty winds.
War in Ukraine: Ukraine Hits Oil Targets After Putin Rejects Talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces have attacked oil facilities and other targets in Russia.
He's apparently trying to pressure Moscow to end the fighting by intensifying military offensives.
Zelenskyy said on social media on Saturday that the attacks targeted an oil depot in the south in a naval base near Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city.
The Ukrainian military says it also hit oil facilities in another region.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Zelenskyy's proposal for face-to-face talks, calling the idea meaningless.
Zelenskyy condemned Putin, saying another cynical order to continue killing had been issued for the army trying to destroy Ukrainian freedom.
He added that Russia must end its war and stop its attacks on life.
Iran Conflict: 100th Day of US-Israeli Military Strikes
Sunday marks 100 days since the United States and Israel began their joint military campaign against Iran.
There have been talks on ending the hostilities, but intermittent attacks are clouding their prospects.
The US Central Command says its forces on Friday shot down four Iranian drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz.
It adds that US forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk on and on Keshem Island to defend against further maritime attacks.
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Iran's regime-leaning Fars News Agency says the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps retaliated with ballistic missiles and said the targets were a US base in Kuwait and a facility of the US Navy Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
Against this backdrop, diplomatic efforts are underway. Tasim News Agency reported Saturday that Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had arrived in Tehran.
The media outlet said he would meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi and other officials. The Israeli military has been attacking Lebanon.
The Iran-backed Shia Muslim group Hezbollah is based in the country.
The Lebanese military says three people were killed in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle in the south of the country.
Lebanese President Joseph Awoun gave an interview to CNN on Friday.
He commented on Iran's demands in talks with the US, accusing it of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip.
Iran Conflict: US Says Iran's Assets May Be Used to Fix Future Damage
Sources close to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have told NHK the department plans to utilize all tools available to allow Iranian assets to support US Gulf allies.
They say such assets will be used for rebuilding and repairs of any future damage caused by Iran.
The sources also said the Treasury will further consider whether the assets could also be used to support repairs of past damage.
Bessent directed his team to assess conditions among the US allies and get comprehensive estimates of the cost linked to repairing damage Iran has inflicted since the start of the conflict.
US news network CBS has reported it is unclear what kind of Iranian assets will be used, such as cash in frozen bank accounts or hard assets like oil tankers.
Reuters news agency has reported the threatened redirection of Iranian assets could create a new irritant to a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran.
Tehrana has repeatedly called for the lifting of its frozen assets.
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Infant in West Bank
Israeli forces opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, killing an infant inside. Palestinian media outlets report that the incident occurred in the city of Heron.
They say a seven-month-old baby was killed and his parents were wounded.
Israeli Defense Forces reportedly said during operational activity in the Hebron area on Friday, soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them and one soldier fired single shots at the vehicle.
The military added an initial inquiry found that those injured were uninvolved civilians.
The IDF expresses deep sorrow for any harm caused.
Israeli forces have increased surveillance on Palestinians in the West Bank since the surprise attack from Gaza by the Islamic group Hamas in October 2023.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, reports that more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in a two-and-a-half-year period through April 2026.
China Again Patrols Waters Near Taiwan
China is patrolling waters east of Taiwan in protest of the decision made by Japan and the Philippines about setting a maritime boundary.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports that the transport ministry conducted special maritime patrols, calling it a necessary operation in response to a unilateral announcement by the two countries.
China's coast guard, controlled by its military, earlier patrolled the same area.
Last month, the leaders of Japan and the Philippines issued a joint statement after their summit in Tokyo.
It says they decided to start formal negotiations to establish the maritime boundary of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf between their countries.
Xinhua says the decision seriously infringed upon China's territorial sovereignty, maritime rights, and interests.
The Japanese government maintains that the agreements between Tokyo and Manila would define their rights and obligations.
It adds that it would not legally bind any third party or violate international law.
Paleo-Elephant Possibly Extinct in Japan 35,000 Years Ago
A team of researchers says Naoman's elephant in what is now the Japanese archipelago may have gone extinct some 10,000 years earlier than previously estimated.
The team says the findings might suggest that the animal's extinction can be attributed mostly to climatic shifts with a possible limited effect from humans.
The team says radiocarbon dating of fossils earlier suggested the animal went extinct about 24,000 years ago.
But it says the measurement needs to be verified as the specimens were contaminated.
The team employed another advanced dating method that removes contaminants on six fossil samples found in Aomori Prefecture and other parts of Japan.
The team says the result shows that the elephant may have become extinct roughly 33,000 to 35,000 years ago.
It says this estimate indicates a significantly shorter period of coexistence between the animal and humans than previously thought.
00:09:12 話者 2/Kusaka Soichiro/Associate Professor, Tokai University
I'd like to analyze the fossils of other areas and research the relations between humans and large animals in the Paleolithic period.
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