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Stocks shake off Iran jitters as AI pushes market up, even amid oil climbs and Hormuz crisis

The MSCI All-World index was up 0.13% to trade around record highs, as markets from Tokyo to Seoul traded at or near all-time peaks, underpinned by avid demand for anything AI-related.

Markets are closely watching the next moves in the U.S.-Iran conflict, as renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to threaten global oil flows, inflation stability, and investor confidence.
EMERGENCY SERVICE workers operate in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex, after an irritant was sprayed by an unknown person, in Tokyo, Japan, May 25, 2026.

Man sprays unidentified chemical into Japan mall, injuring at least 20 - report

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.

Abandoned baby monkey charms Tokyo zoo visitors by befriending stuffed orangutan

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US, UK to skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony after city mayor invites Iran, not Israel

US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel skips Nagasaki Peace Ceremony due to Israel's exclusion, while Iran is controversially invited despite its actions.

 U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan walk to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, April 19, 2024.

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WATCH: Robot learns to smile after researchers successfully attach skin to his face - study

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a method to integrate engineered skin tissue with humanoid robots, enhancing mobility, self-healing, sensors, and realism.

 Abstract image of the study "Perforation-type anchors inspired by skin ligament for robotic face covered with living skin."

'Perfect Days': Less a movie, more like moving in with a stranger - review

The movie tells the story of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo, one of the cleanest cities in the world.

 KOJI YAKUSHO and Arisa Nakano in ‘Perfect Days.’

Vehicle crashes into barrier near Israeli embassy in Tokyo, person arrested

Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held outside Israeli embassies around the world in recent weeks, including in Tokyo, in protest against Israel.

A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023.

Israeli directed movie won two prizes at 36th Tokyo International Film Festival

The movie marks the first time an Iranian and an Israeli have co-directed a film.

 GUY NATTIV, director of ‘Tatami’, and his wife, producer/actress Jaime Ray Newman, at the Tokyo Film Festival.

A pastrami sandwich is a new star of Tokyo’s hip food scene

The flavors being served up, though distinctly Jewish and American, are not entirely strange to the Japanese palette.

 An artistic illustrative image of a sandwich sliced in half.

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Business and pleasure: Israel and Japan sign a new visa agreement

Visa applicants must meet a number of basic requirements including a clean criminal record, having medical insurance and having a way to support themselves. 

 Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen and Japanese Foreign Minister Kenji Yamada sign the "work-holiday" visa agreement in April 2023.