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- Officials in Japan say the death toll from floods and landslides caused by record rainfall in the western part of the country has reached 98.
- Preparations are continuing around the clock to rescue 8 boys and their soccer coach still trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
- The United States and Vietnam have confirmed that they will continue to work together to denuclearize North Korea and to keep in check China’s military expansion in the South China Sea.
- Authorities in Japan warn that the death toll may rise in floods and landslides caused by record rainfall in the western part of Japan.
- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have met in Tokyo and confirmed their continued close cooperation to get North Korea to completely denuclearize.
- A former head of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command has expressed his resolve to work as an ambassador to strengthen the alliance between the United States and South Korea.
- In a broad area of western Japan, casualties are mounting due to floods and landslides caused by record rainfall. Fourteen people are confirmed dead, 3 without vital signs and at least 45 others missing so far.
- Senior government officials from the U.S. and North Korea have agreed to set up working groups to verify efforts to dismantle the North’s nuclear program.
- Sources say the former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult that carried out the 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo subways and other crimes has been executed, along with 6 of his former disciples.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will begin his 2-day visit to Pyongyang on Friday.
- U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the trigger on tariffs on billions of dollars-worth of Chinese products.
- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will meet his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in Japan on Sunday to discuss North Korea.
- British police say a man and a woman were found unconscious at a house in southern Britain. They add the 2 people were exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.
- The number and value of overseas mergers and acquisitions by Japanese firms hit record highs in the first half of this year.
- A State Department spokesperson has suggested that the United States will continue to demand North Korea’s complete denuclearization.
- Iran’s president is criticizing the U.S. for urging other countries to stop buying Iranian oil. Hassan Rouhani has described the measure as unilateral and against international law.
- The U.S. administration says the worsening situation in Syria will be a key issue at the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month.
- A Thai governor says an operation to bring out 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave will likely take some time.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to visit North Korea this week to discuss denuclearization issues.
- Japan has been knocked out of the FIFA World Cup in Russia after losing to Belgium 3-2.
- The Bank of Japan’s quarterly Tankan survey shows that business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers worsened in June from 3 months earlier.
- The National Security Advisor to the White House says the United States could dismantle a bulk of North Korea’s nuclear programs and other weapons of mass destructions within a year.
- Syrian government forces have strengthened their military offensive in the southwest of the country, reportedly killing more than 100 civilians in about 10 days.
- A UNESCO committee has decided to give World Heritage status to places linked to the history of Japan’s persecuted Christians.
- Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific nations have begun talks in Tokyo aimed at forging a new free-trade agreement.
- In the soccer World Cup in Russia, France has advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Argentina 4-3 in their knockout-stage match.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit North Korea next week to discuss details of the North’s denuclearization.
- Canada is set to impose tariffs on a wide range of U.S. goods starting on Sunday in retaliation for U.S. levies on steel and aluminum.
- A small rocket developed by a Japanese startup company has failed to enter space. It fell to the ground bursting into flames.