01:00 USA Watch: Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke tests US-Japan alliance amid Iran tensions Donald Trump joked about Pearl Harbor while urging Sanae Takaichi to expand Japan’s role in securing the Strait of Hormuz, drawing a muted response.
01:00 Japan Japan: Akiba Festival draws crowds despite winter cold Japan’s Akiba Festival in Niyodogawa features samurai parades and fire rituals, preserving a 200-year-old prayer for protection from disasters.
00:54 Democratic Republic Of Congo A third of Japan-donated Mpox vaccines wasted in DRC due to storage challenges
