Overview
- Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 extended a multi‑day rally, briefly topping the 67,000‑yen level on Monday as gains in U.S. markets flowed into Japanese equities.
- Typhoon No.6 brought heavy rain on Wednesday that raised several Tokyo rivers to flood‑danger levels and caused Haneda to cancel many morning flights and suspend some JR limited‑express services.
- A door from a PAC‑3 Patriot ground vehicle fell onto the Ken‑O Expressway on Tuesday, triggering a three‑car rear‑end crash; the Air Self‑Defense Force said the vehicle was moving for training and issued an apology.
- The Hokuriku Shinkansen suspended service between Nagano and Kanazawa for about 1.5 hours on Wednesday because of suspected power‑equipment trouble, and JR West has opened an investigation into the cause.
- Justice and daily life threads continued to move: the sixth hearing opened in the Asahikawa high‑school death with the defendant’s mother due to testify, Tokyo police re‑arrested a murder suspect while probing alleged loan fraud, and JAL unveiled a Tokyo DisneySea 25th‑anniversary special‑livery plane set to enter service on June 4 as a non‑fatal bear attack in Akita underscored seasonal safety risks.