I was interviewed by Le Figaro on Japan’s new National Intelligence Council. “The key question is whether Japan can transform itself from a country that receives intelligence into one capable of providing truly valuable intelligence to its partners on Russia, China, and North Korea.” The creation of the Council is only the first step. The real challenge starts now. lefigaro.fr/international/po…

Leadership uncertainty, even temporary, could test the BOJ as it pivots to a more hawkish stance on inflation, navigating political wariness over higher borrowing costs and market scepticism about how far - and how fast - it will tighten. reuters.com/business/healthc…

NEW: Ken Salazar, Biden's ambassador to Mexico, was so frustrated with admin's border policy that he considered running for president himself in '24 He's now pitching 2028ers on his border plan, which he hopes will keep them from repeating mistakes of '24 politico.com/news/2026/06/11…

TOKYO, June 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended almost unchanged on Thursday, as investors assessed developments in the Middle East, recouping early losses after Washington confirmed that its overnight strikes on Iran had concluded.

Why Japan's Takaichi has stepped back from BOJ rate hike debate asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/co… @NikkeiAsiaより

Ted Turner built CNN as an act of defiance because he believed fearless 24/7 independent journalism was oxygen for our democracy,” his grandson Seydel said. “He would see what’s happening right now — larger and larger acquisitions; ‘60 Minutes’ hollowed; Dan Rather and hundreds of journalists around the world writing letters for editorial independence to be preserved and the First Amendment right for speech, especially for our storytellers, to be protected.”

TOKYO, June 10 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has been hospitalised for medical treatment and will miss the June 15 to 16 policy meeting, the central bank said on Wednesday.

Persistent weakness in the yen and an expected hawkish shift for the Federal Reserve after a hot jobs report in the U.S. are expected to ​add pressure on the Bank of Japan to accelerate interest-rate increases. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate this month and again in the fourth quarter, taking borrowing costs to ​1.25% by year-end, as it grows more wary of inflation risks than downside hazards to the ‌economy, a Reuters poll of economists showed reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

Late last year, a handful of retired Honda Motor executives started meeting privately to discuss the Japanese automaker's troubles and the person they believed was the cause: Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe reut.rs/4oe6Hya

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim: "We feared that our returning might be construed as an endorsement of the existing power structure. That is simply, categorically not the case. Here's why we're are staying: We don't want to see 60 Minutes die..."

New statement from Scott Pelley:   There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.   The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.   “60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.   The waste is heartbreaking.   Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.   For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.   At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.   I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.   Scott Pelley

#BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract.

Nick Bilton was greeted with open hostility from high-profile correspondent Scott Pelley, according to people at the gathering. on.wsj.com/4o4EfPp

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Following my successful visit to Japan last week, I spoke with @Bank_of_Japan_e Governor Kazuo Ueda today on the sidelines of the @G7 about Japan’s resilient economy and market outlook. I am confident that Governor Ueda will successfully guide Japan’s monetary policy, and I believe the fundamentals of the Japanese economy are strong and that excess FX volatility is undesirable.

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate to 1.0% in June, nearly two-thirds of economists said in a Reuters poll, as it presses ahead with efforts to normalise monetary policy amid rising inflation concerns from the war in Iran.

In an eye-catching move, Tokyo-based Calbee said it would temporarily use only two ink colours on 14 of its products including its Potato Chips, Kappa Ebisen snacks and the Frugra breakfast cereal reut.rs/42s0XXF