A shoe believed to belong to a child was found Sunday in a mountainous area in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, where a search is ongoing for a sixth-grade elementary school student, police sources have revealed.

KYOTO — The Kyoto prefectural police discovered a body believed to be of a child in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Monday. The discovery was made during the search for Yuki Adachi, 11, according to investigative sources.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held phone talks with her Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, during which she expressed her appreciation for the mediation efforts by Pakistani officials, including Sharif, in the recent talks between the United States and Iran held in Islamabad.

After the talks, Takaichi told reporters she emphasized that “It is essential to ensure free and safe navigation [through the Strait of Hormuz] for vessels from all countries, including Japan and other Asian nations, as soon as possible.”

KYOTO – Police arrested the father of an 11-year-old boy whose body was found in a wooded area in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on suspicion of abandonment of a body.

KYOTO — A body believed to be that of a child that was found in a wooded area in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, has been confirmed to belong to Yuki Adachi, a sixth-grader at Sonobe Elementary School who went missing near the school late last month, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

KYOTO - The stepfather of an 11-year-old boy who went missing in late March has reportedly told police that he killed his stepson, according to investigative sources.

Typhoon Sinlaku, a strong typhoon, is expected to reach the Ogasawara Islands on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

As of 9 a.m. on Monday, the typhoon, also known as Typhoon No. 4, was located around the Mariana Islands, moving northwest at 15 kph. The central pressure is 905 hectopascals, with maximum gust wind speed observed at 85 meters per second, according to the agency.

OSAKA — Monday will mark six months since the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo closed. At the event’s site on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka City, pavilions are being demolished and removed, though delays persist and no clear redevelopment plan exists.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in March was 3,618,900, a 3.5% increase from the same month last year and a new record for March, according to an estimate released by the Japan National Tourism Organization on Wednesday.

Among visitors from East Asia, the number of tourists primarily increased from South Korea and Taiwan, the JNTO said. Southeast Asian visitors increased the most from Vietnam and Malaysia, and among tourists from the Americas and Europe, there was significant growth in visitors from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Saturday marked 20 days since an elementary school boy went missing in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.