Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II in the Pacific. A memorial ceremony was held on June 23 at Mabuni Hill in Itoman City, the site of the conflict’s last stages, where Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki and members of the imperial family honored the estimated 200,000 people killed.

Jaylin Williams is staying put in Oklahoma City after the Thunder signed the 6-foot-8 forward/center to a three-year, $24 million extension on his 23rd birthday on Sunday.

New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. With this victory, he is set to make history as the city’s first Muslim, first Indian American and first South Asian mayor, heralding a new era of Asian American representation.

A decorated Army veteran was forced to leave his family in Hawaii for South Korea on Monday after immigration officials ended his deferred action status and gave him three weeks to exit the country or face detention.

Detroit officials unveiled a street sign honoring Vincent Chin on Monday, commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the Chinese American draftsman’s murder.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are pushing for stronger enforcement measures to prevent China from sidestepping American forced labor restrictions by moving Uyghur workers from Xinjiang to factories across the country.

Foreigners married to Vietnamese citizens can now acquire Vietnamese citizenship without residing in the country, following newly approved amendments to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality. The National Assembly passed the revisions on Tuesday, eliminating previous requirements such as five years of residency, Vietnamese language proficiency and financial self-sufficiency for applicants with Vietnamese family ties.

Vietnamese real estate mogul Truong My Lan will serve life in prison after escaping the death penalty, following recent legal reforms passed by the National Assembly. Lan, chair of Van Thinh Phat Group, was sentenced to death last year for her role in a $12.5 billion financial fraud through Saigon Commercial Bank, one of the largest in Vietnamese history.

Recent remarks from high-profile tech executives have renewed attention on extreme work schedules resembling China’s 996 system, in which employees work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. In recent interviews, Passes founder & CEO Lucy Guo and Zoom CEO Eric Yuan have both downplayed the value of work-life balance while describing their own demanding routines.

Dylan Harper and Yang Hansen broke ground for Asian and Asian American representation during the 2025 NBA Draft, each reaching historic milestones on June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.