James "Weston" Higginbotham went missing one week ago while on a family vacation in Japan.

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A dayslong search is underway for James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old American student who disappeared during a family vacation in Japan.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates this month unless a sharp escalation in the Middle East conflict upends markets, three sources said, as rising fuel costs from the energy shock add to mounting price pressure in the economy.

The Dutch, quarter-finalists in 2022 and ranked seventh in the world by FIFA, will be favourites to progress. Their biggest challenge is likely to come from Japan, who became the first side to secure their place at the tournament in March last year after breezing through their qualifying group.

The Navy has removed the top three leaders of its largest overseas ship maintenance facility, marking the second leadership shake-up at the command in less than two years.

Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort ​to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel.

From a Hip-Hop Showcase to an Eiichi Ohtaki Tribute, see all the events in Tokyo that tap into the deep history of Japanese music.