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18 hours ago
- Entertainment
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Days of Our Lives Recap: Chanel Warns EJ to Stay Away From Johnny
Days of Our Lives Recap: Chanel Warns EJ to Stay Away From Johnny originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. On today's Days of Our Lives recap: Salem High School: Holly is late for graduation and runs into Tate. As Tate fixes Holly's cap, Aaron and Sophia arrive. Holly admits she is nervous for her speech and Aaron makes a big deal about her Salutatorian status. Holly says she always thought Sophia would be making that speech and everyone awkwardly moves the conversation forward. They all agree graduation is both exciting and sad. It's the end of an era. Holly tries to comfort Tate, but it makes him uncomfortable. He asks about Jude and just then Sophia grabs her stomach and screams out in pain. She says she thinks she is in labor. They exit to the hospital leaving Aaron and Holly behind to walk. Horton Square: Abe is sitting with Paulina while she practices her graduation speech. She wants to make sure he's good spending a part of their anniversary at a graduation. Abe is good as he always loved delivering them himself. Abe gets up for a coffee refill when Chanel arrives. She wants to get to Sweet Bits to work on Andrew and Paul's wedding cake. Paulina shifts to Chanel's earlier doctor's appointment. Chanel says she is worried about that result but then fills her mother in on Johnny's possible reconciliation with his father. Paulina can't believe the latest events. Chanel says she isn't certain she can live with that particular decision. Just then, Abe returns, and Chanel exits, walking away from Sweet Bits. Paulina's speech is inspirational and weaves in the meaning of Juneteenth and the price of freedom in their new lives. Abe applauds and Paulina says it's time for them to hit the trail. University Hospital – Exam Room: Marlena tells Sarah about her dizzy spell. She admits not eating a lot lately and is exhausted but thinks those are to be expected. Sarah wants to run some tests just to make sure. Sarah notes her vital signs are within the normal range and says she'll get started on the bloodwork. They both think grief is actually responsible for her symptoms. Sarah mentions her going to therapy or a support group. Marlena hesitates and promises to think about it. DiMera Mansion – Living Room: EJ arrives to find Brady sitting there waiting to take Rachel to graduation. Further, she will be spending the night with him as Kristen is getting Mama Blake settled in Aremid. EJ feigns joy and surprise, but Brady says he knows exactly what's going on. Brady says he knows everything about the deal Kristen made with him involving Johnny and Mama Blake. EJ hopes Brady has agreed to keep quiet and he confirms, though he is still very worried about his daughter. Just then, Rachel walks in and asks if she's ready to go. She says she is but mentions she just threw up. Brady says there's a change of plans and sweeps her away to the doctor. EJ calls someone and demands to know that Mama Blake is safely in Aremid and will never set foot in Salem again. Just then, Chanel arrives ready to rip him limb from limb. She mentions his possible reconciliation with Johnny and EJ tries to shut her down. Chanel is having NONE of EJ's foolishness and says he hurt the love of her life, and no one gets away with that. When EJ asks if she is threatening him, Chanel confirms she is (Raven Bowens BROUGHT IT!). University Hospital – Lobby: Marlena thanks Sarah for her time and asks about Xander. Sarah's reaction prompts Marlena to say she's there to listen. Sarah doesn't want to bother her, but Marlena says being useful and productive is the best medicine for her. Just then, Brady walks in and Rachel runs into her grandmother's arms. Sarah takes Rachel into an exam room leaving Marlena and Brady to chat. Marlena tells him she will stay with Rachel. As Brady is about to exit to the graduation, Tate, Sophia and Mama Choi arrive looking for a doctor. A nurse arrives and wheels her to a room. Just then, Mama Choi gets a call from her husband. University Hospital – Exam Room: Sarah asks Rachel about her tummy ache, and she says it basically hurts all the time. Sarah digs about what might be bothering Rachel. She takes a seat and explains confidentiality to young Rachel and pinky swears she will keep between them whatever she says. Rachel says sometimes she hears and sees things she shouldn't. Just then, a nurse walks in saying a young woman in labor just arrived. She gives her instructions and sends her on her way. Sarah returns to Rachel who has now clammed up. Rachel says she doesn't know why but she feels better when she's with Sarah. University Hospital – Lobby: Sarah and Rachel return and Marlena sends Tate off with his sister to grab something from the cafeteria. Left alone, Sarah tells Brady and Marlena she thinks Sarah's symptoms may be psychosomatic. She's glad Rachel is seeing a therapist as she thinks grief and worry are the culprit. Tate and Rachel return and Marlena thinks they should have a sleepover. Sarah confirms it's just what the doctor ordered. With that, Marlena sweeps her granddaughter away and leaves Tate and Brady to deal with the birth of his child. Salem High School: Graduation is complete, and Aaron and Holly discuss the day. Holly notes her mother and Eric sat on opposite sides of the arena. She just knows something happened between them. University Hospital – Sophia's Room: Sarah tells Sophia her blood pressure is a little up and she needs to try and relax. Sarah asks what's worrying her most. Sophia says she's concerned about labor but also about not having a family to adopt their baby. She worries when Tate sees the baby he's going to fall in love and not want to give it up. Sophia admits she has feelings for the baby and notes different moments in her pregnancy. That being said, she wants what is best for the baby and her and Tate. Sarah commends her for truly thinking through her decision and knows she will stay strong no matter what. Just then, another contraction hits. The Bistro: Abe and Paulina discuss graduation and how wonderful it was. Marlena and John's Penthouse: Marlena and Rachel are putting a puzzle together. They decide they're both a little tired and Rachel lies down and quickly falls out. University Hospital – Lobby: Tate is freaking out along with Mama Choi as Sophia wants neither of them around. Brady calms his son by checking in. Tate has whiplash by the course of today's events. Just then, Sarah and a nurse wheel out Sophia. Endings Holly tells Aaron about her mother and Eric's relationship. Aaron says folks fight and wants her to focus on her upcoming trip to Paris (I really like Louis Tomeo). With that, he escorts her out to catch up with their families. Sarah explains to everyone how Sophia thought she was in labor as it's very difficult to distinguish Braxton-Hicks from the real thing. Sophia apologizes to everyone, but Tate says all is good. Sophia thinks they should still do something to celebrate and offers to treat everyone to dinner. Brady and Tate say they have other plans, and Mama Choi thinks Sophia should get home, which leaves her less than thrilled. Brady thanks Sarah for everything she did today. He offers an ear if she ever wants to vent about Xander. Chanel walks into The Bistro and runs into her mother and Abe. They ask her to grab a seat for some family time. Chanel seems less than enthused when they all toast to the future. EJ arrives home and fields a call from Rita. He asks her to return the memory stick he gave her several weeks prior. Marlena watches Rachel sleep when suddenly she says, 'No! Don't shoot him!' Keep checking back for the latest Days of Our Lives recaps! This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
CNBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
Why a pacifist Japan seems to be doubling down on arms exports
Japan, renowned for its pacifist constitution, is now setting its sights on the global arms exports market. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani earlier this month told Nikkei that he wanted to promote Japan's defense exports, signaling a clear shift in the country's arms policy, which has so far been largely restricted to catering to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, or JSDF. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has also signaled sharper focus on the defense sector and became the first sitting prime minister to attend DSEI Japan, the country's largest defense exhibition. While the shift in stance comes at a time when global defense spending has been on the rise, Japan's motivations are linked more to its security concerns than profiting from the surge in global arms demand, experts told CNBC. The biggest reason behind this shift is to deepen ties and increase interoperability of Japanese forces with allies and partners, said Rintaro Inoue, research associate at the Institute of Geoeconomics, a Tokyo-based think tank. By exporting its arms abroad, a country is able to improve interoperability with the purchasing parties by standardizing maintenance processes for hardware and creating joint training opportunities. "This rationale has been the main pillar after Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe created the concept of 'proactive contribution to peace' in 2013 which aims to deepen cooperation with other Western countries in this area, and especially in security fields," he said. When the late Abe was in office, he led efforts to revise the interpretation of Article 9 of Japan's constitution to allow the JSDF to more actively contribute to international peacekeeping efforts and defend allies. Japan also wants to develop its defense industrial base, which had been in "very poor conditions" before the country moved to increase its defense budget in 2022, Inoue said. Exports will allow it to achieve the economies of scale needed to make domestic production more viable. Instead of investing in Japan's domestic defense base, the country has largely purchased weapons from the U.S., such as the F-35 fighter jets and SPY-7 radar systems. "This created a severe situation among the defense industry based in Japan, and several companies have left the industry, especially in the supply chain," Inoue said. In 2023, more than 100 companies were reported to have left the defense industry in the past 20 years. Naoko Aoki, political scientist at U.S.-based policy think tank RAND, said that Japanese defense firms have traditionally operated with limited domestic demand from the JSDF. Being able to export defense items means that companies would have a bigger customer base, helping them develop production capacities, lower costs and have more flexibility. "Even if the JSDF needed more of, for example munitions, these companies would not be eager to invest in new facilities to produce more of them, if they think that is a one-time request. If there were more stable demand at a higher level, however, they can justify the investment," Aoki said. As of 2024, Japan's arms exports stood at 21 million TIV — just 0.1% of global arms exports — according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The TIV or trend-indicator value is a measure of the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons. In comparison, neighboring South Korea exported 936 million TIV in 2024, with 3.3% of global arms exports, while TIV for China, the largest Asian arms exporter from 2020-2024 stood at 1.13 billion, accounting for 3.9% of global shipments. Defense is attractive as a growth sector, according to veteran investor David Roche, strategist at Quantum Strategy. "Demand will exceed supply for a decade,he said. So, building domestic capacity is of paramount importance. Roche said that if nations such as Japan stay dependent on the U.S., the Trump administration's more transactional approach will oblige them to pay for much more of their own defense, or defense equipment supplied by the pointed to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech during the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue, earlier this month: "We ask — and indeed, we insist — that our allies and partners do their part on defense ... NATO members are pledging to spend 5% of their GDP on defense, even Germany." "So it doesn't make sense for countries in Europe to do that while key allies in Asia spend less on defense in the face of an even more formidable threat, not to mention North Korea," Hegseth added. "If they distrust the U.S. to honor its treaty engagements, then individual nations must ensure their own security and spend a lot of money doing so," Roche said. Japan in 1967 adopted "Three Principles on Arms Exports" that restricted arms exports, and later expanded those principles to a practically impose an across-the-board ban on arms exports, except for transfers of military technologies to the U.S. The country relaxed this stance under Abe, with former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida easing the curbs further in 2023. The most recent changes allow defense equipment manufactured in Japan under license from foreign defense firms, including finished products, to be exported to the licensing country and from there to third countries. For example, Japan agreed in late 2023 to manufacture — under license — and export Patriot interceptor missiles to the U.S., whose stockpiles were depleted after supplying these missiles to Ukraine. Neighbor South Korea has seen increasing global interest in its arms industry and is striving to become a major global arms supplier. Will Japan be able to compete? Experts says that Japan has the knowledge, skills and technology to be a major arms supplier, but IOG's Inoue warns that Japan may face manufacturing issues due to its falling population and growing proportion of seniors. "I think it's very difficult for Japan to once again focus into manufacturing jobs," he said. RAND's Aoki pointed to still-strict regulations. "Japan has the technical capacity to do many things," but as export regulations remain severe, it will use exports mainly as a tool to strengthen its defense industrial base and defense relations with like-minded countries, particularly the U.S.
Kyodo News
6 days ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Judo: Uta Abe back on top with women's 52-kg worlds gold in Hungary
KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 16:31 | Sports, All Japan's Uta Abe claimed her fifth judo world championship Saturday in the women's 52-kilogram competition, but older brother Hifumi was only able to win bronze as compatriot Takeshi Takeoka topped the men's 66-kg podium in Budapest. The 24-year-old Abe, who suffered a shock loss at last summer's Paris Games, overcame fellow Olympic gold medalist Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in a hard-fought final in the Hungarian capital. The two went toe-to-toe in a tactical battle before the Japanese star broke her opponent's balance and threw her for ippon with just under a minute left. "It's been a really tough year, but I think my strong willpower led to this result," Abe said. "There's still a long road ahead, and I feel as though I need to work even harder." Back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Hifumi Abe's bid for a fifth world title came undone in a huge quarterfinal upset against Obid Dzhebov of Tajikistan, marking his first loss to an overseas opponent in an individual event since February 2019. Dzhebov executed a counter-throw to reverse the 27-year-old Abe's forceful attack and score ippon midway through the allotted time, leaving the Japanese judoka and the crowd stunned. "I think I get stronger by getting beaten," Abe said. "Looking ahead to the Los Angeles Olympics, I don't want to waste this was positive I managed to compete at the worlds less than a year after the Paris Olympics." Takeoka made sure Japan would take home its eighth straight championship in the division by outpointing Tajikistan's Nurali Emomali in the deciding match. It was a maiden world title for the 26-year-old Takeoka, who took silver at last year's championships in Abu Dhabi. "Other athletes will be studying me because of this result, so I need to keep improving and not get complacent," Takeoka said. After advancing through the repechage, the 27-year-old Abe clinched bronze with victory over Cuba's Orlando Polanco. Dzhebov, ranked fourth in the world but without an Olympic appearance to date, placed third for his first podium finish at the worlds. Related coverage: Judo: Ryuju Nagayama wins men's 60-kg gold on opening day of world c'ships Judo: Kagawa wins 1st nat'l open-weight title, Abe loses in 2nd round Judo: Japanese women aim to rebound from Olympic setback at worlds
The Mainichi
7 days ago
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Judo: Uta Abe back on top with women's 52-kg worlds gold in Hungary
BUDAPEST (Kyodo) -- Japan's Uta Abe claimed her fifth judo world championship Saturday in the women's 52-kilogram competition, but older brother Hifumi was only able to win bronze as compatriot Takeshi Takeoka topped the men's 66-kg podium in Budapest. The 24-year-old Abe, who suffered a shock loss at last summer's Paris Games, overcame fellow Olympic gold medalist Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in a hard-fought final in the Hungarian capital. The two went toe-to-toe in a tactical battle before the Japanese star broke her opponent's balance and threw her for ippon with just under a minute left. "It's been a really tough year, but I think my strong willpower led to this result," Abe said. "There's still a long road ahead, and I feel as though I need to work even harder." Back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Hifumi Abe's bid for a fifth world title came undone in a huge quarterfinal upset against Obid Dzhebov of Tajikistan, marking his first loss to an overseas opponent in an individual event since February 2019. Dzhebov executed a counter-throw to reverse the 27-year-old Abe's forceful attack and score ippon midway through the allotted time, leaving the Japanese judoka and the crowd stunned. "I think I get stronger by getting beaten," Abe said. "Looking ahead to the Los Angeles Olympics, I don't want to waste this was positive I managed to compete at the worlds less than a year after the Paris Olympics." Takeoka made sure Japan would take home its eighth straight championship in the division by outpointing Tajikistan's Nurali Emomali in the deciding match. It was a maiden world title for the 26-year-old Takeoka, who took silver at last year's championships in Abu Dhabi. "Other athletes will be studying me because of this result, so I need to keep improving and not get complacent," Takeoka said. After advancing through the repechage, the 27-year-old Abe clinched bronze with victory over Cuba's Orlando Polanco. Dzhebov, ranked fourth in the world but without an Olympic appearance to date, placed third for his first podium finish at the worlds.
Kyodo News
7 days ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Judo: Uta Abe back on top with women's 52-kg worlds gold in Hungary
KYODO NEWS - 1 minute ago - 13:50 | Sports, All Japan's Uta Abe claimed her fifth judo world championship Saturday in the women's 52-kilogram competition, but older brother Hifumi was only able to win bronze as compatriot Takeshi Takeoka topped the men's 66-kg podium in Budapest. The 24-year-old Abe, who suffered a shock loss at last summer's Paris Games, overcame fellow Olympic gold medalist Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in a hard-fought final in the Hungarian capital. The two went toe-to-toe in a tactical battle before the Japanese star broke her opponent's balance and threw her for ippon with just under a minute left. "It's been a really tough year, but I think my strong willpower led to this result," Abe said. "There's still a long road ahead and I feel as though I need to work even harder." Back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Hifumi Abe's bid for a fifth world title came undone with an upset loss to Obid Dzhebov of Tajikistan in the quarterfinals. But Takeoka made sure Japan would take home its eighth straight championship in the division by outpointing Tajikistan's Nurali Emomali in the deciding match. It was a maiden world title for the 26-year-old Takeoka, who took silver at last year's championships in Abu Dhabi. "Other athletes will be studying me because of this result, so I need to keep improving and not get complacent," Takeoka said. After advancing through the repechage, the 27-year-old Abe clinched bronze with victory over Cuba's Orlando Polanco. Related coverage: Judo: Ryuju Nagayama wins men's 60-kg gold on opening day of world c'ships Judo: Kagawa wins 1st nat'l open-weight title, Abe loses in 2nd round Judo: Japanese women aim to rebound from Olympic setback at worlds
