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The Dodgers celebrate with the World Series trophy after winning Game 5 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dodgers win World Series after rallying from five runs down to beat Yankees in Game 5
Mookie Betts' sacrifice fly ensured a victory in Game Five, but it was Freddie Freeman’s MVP performance throughout that powered the Dodgers' eighth franchise title.

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Fans gather early at Shibuya bar to watch Shohei Ohtani's big night
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani basks in glow of first World Series title
The Dodgers celebrate with the World Series trophy after winning Game 5 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
Democratic Party for the People Secretary-General Kazuya Shimba (left) and Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama meet in the Diet building in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
LDP and DPP inch closer together on economic policy cooperation
By Eric Johnston
If their arrangement is successful, it would mean a majority of parliamentary votes for issues especially important to the DPP.
Tsunehisa Katsumata was known for his quick decision-making, which earned him the nickname “Razor Katsumata.”
JAPAN
Former Tepco chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata dies at 84
By Kanako Takahara
Katsumata was the company's point man after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant went into meltdown in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Gov. Kazuo Ueda has made it clear over the past few months that any monetary policy moves are dependent on inflation and growth data being aligned with forecasts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Bank of Japan keeps policy rate steady at 0.25%, as expected
By Elizabeth Beattie
The central bank held its ground this week even as it faced considerable political and economic pressure and significant uncertainty on the horizon.
Fans watch Game 5 of the World Series at Fields, a sports bar in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, on Thursday morning.
BASEBALL
Fans gather early at Shibuya bar to watch Shohei Ohtani's big night
By Mai Yoshikawa
Game 5 of the World Series started at around 9 a.m. on Thursday for fans in Japan.
Fans watch Game 5 of the World Series at Fields, a sports bar in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, on Thursday morning.

JAPAN

Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii announces his resignation at a party executive meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii announces resignation after party lost seats
Komeito will unofficially appoint Ishii's successor at an executive meeting set for Nov. 7 and elect the successor at an extraordinary party convention on Nov. 9.
Members of the public listen as a candidate for the Hyogo gubernatorial election speaks in Kobe on Thursday.
Campaigning kicks off for Hyogo gubernatorial election
By Francis Tang
Former Gov. Motohiko Saito is among seven candidates in an election that follows months of stagnated governance after allegations of misconduct surfaced against him.
Truancy hits record high in Japan in fiscal 2023
Okinawa's Shuri Castle marks five years since devastating fire
Yokohama woman arrested over daughter's drowning and attempted murder of son
By Karin Kaneko
Up to ¥19,000 eyed to cover Tokyo hotel costs for government workers

BUSINESS

FamilyMart has introduced discount stickers with teary-eyed characters and the plea "Please help me" on near-expiration rice balls, sandwiches and bento boxes.
FamilyMart trials sobbing discount stickers to help prevent food waste
By Jessica Speed
The convenience store chain hopes the stickers will tug on customers’ heartstrings and encourage them to purchase items nearing their expiration dates.
Images of semiconductor wafers at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 18, 2023. Taiwan's stock market emerged as the hottest major bourse in Asia over the past year, led by TSMC and Hon Hai Precision Industry.
AI’s $1.3 trillion future increasingly hinges on Taiwan
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Vlad Savov
Thousands of businesses, executives and entrepreneurs rely on the island's unparalleled combination of talent, cost and speed.
Japan's Takeda raises full-year profit forecast amid restructuring
Nomura fined by Japan regulator for bond market manipulation
By Takashi Nakamichi and Nao Sano
Japan's September factory output beat estimates but was down year on year
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Trump factor bringing uncertainty to Asian firms' U.S. investment outlook

WORLD

A man at a rail station in Seoul watches a news broadcast on Thursday with file footage of a North Korean missile test.
North Korea fires off ICBM with longest flight time yet
By Jesse Johnson
The missile, which flew for 86 minutes, fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, landing in waters some 300 kilometers west of Hokkaido's Okushiri Island.
A recovering drug addict from Myanmar gets a therapeutic massage during a rehabilitation program run by the nongovernmental organization Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Network at an undisclosed location in Mae Sot along the Thai-Myanmar border.
As Myanmar conflict rages on, drug escape leads thousands to addiction
By Stuart Graham
The civil war in Myanmar since 2021 has killed thousands, displaced nearly 3 million people and triggered a boom in drug production.
Dozens of North Koreans held for defecting 'vanish', says rights group
By Hyonhee Shin
Indonesia’s new president faces $186 billion debt dilemma
By Harry Suhartono and Faris Mokhtar
Misinformation is turning American disasters into toxic battlegrounds
By Lauren Rosenthal and Zahra Hirji
Russia questions 'flawed logic' in U.N. decrying North Korea's help
By Michelle Nichols

Sports

Shohei Ohtani holds the World Series trophy after the Dodgers clinched the title at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani basks in glow of first World Series title
Although Ohtani had a relatively quiet World Series, it did little to take the shine off his first championship.
England captain Ben Stokes' home burgled by masked robbers with family inside
Commanders' win may herald outcome of race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
By Peter Baker
Lions coach Dan Campbell voices support for embattled receiver Jameson Williams
Ruud Van Nistelrooy lends hand as United targets Ruben Amorim as next manager

Opinion

With the next prime minister needing to be selected soon after the recent election, there are questions about whether the Democratic Party For the People and Nippon Ishin no Kai will support Shigeru Ishiba in his bid to remain Japan’s leader.
Ishiba's future in question as support from allies wavers
Edo Naito
The question now is whether the DPP and Ishin will support the LDP nominee to ensure victory, or if they will nominate their own candidates.
Masayoshi Son may be the oddest of the oddball billionaires
By Adrian Wooldridge
'Peak Japan' is now, so seize the moment, Japan
By Joshua W. Walker
Trump, Harris, Zelenskyy — no one’s plan will end the war
By Hal Brands
Masayoshi Son inflates the AI bubble even more
By Parmy Olson

ENVIRONMENT

Smog in Mumbai. India and China were home to 52 of the world's top 100 polluting plants in 2022.
Superpolluting coal plants power economies and the climate crisis
By Beatrice Tridimas and Jack Graham
Analysis of coal power often miss the local contexts of the world's largest polluters and the development priorities they support.
Earth's biodiversity crisis in numbers
By Benjamin Legendre
Colombia's peace opened wildlife to discovery, but new violence frustrates progress
By Jake Spring
How a DJ became an unlikely champion for green farming
By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan
Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'

CULTURE

A Hello Kitty fan poses with a costumed character at the Sanrio Smile Shop on its opening day at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California. Hello Kitty marks its 50th anniversary on Nov. 1.
The 'CEO of supercute': Hello Kitty turns 50
By Katie Forster, Hiroshi Hiyama and Paula Ramon
She is the undeniable queen of kawaii culture in Japan — and her likeness continues to make billions for her creators at Sanrio.
‘11 Rebels’: Underdog antiheroes deliver a crowd pleaser
By James Hadfield
‘Hakkenden’ has fun with Edo-era pulp fiction
By Mark Schilling
Japanese picture book author Keiko Sena dies at 92
Sign-language rock band marks 35 years in Japan

LIFE

Yukio Hattori was an integral part of "Iron Chef" broadcasts, though his impact on food culture in Japan went far beyond the TV screen.
Remembering Yukio Hattori, the voice of ‘Iron Chef’
By Makiko Itoh
Yukio Hattori was best known to international audiences as the expert commentator on the original Japanese version of the popular TV program “Iron Chef,”
After Kyoto residency, Rene Redzepi says 'Noma will exist as a pop-up'
By Kate Krader
Yeti Roastery Coffee is elevating Nepalese java in Japan
By Kimberly Hughes
Japan’s ancient capital houses a millennium of ghosts
By Edward J. Taylor
Celebrating spooky season with Halloween-themed vocabulary
By Yuko Tamura

COMMUNITY

Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida accepts a gift of 'dekopon' citruses, a specialty product and symbol of Kumamoto Prefecture, from Kumamon, itself a mascot and instantly recognizeable symbol of the region.
Japan’s ‘meibutsu’-industrial complex is a wonder to behold
By Jordan Allen
If you name a Japanese prefecture, many locals will instantly be able to tell you something that the region is famous for or a product synonymous with that area.
Andrijana Cvetkovikj: ‘We have to create more opportunities for women to be playing on equal ground’
By Zoria Petkoska
Can you drink in Shibuya and Shinjuku this Halloween? It depends.
By Ansel Swindells
Tokyo’s Indonesians get through life abroad with a couple of laughs
By Yohana Belinda
Jonathan Dunnett: ‘The ocean is far bigger than we are, and it will humble us.’
By Justin Randall

Editors' Picks

JAPAN
All eyes on DPP ahead of prime minister vote in Lower House
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
DPP head Yuichiro Tamaki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Tamaki has reportedly rejected a request for a meeting with Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda.
BUSINESS
Trader's $10,000 spoofing profit haunts Nomura as the fallout widens
By Takashi Nakamichi, Takahiko Hyuga and Donal Griffin
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda. In addition to the financial penalties for market manipulation, Nomura is suffering a fresh blow to its reputation following various scandals over recent years including several data leaks.
SUMO
Onosato hogs spotlight, but there are big changes in latest sumo ranks
By John Gunning
Onosato pushes out Hoshoryu during the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo last month.
ASIA PACIFIC
North Korean troops in Russia could have dangerous ramifications for Asia
By Jesse Johnson
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.
LIFE
Take a Halloween stroll through Tokyo’s dark history
By Mark Schreiber
Located in the Otemachi neighborhood, the 'skull mound' of Taira no Masakado is said to be the source of ills and misfortunes of any who would disturb the site.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

When Italy’s Cavour aircraft carrier visited Japan in August, it was the latest in a string of other ports of call by European nations such as Britain, Germany and France, all of whom are engaging in military and defense industry partnerships in East Asia.
Will Europe's pivot to Asia have any teeth?
By Gabriel Dominguez

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