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California National Guard members stand ready as people protest against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles on June 9.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025
Los Angeles declares state of emergency over immigration raids
The declaration is the latest effort to push back on President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
A monitor shows AI-generated images found on the computer of a man who has been arrested on charges he intentionally ignited the Pacific Palisades Fire, during a press conference with Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli and Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the Los Angeles Field Division Kenny Cooper, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2025
Man charged with ‘maliciously’ starting massive LA fire
The Palisades Fire burned more than 23,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,800 structures before it was fully contained on Jan. 31.
Andy Weyman and Terry Davis are among the many people in Malibu, California, who are waiting to rebuild their home after this year’s California wildfires.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025
The LA fires destroyed 11,000 homes. Less than 10% have permits to rebuild
People trying to restore their homes are grappling with slow permit approvals, high costs and low insurance payouts.
A U.S. Marine and a member of the National Guard patrol outside a federal building in Los Angeles in June.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2025
Resisting Trump’s show of force
In Trump’s paradigm, this is all a reality show and we are merely inconsequential extras without lines forever in the background.
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2025
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
From concessions filled with Japanese ballpark staples to murals on Los Angeles buildings, Ohtani's success is creating new baseball fans and Japanophiles in LA.
Floaters are released into the water during a demonstration of Eco Wave Power electricity generation technology using the power of ocean waves in the harbor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, on Aug. 26.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 1, 2025
New wave: Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
A pilot project aims to use a 13-kilometer breakwater to harness enough wave energy to power 60,000 U.S. homes.
Son Heung-min holds an LAFC jersey during his introductory news conference with the club in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Aug 7, 2025
Son Heung-min 'here to win' after joining LAFC for record transfer fee
The 33-year-old will reportedly cost an MLS-record $26 million transfer fee.
A dog looks through the bars of a cage at the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control as the shelter struggles with overcrowding caused by pets abandoned during recent immigration raids, in Downey, California, on July 29.
WORLD / Society
Aug 6, 2025
Trump's immigration raids in LA affecting pets too
Dogs and cats are finding themselves in Los Angeles County's care centers after their owners get detained or deported.
Members of emergency services work at the scene after a vehicle plunged into a crowd outside a nightclub, on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2025
Driver charged after plowing into Los Angeles nightclub crowd, injuring 30
The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, was charged on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
The Culver City Express Car Wash remains closed after a raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency detained many of its workers in Culver City, California, on June 11.
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2025
Immigration raids derail Los Angeles economy as workers go into hiding
Few places in the U.S. are feeling the shock as acutely as Los Angeles, a longtime sanctuary city and home to one of the nation’s largest migrant labor forces.
The Dodgers, coming off a World Series championship in 2024, are a cultural icon in Los Angeles and have a large Latino fan base.
BASEBALL
Jun 21, 2025
Dodgers pledge $1 million to support families impacted by U.S. immigration raids
The Dodgers will partner with the city to get the money to those in "critical need," the team said.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (second left) speaks during a tour of a Federal Mobile Command Center at the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 21, 2025
Vance, in LA, lambasts Newsom and says troops need to stay
The U.S. vice president accused Democratic state and city leaders of encouraging immigrants to cross the U.S. border illegally.
Members of the California National Guard are deployed outside a complex of federal buildings in Santa Ana, California, on June 18.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2025
Trump allowed to keep using national guard in LA for now
Thursday’s decision isn’t the final ruling on the matter and is likely to be immediately challenged.
Protesters stand outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2025
Dodgers say team kept U.S. immigration agents from accessing Dodger Stadium
The Dodgers have been criticized for their failure to publicly comment on the U.S. government's immigration crackdown in Los Angeles.
Members of the California National Guard stand outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on June 8. California Democrats have unified against the Trump administration’s use of federal troops to quell unrest and its deportation campaign, but the stance may backfire for the party nationally.
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2025
ICE protests in LA are forcing a tough choice on Democrats
As the rightward shift among voters in the last election made abundantly clear, the state’s politics don’t always translate to other parts of America.
An aerial view of SoFi Staidum in the weeks leading up to its hosting of the Super Bowl, in January 2022.
SOCCER
Jun 15, 2025
PSG inspired by Los Angeles as it sets out to build new stadium
Paris Saint-Germain is drawing inspiration from the success of new state-of-the-art venues in Los Angeles as the club begins the process of building a new stadium for the team.
Police clash with protesters who had shut down Highway 101 in Los Angeles on June 8. Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2025
U.S. adversaries fuel disinformation about LA protests
The findings from researchers illustrate how foreign adversaries of the United States are exploiting deep divisions in American society as a tactic of information warfare.
U.S. Marines detain Marcos Leao, a 27 year-old veteran, outside the Wilshire Federal Building after Marines were deployed to Los Angeles, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continued in the city on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2025
U.S. Marines make first detention in LA as more protests expected
The first detention of a civilian is part of a rare domestic use of U.S. forces sent to the city after days of protests over immigration raids.
National guard members stand guard during a protest against federal immigration sweeps outside Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump to keep national guard in LA with marines on the way
San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer had earlier found that Trump's deployment of the guard was unlawful.
Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Stephen Miller: 'Trump's brain' who is behind migration crackdown
Stephen Miller's fingerprints have been all over the White House's unprecedented assertion of its right to use presidential power to pursue its agenda.
Coalition talks could bring Takaichi closer to being PM
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura meets with Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Trump declares U.S.-China trade war as Bessent floats long truce
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday.
Asia can learn from Europe’s immigration mistakes
Refugees and migrants, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, crowd a platform at a train station in Budapest in September 2015. Hungary's focus on pro-natalist policies and minimal immigration has led to a significant improvement in its fertility rate compared to Japan.
Singapore thrived in a U.S.-led world. Now what?
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt moors at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in April 2018.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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