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Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks to reporters on Sunday after meeting Taro Aso, the party's supreme advisor, at the party's headquarters.
JAPAN / Politics
Suzuki eyed for LDP secretary-general, reflecting Aso’s growing influence
By Eric Johnston
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso's influence in the Liberal Democratic Party under the newly elected Sanae Takaichi is becoming increasingly more evident.

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Takaichi kicks off LDP presidency with polls showing strong support
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks to reporters on Sunday after meeting Taro Aso, the party's supreme advisor, at the party's headquarters.
The Daimler Freightliner truck assembly plant in Derramadero, Coahuila state, Mexico
BUSINESS / Economy
Trump imposing new 25% large truck tariff starting Nov. 1
It was unclear if a previous Japan-U.S. deal limiting duties on light-duty vehicles would apply under the newly announced tariffs.
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Media reports have said that Trump is expected to visit its key Asian ally in late October.
Sanae Takaichi (left), newly elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
DPP emerges as most likely candidate to help LDP's ruling coalition
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
With personal ties between their executives and policy proximity, the Democratic Party for the People seems the likeliest to help the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition.
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology on Monday in Stockholm.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
By Tomoko Otake
Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the prize along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology on Monday in Stockholm.

JAPAN

Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
The 44-year-old tourist was pounced on from behind as he was walking to a bus stop on Sunday.
A not-in-service train is seen derailed early Monday morning after colliding with a passenger train late Sunday at Kajigaya Station on Tokyu Railways' Den-en-toshi Line in Kawasaki.
Den-en-toshi Line trains collide, halting service
By Yukana Inoue
No one was injured in the collision, which saw one train derail and disrupted train services on two lines Monday.
Ex-MUFG banker given nine years in prison for safe-deposit box theft
By Hideki Suzuki
Bus and taxi firms look to retiring SDF members to fill driver shortage
Emperor makes speech in English at international forum in Kyoto
Lingering ‘Showa Model’ gender roles keep women sidelined

BUSINESS

A screen displays Japan's 10-year government bonds and the rate of the yen against the dollar outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday.
Goldman sees Japan bond 'shocks' spilling over to Treasurys
By Ruth Carson and John Cheng
Global bonds feel the ripple from Tokyo as investors react to Sanae Takaichi’s election win and looming fiscal stimulus.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance
Nvidia now boasts the world's highest revenue, driven by sales of its GPUs — the processors that are key to building the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals.
OpenAI signs multibillion dollar chip deal with AMD
Asahi resumes beer supplies in Japan after crippling cyberattack
By Kanoko Matsuyama and Yui Hasebe
Thriving emerging markets look poised to wrap up banner year
By Marcus Wong, Malavika Kaur Makol and Maria Elena Vizcaino
Argentines blow billions shopping abroad, fanning currency crisis

WORLD

U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event at the White House on Monday.
White House says no shutdown-related layoffs yet, but warns they could come
Previous shutdowns have not forced the government to fire any workers, though hundreds of thousands are typically told not to work.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends and event in Saarbruecken, Germany, on Friday.
Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away
By Michel Rose
The resignation of his fifth prime minister in two years has raised the chances that he will not make it to the end of his term.
Surging numbers of children using e-cigarettes, WHO says
Slight rise in U.S. air traffic controllers calling in sick seen since shutdown began
Vietnam's top leader to visit North Korea this week
How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines
By Poppy McPherson and Karen Lema

Sports

Hanshin pitcher Hiroto Saiki (left) and infielder Teruaki Sato were among the Central League title winners this season.
Hanshin star Teruaki Sato leads list of NPB title winners
By Jason Coskrey
Sato finishing with 40 homers and over 100 RBIs should make him the Central League MVP frontrunner.
Previously unbeaten Bills and Eagles fall on wild day in NFL
Daryz wins emotional and thrilling Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Blue Jays win Game 2 to push Yankees to brink of elimination
Soccer-mad Indonesia ready to make push to reach World Cup

Opinion

Sanae Takaichi, newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday.
Four questions that determine Takaichi’s success
Edo Naito
From breaking with Komeito to revisiting the U.S. trade deal, new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi has the potential to shake up Japanese politics.
Hegseth tries turning back 94 years of press freedom
By John Authers
Without Jane Goodall, chimps need new champions — us
By Lara Williams
Trump’s beggar-the-poor remittance tax
By Hippolyte Fofack
Japan’s blueprint for climate finance sets global standard
By Mary Schapiro

ENVIRONMENT

Jane Goodall spun her love of wildlife into a lifelong campaign that took her from a seaside English village to Africa and then across the globe in a quest to better understand chimpanzees.
Wildlife advocate and primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
By Susan Heavey
The scientist and global activist was a pioneer in her field, both as a female scientist in the 1960s and for her work studying the behavior of primates.
Swiss glaciers hit by light snowfall and heat wave, scientists say
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
By Eric Margolis
Beijing takes the lead with new climate plans amid Washington’s denial
By Valerie Volcovici and Yukun Zhang
In bid to upend global energy policy, Trump denies climate change in U.N. speech
By Brian Kahn

CULTURE

Anshul Chauhan’s Japanese film “Tiger” won the Hylife Vision Award for independent films at this year’s Busan International Film Festival.
Japanese films win crowds but few prizes at Busan festival
By Mark Schilling
From art house cinema to commercial hits, 24 films showcased Japan’s range at the 30th edition of the Busan International Film Festival.
Artists turn Okayama into Murakami-esque city of wonder
By Mike Fu
With Hollywood facing headwinds, Netflix looks eastward
By Erik Augustin Palm
‘Cinderella Grey’ gallops past the other sports documentaries
By Patrick St. Michel
The summer kabuki came roaring back
By Kris Kosaka

LIFE

Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
By Weiwen Lin
The man behind Chicago’s iconic Alinea restaurant shares insights on modernist cuisine and his Tokyo pop-up.
Don’t poke the bear: Learn how to sort your garbage the right way
By Yuko Tamura
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
By Gendel Gento
Autumn eggplants offer a juicy start to the season
By Makiko Itoh
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
By Weiwen Lin

COMMUNITY

Through the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference, undergraduate students have sustained an ongoing cultural and academic dialogue for 40 years.
Student groups nurture Japan-South Korea dialogue and cultural ties
By Moe Shimizu
Since 1985, the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference has provided a platform for students to discuss bilateral relations and build cultural bridges along the way.
Scaredy-cat Kashata is searching for a friend
Linda Joyce: ‘We hope people recognize the benefits of exploring rural areas’
By Louise George Kittaka
Stirred, not shaken: Kyoto business platform blends local and global
By Samantha Seghers
Tax-advantaged investments no lost cause for U.S. residents of Japan
By Gendel Gento

Editors' Picks

JAPAN
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
ASIA PACIFIC
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
By Gabriel Dominguez
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
LIFE
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
By Edward Hewes
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
LIFE
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
By Weiwen Lin
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
LIFE
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
By Weiwen Lin
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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JAPAN
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
By Eric Johnston
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
BUSINESS
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Drinks produced by Asahi at a liquor store in Tokyo. Retailers in Japan are warning customers of possible Asahi Super Dry beer shortages after a cyberattack paralyzed production and distribution at the major brewer.
JAPAN
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Den-en-toshi Line trains collide, halting service
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A not-in-service train is seen derailed early Monday morning after colliding with a passenger train late Sunday at Kajigaya Station on Tokyu Railways' Den-en-toshi Line in Kawasaki.
ASIA PACIFIC
North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.