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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press briefing in Kyiv in May.

WORLD

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of Trump-Putin talks

Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska on Friday, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a deal.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press briefing in Kyiv in May.

An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.

JAPAN

Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues

Wide areas of the country also experienced rainfall Sunday due to a large stationary front. Rainfall is projected to continue until at least Tuesday morning.

People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET

Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer

By Joel Tansey

Giant umbrellas, mist fans and human-sized ice boxes are some of the many ways organizers are offering respite to visitors.

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top trade negotiator, said U.S. officials expressed regret that the stacking rule had been applied to Japan despite a verbal agreement, and said Washington would refund any overpaid levies.

BUSINESS / Economy

U.S. and Japan working to announce tariffs won’t stack

By Chris Gallagher, Yoshiaki Nohara and Sakura Murakami

The United States is working to finalize an announcement that would end the stacking of universal tariffs on Japanese goods.

At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants

At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul

By Robbie Swinnerton

Punching above its own weight, the intimate restaurant is one of the growing number of quality establishments that are helping to cement Toyama's status as a dining destination.

At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Terumi Tanaka (left), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, and Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, hold a news conference in Tokyo on July 27.

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor calls on young people to inspire movement

"The era of hibakusha themselves working to share their experiences and talking about nuclear weapons is coming to an end," 93-year-old Terumi Tanaka said.

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon after he and other crew members landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Saturday.

Four astronauts home from space station after splashdown

The spacecraft carrying U.S. astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashed down off California's coast at 8:44 a.m.

Ishiba says he will assess his responsibility based on election review

Nagasaki marks 80 years since atomic bombing as hibakusha numbers dwindle

By Jesse Johnson

Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung likely to visit Japan later this month

The Financial Services Agency Commissioner Yutaka Ito is interviewed in Tokyo last week.

FSA eager to back regional bank realignment

Ito, who took office in July, stressed that cooperation with nonfinancial businesses is also crucial for the management of regional lenders.

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.

U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower

By Francis Tang

Japan's chief tariff negotiator said that a clerical error had been made in the U.S.

The hottest new credit deals in Europe are anything to do with defense

Chugai stock drops the most since 1977 on disappointing obesity drug data

By Hideyuki Sano

Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record

Japan's household spending rises 1.3% in June

Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, sits on the shoulders of Michel Illouz, father of deceased hostage Guy Illouz, as they attend a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling for the release of hostages.

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan

A day earlier, Israeli officials had decided to seize Gaza City, expanding military operations in the devastated Palestinian territory.

Thai soldiers on the back of an army truck in the border province of Si Sa Ket on July 26.

Thai soldiers injured by land mine near Cambodia amid fragile ceasefire

One soldier lost a foot and two others were injured after one of them stepped on a land mine.

China detains senior diplomat Liu Jianchao for probe, WSJ reports

Defense to take top billing at U.S.-South Korea summit as Trump eyes alliance reset

By Gabriel Dominguez

As Gaza faces starvation, reluctant Germany starts to curb support for Israel

By Riham Alkousaa and Matthias Williams

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

By Will Dunham

Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani watches as his 40th home run of the season leaves the park on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.

Ohtani hits 40th homer as Dodgers rout Blue Jays

This is the fourth time Ohtani has reached the 40-homer plateau in MLB.

Defending champions Sabalenka and Sinner cruise through Cincinnati second round

Jen Pawol becomes first woman to umpire in MLB

By Jim Slater

U.S. star Nathan Chen will not defend Olympic figure skating gold

'Tell us how he died': Salah criticizes UEFA tribute to 'Palestinian Pele'

A model of the upgraded Mogami-class frigate is displayed at the Defense Security Equipment International Japan exhibition at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on May 21.

The Japan-Australia frigate deal is more than a weapons pact

The scale of the agreement is sweeping. Japan has never before won a bid this size.

Xi steals a page from Mao’s foreign-policy playbook

By Kazuko Kojima

Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy

By Anders Aslund

RFK Jr.’s mRNA decision may be his worst yet

By Lisa Jarvis

Japan gets serious about attracting world-class researchers

By Yuko Kakazu

An Afghan woman walks next to a pile of trash full of plastic bags in Kabul.

Momentum sagging at U.N. plastic pollution treaty talks

By Robin Millard

The negotiations have four working days left to strike a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem choking the environment.

How Canadian wildfire smoke is jeopardizing health across North America

By Robert Tuttle, Brian K Sullivan and Danielle Bochove

U.N. plastic pollution treaty talks progress not 'sufficient': chair

Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks

By Zain Zaman Janjua

Sung in Japanese, German and Ukrainian, “Natasha” is a multilingual opera with a multinational cast. Belgian soprano Ilse Eerens will originate the titular role, with Japanese mezzo-soprano Hiroka Yamashita as Arato and German baritone Christian Miedl as their trickster guide.

‘Natasha’ distills global zeitgeist on the opera stage

By Kris Kosaka

An original work commissioned by the New National Theatre, Tokyo, “Natasha” is a multilingual opera with a multinational cast from Japan, Germany and Belgium.

Futuristic mermaid tale ‘ChaO’ makes a splash

By Matt Schley

'Glass Heart’: A flashy rock fairytale scrubbed of grit

By James Hadfield

‘Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash’ honors young nurses thrust into hellish nightmare

By Mark Schilling

The families that rock together at Fuji

By Mark Thompson

At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul

By Robbie Swinnerton

Punching above its own weight, the intimate restaurant is one of the growing number of quality establishments that are helping to cement Toyama's status as a dining destination.

In a coffee-mad neighborhood, a gin distillery is a clear alternative

By Melinda Joe

A walk through Kokura, the city spared nuclear destruction

By Edward J. Taylor

Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace

By Mark Schreiber

Brave the Bon holiday traffic to discover tourism gems off the beaten path

By Yuko Tamura

From left to right: Green Legacy Hiroshima volunteer staff Mariko Kikuchi, Tomoko Watanabe, Nassrine Azimi and Sophie Qano stand before one of the trees that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

A campaign to preserve Hiroshima’s historic trees for another 1,000 years

By Patrick Parr

A total of 170 trees survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Since 2011, a nonprofit organization has been dedicated to sharing their seeds and saplings with the world.

Briton brings artistic view to Japanese buildings

By Louise George Kittaka

‘Mad cute’ Scottish fold to brighten your day

The international artists supporting Japan’s craft legacy

By Laura Pollacco

Charming Chikuwa has a zest for life

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person

By Naoko Abe

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