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Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.

BASEBALL / MLB

Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller

Yoshinobu Yamamoto — who had started Friday's Game 6 victory — closed out the win by getting the final three outs and was named Most Valuable Player of the series.

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.

Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.

JAPAN / Society

The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism

By Elizabeth Beattie

Japan's convenience stores, with their myriad products and services as well as creative hacks, have proven to be a hit with travelers.

U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS

Trump plays nice with Asian allies stung by repeated threats

By Alastair Gale, Philip J. Heijmans and Eric Martin

While allies in Asia have ample reason to be wary of U.S. President Donald Trump, the message from his regional tour appeared to be that America isn't going anywhere.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in Gyeongju, South Korea, following the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit on Saturday.

JAPAN / Politics

Takaichi rules out dissolving Lower House for snap election

The prime minister said her government must focus on accelerating the rollout of economic measures, including steps to tackle inflation.

Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.

ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS

A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy

By Karen Lema and david lague

Batanes province in the Philippines is on the front line of the great power competition between the United States and China.

Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.

A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 11th test flight at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, on Oct. 13.

International collaboration seen as key to commercial space tourism in Japan

By Yukana Inoue

When it comes to furthering the potential of future space travel, Japan is behind countries like the U.S., making collaboration essential.

Farmers spray herbicide at a rice farm in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, in June.

Japan 2026 staple rice production seen falling to 7.11 million tons

The country's staple rice production is forecast to fall 370,000 tons from 2025, the agriculture ministry has said.

China hits out at Takaichi for meeting Taiwan’s presidential adviser

By Aya Wagatsuma

Takaichi rules out dissolving Lower House for snap election

Japan sees no stable funding for costly policy plans

Pugwash Conference opens in Hiroshima

There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case

If he does, it would mark the first sitting president ever to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.

An employee works with a wafer in a production line of Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2024.

U.S. to announce Nexperia's China facilities will resume shipments

Resumed shipments would be a relief for auto manufacturers worldwide who faced the imminent prospect of curbing production.

U.S. tariffs on heavy trucks and buses come into effect

Russian hacker group claims responsibility for Askul cyberattack

Takaichi might be more of a supply-sider than a Keynesian

By Kazuaki Nagata

Prices of 143 food items to rise in Japan in November

Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, on Saturday.

Egypt officially opens grand museum near pyramids

Spanning half a million square meters, the museum houses around 100,000 artifacts — half of them on display — dating back more than six millennia.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is greeted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.

South Korea hosts Xi as Chinese leader rekindles fraught ties

The visit was the Chinese leader's first since 2014 and comes after years of strained ties over everything from trade to cultural disputes.

Police arrest two suspects after U.K. train stabbings seriously injure nine

Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

Obama calls Mamdani, praises campaign ahead of New York mayoral election

Trump’s move on Venezuela splinters region over possible strike

South Africa wing Kurt-Lee Arendse scores a try against Japan at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday.

Springboks plunder nine tries in 61-7 rout of Japan

Japan’s lone try came via fullback Yoshitaka Yazaki in a rare entry into the Springbok 22, but they could not cope with the physicality of their opponents in difficult conditions.

Throwing prowess makes the difference as Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins Levain Cup final

By Sean Carroll

Forever Young gives Japan first Breeders' Cup Classic triumph

Dodgers hold off Blue Jays 3-1 to force World Series Game 7

Hawks lay demons to rest with Japan Series win

By Jason Coskrey

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a self-made politician from a humble family, earned her way into Japan’s old-boys’ club through sheer determination, an achievement worth celebrating.

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

Waka Ikeda

Takaichi’s diplomatic interactions don't strike me as “selling her womanness” to Trump, as some have claimed.

Takaichi shines on the diplomatic stage

Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone

By Michael MacArthur Bosack

How is Takaichi doing after a week at the helm?

By Edo Naito

China is winning the global ‘narrative war’

By Stephen R. Nagy

People walk on the street amid debris, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday.

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, says study

Warming caused mainly by burning fossil fuels increased both the likelihood and intensity of the devastating Category 5 hurricane, the study found.

Climate change and poor planning drive Vietnam flooding

World far off track to meeting climate goals, U.N. warns

Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for first time

Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?

By Tomoko Otake

The current exhibition at 21_21 Design Site is A-POC Able’s first venture outside fashion, though it follows in the footsteps of its founder Issey Miyake, who launched a lighting collection in 2011 with Italian company Artemide.

New generations of designers carry Issey Miyake's legacy

By Phoebe Amoroso

From pleated garments to glowing lamps, the designer’s philosophy continues to evolve through new brands, collaborations and generations.

Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity

By Patrick St. Michel

First European Photography Month in Tokyo

By John L. Tran

‘Flames of a Flower’: A bold interrogation of Japan’s pacifist identity

By James Hadfield

‘Baka's Identity’ exposes an underworld of stolen names and lost souls

By Mark Schilling

Tokyo’s first JW Marriott brings a whole floor of mindfulness

By Gendel Gento

The redeveloped Takanawa Gateway neighborhood gets the newest outpost of the hotel chain’s luxury brand.

Sun-dried and sustainable, Japan’s persimmon dye lives on

By Joanna Kawecki

Renowned wine critic James Suckling brings Great Wines World back to Tokyo

By Weiwen Lin

Trick or trade: Talking about the stock market's 'Halloween effect' in Japanese

By Yuko Tamura

Turn a Japanese comfort food into a fuss-free sandwich

By Simon Daly

Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice

By Nadila

From Hiroshima to Tokyo, Indonesian diasporic communities in Japan are expressing their support for compatriots back home and building solidarity online and offline.

Genmai the dachshund has a spring in his step

Wielding a weapon of yore at a community dojo

By Monique Bae

Florian Wiltschko: ‘Shinto helps me understand and live within Japanese culture’

By Samantha Seghers

Lovely listener Jimena just needs time and care

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.

Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell

By Alex K.T. Martin

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