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Doves are released during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Peace Park on Saturday.

JAPAN

Nagasaki marks 80 years since atomic bombing as hibakusha numbers dwindle

By Jesse Johnson

The anniversary comes amid frustration among the dwindling number of survivors that their powerful calls for eradicating nuclear arms are falling on deaf ears.

The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person

A walk through Kokura, the city spared nuclear destruction

Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings necessary?

Doves are released during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Peace Park on Saturday.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an LDP plenary meeting in Tokyo on Friday.

JAPAN / Politics

Ishiba says he will assess his responsibility based on election review

The LDP plans to release a summary report on the results of last month's election at the end of this month.

In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.

JAPAN

Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes

Some foreign workers end up leaving the country without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on July 3.

JAPAN / Politics

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

Lee's visit to Japan is being arranged to come just before or just after a reported trip to the United States on Aug. 25.

A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.

LIFE / Travel

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

By Mark Schreiber

From detainees in Soviet labor camps to last-ditch efforts to develop miracle weapons, the capital’s war museums tell a multitude of stories of a country in crisis.

A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.

Japan's Takuya Onishi raises his fist as he departs from the Operations & Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of his crew's launch to the International Space Station in March.

Five astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth

The trip home comes after an international crew of five astronauts — including Japan's Takuya Onishi — spent nearly five months onboard the International Space Station.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party's plenary meeting in Tokyo on Friday.

LDP panel to decide whether to hold party poll that could oust Ishiba

By Gabriele Ninivaggi

The prime minister, who has long shown a strong appetite to stay in government, has said he will remain despite calls for him to resign.

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

Mayors for Peace start general conference in Nagasaki

Tokyo temporarily halts medical helicopter operations due to staff shortage

By Yukana Inoue

Japan’s rice crop at risk as farms face record-breaking heat

By Aaron Clark

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 14.

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

There are few investing booms in the world right now that are bigger than the rush to tap into Europe’s military buildup.

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

Japan's government adopts budget request guidelines for fiscal 2026

A protest in solidarity with children in Gaza in Berlin

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

By Riham Alkousaa and Matthias Williams

The shift reflects how Germany's support for Israel, rooted in its historical guilt over the Nazi Holocaust, is being tested like never before.

U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Aug. 1.

Trump rattles Latin America by eyeing military force against drug cartels

The approach discards the previous administration's preference for carrots over sticks to coax countries into alignment with U.S. interests.

Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile ceasefire

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

By Will Dunham

Thai gallery removes China-focused artworks after 'pressure' from Beijing

By Poppy McPherson and Napat Wesshasartar

Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss Ukraine peace deal

Victoria Mboko gives a speech after winning the Canadian Open as runner-up Naomi Osaka looks on, at IGA Stadium in Montreal on Thursday.

Montreal protagonists Mboko and Osaka out of Cincinnati Open

Mboko cited the wrist injury she suffered in the semifinals, while four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka blamed a "schedule change" for her absence.

Dodgers top Jays in Clayton Kershaw-Max Scherzer showdown

Venus Williams falls in first round in Cincinnati

Ritsu Doan joins Eintracht Frankfurt on deal through 2030

Kauli Vaast shines in Teahupo'o's huge tubes at WSL's Tahiti Pro

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

Ecuadorian Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso at the start of plastic waste treaty negotiations in Geneva on Tuesday.

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

The negotiations, which opened on Tuesday, have four days left to find consensus on a legally binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem choking the environment.

Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

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

By Zain Zaman Janjua

Germany moves to fast-track geothermal energy projects

Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Valerie Volcovici

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.

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

By Yuko Tamura

Saved from the worst, Kyoto still bears scars of war

By Edward J. Taylor

With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market

By Weiwen Lin

Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?

By Owen Ziegler

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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