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Kanishka Singh
U.S. President Donald Trump visits a temporary migrant detention center informally known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2025
Judge orders halt to new construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
The judge sided with environmental groups who say the facility is endangering the Everglades and its wildlife.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, saying it focuses too much on how bad slavery was
Civil rights advocates say Trump is undoing decades of social progress and undermining the acknowledgment of critical phases of American history.
An Apple store in London in 2024. The iPhone-maker withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature for U.K. users in February following an order from the British government to create a backdoor to encrypted user data.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 19, 2025
U.S. spy chief Gabbard says U.K. will drop data 'backdoor' order for Apple
The iPhone-maker withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature for U.K. users after the order from the British government to create a backdoor to encrypted user data.
A Palestinian child in need of medical treatment is evacuated through the King Hussein Bridge crossing in Jordan on March 4.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2025
U.S. charity says halt in visitor visas for Gazans will harm wounded kids
The U.S. State Department said it was stopping all visitor visas for Gazans while it conducted "a full and thorough" review.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 14.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
U.S. to ease criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, says report
The Trump administration has increasingly moved away from the traditional promotion of democracy and human rights.
Pallets are prepared on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft before airdropping aid over the Gaza Strip, at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Canada airdrops aid into Gaza and again accuses Israel of violating international law
Canada said last week it plans to recognize the a Palestinian state at a meeting of the United Nations in September, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Trump again threatens India with harsh tariffs over Russian oil purchases
A spokesperson for the Indian foreign ministry said in response that India will "take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington
WORLD
Jul 18, 2025
U.S. health department hands over Medicaid personal data to ICE
The move marks an escalation in U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
A police officer at the site of a Russian airstrike which hit a residential building in Kyiv on Thursday
WORLD
Jul 11, 2025
Trump says U.S. to supply weapons to Ukraine via NATO
The U.S. president also said that he would make a "major statement" on Russia on Monday, though he declined to elaborate.
Protesters, predominantly supporters of the Houthi movement, rally to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinians, vowing that U.S. airstrikes would not deter their support, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2025
U.S. and U.K. forces conduct joint military operation in Yemen, Britain says
The operation was said to be against a Houthi military target responsible for making drones like those used to attack shipping.
Indian security personnel stand guard on the banks of Dal Lake following a suspected militant attack near south Kashmir's Pahalgam, in Srinagar, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025
U.S. in touch with India and Pakistan over Kashmir
Washington is urging New Delhi and Islamabad to work toward a "responsible solution" following an Islamist militant attack in the region claimed by both.
The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 19
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2025
Harvard plans to borrow $750 million amid federal funding threats
Trump has threatened to slash federal funding for U.S. universities that his administration says have tolerated antisemitism on their campuses.
The Trump administration moved this week to suspend dozens of federal grants to Princeton University, the fourth Ivy League school that has seen its financial support from Washington reduced or explicitly threatened since March.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2025
Princeton's U.S. grants frozen, following Trump's moves against other schools
Princeton's president said government agencies including NASA and the defense and energy departments notified the university of the move.
Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 6.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2025
Harvard at risk of losing $9 billion in federal funds amid U.S. review
The move is part of a crackdown on what the Trump administration says is antisemitism on college campuses.
Washington has alleged that Indian agents were involved in an attempted assassination plot against Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen. An indictment of a former Indian intelligence officer was unsealed on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2024
U.S. charges ex-Indian spy in foiled Sikh separatist murder plot
An indictment of Vikash Yadav, a former officer in India's Research and Analysis Wing spy service, was ordered to be unsealed on Thursday.
The Panama-flagged oil tanker Blue Lagoon I transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul on June 14.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2024
U.S. military says Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea
The Houthis first launched aerial drone and missile strikes on the waterway in November, in solidarity with Palestinians under assault in Israel's war on Gaza.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace ahead of their meeting in Kyiv on Aug 23.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
In talks with Biden, India's Modi urges peace in Ukraine after trip
Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ukraine in the first visit by an Indian prime minister in modern Ukrainian history.
An Israeli tank near the Israel-Gaza border on July 25
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024
U.S. approves sale to Israel of $20 billion weapons package
Washington is facing mounting domestic and international criticism for its support of Israel.
Security officers escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he appeared before the Islamabad High Court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 12, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2024
Pakistani prime minister's detention is unlawful, U.N. group says
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been in jail since last August and was convicted in some cases ahead of a national election in February.
A courtroom sketch of Nikhil Gupta — whom U.S. federal prosecutors accused of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. resident who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India — in federal court after his extradition from the Czech Republic, in New York City on Monday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2024
Suspect in plot to kill Sikh separatist pleads not guilty in U.S.
The discovery of alleged assassination plots against Sikh separatists in the U.S. and Canada has tested relations with India.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Sip a bespoke coffee for ¥4,000
At Kuro Mame, baristas customize the coffee according to the guest's preferences.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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