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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a Senate hearing in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2025
Trump backs Kennedy on vaccines despite health and political risks
Some public health officials suggest the political alliance Trump has formed with Kennedy — and the leeway the president is giving him — is leading to dire consequences.
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a "Trump Was Right About Everything!" hat, as he visits The People’s House: A White House Experience museum in Washington on Aug. 22.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2025
Seeking more power, Trump uses firings to test presidential limits
The actions underscored Trump's desire for influence in sectors normally seen as independent from overt political control.
LA28 logos are seen on a Delta Airlines jet carrying American athletes and officials and the Olympic flag as it arrives in Los Angeles, on August 12, 2024.
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2025
Trump to sign order creating Olympics task force ahead of 2028 games
The United States will host the Olympics in Los Angeles in three years.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving at Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2025
Trump's distraction methods fall flat against Epstein uproar
The Republican's well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically are not working.
A video screen shows images related to the Jeffrey Epstein files at Times Square in New York on Wednesday. Some Donald Trump supporters for years have fanned conspiracy theories about Epstein's clients and the circumstances of his 2019 death in prison.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025
Trump was told he is in Epstein files, Wall Street Journal reports
The disclosure about U.S. President Donald Trump's appearance in the Justice Department's records on the case could deepen the political crisis surrounding his administration.
Canada will face a 35% tariff on exports to the United States starting Aug. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 9 in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 11, 2025
Trump puts 35% tariff on Canada and eyes 15% to 20% tariffs for others
U.S. President Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the new rate would go into effect on Aug. 1 and would go up if Canada retaliated.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event hosted by America250 in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 4, 2025
Trump extends his political power with 'big, beautiful' win in U.S. Congress
With its narrow passage of U.S. President Donald Trump's self-styled "big, beautiful bill," Congress has delivered a victory that will further extend his power.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sideline of the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 26, 2025
Trump considers more Patriots for Ukraine, saying Putin 'has to end' the war
The U.S. president added that Russian President Vladimir Putin "really has to end that war."
U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 26, 2025
Comparing U.S. Iran strike to Hiroshima, Trump plays down intelligence report
The U.S. president argued that the damage was severe even though available intelligence reports were inconclusive.
The anti-interventionist part of the Republican Party is watching with alarm as U.S. President Donald Trump has gone from seeking a peaceful diplomatic settlement with Iran to possibly having the United States support Israel's military campaign.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2025
Trump faces uproar from MAGA base over possible Iran strike
Some of Trump's biggest Republican allies are in the unusual position of being at odds with a president who largely shares their isolationist tendencies.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands at Lancaster House in London on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2025
Deal to get U.S.-China trade truce back on track is done, Trump says
The deal removes Chinese export restrictions on rare earth minerals and allows Chinese students access to U.S. universities.
Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 23.
WORLD
Jun 6, 2025
Dismay and disbelief as Trump bans visitors from a dozen countries
Trump said the countries subject to the most severe restrictions were determined to harbor a "large-scale presence of terrorists."
Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China in 2010.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 4, 2025
Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold
China has a stranglehold on minerals crucial for sectors ranging from aerospace to semiconductors.
U.S. President Donald Trump hands papers to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2025
Trump accuses South Africa of white genocide in Oval Office meeting
The carefully choreographed onslaught against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reminiscent of his February ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2025
Trump selects $175B Golden Dome defense shield design and appoints leader
U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein will be the lead program manager for an effort widely viewed as the keystone to Trump's military planning.
Emergency workers search for victims under the rubble of an apartment building that was destroyed by a Russian missile strike early Thursday in Kyiv. The attack, which killed at least 12 people, was the deadliest on Ukraine’s capital in nearly a year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2025
Trump tells Putin to 'STOP' after Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv
The rare rebuke from the U.S. president came after Moscow launched its biggest attack this year on the Ukrainian capital.
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025
El Salvador's Bukele won't return man the U.S. mistakenly deported
The Trump administration has deported hundreds of people to El Salvador, which is receiving $6 million to house the migrants in a high-security mega-prison.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks outside the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Bessent appears to have taken a larger role in articulating U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies to financial markets.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 11, 2025
Amid turmoil over tariffs, Bessent rises in Trump trade world
Multiple sources close to the White House said the former hedge fund manager was giving the U.S. president the best counsel among a team of advisers on trade.
A trader works during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 11, 2025
Trump trade war with China revives recession and bear market fears
While announcing a 90-day tariff pause on dozens of countries, Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports, raising them effectively to 145%.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, the day of his remarks on tariffs.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2025
For Trump, tariff gamble brings political risk
If his promises to recast the economy don't work out, it could cause political headwinds for his party and economic pain for his constituents.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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