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September 16, 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on Monday. Trump has said he is creating a "task force” to crack down on crime in Memphis, Tennessee.

WORLD / Politics

Sep 16, 2025

Trump sends troops to Memphis and says Chicago is ‘probably next’

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is backing the president’s move.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.

Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’

By Alex K.T. Martin

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