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Caroline Stage, Danish Minister for Digitalization and representatives from the agreement parties attend a news conference about a new political agreement for better protection of children and young people online, in Copenhagen, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2025
Denmark set to ban social media platforms for children under 15
Denmark follows the likes of Australia, which last year imposed a ban on social media for children under 16.
Fuji Media Holdings' headquarters in Odaiba, Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2025
Fuji Media director resigns over falsifying expense claims
Executive Managing Director Michiyo Yasuda made inappropriate claims for expenses totaling about ¥1 million in some 60 cases since 2020.
A sample of gallium. China produces over 90% of the world's processed rare earths and rare earth magnets.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2025
China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes
China is working on easing rare earth export rules, but Washington shouldn't hope for a complete rollback of restrictions, industry insiders said.
A Honda dealership in Irvine, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2025
Japanese automakers warn of billions in tariff losses
Toyota, Honda and Nissan describe the import duties as a "new normal” that the industry will be forced to endure for the foreseeable future.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2025
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
The prime minister seeks to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of Cabinet members, including herself.
The joint sustainable fuel initiative was released ahead of COP30, which will be held from Monday in the Brazilian city of Belem.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2025
Japan among countries to target quadrupling sustainable fuel use
Japan and other countries said they will work to quadruple the use of sustainable fuels, such as biofuels and low-carbon hydrogen, by 2035.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a news conference in Moscow last month.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2025
Kremlin dismisses speculation that Lavrov has fallen out of favor with Putin
Lavrov, a veteran diplomat known for his robust negotiating style, was absent from a big Kremlin meeting this week that he would typically attend.
Louis Schweitzer, former chairman of French auto giant Renault, has died at the age of 83.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2025
Ex-Renault chairman who worked to forge alliance with Nissan dies
Louis Schweitzer, former chairman of French auto giant Renault, who worked to forge its alliance with Nissan Motor, has died at the age of 83.
North Korea's missile launch on Friday came just over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump — on a tour of the region — expressed interest in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2025
North Korea warns of more 'offensive action' after latest missile launch
"We will show more offensive action against the enemies' threat," Pyongyang's defense minister No Kwang Chol said Saturday.
Volunteers place boxes of food into a truck bed as more than 100 cars visit the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center food distribution site, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court pauses judge's order requiring Trump to fully fund food aid
The ruling came after the administration said it would provide $4.65 billion in emergency funding to partially cover food benefits for November.
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 8, 2025
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
The 2009 Formula One champion spent many years in Honda-powered cars and had his biggest post-F1 triumph in 2018 in Japan’s Super GT series.
James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure — has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2025
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
Watson was co-credited for the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but his reputation was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks.
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2025
U.S. intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes
The previously unreported intelligence pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics in Gaza.
Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire a howitzer toward Russian troops near Donetsk
WORLD
Nov 8, 2025
Ukraine digs in to try to halt biggest Russian win in two years
More than 300 Russian soldiers have entered the eastern city of Pokrovsk in an intense assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2025
Did Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder?
The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.
Canceled flights on a flight boards at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday
WORLD
Nov 8, 2025
U.S. warns it could force 20% flight cuts if shutdown continues
The FAA instructed airlines to cut 4% of flights on Friday at 40 major airports because of the government shutdown. The cuts will rise to 10% by Nov. 14.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2025
Hungary's Orban wins Russian oil sanctions exemption from Trump
The U.S. decision to impose sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil firms threatened to undermine Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s already shaky bid for a fifth consecutive term.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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