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A woman collects a plastic bag near a beach as Typhoon Bualoi nears, in Nghe An province, Vietnam, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2025
Vietnam evacuates thousands and shuts airports as Typhoon Bualoi nears
Residents in Vinh, capital of Nghe An province where the typhoon is expected to make landfall, were rushing to secure homes, tie down boats, and stack sandbags.
Thai military personnel stand guard near the Thai-Cambodian border in the Chong Chub Ta Mok area in Surin Province, Thailand, on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 28, 2025
Thai and Cambodian troops clash in first breach of ceasefire
The conflict began in late May after the two nations’ armies exchanged gunfire in the border area, resulting in the death of a Cambodian soldier, after which tensions escalated.
Palestinians check the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 28, 2025
Tanks thrust deeper into Gaza; medics say many injured trapped
The Israeli military launched its long-threatended ground offensive on Gaza City on Sept. 16 after weeks of intensifying strikes on the urban center.
While the World Endurance Championship is seeing increased popularity overseas, the same level of success has eluded organizers in Japan.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 28, 2025
At Fuji Speedway, WEC rides motorsports momentum to 100th race
The milestone race comes amid a global motorsports boom fueled by Netflix’s “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series and Brad Pitt’s “F1” Hollywood film.
Toyota Gazoo Racing's No. 8 car competes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 28, 2025
At 31, Ryo Hirakawa continues to chase F1 dream
The Formula One door may be slowly opening for the top endurance talent even at age 31.
The Osaka Expo in Osaka on Sept. 13. The daily number of visitors to the expo has topped 200,000 since mid-September as its Oct. 13 closing approaches.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Osaka Expo visitors exceed break-even point
Approximately 28.2 million people are expected to visit the Osaka Expo before it ends next month.
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
From nuanced differences in how to bolster Japan’s defenses to the importance of relations with the U.S., each candidate’s views could result in significantly different policies.
Marc Marquez celebrates on Sunday in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, after clinching his seventh MotoGP world championship.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 28, 2025
Emotional Marc Marquez wins seventh MotoGP world championship
The Spanish Ducati rider has been in brilliant form all year and he underlined his dominance by wrapping up the title with five events of the season remaining.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2025
Ishiba and Lee to discuss future of Tokyo-Seoul 'shuttle diplomacy'
The Japanese Prime Minister wants to ensure that Japan and South Korea maintain stable relations even after he steps down.
Satoshi Yoneda reacts to audience's applause at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors held in Besanson, France, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese conductor Yoneda wins French competition
Previous Japanese winners of the Besancon competition include the late Seiji Ozawa, Yutaka Sado and Kazuki Yamada.
The internal affairs ministry in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
People warned of census-related fraud as survey begins
The census aims to cover everyone living in Japan, regardless of nationality, in order to compile up-to-date statistics on the country's population.
A re-enactment of a procession of a Korean diplomatic delegation to Japan in the 17th to 19th century is performed at a Japan-South Korea cultural exchange event in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japan and South Korea hold cultural exchange event in Tokyo
In the opening ceremony, Kim Jang-hyun, deputy chief of the South Korean Embassy in Japan, said that efforts to promote cooperative relations are continuing.
People offer prayers during a memorial held on Saturday in Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, to mourn the victims of the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Victims of Mount Ontake eruption remembered 11 years on
The eruption claimed the lives of 58 people and left five missing.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 1 during an anti-disaster drill simulating an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese team detect gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough
Long-term observations at multiple sites could aid in assessing the risk of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
People take photos of Sanrio characters at an event organized by a transportation and real estate firm in the city of Okayama in July. Hello Kitty celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024, while My Melody reached its 50th anniversary this year.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2025
Oshikatsu consumption grows in Japan, buoying related stocks
According to research company Intage, 35.1% of 5,000 people said they support certain characters or celebrities, and this proportion was higher among younger respondents.
Crystal Palace striker Eddie Nketiah scores the winner as his club upset Liverpool on Saturday in London.
SOCCER
Sep 28, 2025
Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United all lose on day of late drama
Manchester United slumped at Brentford and 10-man Chelsea was beaten at home by Brighton & Hove Albion, which scored twice in stoppage time.
U.S. captain Keegan Bradley looks dejected during the second day of the Ryder Cup on Saturday in Farmingdale, New York.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 28, 2025
Europe piles pain on U.S. team in second-day Ryder Cup demolition
The United States, hoping to avenge its dreadful 2023 defeat in Rome, was instead left clinging to only shreds of hope.
ICE agents stand guard during a protest against the immigration policies of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2025
Trump authorizes 'full force' troop deployment in Portland, Oregon
The U.S. president has made crime a major focus of his administration even as violent crime rates have fallen in many U.S. cities, including Portland.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens a question during a news conference after addressing the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2025
Russia tells West: Any aggression will be met with 'decisive response'
As war rages in Ukraine, tensions have mounted along NATO's eastern flank.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrators, through a translator, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside United Nations headquarters, during the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025
Colombian leader’s call to defy Trump amplifies rifts in region
Trump’s confrontational approach to Latin America, which is still scarred by U.S. interventions before and during the Cold War, will be tested in a string of upcoming elections.
A banner stating, "If they commit any acts of evil, they will definitely get a harder blow back," is displayed in Tehran in April.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2025
'Snapback' sends West back to the drawing board on Iran's nuclear program
Despite a last-minute rush of diplomatic activity at the U.N., Iran has done little to stop the sanctions from going back into effect.
Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
Japanese team detect gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 1 during an anti-disaster drill simulating an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream
An empty street is seen in the abandoned town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, during a temporary return visit by evacuees in February 2012.
Japan private-sector pay hits record in 2024
The average salary for men was ¥5.87 million, up 3.2%, and that of women was ¥3.33 million, up 5.5%, both marking record highs.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
Taiwan showcases chipmaking prowess as a private exhibitor at Osaka Expo
Visitors wait in line to enter the Tech World pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
Japanese corporate boards have changed dramatically in recent years
Most Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Section companies have independent directors now.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.

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