November 03, 2025

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Internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi

JAPAN / Society

Nov 3, 2025

Japan looks to boost 'connected population' in bid to revitalize regions

Internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is considering to develop a registration system to serve as a "passport" for nonresidents to participate in regional support activities.

Jannik Sinner poses with the trophy after winning the Paris Masters men's singles final against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Paris La Defense Arena on Sunday.

TENNIS

Nov 3, 2025

Sinner returns to world No. 1 with Paris Masters win

The Italian first claimed the No. 1 ranking in June last year and held it for 65 weeks until he lost the U.S. Open title match to Alcaraz in September.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in Busan on Thursday

BUSINESS / Tech

Nov 3, 2025

China to suspend some rare earth curbs and U.S. chip firm probes

Washington will also pause some of Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs on China for another year and is halting plans to implement a 100% tariff on Chinese exports to the U.S.

Hisako Aihara looks at a photo of central Sendai taken by the U.S. military before the July 1945 air raid on the city, at Sendai's War Reconstruction Memorial Hall.

JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Tohoku

Nov 3, 2025

How a family in Sendai narrowly escaped a U.S. air raid in 1945

While the city was reduced to ashes, Hisako Aihara and her family managed to evacuate in time thanks to a tipoff from a worker at a military facility.

A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians, at a newspaper stand in Lagos on Sunday.

WORLD / Politics

Nov 3, 2025

Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

President Donald Trump has threatened military action in Nigeria over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence runs the ball during the second half against the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday.

MORE SPORTS

Nov 3, 2025

Jaguars' Cam Little breaks NFL field goal record with win against Raiders

Little made some history to close out the first half when he hit a 68-yard field goal as time expired.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright holds a news conference on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna on Sept. 15.

WORLD / Politics

Nov 3, 2025

U.S. not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says

The U.S. would continue "noncritical" testing that involves all the other parts of a nuclear weapon to make sure they are functioning and can set up a nuclear blast.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping talk after a meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Nov 3, 2025

Trump says China’s Xi aware of ‘consequences’ of attacking Taiwan

The U.S. president also again claimed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not invade democratic Taiwan as long as Trump remains in office.

French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum in Paris on Oct. 19.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Nov 3, 2025

Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organized crime, prosecutor says

The profiles of the four people under arrest so far are not typical of organized crime professionals capable of executing complex operations, the Paris prosecutor said.

Akie Iwai plays her tee shot at the third hole during third-round play at the CPKC Women's Open golf tournament in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on Aug. 23.

MORE SPORTS / Golf

Nov 3, 2025

History-making Japanese golf twins push each other to greater heights

Akie and Chisato Iwai were born just a minute apart and now the identical twins are making history together on the LPGA Tour.

Buildings said to be a scam hub in southeast Myanmar as seen from across the border, in Tak, Thailand, on Feb. 21. Cybercrime hubs in Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia are part of a sprawling criminal enterprise that has stolen tens of billions of dollars from victims worldwide.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Nov 3, 2025

How an accused kingpin built an empire from Cambodia to London

Chen Zhi had cultivated for himself an image of legitimacy. That's now unraveling, after the U.S. and U.K. accused him of running a transnational criminal ring.

A forensic officer takes pictures of the London North Eastern Railway train where a series of stabbings took place, at a platform at Huntingdon Station, near Cambridge, Britain, on Sunday.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Nov 3, 2025

U.K. police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism

Work was now ongoing to establish the events leading up to the attack and the suspect's background, police said, and a knife had been recovered from the scene.

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, poses for a photo on the sidelines of the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.

BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS

Nov 3, 2025

Nvidia is worth $5 trillion. Here’s what it means for the market

The chipmaker at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution is not only the biggest company on Earth, it also may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history.

Members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah mourn over the coffins of comrades killed in recent Israeli attacks during their funeral in the southern city of Nabatiyeh on Sunday.

WORLD

Nov 3, 2025

Israel warns of intensifying attacks against Hezbollah

The Iran-backed militant group, which opposes Israel, has been badly weakened by the war but remains armed and financially resilient.

BUSINESS / Markets

Nov 3, 2025

A toy-maker takes his case against Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court

The U.S. president’s tariffs have hit small- and medium-sized businesses particularly hard.

Students of the Arctic basic-training program carry out a fire drill in Sisimiut, Greenland.

WORLD / Politics

Nov 3, 2025

For Danish army, the threat to Greenland isn’t Trump. It’s Russia.

With NATO’s Arctic footprint expanding, Denmark is raising its military commitment to a territory seen as crucial to security.

Ground Self-Defense Force personnel unload a box trap during a training exercise on wildlife damage control.

JAPAN

Nov 2, 2025

SDF to provide logistical aid for bear capture efforts

There have been over 8,000 reported bear sightings in the prefecture this fiscal year, and 50 people have suffered injuries, including three fatalities.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.

The second life of Japan's net cafes

By Alex K.T. Martin