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Elon Musk confirmed plans on Tuesday to reduce his government time commitment to one or two days a week to focus on his battered car company Tesla.
WORLD / Politics
Trump's Cabinet ready to take back power with Musk stepping back, sources say
Elon Musk plans to reduce his government time commitment to one or two days a week to focus on his battered car company, Tesla.
WORLD / Politics
Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy to accept peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept a peace deal that critics fear will favor Moscow.
WORLD / Politics
Ukraine presses for ceasefire as Russia reported to offer concession
Both sides are trying to demonstrate progress toward ending the war after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could walk away from peace talks if there is no breakthrough.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference in Kyiv on April 4.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2025
Zelenskyy says Chinese citizens working at drone production site in Russia
The Ukrainian president appears to be softening his tone toward China by suggesting Russia might have obtained Chinese technology without Beijing's knowledge.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting of the Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2025
Rubio plans to close offices in major State Department overhaul
Among those to be shut are offices responsible for women’s issues, global health security, and diversity and inclusion.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias Task Force, at the Justice Department in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2025
Hegseth delivers what Trump wants but with unwanted controversy
By Courtney McBride
Hegseth has done most everything so far that Trump hoped he would — and for now, that’s been enough to keep Trump on Hegseth’s side.
Hungarian Nikoletta Bogadi speaks during an interview in Budapest on April 2. Bogadi's life was turned upside down when one of her four children came out as gay and another one as transgender.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2025
Trump helps inflame anti-LGBTQ+ feeling from Hungary to Romania
By Ani SANDU, Geza MOLNAR and Petra VRABLICOVA
The U.S. president's anti-LGBTQ+ push is emboldening similar efforts in Europe.
China had accounted for the biggest international student body in the U.S. for 15 years until it was overtaken by India last year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2025
Trump visa cuts and tariff hikes turn Chinese students away from American Dream
By Liz Lee and Larissa Liao
A growing number of Chinese students are exploring other destinations.
Televisions in Washington under a portrait of President Donald Trump display a Fox News program on April 16.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2025
Always 'the enemy' — Trump steps up media assault in first 100 days
By Andrea BAMBINO
The United States fell from 45th to 55th place in 2024 in the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders.
A resident enters a polling location on the last day of advance voting for the federal election in Montreal on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2025
Trump's threats shift Quebec's views on independence ahead of Canada vote
By Marion Thibaut
Quebec — a French-speaking province that loves to set itself apart from Canada's majority — has been among the most fervent adopters of a new patriotic sentiment.

Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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