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Women use parasols to shelter from the sun on a hot summer day in Berlin on July 2
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 27, 2025

Germans are finally embracing air conditioning, even renters

Most homes in Germany — and in northwest Europe — don’t have AC and haven’t really needed it until heat waves became more frequent in recent years.
Climate action is uneven worldwide, with capacity gaps and rising challenges in climate-risk disclosure underscoring the need for inclusive minimum standards that all companies and countries — especially smaller firms and developing nations — can realistically meet to ensure an effective global response.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2025

Climate disclosure is advancing — but who’s being left behind?

Global momentum for standardized climate-related disclosure remains strong, reflecting a desire to balance regulatory ambition with economic competitiveness.
The city of Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2025

Mitsui Chemicals apologizes for Fukuoka gas leak

A chlorine gas detector was activated around 5:40 p.m. Sunday, triggering an emergency shutdown of the Omuta Works plant. 42 individuals were taken to hospital.
Police officers investigate the area where six passersby were allegedly attacked by a knife-wielding man in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday evening.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2025

Six injured in stabbing spree in Ibaraki Prefecture

The victims, between the ages of 27 and 75, are all conscious and their injuries are not life-threatening, Ibaraki Prefectural Police said.
An Airbus A380 airplane during its maiden flight in France in 2005
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2025

The world’s biggest passenger plane keeps breaking down

Two decades after its maiden flight, the Airbus A380 superjumbo is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for airlines.
A bottle of Suntory's Yamazaki whisky
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2025

Suntory will gauge U.S. consumer sentiment for whisky price hike

CEO Takeshi Niinami also said the company is "overreliant on the U.S. and Japan” and has realized the importance of emerging markets.
Citing strong vehicle sales and a rise in domestic and foreign tourists, the Finance Ministry upgraded its economic outlook for Okinawa Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 29, 2025

Finance Ministry upgrades economic view on Okinawa

For production, the ministry downgraded its view on the Hokuriku region and the Kinki region but upgraded that on Okinawa.
New vehicles for sale at a Toyota dealership in California
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2025

Toyota logs record global sales despite Trump tariff turmoil

The carmaker’s sales were bolstered by a last-minute rush from customers to lock-in purchases before U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened 25% tariff on car imports.
A Magic Bot Z1 by Magiclab is displayed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2025

China’s AI strategy relies on frenzy and frenemies

China’s current AI frenzy represents the best and worst of classic capitalism: The competition propels innovation at a rapid clip, but not all of the companies will survive.
Storage tanks containing treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2025

Tepco ordered to pay ¥100 million in damages over 2011 disaster

Presiding Judge Masahiko Abe ordered the payment mainly as compensation for damage to property and consolation money.
Chikuwa is a robust 15 kilograms and turns 5 years old in November.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jul 31, 2025

Charming Chikuwa has a zest for life

This inquisitive dog delights in a brisk walk and exploring the outdoors.
A pair of Japanese soldiers (Shinichi Tsutsumi, left, and Yuki Yamada, right) stay up a tree rather than standing down after the end of World War II in “Army on the Tree.”
CULTURE / Film
Jul 31, 2025

'Army on the Tree': World War II film leans into absurdist theater

Among the films that commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, Kazuhiro Taira’s film adapted from a play stands out for its lack of iffy politics.
A Tokyo court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering Dentsu to pay a fine for rigging Olympic-related bids.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2025

Tokyo court upholds fine of ¥300 million for Dentsu in Olympic bid-rigging case

The high court also upheld a ruling that sentenced the former assistant head of the sports department of Dentsu to two years in prison, suspended for four years.
Nippon Steel had pledged to ensure that more than half of members of the U.S. Steel board are American citizens.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2025

Nippon Steel names three American directors to U.S. Steel board

The move fulfills a pledge that the Japanese steelmaker made under a national security agreement reached with the U.S. government.
Max Verstappen said it was always clear that he would stay at Red Bull next season.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 1, 2025

Max Verstappen shuts down rumors by committing to Red Bull for 2026

Verstappen has fallen into third place, 81 points behind series leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren, in the drivers' championship this year.
Fuji Media Holdings announced Thursday that it expects a consolidated operating loss of ¥12 billion for fiscal 2025, which would mark its first full-year loss since becoming a holding company in 2008.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2025

Fuji Media expects first annual operating loss since 2008

It expects a consolidated operating loss of ¥12 billion for the fiscal year ending March 2026 on a slower-than-expected recovery in advertising revenue.
A flying car produced by startup SkyDrive performs a demonstration flight for visitors at the World Exposition in the city of Osaka on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2025

SkyDrive demonstrates flying car at Osaka Expo

The Japanese startup will hold demonstration flights on a daily basis until Aug. 24.
U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates after signing executive orders on artificial intelligence at the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington on July 23.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 1, 2025

Will Trump’s tech policies propel U.S. success against China?

As China mobilizes all its resources for an all-out contest for technological supremacy, the U.S. cannot afford economic inefficiencies and to push its closest partners away.
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2025

Trump builds $274 million war chest ahead of midterm elections

The fundraising is an unprecedented sum for a second-term president.
U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2025

Trump’s economic agenda is losing support, but Democrats see few gains

Democrats looking to retake the House of Representatives need to convince voters they can be trusted on issues like fighting inflation and lowering the cost of housing.
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Aug 3, 2025

How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help

As the U.S. president ramps up high-polluting LNG projects, Japan is among the nations he's pressuring for investments. The economic case for the push, however, is far from clear.
Tanks of treated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in February
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2025

Tepco wraps up latest round of treated water release in Fukushima

The discharge of the water was suspended due to a tsunami caused by a major earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last week.
A drone view shows the Zubair Oil Field in Basra, Iraq, on January 16.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 4, 2025

China's independent oil firms elbow into Iraq's majors-dominated market

Smaller Chinese producers are on track to double their output in Iraq to 500,000 barrels per day by around 2030.
A monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropping on Monday morning.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 4, 2025

Stocks in Japan slump after U.S. data spark growth worries

The broader Topix Index and the blue-chip 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average pared some of their earlier losses but closed down 1.1% and 1.2%, respectively.
Signs for fast-fashion factories in Prato, Italy, on Friday. Chinese crime groups in the district thrive on the "Prato system" rife with corruption in the fast-fashion sector.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2025

Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield

Gangs are battling to control Prato's production of clothes hangers — a market estimated to be worth €100 million ($115 million) — and the bigger prize of transporting apparel.
Ong Beng Seng arrives at the State Courts in Singapore on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2025

Billionaire Ong pleads guilty in Singapore gifting scandal

Ong Beng Seng could be sentenced by a Singapore court as soon as Monday or at a later date. He faces up to seven years in jail and a possible fine.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2025

Australia announces new warships will come from Japan

Canberra will purchase 11 Mogami-class frigates in what will be Tokyo’s biggest-ever defense contract — a breakthrough for Japan's defense industry.
Activists stage a demonstration in front of the United Nations Offices in Geneva on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 5, 2025

Pressure from oil producers and U.S. threaten global pact on plastics pollution

Plastic production is set to triple by 2060 without intervention, choking oceans, harming human health and accelerating climate change, according to the OECD.
Hironori Kamezawa, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2025

BOJ rate hike in September or October is 'desirable,' MUFG chief says

Such a hike is ideal in the face of strong inflation in the country.
Heavy mining machinery extracts minerals in an open pit mine. The Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security aims to diversify sources of gallium to reduce the country's reliance on imports from China.Getty Images
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2025

Japan's energy security agency to join gallium production study in Australia

The Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security aims to diversify sources of gallium to reduce the country's reliance on imports from China.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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