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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends an event in New Orleans on Saturday. Democrats should do what they should have done long ago: Elevate Harris as the party's future, rather than sidelining her for her perceived unpopularity.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2024

Kamala Harris is Democrats’ future, no matter what

Whether with Harris as presidential nominee or No. 2 on Biden's tickets, Democrats should do what they should have done long ago: Elevate rather than sideline the VP.
Rescuers and paramedics carry a child found at a site an apartment building heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 10, 2024

The race to save Ukrainian infant's life after hospital strike

After the ventilator broke, the five bleeding adults did everything they could to keep the baby breathing.
Yusuke Goto (center) is taken to the Ebara Police Station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on June 19.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2024

Tokyo man arrested on fresh charges of killing his three children

Yusuke Goto admitted to the allegations, telling police officers: "I did an atrocious act. I'm sorry."
Many second-generation Indian migrants decide to leave Japan for higher education — with Indians making up less than 1% of the country’s student population — but there is evidence that this cohort’s interest in attending Japanese universities is growing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 10, 2024

Do university-bound Indian migrants actually stay in Japan?

Can Japan retain second-generation Indian migrants who are seeking a college education? The evidence is mixed, showing an uptick that still has a long way to grow.
England's Ollie Watkins (left) celebrates with teammate Marc Guehi after their victory over the Netherlands in their Euro 2024 semifinal in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jul 11, 2024

Gareth Southgate says England hungry for more after dramatic semifinal win at Euro 2024

England's overall performance was an emphatic answer to the criticism that has been heaped on the side after languid showings earlier in the tournament.
U.S. President Joe Biden attends a NATO event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2024

Why Joe won't go: Behind Biden's rejection of calls to leave the race

The reasons U.S. President Joe Biden won't step down range from the deeply personal to party politics.
Located in Yokohama's chic Minato Mirai neighborhood, the Kahala Hotel & Resort opened in 2020 but still has the feeling of a newly launched accommodation.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 13, 2024

The paradox of a five-star Hawaiian-themed hotel in Yokohama

What manner of overseas tourist would come all the way to Japan just to stay at a Hawaiian-themed hotel?
England's Jude Bellingham celebrates after the team's Euro 2024 semifinal win over the Netherlands on Wednesday in Dortmund, Germany.
SOCCER
Jul 12, 2024

England ready to reap benefits of decade of development in Euro 2024 final

England will face Spain in the Euro 2024 final.
Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy speaks in New Delhi in 2020. Roy is currently facing prosecution in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, an anti-terrorism law, for comments she made back in 2010 about Kashmir.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2024

The show trial of India's Arundhati Roy

Comments made by Roy, a Booker Prize-winning author, 14 years ago have put her in the crosshairs of the BJP, which is wielding an anti-terrorism law to punish her.
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale returns this weekend and features works by artists such as Yayoi Kusama.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 13, 2024

Got somewhere to be and need a friend? Better learn how to ask.

If you live in Japan long enough, you're bound to receive an invitation sooner or later. Make sure you know how to respond or how to ask in return.
Beds that once were used by children to take naps at a kindergarten-turned-elderly center in Taiyuan, in China's northern Shanxi province, on July 2
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Jul 13, 2024

Chinese kindergartens pivot to senior care as population ages

Some educational facilities are remaking themselves as a recreational center for people of retirement age and above.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at Trump National Doral, his golf resort in Doral, Florida, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 13, 2024

Trump’s subtle shift in his vice president calculations

The former president appears to be giving more weight to political calculations in selecting a running mate, by picking someone who “helps you get elected.”
Armin Papperger, CEO of German weapons producer and automotive supplier Rheinmetall, during a virtual news conference. The United States foiled a Russian plot earlier this year to assassinate Papperger, CNN has reported.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2024

Germany says it won't be cowed after reported Russian plot to kill arms firm CEO

U.S. intelligence officials warned German authorities that Russia was plotting to kill Armin Papperger, the head of Europe’s biggest weapons producer.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2024

Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally

The FBI identified the suspected shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, a Pennsylvania resident who was later killed by Secret Service agents.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is greeted by supporters after arriving at the airport in Canberra on June 26 as a free man.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2024

Assange may be free, but are we?

The world needs heroes like Julian Assange. He did what needed to be done and he paid a high price.
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships on Sunday.
TENNIS
Jul 15, 2024

No escape from Alcaraz as Djokovic suffers Wimbledon mauling

For much of Alcaraz's 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) victory — a scoreline that flattered Djokovic — the packed crowd in the old arena were left stunned at what they were witnessing.
Workers assemble a car inside BYD's first electric vehicle factory in Southeast Asia in Rayong, Thailand, on July 4.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2024

Thai economy faces upheaval due to factory closures

Scores of companies are shuttering in Thailand, which is bearing the brunt of cheap imports from China and factors including rising energy prices and an aging workforce.
British newspapers with front-page stories covering England's loss to Spain in the UEFA Euro 2024 final on Sunday are displayed in a shop in Lewes, England, the following day.
SOCCER
Jul 16, 2024

England fans urged to remember incredible run of results

Women's team captain Leah Williamson "devastated" at men's Euro 2024 loss.
Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball as he plays with Norway's Casper Ruud during a men's double tennis match against Argentina's Guido Andreozzi and Mexico's Miguel Reyes-Varela at the Nordea Open ATP tournament in Bastad, Sweden, on Monday.
TENNIS
Jul 16, 2024

Nadal returns to competition with Bastad doubles win

This month, the Spanish player skipped Wimbledon to focus on the Olympics.
Palestinians search through rubble following an Israeli strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2024

Israel launches fresh Gaza strikes after weekend attack on ‘safe zone’

Israel said it targeted a Hamas military commander in its Saturday strike on Mawasi, which killed at least 90 people, according to Palestinian officials.
Japan's Naoya Inoue poses for photographs following a news conference ahead of his Sept. 3 super-bantamweight fight against Ireland's TJ Doheny, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jul 16, 2024

'Monster' Inoue to defend titles against Ireland's Doheny

The undefeated boxer stopped Mexico's Luis Nery in front of 55,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome in his last fight in May.
J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday. Vance’s proximity to the tech industry has thrilled even former Democrats in tech.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2024

Silicon Valley’s Trump backers cheer Vance as VP pick

The move puts the technology industry closer to center stage in Washington if the former president takes the White House in November's presidential election.
Secret Service agents cover former President Donald Trump immediately after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The incident highlights America's historical and ongoing political violence.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2024

Trump’s shooting is a legacy of America’s violent past

Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally. The incident highlights America's historical and ongoing political violence.
The plaintiff, who is in her 50s, is suing the government, contending that the gender dysphoria law is unconstitutional because it violates Article 13 of the Constitution, which protects an individual's right to pursue happiness.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2024

Trans woman challenges marital status condition for legal gender change

The plaintiff, who has been married since 2015, argues that the legal requirement for one to be unmarried in order to change one's gender is unconstitutional.
The former chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, speaks during a news conference in Munich in 2016.
OLYMPICS
Jul 17, 2024

U.S. doping probe puts Olympic hosting at risk, former WADA chief says

Any country wanting to stage an international sporting event must be compliant with the anti-doping code and a U.S. probe may violate those rules, Dick Pound said.
China's 15-day visa-free policy is giving tourism a huge boost, with bookings from eligible countries surging 150% and attracting millions of visitors post-pandemic.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2024

China strives to lure foreign tourists, but it's a hard sell for some

The recent surge in tourism comes after China closed its borders in early 2020 to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, and kept them shut until the start of 2023.
Ko Maung Saungkha, center, a poet who is a rebel commander in Myanmar, on the first day of training for new recruits in Karen State, on May 7.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2024

In the war against the junta in Myanmar, a poet commands a rebel army

Myanmar is a country entranced by poetry, with poets treated like celebrities and verse that has long been political used to galvanize the masses.
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
OLYMPICS / Football
Jul 17, 2024

After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption

For many, a disappointing effort on home soil in 2021 was a marker of just how far Japan's women's soccer team had fallen. Now the squad has its sights set on redemption.
Actor Kim Dae-gun won a Korean Fantastic Actor award for his performance in Yoon Eunkyoung’s “The Tenants,” which takes a dark satirical look at the scarcity of decent affordable housing in Seoul.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2024

Bucheon film festival contemplates a future with AI

Dark comedy and surreal fantasy stood out at the genre film event that focused on the advent of generative AI.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida receives a petition from victims of forced sterilization on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 17, 2024

Kishida apologizes to victims of forced sterilization

The apology from the prime minister follows a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month declaring that the now-defunct eugenics law was unconstitutional.
Tsunami waves reach Japan after magnitude 8.7 quake off Russia's Kamchatka
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

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