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The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 19, 2024

Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs

After the daughter visited a Kabukicho host club for the first time five years ago, the outing spiraled into something much darker.
Jolene used to be so scared of humans, but has grown a lot calmer over time.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 19, 2024

A green-eyed cutie who loves to eat

Jolene used to be terribly scared of humans, but she’s considerably calmer now — especially when it’s mealtime.
Warriors guard Stephen Curry drives past the Mavericks' Maxence Prosper during a game in San Francisco on Dec. 15.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 19, 2024

Warriors lead way as average value of NBA team reaches $4.6 billion

Golden State is considered the second most valuable franchise in U.S. sports, trailing only the Dallas Cowboys.
Djafaruddin poses for a photograph near the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2024

'End of the world': Tsunami body collector's torment 20 years on

Whenever the collector passes the spot where he collected those lifeless bodies decades ago, he says it reminds him of his efforts that fateful day.
Luigi Mangione arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania, as New York Mayor Eric Adams walks behind him, in New York, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2024

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare killing slapped with new charges

Federal prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with the federal crime of murder using a firearm, two charges of stalking and a charge of using an illegal gun silencer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference and phone-in, in Moscow, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2024

Putin offers Trump talks while defending his invasion of Ukraine

The order to invade Ukraine "should have been made earlier," and Russia should have prepared better, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Thursday
WORLD
Dec 20, 2024

Israel keeps up Gaza bombardment as cease-fire talks intensify

Mediators are trying to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old war in the Hamas-ruled enclave that would include a release of hostages seized from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
A limited edition of PlayStation 5 (PS5) Pro video game console
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2024

Sony’s record climb makes investors more bullish on gaming boom

Sony Group’s long-awaited rise to record highs has emboldened bullish investors and analysts, who see gains extending into 2025 on a robust outlook for video games.
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves following the inauguration of Macao's new leader on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 20, 2024

China's Xi urges Macao to pivot from casinos as new leader sworn in

Gaming-related taxes still make up 81% of Macao's government revenue, and experts say the city is years away from weaning itself off casino wealth.
Three political parties' secretaries-general sign a confirmation letter in Tokyo on Friday regarding the tax-free income threshold.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2024

Ruling camp approves tax reform proposal

The ruling bloc agreed to “continue talks in good faith” with the DPP, which wants to further raise the tax-free income threshold.
Foxconn’s pause in its pursuit of Nissan is the latest development in the unexpected emergence of two suitors for the ailing Japanese carmaker.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2024

Foxconn's interest in Nissan said to be on hold amid Honda merger talks

Foxconn’s pause is the latest development in the unexpected emergence of two suitors for the ailing Japanese carmaker.
Rossini No. 4
COMMUNITY / ADOPT ME!
Dec 2, 2024

Meet the tuxedo cat named after an opera maestro

Another handsome cat in ARK’s long line of operatic felines, 8-year-old Rossini comes with his own furry self-cleaning black-and-white tuxedo.
Emergency personnel work at a Christmas market after a car drove into a group of people in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, killing at least two.
WORLD
Dec 21, 2024

Death toll from German Christmas market car-ramming reportedly rises to four

The attacker was described as a 50-year-old male doctor from Saudi Arabia with permanent residency in Germany, where he had lived for almost two decades.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters following the passage of spending legislation to avert a government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2024

U.S. Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

After weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, U.S. lawmakers passed a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.
U.S. President Joe Biden departs from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, on the day of the anniversary of the death of the president's first wife and daughter in a car accident in 1972, in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 21, 2024

Fade out: Biden disappears into background

Despite still occupying the world's most powerful pulpit, Biden has remained virtually absent from the public debate about his noisy successor.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2024

Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review

The accusation was made in a Dec. 17 letter, signed by counsel for Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a Cabinet swearing-in ceremony on Friday in Ottawa
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2024

Trudeau does major Cabinet reshuffle amid party pressure and Trump taunts

The reshuffle came at the end of a chaotic week in Ottawa spurred by the surprise resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang try to break into parliament, where Democratic Progressive Party members spent the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of controversial bills, in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2024

Clashes between Taiwan lawmakers and legal changes test President Lai

The political wrangling comes as U.S. President Joe Biden, who has vowed to defend the island from any Chinese invasion, prepares to leave the White House.
Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Tyson Fury to retain his world heavyweight titles, on Saturday in Riyadh.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Dec 22, 2024

Ukraine's Usyk outpoints Fury to retain world heavyweight crowns

Giving up advantages in height, weight and reach to his much bigger opponent, Usyk fought superbly throughout.
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2024

Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt

Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interest rates and the rising cost of living bite.
People gather to view a rocket launch test by AstroX in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 9.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2024

Fukushima startup aiming to launch rocket from flying balloon

Since the method does not require large-scale ground facilities, the cost can be reduced to one-third of that on the ground, according to the company.
Protesters behead a statue of Saddam Hussein's predecessor, Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979, in Baghdad's al-Mansur district in May 2003, erasing one of the last symbols of the Baath Party's 35-year regime.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2024

Can lessons from Iraq's regime change be applied in Syria?

If regional tensions escalate, disruptions to energy supplies could impact global markets, including Japan, which remains disengaged despite the mounting crisis.
A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces stands along a street, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, in Hasakah, Syria, on Dec. 11.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 22, 2024

Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts

Part of a stateless ethnic group straddling Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Syria, Kurds have so far been among the few winners of the Syrian conflict.
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. reacts after her run at the Women's super-G event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday. The event was called off the following day.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 23, 2024

Wind halts Vonn comeback as St. Moritz super-G called off

After three postponed starts the race was in danger of overrunning its broadcasting slot.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left) is received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani), in Damascus on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2024

Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'

Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria's armed "factions will begin to announce their dissolution and enter" the army.
As the march of AI accelerates, a new requirement has become apparent: The next breakthroughs will consume colossal quantities of energy.
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 3, 2025

We need energy for AI, and AI for energy

AI guzzles electricity — a single ChatGPT query requires 10 times as much as a conventional web search.
Stefan Kaufmann, former president and CEO of Olympus
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2024

Ten months sought for ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann over drugs

Stefan Kaufmann said that the allegations against him are all true, in the first hearing of his lay-judge trial at the Tokyo District Court.
The current focus on autonomous vehicles has obscured something else: AI has already de-skilled driving as a profession.
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 2, 2025

Our AI near-future

We can look forward to many years of instability as AI technology continues to make rapid progress.
Italy's Jannik Sinner in action during the Davis Cup Finals on Nov. 24. Sinner was cleared of wrongdoing in a doping case this year, but an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency means a potential ban of up to two years is still hanging over his head.
TENNIS
Dec 24, 2024

Players on edge after Sinner and Swiatek doping cases

Time out of the game to serve or fight a doping ban means a loss of income for players.
People look at flowers and candles left as a tribute for the victims of the "Alter Markt" Christmas market on Monday, after a man drove a car into the crowd through an emergency exit route on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2024

Germany probing possible security lapses after Christmas market attack

Saudi Arabia had given Germany warnings about the suspect as far back as 2023, which German authorities investigated but found vague.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Princess Aiko arrives in Ishikawa to visit quake-hit areas
Princess Aiko is greeted by Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (left) at the Kanazawa Station on Sunday.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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