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Mounting screws and a small plaque bearing the name of U.S. President Donald Trump are all that remain on a wall in the Presidential Portrait Gallery, where a portrait of Trump once hung, at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on March 25.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2025

Artist of 'distorted' portrait says Trump complaint harming business

Colorado removed the official portrait of Trump from display in the state's capitol building last month after the president complained that it was deliberately unflattering.
Pedestrians stand in front of an electronic board showing the numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the Japanese capital on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 7, 2025

Nikkei plunges in third-biggest daily loss ever amid Trump tariff concerns

The index closed down 2,644 points, or 7.82%, from Friday at 31,136.58, its lowest finish since Oct. 31, 2023.
Ozgur Ozel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has been thrust into the limelight in the few weeks since the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ozgur Ozel, a member of his party seen as the only politician capable of challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the ballot box.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2025

Ozgur Ozel: From low-key opposition to face of Turkey protests

Until now the relatively low-profile head of the country's main opposition party, Ozel has been thrust into the limelight, both at home and abroad.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singles against the Mets during the eighth inning at Citi Field in New York on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 7, 2025

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. agrees to $500 million extension with Blue Jays

Guerrero, a four-time All-Star and the American League MVP runner-up in 2021, was set to become a free agent at the end of the season.
The Tokyo Detention Center in the capital's Katsushika Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2025

Death penalty under renewed scrutiny in Japan

The punishment has broad public support in Japan, despite international criticism over how it is carried out.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a news conference in Tokyo on April 1. The approval rating for Ishiba's Cabinet fell to 30.6% over the weekend, according to a JNN poll.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2025

Ishiba under pressure to take stronger stance against U.S. on tariffs

Some opposition leaders are urging the prime minister to rally his party around a strategy before speaking with the U.S. president, but others are eyeing his removal.
Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 8, 2025

Trump honors 'legendary' Dodgers at White House reception

Trump highlighted the achievements of several players, notably Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani.
A person lays flowers for the crew members of the Imperial Japanese Navy's battleship Yamato who died in its sinking 80 years ago, during a memorial service held in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2025

Crew members of sunken battleship Yamato remembered on 80th anniversary

The ship sank off Cape Bonomisaki on Kagoshima's Satsuma Peninsula at 2:23 p.m. on April 7, 1945, with only 276 of the 3,332 crew members surviving.
A television station broadcasts U.S. President Donald Trump speaking during a Rose Garden event, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 8, 2025

Frustrated world leaders wonder if Trump even wants a deal

U.S. President Donald Trump has set a high bar, telling reporters that any agreements would need to eliminate bilateral trade deficits.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner speaks as others look on during a news conference to unveil legislation that would allow the White House to "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as the Chinese-owned video app TikTok during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 8, 2025

Top Democratic senator says new Trump TikTok extension may violate law

Sen. Mark Warner also said the reported deal under consideration would not meet legal requirements for eliminating ByteDance’s influence over TikTok’s U.S. operations.
People walk past an NBA fan store in New York on July 8. The NBA has said it is "exploring" the creation of a professional basketball league in Europe.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 8, 2025

Why is the NBA eyeing Europe?

For several years now, the NBA has wanted to plant its flag on European soil.
Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) area of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025

Market calm is shattered as abrupt selloffs roil Wall Street

As recession fears build, markets have continued to flash warning signs.
A woman looks at cranes and shipping containers from an observation platform at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025

Trump optimistic after call about tariffs with South Korea

South Korea's trade minister is traveling to Washington to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for tariff negotiations.
While AI-generated simulations of deceased loved ones may offer comfort, they raise ethical concerns about consent, reality distortion and the human experience of grief.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2025

AI resurrecting the dead threatens our grasp on reality

Experts warn that AI-driven digital immortality could distort reality and emotional well-being, requiring safeguards against unhealthy dependence.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, during a meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Monday. Lee is the top candidate for the next presidential election, with support of 34% respondents in a Gallup poll released April. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

South Korea opposition leader Lee steps down amid expectations of presidential run

The country holds a presidential election on June 3 after former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.
Bento boxes and other food items attract visitors at the Sera roadside station in Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Apr 21, 2025

10 years on, Hiroshima-Shimane highway boosts logistics and tourism

The Chugoku Yamanami Highway has played a crucial role in regional development since its full opening in 2015.
The Japan Coast Guard has introduced Starlink, a high-speed satellite internet service, on some of its patrol vessels.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2025

Starlink brings internet to Japan Coast Guard ships in bid for new blood

The JCG hopes the upgrade will help appeal to younger generations amid growing concerns over rising retirement numbers and declining recruitment.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during a forum at Keio University in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

NATO chief calls on allies and partners to ‘outproduce and outpace’ rivals

In Tokyo on Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on members of the alliance and its four Indo-Pacific partners to work more closely together.
Lakers guard Luka Doncic (right) has a technical called against him during the second half of a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 9, 2025

Shai scores 42, Doncic ejected as Thunder down Lakers

The contest pivoted on the fourth-quarter incident that led to the Lakers' Slovenian star Doncic picking up a second technical foul and being tossed from the game.
Chiharu Shida of Japan in action during the bronze medal match with Nami Matsuyama against Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah of Malaysia at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France on Aug. 03, 2024
MORE SPORTS / Badminton
Apr 9, 2025

Japanese badminton ace Shida blasts 'stalker' Chinese fans

Shida, who won women's doubles bronze at the Paris Olympics, has a strong following in China partly because of her engagement with the local culture.
A genetically modified wolf juvenile, one of three successfully bred by reconstructing a genome from the ancient DNA of fossils from dire wolves that had been extinct for over 12,500 years by Colossal Biosciences, billed as "the world’s only de-extinction company," is seen at age five months after his Oct. 1, 2024 birth, at a secure site in the northern United States.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025

U.S. company resurrects the extinct dire wolf, or some version of it

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups — all with striking white fur — created with the help of ancient DNA.
Members of the pharmacology department take inventory of the last boxes of drugs delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amid medical supply shortages in a pharmacy storeroom at Lodwar County Referral Hospital in Lodwar on April 1.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

'Everything was stopped': USAID cuts hit hard in northern Kenya

Protests broke out last month after news that rations, already lowered last year, would be further reduced because of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid spending.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever and business officials in Kyiv on Tuesday
WORLD
Apr 10, 2025

Zelenskyy says at least 155 Chinese nationals are fighting on Russia's side

Ukraine captured two Chinese nationals in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops have been advancing.
A screen displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other final trading numbers after the closing bell on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 10, 2025

'Magnificent Seven' stocks ride again as Trump pauses tariffs

The stocks amassed more than $1.5 trillion in market value on Wednesday, easing pressure on tech giants that had tumbled in recent sessions.
Charlotte is a Kai ken, a native Japanese breed traditionally used for hunting wild boar.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 10, 2025

This Kai ken’s a perfect 10

Energetic but also gentle, 3-year-old Charlotte has an endearing personality and a bright future ahead.
The site of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 10, 2025

Pedro Martinez says family members still missing after tragedy in Dominican Republic

Former MLB players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, who also played in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama BayStars and Orix Buffaloes died in the tragedy.
This 1-meter "wajima-nuri" lacquerware globe from Ishikawa Prefecture will be one of the specialty products to be displayed by Japan's local governments at the Osaka Expo.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2025

Local governments to showcase products at Osaka Expo

Eye-catching items include a 1-meter lacquerware globe from Ishikawa Prefecture that escaped damage after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck.
Lakers guard Luka Doncic shoots over the Mavericks' Anthony Davis during the first quarter in Dallas on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 10, 2025

Luka Doncic helps Lakers clinch playoff spot in emotional return to Dallas

Doncic, who joined the Lakers as part of a trade with Dallas in February in one of the most shocking moves in NBA history.
The whereabouts of a bear that attacked three people in Nagano Prefecture on Wednesday were still unknown the following day.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2025

Authorities on alert after three injured in Nagano bear attack

Two men are believed to have sustained serious injuries, but all three victims remain conscious. The whereabouts of the bear remain unknown.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raises his hand to answer a question about the U.S. tariff measures during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2025

Government considers fresh economic package to tackle impact of U.S. tariffs

Consensus is growing within the LDP-Komeito coalition over the need for intervention, though opinions are mixed on how to do it.
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.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
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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