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The construction of the Dakhla Atlantic Port is located 40 km north of the city of Dakhla, in an area under the jurisdiction of the rural commune of El-Argoub in Dakhla in the disputed Western Sahara, mostly controlled by Morocco.
WORLD
Jun 30, 2025

Morocco's Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean

Morocco has been seeking to position itself as a middleman between Europe and the Sahel states.
The Fair Trade Commission is mulling a surcharge of some ¥200 million on Harley-Davidson Japan over abusing a superior bargaining position, in violation of the antimonopoly law.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2025

FTC mulling fines on Harley-Davidson Japan

The FTC is mulling a surcharge of some ¥200 million on Harley-Davidson Japan over abusing a superior bargaining position.
A malnourished child reacts while a health care worker takes his vitals at Tudun Gambo Primary Health Care Center, Tudun Gambo, Nigeria, in May. Programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development are estimated to have helped prevent more than 91 million deaths over the past two decades, including 30 million among children.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2025

Trump’s plan for USAID cuts risks 14 million additional deaths, study warns

Researchers project 1.8 million excess deaths in 2025 alone if the cuts continue.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister, speaks to the media in Bangkok on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 1, 2025

Dynasty in distress: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn's fate in limbo

The Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn — Thailand's youngest prime minister — from office.
Tadej Pogacar celebrates after winning the men’s road race at the world championships in Zurich on Sept. 29, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 3, 2025

Tadej Pogacar looking to join greats with fourth Tour de France crown

The 112th edition of the race begins in Lille on Saturday.
Switzerland's Pia Sundhage is by far the most experienced coach at Euro 2025.
SOCCER
Jul 3, 2025

Euro 2025 sets new record for female coaches

The 43.75% of female coaches is a major leap from Euro 2013, where just 18.75% of teams were coached by women.
Shintaro Awa is the new head chef of L'Ambroisie in Paris, replacing the legendary Bernard Pacaud, who helmed the restaurant for more than four decades.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 5, 2025

Shintaro Awa appointed to head the kitchen of L’Ambroisie in Paris

The Japanese chef takes over the role of Bernard Pacaud, who helmed the renowned restaurant for nearly 45 years.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. enters the ring before his fight against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, on June 28.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jul 4, 2025

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrested by U.S. immigration officers

U.S. authorities informed Mexico that they have begun the procedure to send him home.
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 5, 2025

Hamas says it responds to Gaza ceasefire proposal in 'a positive spirit'

The U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal envisages a release of hostages and negotiations on ending the conflict.
Security forces stand guard in front of a giant screen featuring Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi during a ceremony on Sunday commemorating Ashura, a 10-day period to remember and mourn the seventh-century killing of Islam's Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein, in Sanaa, Yemen.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2025

Israel says it struck Houthi sites across Yemen

The strikes on Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif ports, and Ras Qantib power plant, were due to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, the Israel military said.
The Arch of Independence in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Central Asia is shaking off its Soviet past, driven by economic momentum, demographic strength and strategic diplomacy, even as hurdles remain.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2025

Central Asia changes its playbook

In recent years, the five Central Asian countries have managed to rebuild their economies, stabilize their politics and deepen their engagement with the rest of the world.
Vast improvements in AI-generated video is shaking the foundations of the creative industry.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 8, 2025

AI video becomes more convincing, rattling creative industry

To measure the progress of AI video, you need only look at Will Smith eating spaghetti.
Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his Wimbledon quarterfinal match against Cameron Norrie on Tuesday in London.
TENNIS
Jul 9, 2025

Alcaraz and Sabalenka take contrasting routes into Wimbledon semis

The Spanish second seed dropped four sets in a series of scrappy displays during his run to the last eight, but was at his best on Tuesday.
Merchant ships in the southern Red Sea. The resumption of attacks by Houthi militants could once again deter more owners and crews against going through the Red Sea.
WORLD
Jul 9, 2025

Two killed in Houthi attack on cargo ship in Red Sea

The return of Houthi attacks could once again deter more ship owners and crews against going through the Red Sea to cut shipping time.
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic drives to the basket against the Thunder during a playoff game on May 13.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 9, 2025

Nuggets' Nikola Jokic reportedly to wait until next summer for contract talks

A three-time MVP, Jokic is eligible for a three-year, $206.4 million contract extension, but could wait and sign a max deal next summer.
A Phoenix quantum computer made by Atom Computing, in Berkeley, California. Japan is advancing in quantum research but lags in commercialization. To compete globally, it must shift from a research-focused approach to one driven by industry, investment and real-world applications.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 9, 2025

Japan needs to take the quantum-technology leap

Policymakers must focus on specific sectors, test new ideas through public-private partnerships and present practical examples.
Smoke billows during an Israeli strike on Gaza on Thursday. U.S.-based Project HOPE said the strike had hit right outside its Altayara health clinic.
WORLD
Jul 11, 2025

Israeli strike kills children near Gaza clinic, with no immediate truce in sight

Repeated attacks by Israeli forces in recent weeks have put an enormous strain on Gaza's few remaining hospitals.
Defense lawyers countered in final arguments that Mai Nishitaka, who was dating Shuhei Iwaki at the time of the killing, had orchestrated the crime and manipulated him and her father into carrying it out.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2025

Two found guilty of killing man found in suitcase dumped in river near Tokyo

The duo — the father of the victim’s former girlfriend and a man who was dating the woman at the time of the incident — were jailed 13 years and 15 years, respectively.
A woman looks on as Palestinians inspect destroyed tents at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 12, 2025

U.N. says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza

The violence came as negotiators from Israel and Hamas were locked in indirect talks in Qatar to try to agree on a temporary ceasefire.
Brothers Andrii Tupkalenko, 8, and Maksym Tupkalenko, 6, two of the last children left in their front-line village, pose for a photo with toy guns, their favorite toys, in Kalynove, Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
WORLD / Society
Jul 12, 2025

Childhood shaped by war for two Ukrainian brothers

The war in Ukraine is reshaping the fabric of ravaged frontier communities and leaving unseen as well as visible injuries on their youngest.
Wales' wing Josh Adams tries to catch the ball during a match against Japan in Kobe on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jul 12, 2025

Wales look to future after ending 18-game losing run with Japan win

The Welsh survived another second-half comeback from Eddie Jones' side in Kobe to pick up their first victory since the 2023 World Cup.
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
COMMUNITY / Issues / Longform
Jul 14, 2025

How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan

Remote work is reshaping how Indian professionals navigate life, family and identity in a post-pandemic Japan.
A Palestinian boy looks at the site of an Israeli strike that killed children who had gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2025

Israel blames malfunction for missile killing Gaza children collecting water

The Israeli military said a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of meters from the target."
Tokyo Gendai is described by fair organizers Art Assembly as Tokyo Bay’s first international contemporary art fair in 30 years.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 22, 2023

Can a new art fair finally put Tokyo on the map?

Tokyo Gendai puts on a good event but still needs to change Japanese opinions on contemporary art.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Jul 21, 2023

Nadeshiko Japan's Women's World Cup glory now distant memory

Japan begins its latest World Cup campaign against Zambia on Saturday, but is ranked 11th now and no longer among the favorites.
Residential buildings in the Kachidoki area of Tokyo. The average unit price of newly supplied condominiums in the greater Tokyo area in the first six months of this year reached the highest level for the six-month period due to rising material and labor costs and higher land prices.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2023

Tokyo's new condo prices surge 60% to a record in first half of year

The average price of a new apartment in central Tokyo jumped 60% to ¥129.6 million ($930,000) in the January to June period.
An X90 Plus crossover — produced by Chinese automaker Jetour — sits ready for sale at a dealership in the Moscow Region on July 12.
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2023

Made in Russia? Chinese cars drive a revival of Russia's auto factories

The rebirth of the Moskvich is a sign of China's growing sway over an important sector of Russia's economy.
The Central Business District on a rainy day in Beijing. Both U.S. and European companies with exposure to China could be hit by its sluggish growth as its post-COVID-19 momentum has faltered rapidly.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2023

China's sagging economy looms over quarterly results around the world

Both U.S. and European companies with exposure to China could be hit by that economy's sluggish growth as its post-COVID momentum has faltered rapidly.
A man stands atop a float holding a portable shrine at this year’s Sanja Festival in Tokyo.
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 20, 2023

Why 2023 will be a deciding year for Japan’s iconic summer festivals

As the population gets older do we risk losing the summer festivals that make Japan unique?
Asia's best bartenders congregated in Hong Kong for the unveiling of the 2023 list of the continents top watering holes.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 21, 2023

Tokyo’s Ben Fiddich inches toward top of Asia’s 50 Best Bars

A total of 14 bars in Japan cracked the top 100 of this year’s continent-wide rankings.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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