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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. walks to the ring for his fight against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, on June 28.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 25, 2025

Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. released from prison pending trial

U.S. authorities arrested Chavez in July for being in the United States illegally.
Shigeru Ishiba, prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends the party's plenary meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8. Ishiba took further criticism from his own party Friday, following a dismal result in an Upper House election last month that has weakened his mandate and triggered some internal momentum to replace him as leader.Bloomberg
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 25, 2025

No end in sight for LDP drama over Ishiba, whose fate is still up in the air

It remains to be seen whether those within the party seeking the prime minister’s removal can rally enough support to force a presidential election.
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 8, 2025

Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service

Hotels hit by labor shortage hope to reduce their burden, while restaurants and the local community aim to attract more visitors.
Agricultural workers harvest jasmine flowers at sunrise at a field in the village of Shubra Balula in Egypt's northern Nile delta province of Gharbiya on July 7.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2025

Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone

Jasmine has sustained thousands of Egyptian farmers for generations, but rising temperatures, prolonged dry spells and climate-driven pests are putting that legacy at risk.
The Burj Khalifa skyscraper (center left) and the Dubai skyline on Aug. 7
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2025

Less tax, more luxury: millionaires flock to Dubai

The tightly-policed UAE has molded itself into a magnet for the wealthy, offering economic and political stability with an easygoing business environment.
Meliana Bruguera, 41, poses with her children Victoria, 9, and Rurik, outside Madrid, on Aug. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

Fleeing Maduro then Trump, Venezuelans seek refuge in Spain

For the first time, Venezuelans were the largest group applying for asylum in the EU.
The previous award ceremony
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 25, 2025

Yamagata film festival to gather documentaries from around world

This year’s YIDFF International Competition received 1,318 entries from 129 countries. Fifteen of them will be screened during the festival, competing for five awards.
A measles alert sign is posted outside the entrance to the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025

‘Alternative facts’ aren't a reason to skip vaccines

Donald Trump’s health officials have been endorsing alternative facts in science to impose policies that contradict modern medical knowledge.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

Trump suggests many Americans 'like a dictator'

Democrats have repeatedly accused Trump of pushing presidential power way past its constitutional limits.
Elon Musk (left) in Los Angeles in 2024 and Open AI CEO Sam Altman in Seoul in February. Elon Musk's companies xAI and X filed a sweeping U.S. antitrust lawsuit on Monday against Apple and OpenAI, alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to stifle competition in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2025

Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, saying they hurt AI competition

Musk is alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to inhibit rivalry and innovation in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets.
Southampton's Tyler Dibling (front) in action with Everton's Idrissa Gueye at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England on Nov. 2, 2024.
SOCCER
Aug 26, 2025

Everton signs Tyler Dibling from Southampton

British media reported Everton would pay around £42 million ($56.74 million) for the player.
Magret John (left) delivers a sack of plastic waste collected in her neighborhood to a Human Needs Project official at a collection point in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi on Aug. 11.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 26, 2025

'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic

The Human Needs Project provides water and sanitation services in a part of Kenya where they are scarce and costly.
Japan Times
PRESS
Aug 27, 2025

ジャパンタイムズ主催 Sustainable Japan Award 2025 発表

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松 弥奈子）は、「Sustainable Japan Award 2025」の受賞企業・団体を発表しました。
Carlos Alcaraz in action during his first-round match against Reilly Opelka at the U.S. Open in New York on Monday
TENNIS
Aug 26, 2025

Alcaraz eases into U.S. Open second round as Venus makes emotional exit

Alcaraz, sporting a new buzz cut that has sparked plenty of chatter on social media, dismantled Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Iran's national flag flies over the Iranian embassy in Canberra on Tuesday, the day Australia's government said it is expelling Iran's ambassador, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

Australia expels Iranian ambassador over antisemitic attacks

Australian intelligence services reached the "deeply disturbing conclusion" that Iran directed at least two arsons, in Melbourne and Sydney.
For Suzunobu, a small rice specialty shop in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, distribution delays have resulted in it struggling to sell stockpiled rice secured from the government, owner Toyozo Nishijima said.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 26, 2025

Rice woes weigh down Koizumi's first three months as farm minister

Early forecasts have also indicated that the relatively poor rice harvest this year will drive the price of the staple back up.
Ezzeldin al-Masri holds equipment used by his brother Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters journalist killed by an Israeli strike on Monday while operating a live video feed at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. Five journalists were killed in the strike.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2025

Reuters and AP journalists killed in Gaza strike weren't targets, Israel says

The Monday Israeli strike on Nasser hospital killed at least 20 people including the two journalists, as well as three others who worked for Al Jazeera and other outlets.
Nigel Farage in Oxford, U.K., on Tuesday. His Reform party would carry out the mass deportations of asylum-seekers and remove Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights while also scrapping the country’s Human Rights Act, he said.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2025

Farage floats Trump-style deportation push in bid to lead U.K.

The Reform party leader's approach is the most draconian policy yet advanced by any of the U.K.’s major parties to crack down on a record level of irregular migration.
People shop at an accessory store in the Fuyoumen Commercial Building in Shanghai on April 16.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2025

China targeting older consumers for 'silver economy' boost

Beijing flagged "a new age" for the elderly in a 2021 policy guideline, but this year, authorities have gone into overdrive.
Kunitake Toriya, a former corporal in the Imperial Japanese Army who had trained for a suicide attack mission, speaks about his wartime experiences in front of the photographs of his comrades at Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Destined for death, former kamikaze pilot recalls wanting to live

Kunitake Toriya yelled "Banzai" in his heart when his suicide mission was called off. Now, 80 years on, he is determined to share his story.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Aug. 5
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2025

U.S. slams India with 50% tariffs, among highest in the world

The move upends a decadeslong push by Washington to forge closer ties with New Delhi and court India as a counterweight to China.
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China attend training ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 27, 2025

China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary

Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, special attention has been paid to pushing the "correct" interpretation of the complex history of the victory over Japan.
Upper House lawmaker Akira Ishii
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2025

Upper House member's office raided over alleged fraud

Akira Ishii is suspected of receiving public funds by filing a report about hiring a government-paid secretary who never actually worked for him.
Wrestlers approach the ring during a regional sumo tour in Misato, Saitama Prefecture in April 2016.
SUMO / Inside Sumo
Aug 27, 2025

Sumo’s grueling summer tour reveals wrestlers' true condition

The heat and length makes the summer tour by far the most physically taxing in sumo, giving fans greater clarity regarding the health of their favorite rikishi.
A boy looks on next to floral tributes and an Australian flag at the Adass Israel Synagogue after an attack in Melbourne, in December 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2025

Synagogue arson suspect appears in court for attack Australia says was ordered by Iran

Australia has also ordered the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador over the December 2024 arson attack in Melbourne.
A factory worker makes soybean-based food products in Hefei, Anhui province, China, in 2020. If China doesn’t take U.S. beans, it can just buy from Brazil or Argentina, said a manager at a major Chinese crusher.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2025

China’s soy crushers may be facing a winter without U.S. beans

American farmers say the tariff stalemate between Washington and Beijing leaves them headed toward a financial precipice, but data suggests Chinese buyers are standing pat.
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2025

Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event

Social media and news have focused more on the misinformation that Japan is accepting a large number of immigrants from Africa.
Sanrio characters Kuromi (left) and My Melody star as rival bakers in a big contest in Netflix’s “My Melody & Kuromi.” When mystical forces threaten their world, the pair team up to find a solution.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Aug 27, 2025

From foil to fan favorite, Kuromi embodies Sanrio’s darker side of cute

Once My Melody’s mischievous antagonist, Kuromi is now outshining her pastel-pink counterpart, with a rebellious personality that resonates with today’s audiences.
A boy looks at samples of Pokemon toys available with the McDonald's Happy Meal set in Tokyo earlier this month.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 28, 2025

How to complain politely: Lessons from the McDonald’s Pokemon debacle

In Japan, the right phrasing can mean the difference between a request and harassment.
Palestinian families flee their homes in areas north of Gaza City on Monday after the Israeli army announced its intention to expand the scope of the military operation and focus on Gaza City.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Israel ramps up pressure on Gaza City as Trump eyes postwar plan

Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a famine.
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.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘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.
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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
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