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Newcastle United's Alexander Isak in action against Brighton & Hove on May 4
SOCCER
Sep 1, 2025

Liverpool agrees Isak deal with Newcastle for record fee, say reports

Isak has been the subject of a protracted and acrimonious transfer saga this summer.
Floaters are released into the water during a demonstration of Eco Wave Power electricity generation technology using the power of ocean waves in the harbor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, on Aug. 26.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 1, 2025

New wave: Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port

A pilot project aims to use a 13-kilometer breakwater to harness enough wave energy to power 60,000 U.S. homes.
Knicks guard Jeremy Lin looks to pass against the Raptors during a game in Toronto, Canada on Feb. 14, 2012.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 1, 2025

Jeremy Lin retires after 15 years that included ‘Linsanity’ with the Knicks

Lin became a New York icon and inspired a new generation of young Asian American basketball fans.
Mariko Kamijo (left) interacts with users of her nursing care facility called Isshoen, in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, in July.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2025

Chinese-language care supports aging Japanese war orphans

Many Japanese war orphans left behind in China at the end of World War II and repatriated decades later struggle to adapt to nursing homes because of language barriers.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the missile production process at a newly opened major military manufacturing facility at an undisclosed location in the country on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2025

Kim shows off missile production site ahead of visit to China for military parade

The North Korean leader inspected a major new missile factory, saying that his country’s five-year plan to boost production had been achieved.
A street vendor walks along a railway track between cafe terraces in central Hanoi on Aug. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2025

Tourists dodge danger on Hanoi's train street

Tourism to railside cafes in the Vietnamese capital have brought lucrative business to a former slum disdained by the government.
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2025

Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya

An emergency call was made just after 1:30 p.m. on Monday that the woman, a 40-year-old South Korean native, was bleeding on the ground.
Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel work to move injured people near a military helicopter following earthquakes in the village of Nurgal, in Afghanistan's Kunar province, on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake death toll crosses 1,400, authorities say

The magnitude 6 earthquake struck around midnight local time on Monday, with the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar being the worst hit.
Waon's Shiryu Yakushi reads a picture book about the air raids on Toyoma Prefecture in the last days of World War II, to elementary school students in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, on Aug. 4.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2025

Japan’s young activists work to preserve fading memories of World War II

Volunteer groups are taking it upon themselves to make sure that the firsthand accounts of the war are passed down to future generations.
Tokyo District Court has ordered a former employee of NHK to pay ¥11 million for unscripted remarks during a Chinese-language radio program aired in August last year.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 2, 2025

Chinese ex-staffer ordered to pay NHK ¥11 million over unscripted radio remarks

At Tokyo District Court, Presiding Judge Kenta Adachi stated that the irregular remarks interfered with NHK's international broadcasting operations and harmed its credibility.
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2025

Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan

Commenting on Monday on a video of the rally posted on X by an account called The British Patriot, the Tesla and SpaceX chief said, "Good."
Reni Folawiyo, founder of the Alara concept store, inside Alara in Lagos on Aug. 20
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Nigerian designer pushes 'Afro-lux' onto the global fashion scene

West African design is having a moment, the founder of a fashion and design concept store in Lagos said, but it's not enough.
Lightship co-founder and CEO Toby Kraus says his company's model of recreational vehicle attracts both hardcore environmentalists and RV veterans who aren’t necessarily concerned about climate change.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2025

Road trips are getting cleaner and quieter as RVs go electric

This year, serious alternatives are emerging to the gas-guzzling rigs chugging between national parks.
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs

Police are investigating Niinami over supplements he allegedly purchased overseas that are suspected to be illegal in Japan, a fact that he was unaware of.
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia

Fueled by nostalgia and "kidults," the Tamagotchi boom shows no sign of slowing.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend the BRICS Summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2025

Realism and realpolitik rule Indian foreign policy

A decade from now, there is likely to be heated debate in the United States over “who lost India,” an accounting that may rival the “who lost China?”
Protesters wave a pirate flag from the Japanese anime "One Piece," an internet trend used to criticize government policies, during a demonstration in front of the Bali police station in Denpasar, Indonesia, on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2025

Indonesia’s protests may fade. The fury won’t.

Politicians and business tycoons from the previous era still have clout, through dynastic parties, family owned businesses and patronage networks.
An injured boy receives treatment near damaged houses in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2025

With aid slashed, Afghanistan's quake comes at 'very worst moment'

The earthquake has killed more than 1,400 people and injured over 3,000, a toll that was still rising.
Venus Williams competes in the women's doubles quarterfinals alongside Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday at the U.S. Open in New York.
TENNIS
Sep 3, 2025

Venus Williams exits U.S. Open in style after age-defying run

The seven-time Grand Slam singles winner said she intends to keep playing for the foreseeable future, opportunities permitting.
Tech and social media giant Meta has enticed artificial intelligence talent from other companies, including Apple, with staggering pay increases.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2025

Apple’s lead AI researcher for robotics heads to Meta as part of latest exits

The Apple Foundation Models team, which the company launched last year as part of its bid to catch up in AI, has lost roughly 10 members in recent weeks.
A partly-used, 10 gram bag of semaglutide powder made by China-based Sinopep-Allsino Biopharmaceutical, at a compounding pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia, in December 2024.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

Chinese companies turn to generics as patents expire on weight-loss drugs

U.S. regulators have restricted the sale of cheap copies of the drugs, slowing demand for raw ingredients Chinese firms supplied over the past two years.
Hampen hails from Tokushima, Shikoku, and is named after the fish paste specialty that the region is known for.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Sep 3, 2025

Smiley, spirited Hampen will run into your arms

This 7-year-old dog from Tokushima is eager for human companionship and loves to go on walks.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 3, 2025

Ishiba meets with BOJ's Ueda to discuss economy and markets

The pair’s first meeting since February suggests Ishiba is trying to show market participants that his government and the BOJ will be coordinating closely.
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025

Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering

On Tuesday, the Australian Embassy warned on Facebook that travelers must ensure "appropriate behavior" while visiting Japan, without explicitly referring to the incident.
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2025

Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb

Many had hoped that Hasina’s ouster would open the way for Bangladesh to transition to democracy following an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.”
Dan Kerrigan, CEO of Interactive Brokers Securities Japan, said inflation is here and more money is likely to move into stocks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

Last man standing is bullish on Japanese stocks

Dan Kerrigan, the CEO of Interactive Brokers, has been here for decades and seen it all.
Lotte Holdings President Genichi Tamatsuka (left), Lotte hotels Japan head Tomoya Fukui (center) and Hotel Lotte CEO Jung Ho-suck (right) at a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. The companies unveiled plans to open 20 hotels in Japan by 2034.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

Lotte’s sweet deal aims to capitalize on Japan’s tourism boom

Confectionery giants Lotte Holdings and Lotte Corporation plan to draw on South Korea expertise and in-house products to create more hotels in Japan.
Takeshi Niinami, who has resigned as Suntory Holdings chairman and CEO, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025

Ex-Suntory CEO Niinami says he is confident he has 'broken no laws'

His comments came a day after Tuesday’s shocking revelation that he is the target of a police investigation over illegal drugs.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, is reportedly planning to travel to Washington on Thursday for another round of talks over tariffs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 3, 2025

Akazawa likely to leave Thursday for 10th round of tariff talks with U.S.: report

Akazawa abruptly canceled a to the United States just before departure last week, raising concern that the trade deal reached by the two countries on July 22 was in danger.
Suzu Hirose stars in the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel, “A Pale View of Hills.”
CULTURE / Film
Sep 4, 2025

‘A Pale View of Hills’: A chilling, borderless adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel

Kei Ishikawa turns the Nobel Prize-winning author’s novel into a haunting meditation on memory, loss and elusive truths.
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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