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U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling out a number of new tariffs on Oct. 1.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025

Japan might be spared Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals

The country has a most-favored-nation agreement with the U.S. that should cover these products.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi denies he was involved in requests for favorable online comments to be made about him.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025

Koizumi apologizes over campaign's soliciting of favorable online comments

A member of the farm minister's campaign team asked supporters to post comments favorable to him on an online video.
The Osaka Expo will release a wave a new products in October, including a limited edition Labubu Myaku-Myaku figurine.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 27, 2025

Myaku-Myaku gets the Labubu treatment at the Osaka Expo

With just weeks left before its final day, Osaka Expo is dialing up the ugly cuteness of its beloved blobby mascot and tapping into the global Labubu craze.
A federal agent aims a less-lethal launcher at protesters outside the Broadview ICE processing facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence to assist with crime prevention, in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2025

ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities

Immigration officers are pepper spraying protesters and manhandling detainees in overt displays of force.
A parody Mount Rushmore sculpture depicts the faces of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second from right) and U.S. President Donald Trump (right), as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a shopping mall in Bangkok on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Seoul says it can’t rule out Kim-Trump meeting during APEC summit

A report quoting a South Korean official appeared to reverse Seoul’s earlier position that North Korea’s participation in the summit was unlikely.
Fishermen sail on a boat near Caraballeda, in Venezuela's La Guaira state, on Wednesday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2025

Sitting ducks: Venezuelan fishermen wary of U.S. warships

Feeling exposed, they have started heading out in groups, limiting their range and traveling with emergency beacons issued by the government.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrators, through a translator, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside United Nations headquarters, during the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025

Colombian leader’s call to defy Trump amplifies rifts in region

Trump’s confrontational approach to Latin America, which is still scarred by U.S. interventions before and during the Cold War, will be tested in a string of upcoming elections.
A banner stating, "If they commit any acts of evil, they will definitely get a harder blow back," is displayed in Tehran in April.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2025

'Snapback' sends West back to the drawing board on Iran's nuclear program

Despite a last-minute rush of diplomatic activity at the U.N., Iran has done little to stop the sanctions from going back into effect.
The Trump administration’s new fees and proposed changes to the H-1B visa system risk undermining the country’s college-to-work pipeline for foreign STEM graduates, potentially damaging American competitiveness.  
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2025

The H-1B visa reset will crush America’s college pipeline

The Department of Homeland Security says it’s moving to a weighted selection process that would "favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher skilled and higher paid aliens.”
The Osaka Expo in Osaka on Sept. 13. The daily number of visitors to the expo has topped 200,000 since mid-September as its Oct. 13 closing approaches.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2025

Osaka Expo visitors exceed breakeven point

Approximately 28.2 million people are expected to visit the Osaka Expo before it ends next month.
The Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community brings together local and global professionals from a range of industries, backgrounds and ages and collaborates with government-sponsored entities and nonprofit organizations.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Sep 24, 2025

Stirred, not shaken: Kyoto business platform blends local and global

Since its launch in 2018, the Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community has amassed a diverse membership and built solid relationships with local organizations.
A mobile radar installation is positioned near the strait between Denmark and Sweden on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Denmark bans civilian drone flights due to EU summit

Unexplained drone sightings across Denmark since Sept. 22 have caused several airports to close, with Denmark hinting at possible Russian involvement, though Moscow denies it.
Men stand at the site of heavily damaged residential buildings following a Russian air attack on the outskirts of Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

Massive Russian drone and missile attack kills four in Kyiv

Diplomatic efforts to stop the war have faltered, with Russia vowing to press on with the offensive that it launched in February 2022.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger

A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.”
The city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, used a crowdfunding-style hometown donation program to help fund fireworks during the Matsue Suigosai festival held in August.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Sep 29, 2025

Crowdfunding-style hometown donations gain traction in Japan

Such initiatives set clear fundraising targets and deadlines to solicit contributions to address specific local challenges.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel stand guard near closed shops along a pavement after curfew was partially relaxed for a few hours in Leh, in India's Ladakh region, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Deep roots of rage as India's Ladakh seeks self-rule

Growing resentment with New Delhi's direct rule over the territory and fears of losing livelihoods boiled over on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced a $100,000 fee for the H-1B visa earlier this month, a move that potentially deals a big blow to the technology sector that sources many skilled workers from India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

'Clog the toilet' trolls hit Indian visa holders rushing back to U.S.

Users on the far-right message board 4chan moved to overwhelm flight reservation systems, in a bid to block Indian visa holders from booking tickets.
Members of an electoral commission count ballots after polling stations closed in Moldova's parliamentary elections in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sunday. The country detected and neutralized multiple cyberattacks targeting election-related infrastructure over the weekend.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

Moldova’s pro-EU party set to win most votes in election

The election has been marred by allegations of widespread Russian meddling, including disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks.
Oracle is among some of the firms expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 29, 2025

Magnificent Seven is passe, but what can take its place?

Wall Street’s most powerful collection of stocks is missing some of the firms that are also expected to thrive in an artificial intelligence future.
Fukushima Prefecture's Tsuruga Castle in the city of Aizuwakamatsu. The castle's stone walls, with plants growing out of the cracks, face the risk of collapse if left unattended.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 13, 2025

Fukushima hopes to preserve historic Tsuruga Castle and boost tourism

Battling limited resources, the public and private sectors are banding together to pass down the iconic symbol of the prefecture's culture and history.
Officials in South Korea have not given a timetable for the full restoration of disrupted services caused by a fire that broke out during routine maintenance in a server room at the state-run National Information Resources Service in Daejeon on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2025

South Korea scrambles to restore digital services after server fire

Authorities said 62 government services had been restored of about 647 systems affected after a fire broke out at the state-run National Information Resources Service on Friday.
Pro-democracy activist and former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law says he was denied Singapore entry

Law said he’d been given a valid Singapore visa three weeks prior to his trip.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi touts his own "experience and achievement" during the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election candidate debate at Nihon Kisha Club in Tokyo on September 24.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 29, 2025

Japan’s ‘Mr. 119’ might be facing his biggest challenge yet

Time is running out for Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi to convince colleagues in the Liberal Democratic Party that he is best suited to lead them.
Onosato's victory at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament gave him his fifth Emperor’s Cup at the age of 25.
SUMO
Sep 29, 2025

Onosato’s fifth title cements preeminent position in Japan’s national sport

The question now is just how many Emperor’s Cups can the massive yokozuna win?
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an arrival ceremony in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Xi pushes Trump to 'oppose' Taiwan independence in major shift

Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington’s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
Huawei Technologies is regarded as China’s best hope of weaning itself off the foreign chips that power the world’s second-largest economy.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2025

Huawei to double output of top AI chip as Nvidia wavers in China

The Chinese company plans to make about 600,000 of its marquee 910C Ascend chips next year, a feat that would represent a technical breakthrough for it.
A boy flies a kite in Kabul on Monday as Taliban authorities severed Afghanistan's fiber optic connections in multiple provinces "until further notice."
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Taliban shut down communications across Afghanistan

It is the first time since the Taliban government won their insurgency in 2021 that communications have been shut down in the country.
Victor Wembanyama poses for promotional photos during the San Antonio Spurs' media day in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 30, 2025

'Better, stronger' Wembanyama can't wait for NBA return

"I can assure you nobody has trained like I did this summer. And this is my best summer so far," Wembanyama said.
The Esports World Cup 2025 at Boulevard City Arena in Riyadh on Aug. 2. Saudi Arabia is focusing on gaming as part of a national strategy to create tens of thousands of new jobs and diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2025

Saudi plans for video game hub grow with $55 billion EA deal

The kingdom’s Public Investment Fund is part of a group of investors acquiring the video game giant to take it private.
Kim Son Gyong, North Korea's vice minister for foreign affairs, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

With U.N. speech and China visit, North Korea ramps up diplomatic moves

Pyongyang sent a senior official to the U.N. on Monday for a speech for the first time since 2018, while its foreign minister was in China for talks with top officials.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.

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