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Russian leader Vladimir Putin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2025

Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine

It was not immediately clear if the proposals by Putin were an opening gambit to serve as a starting point for negotiations or more like a final offer.
The operator of Don Quijote stores has set ¥400 billion ($2.7 billion) in tax-free sales as its 2035 goal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2025

Don Quijote operator plans 250 new stores in tourism bet

Pan Pacific International Holdings aims to drive tax-free visitor sales and expand in locations of key tourist travel routes.
A total of 13,179,000 passengers used these services on 46 major routes between Aug. 8 and Sunday, the Japan Railways Group companies said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2025

JR train demand strong during Bon holiday

A total of 13,179,000 passengers used these services on 46 major routes between Aug. 8 and Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Yury Slyusar, acting governor of the Rostov region, in Moscow on Monday. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for allegedly unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025

Switzerland and Austria say they would host ICC-wanted Putin for peace talks

Both countries have indicated they would give the Russian leader immunity in order to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at a neutral location.
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in July reached a record high for the month, driven by an increase in visitors, primarily from mainland China, Taiwan and the United States.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2025

Japan tourism arrivals hit July record despite weather disruption and quake fears

Typhoon-related flight disruption and jitters about possible earthquakes contributed to a steep drop in visitors from Hong Kong.
A commuter uses a portable fan on an underground train at rush hour during a heat wave in the City of London financial district.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 21, 2025

As temperatures soar in London, regulations, not costs, put cooling beyond reach

The British capital has seen a surge in demand for air-conditioning units in high-end homes as climate change raises summer temperatures.
Tourists from abroad get water mist sprayed on them to cool down on the street at Tsukiji Outer Market, a popular sightseeing spot, as the Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures due to a heat wave on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 23, 2025

World’s climate change crisis has tourists seeking ‘coolcations’

Record heat waves are transforming the world’s tourism industry as holidaymakers struggle to deal with the havoc wrought by climate change.
Trojena, the ski resort that is scheduled to host events during the 2029 Asian Winter Games, is part of the planned Saudi megacity of NEOM, which has faced a string of challenges in recent years.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 24, 2025

Saudi Arabia and Olympic Council weigh moving Asian Winter Games

The event is seen as a key marker for Saudi Arabia’s global ambitions and the kingdom could eventually simply choose to scale back plans for the planned ski resort.
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.
Summers in Japan have grown hotter and hotter, and people have had to spend more money as a result.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2025

Tokyo household budgets further squeezed by heat wave

On average, monthly expenses are up more than $23 a month as a result of high temperatures.
In this file photo taken on December 28, 2024 off Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Gulf of Finland, Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S (center) is pictured next to Finnish border guard ship Uisko (left) and tugboat Ukko (right).
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2025

Suspects in Baltic Sea cable breaches on trial for sabotage in Finland

Investigators have concluded that the Eagle S tanker dragged its anchor along the seabed, severing four internet lines and a power cable connecting Finland and Estonia.
A former MUFG Bank employee said in a court hearing that she committed thefts to make up for losses she had suffered from foreign exchange margin trading and horse-race betting.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025

Ex-MUFG Bank employee reveals ¥1.7 billion safe-deposit thefts

A former MUFG Bank employee said during a court hearing on Monday that she stole items worth ¥1.7 billion to ¥1.8 billion, including cash and gold, from around 100 people, in a high-profile safe-deposit theft case.
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.
An ICE agent speaks to people lined up to enter the U.S. Immigration Court, in Manhattan, New York City, in June.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025

Inside ICE, Trump's migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers

Some current and former ICE officials say the agency is grappling with burnout as staff try to keep pace with the aggressive enforcement agenda.
Kokichi Akuzawa, a 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious hear condition, has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record

"I have been there and seen the view many times, it wasn't anything special," said Kokichi Akuzawa, shrugging off the feat.
The former main building of the Justice Ministry. The ministry is requesting ¥877.5 billion in overall funding, of which ¥22.9 billion would be used for measures linked to foreign workers.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Budget requests from Justice Ministry focus on foreign nationals

Of the ¥877.5 billion requested, ¥22.9 billion would be set aside for measures linked to foreign workers and ¥18.3 billion for measures that respond to a rise in foreign tourists.
The government will support university student internships at local companies starting in fiscal 2026, aiming to encourage urban-to-rural migration and regional settlement.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

Japan to support internship programs at local companies

The aim is to strengthen the flow of people from urban to rural areas by encouraging university students in big cities to return to their hometowns after graduation.
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request

The Defense Ministry is seeking a budget exceeding ¥8.8 trillion that includes a ¥128.7 billion plan to build a multilayered coastal defense system.
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 29, 2025

Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals

The government is set to create a task force to review its immigration plans and prevent social division between foreign nationals and citizens.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meet in Sendai on Saturday during a trip in which they toured a chip factory belonging to Tokyo Electron.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2025

Indian PM Modi tours Miyagi chip plant with Ishiba

"We hope to work together to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain and enhance economic security,” Ishiba told reporters after the visit.
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Sep 1, 2025

Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido

The residents of Betsukai, Hokkaido — where cows outnumber people 7-to-1 — have extended a warm welcome to five players from overseas who joined the Pilot Spirits.
Indonesian Army members load burned police vehicles onto a trailer with a forklift at the East Jakarta Police Resort Office in Jakarta on Saturday, after a demonstration the night before.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2025

Indonesia’s president scraps China trip after deadly protests

The last-minute cancellation comes soon after the demonstrations turned violent on Friday, leaving at least three people dead and dozens of public facilities destroyed.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2025

The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled

The fallout of a disputed between the two leaders risks pushing India closer to American adversaries in Beijing and Moscow.
Israeli troops stand guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2025

Israel mulls West Bank annexation in response Palestine recognition moves

It is unclear where precisely any such measure would be applied and when.
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.
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.
Women holding up brooms and placards shout slogans during a protest against lawmakers' perks and police brutality, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 4, 2025

Brandishing brooms, Indonesian women join Jakarta protests

Protest organizer The Alliance of Indonesian Women said the brooms symbolized a need to "sweep (away) the state's dirt ... and the repressiveness of security forces."
Tropical Storm Peipah, which formed off southeastern Japan, is expected to travel east off the Tokai area and the Kanto region.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2025

Tropical Storm Peipah forms off southwestern Japan

From the Kyushu region, the tropical storm is expected to travel east off the Tokai area and the Kanto region before turning into an extratropical cyclone.
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2025

Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments

It will develop materials, equipment and design tools suitable for large, square organic interposers used in chipmaking.
Takeshi Niinami, the former chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings, at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2025

What we know about the supplements scandal linked to Suntory’s ex-CEO

The ex-Suntory CEO’s side of the story offered some clarity, but much remains unknown.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
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.

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