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False social media stories about Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba planning mass immigration obscure Japan’s real and growing reliance on foreign labor.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 12, 2025

Japan needs an immigration debate, not social media myths

There’s no mass immigration from the Global South into Japan, though you might not know that if you primarily consume your news on social media.
Nepalese President Ram Chandra Paudel (left) gestures after administering the oath of office to the country's newly appointed prime minister, Sushila Karki, during her swearing-in-ceremony at the President House in Kathmandu on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2025

Former chief justice named Nepal's first female prime minister after violent unrest

Deadly anti-graft protests forced Sushila Karki's predecessor, K.P. Sharma Oli, to resign earlier this week.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington in February.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2025

Trump’s big U.K. visit comes at worst possible time for PM Keir Starmer

Trump's three-day trip comes just days after Starmer lost two senior members of the U.K. government to scandal.
A young girl looks up at a photograph of Charlie Kirk during a candlelight vigil for the right-wing activist at a makeshift memorial at Memorial Park in Provo, Utah, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2025

Accused sniper jailed in Charlie Kirk killing awaits formal charges in Utah

The killing has stirred outrage among Kirk's supporters and condemnation of political violence from across the ideological spectrum.
The average summer bonus for employees of major companies in Japan has now increased for the fourth year in a row.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2025

Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record

The shipbuilding, retail and finance sectors all posted significant jumps, while both the steel and service industries saw an overall decline.
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.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2025

Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million

The estimate, released ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Monday, decreased for the first time in two years.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) autonomous non-profit organization at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

Russia targets billionaire’s empire over alleged Ukraine links

The case shows how asset seizures in Russia are surging since the invasion of Ukraine, as the Kremlin cracks down on perceived enemies of the state.
The Nikkei 225 stock index rose above the 45,000 mark just after the open and then fell back to close the day below that mark.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 16, 2025

Nikkei 225 breaks 45,000 for the first time ever

The benchmark hit another record ahead of an expected rate cut in the U.S.
Australia’s past economic “golden ages” show how bold reforms drove growth, but policymakers now face the challenge of boosting productivity and preparing the nation for a more competitive global environment.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2025

Can Australia achieve a third economic golden age?

The ’80s and ’90s were the heydays of reform. The challenge now is how to move forward.
Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha delivers a speech during a send-off ceremony for the Indian athletes competing in the Asian Games in September 2023.
OLYMPICS
Sep 17, 2025

Drug cheats put India Olympic bid and careers at risk

The IOC has raised concerns about the number of Indian competitors taking performance-enhancing drugs — and so too has the country's best-known Olympian.
New Nissan vehicles at a dealership in Concord, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2025

Nissan to shut design studios in U.S. and Brazil and downsize London and Japan operations

The Japanese automaker said the restructuring, which will be completed by the end of fiscal 2025, is aimed at streamlining its design operations.
A woman passes a graffitied wall outside Nepal's torched Parliament in Kathmandu on Sunday. The country's new leader, Sushila Karki, vowed the same day to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2025

Why Nepal’s new power brokers should worry India and China

If India and China continue treating Nepal primarily as a geopolitical pawn, they risk alienating future leaders.
Itsumi Tanaka smiles as she is complimented during lunchtime at Grandma’s Cafe in the city of Fukuoka.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Sep 29, 2025

‘Grandma’s Cafe’ offers purpose and income for elderly

A company in Fukuoka Prefecture is operating unique eateries where elderly women, some with dementia, welcome guests with homestyle cooking.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 18, 2025

Powell rallies Fed colleagues as economic and political risks grow

The decision to cut rates was nearly unanimous, with the lone dissent coming from Fed Gov. Stephen Miran, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.
A resident navigates a flooded road in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa, on May 20. Climate change impacts Africa the most of any continent despite it contributing less than 10% to global carbon emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
WORLD
Sep 18, 2025

Military spending eats into Africa's climate finance

Climate change impacts Africa the most of any continent despite it contributing less than 10% to global carbon emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Attendees hold their smartphones as the new Xiaomi electric SUV YU7 is unveiled onstage, at the Chinese smartphone maker's launch event in Beijing on May 22.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2025

China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin

The sector is showing symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market — and point to a potential shakeout mirroring turmoil in country's property and solar industries.
Takaya Awata, president of Toridoll Holdings, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2025

Marugame Seimen noodle restaurant managers to see raise of up to ¥20 million

Eatery chain operator Toridoll Holdings' president also indicated the company may extend the plan to other restaurant chains in the group.
A sign is seen outside of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard, from where the show is broadcast in Hollywood, California, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

Trump threatens licenses of TV stations that criticize him

Trump’s remarks represent a startling break with the nation’s long-standing traditions of freedom of speech and of the press enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout during the men's 200-meter semifinals at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday in Tokyo
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025

Australian teen sensation Gout Gout hails learning experience at debut worlds

Following his exit, Gout reflected on what it was like to rub shoulders with some of sprinting's biggest names.
South Korea's LG Energy Solution was using workarounds to U.S. visa restrictions well before Donald Trump returned as U.S. president.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

LG Energy was using U.S. visa workarounds before Trump, documents show

South Korean companies say they face long-running problems in getting short-term visas for specialists they need for their high-tech plants in the U.S.
Park Chan-wook (center) attended the Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony with “No Other Choice" cast members on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 19, 2025

Park Chan-wook’s sharp satire ‘No Other Choice’ opens Busan festival

The director's socially charged murder-comedy made its Asian premiere at the film festival on Wednesday.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025

How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds

Nakajima was the first Japanese runner to make the 400 final since Susumu Takano in 1991 and he even managed to finish one place higher than his senior compatriot.
Phishing emails posing as major securities firms spiked in Japan between March and May, topping 70,000 in May alone.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2025

Police look to crack down harder on phishing scams amid record surge

Online banking fraud surged to about ¥4.22 billion in the first half of this year, a roughly 73% jump from last year.
SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund is considering cutting as much as 20% of its staff.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

SoftBank's Vision Fund mulls 20% job cuts after Son’s pivot to AI

The unit, which employed about 282 people as of the end of March, may shed more than 50 roles, a person familiar with the matter said.
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap

For a country that has seen limited progress on gender equality, a win by Takaichi could represent a watershed moment.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a Group of 20 summit in the city of Osaka in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Trump and Xi make progress on TikTok deal and plan to meet in South Korea

The two leaders are now scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea in six weeks.
Then-Taiwanese Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Yui — who is currently the island's de facto ambassador to the U.S. — speaks during a news conference in Taipei in July 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official

The meeting with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's de facto U.S. ambassador, amounted to one of the higher-level Taiwan-U.S. contacts to date during Trump's second term.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about trade at the Granite City Works steel coil warehouse in Granite City, Illinois, in July 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2025

Trump officials used 'golden share' to block U.S. Steel from stopping work at plant

The move highlighed the federal government’s continued influence over an iconic American firm after approving its takeover by Nippon Steel.
Rengo President Tomoko Yoshino at a symposium in Tokyo on Friday
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2025

Japan's top union group advised to seek 5% pay hike during spring talks

An expert panel report stressed that the 2026 shunto will be a crucial opportunity to firmly establish a healthy cycle of rising wages and prices.
An offshore wind turbine off the coast of Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shift

Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to make renewables.

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building