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Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, arrives for a probate court hearing in Reno, Nevada, on Sept. 16, 2024. A new deal gives Lachlan Murdoch control of his family's media empire for probably decades to come.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2025

Lachlan Murdoch 'a very different leader than his father'

The eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch strategizes plays designed to generate profits, not increase his political clout.
MUFG Bank's new outlet that will open in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Friday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2025

MUFG Bank to open retail outlet for first time in 20 years

Staff at the new retail outlet will chiefly help customers open accounts or give them advice on asset investment.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives at Tiananmen Square for a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, accompanied by his Russian and North Korean counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, in a scene that fueled perfunctory claims of U.S. dominance coming to an end.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2025

International relations analysis needs to grow up

We need commentators who understand budgets as well as body language, who track institutional evolution alongside summit declarations.
Prince Hisahito (right) smiles during a luncheon celebrating his coming of age in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2025

Luncheon celebrates Prince Hisahito's coming of age

The luncheon was hosted by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Kiko and attended by about 30 guests.
U.S. rightwing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk appears at a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, just before he was shot dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025

Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk shot dead at Utah university event

The shooting was the latest in a series of attacks on U.S. political figures that have underscored a sharp rise in political violence.
Charlie Kirk, the right-wing influencer and founder of Turning Point USA, speaks in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2025

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, dead at 31, played key role in Trump's 2024 victory

He galvanized conservative youth and rose to prominence with often inflammatory rhetoric focused on issues such as race, gender and immigration.
Tom Riches, whose firefighter brother was killed when the Trade Centers fell, and his son Tommy, 10, at the family home in Brooklyn on Sept. 5.
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2025

A new 9/11 generation: These children promise to never forget

They have no memory of the Sept. 11 attacks but are increasingly shouldering the responsibility to carry it on.
The second edition of the Tokyo International Comedy Festival will feature 60 shows across eight venues with a diverse array of talent on stage.
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 11, 2025

Tokyo International Comedy Festival doubles down on diversity and scale

The second edition of Tokyo’s stand-up festival has leveled up with even more bilingual sets, international guests and comedy specials than before.
FBI agents inspect a rooftop on Thursday at the scene where, a day earlier, youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk was shot during a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025

Hunt for shooter of Charlie Kirk enters third day in U.S.

The manhunt for the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk stretched into a third day on Friday, after police released fresh images in an effort to crack the case.
FBI Director Kash Patel
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2025

FBI director faces scrutiny for inaccurately saying Kirk killer had been caught

Just before officials on the scene of the shooting in Utah briefed the press on Wednesday, Kash Patel said the shooter was in custody.
Chelsea fans display a banner before the Club World Cup Final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 13.
SOCCER
Sep 12, 2025

England's Football Association charges Chelsea with 74 breaches of rules

The FA did not elaborate on the charges, but Chelsea said the matters were "self-reported" by the club after the change in ownership in May 2022.
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.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2025

People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules

Website operators are holding events and campaigns to lure customers before the government bans them from giving reward points to donors, effective next month.
Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, is seen in a mugshot photo released Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2025

Suspect in murder of activist Charlie Kirk in custody after 33-hour manhunt

A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, but authorities noted that anti-fascist slogans were inscribed on unused bullet casings that were found.
Germany's Jonathan Hilbert (right) competes during the men's 35K race walk at the world championships on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2025

Olympic medal-winning German race walker blazes on after battle with depression

German Jonathan Hilbert earned a silver medal in the 50K race walk at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but battled depression following his triumph.
A protester wearing a mask representing U.S. President Donald Trump carries a sign during a demonstration organized by the families of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, to call for their release and for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2025

Airstrikes, drones, tariffs: Being a friend of the U.S. not what it used to be

Trump and his advisers insist they are putting U.S. interests first and scaling back decades of waste — a sharp contrast with Biden's promises to emphasize alliances first.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with Mozambique President Daniel Chapo during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama on Aug. 22.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2025

JICA's Africa 'hometown' project may be renamed

The renaming is being considered after false information about the project spread on social media, claiming it would lead to an increase in the number of immigrants.
Anime Times' booth at a large-scale exhibition event promoting Japanese anime that opened at a shopping mall in New Delhi on Saturday
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2025

Japanese anime event opens in New Delhi

The event is being held as part of "Japan Month," in which various events are held intensively to promote exchanges between Japan and India.
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2025

Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds

At its current pace, the Expo will top 22 million visitors — which is the target to break even on operating costs — and is expected to turn a profit.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2025

Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe

Trump’s removed attitude contrasts sharply with his repeated claims about his unique ability to solve the world’s intractable conflicts.
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.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2025

White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups

A senior official said that the Trump administration would dismantle an alleged "vast domestic terror movement" that he linked to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
U.S. sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone crosses the finish line to win her women's 400-meter semifinal heat at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 16, 2025

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks U.S. record on way to 400 final at worlds

McLaughlin-Levrone ran a 48.29 in her semifinal heat at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
Gold medalist Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1,500 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 17, 2025

Faith Kipyegon cements place as supreme champion and role model for mothers

Kipyegon, a three-time Olympic champion, took her fourth world title at 1,500 meters on Tuesday in dominating fashion.
A sign displays a temperature of 45 degrees Celsius in Thionville, northeastern France, on July 2.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 17, 2025

Climate change led to at least 16,500 heat deaths in Europe this summer

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent and the Mediterranean is a hot spot for climate change.
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 18, 2025

World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front right) and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (front left) meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact amid regional tensions

The enhanced defense ties come amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the United States as a long-standing security guarantor, and after an attack on Qatar by Israel.
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands as they hold a news conference at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit Thursday in Aylesbury, Britain.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

Trump flattery pays off for Starmer with major pitfalls averted

While the British concluded the trip without any open conflict, they failed to score any obvious diplomatic breakthroughs.
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.
The full official records of Empress Kojun, the wife of former Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa. The Imperial Household Agency plans to release all of the content of the records on Oct. 9.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2025

Japan completes full records of Empress Kojun

The Imperial Household Agency took 17 years to complete the full records for Empress Kojun, the paternal grandmother of Emperor Naruhito.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2025

Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture

The pact signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia effectively marries Riyadh's money with Pakistan's giant nuclear-armed military, analysts said.
Haruka Kitaguchi could not make it out of the qualifying round of the women's javelin throw at the world championships on Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 20, 2025

Japan’s hopes too much for Haruka Kitaguchi’s elbow to bear at worlds

"I don’t think life is over just because I did not make it to the finals here," she said. "I might need a long break, but I want to come back stronger.”
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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