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Pilgrims carry a sedan chair holding a statue of the sea goddess Mazu out of a temple during a pilgrimage on Meizhou island, Fujian province, China on Oct. 11, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

China courts Taiwanese worshippers in religious charm offensive

Security officials in Taiwan are wary of what they see as a Beijing influence campaign using religions that are important to Taiwanese life but tightly controlled by the CCP.
The demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Thursday
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025

Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing

The wrecking work will make way for the U.S. president’s $300 million ballroom.
Florian Wiltschko’s interest in Shintoism began with a trip to Japan in his teens. He now serves as the supplicant priest at the 355-year-old Hisai Hachiman Shrine in Mie Prefecture.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2025

Florian Wiltschko: ‘Shinto helps me understand and live within Japanese culture’

A Shinto priest from Austria talks about the origins of his spiritual journey and how he spends his days at a 355-year-old shrine.
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 25, 2025

Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan

As manga and anime’s global popularity grows, international artists are getting new opportunities to enter the booming industry.
A person takes a video of the ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2025

Tourists gawk and recoil at Trump's destruction of the White House East Wing

The U.S. leader says they aren't missing much and no one should mourn its demise. "It was a very small building," Trump told reporters this week.
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Oct 26, 2025

Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?

“Future Kid Takara,” a new series set to air on NHK Educational TV, aims to empower children and encourage them to take action against climate change.
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups reacts during a game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Oct. 8. Billups has been charged in a case involving the alleged rigging of high-stakes poker games.
BASKETBALL / NBA / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025

NBA insider arrests highlight risks of leagues embracing sports betting

The arrests will bring fresh scrutiny to the relationship between online sports books and professional leagues, worth millions of dollars to both sides.
A mourner holds a portrait of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Yearlong funeral starts for Thailand's former Queen Sirikit

TV newscasters are wearing black and media websites have turned monochrome, while citizens have been asked to curtail celebratory public events.
Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 27, 2025

Norris plans to stay relaxed after taking lead in F1 title race

It was Norris's first win in Mexico and the 10th of his career, lifting him to 357 points in the title race — one ahead of Piastri.
The Nara District Court has scheduled 19 days for the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami before it hands down a ruling on Jan. 21 next year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2025

Three years later, trial begins for man accused of ex-PM Abe’s assassination

The delay was due to pretrial proceedings and a lengthy psychiatric evaluation for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, to determine his fitness to stand trial.
Investors appear to be skeptical that artificial intelligence will generate widespread prosperity despite its potential for significant profits in certain sectors.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025

What does the market really think about AI?

Investors appear to be skeptical that artificial intelligence will generate widespread prosperity despite its potential for significant profits in certain sectors.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi answers questions during the LDP presidential election candidates' joint news conference at party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

LDP policy chief ramps up moves to ease rules on exporting lethal defense gear

The LDP's Takayuki Kobayashi said that he intends to push for relaxing the regulations in order to “contribute to world peace” and strengthen Japan’s defense industry.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance

The meeting was a crucial test of Takaichi’s diplomatic chops as she seeks to elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance while staving off pressure from the U.S. on defense spending.
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 28, 2025

Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling

From Juliette Binoche’s directorial debut to Paul Schrader’s Mishima biopic, this year’s festival celebrates cross-cultural creativity.
Nidec's Qingdao Industrial Park in China. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has designated Nidec as a "security on special alert" for a possible delisting.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2025

Nidec faces delisting risk as Tokyo Stock Exchange boosts scrutiny

The move by the exchange may deal another blow to Nidec’s shares, which have tumbled roughly 20% since the start of September as its accounting issues came to light.
An FAA air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Oct. 24
WORLD / Society
Oct 28, 2025

Thousands of U.S. flights delayed as government shutdown halts paychecks

Roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay amid a government shutdown.
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2025

Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder

On the first day of his trial, Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, admitted to the 2022 killing of the former prime minister.
Team Japan performs during the group 5 Ribbons Final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 24.
MORE SPORTS / Gymnastics
Oct 28, 2025

Tough love or too far? Inside Japan’s rhythmic gymnastics coaching scandal

Reports of harsh tactics behind the scenes of Fairy Japan have prompted urgent questions about the boundaries of coaching and the price of winning in sports.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House in Washington in August. A new study found that national security officials often overestimate their knowledge, with statements they rated as 90% likely to be true actually true only 57% of the time.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2025

Feeling confident? Think again — you’re probably wrong.

A study finds that overconfidence by many national security experts “was so extreme that it essentially canceled out the knowledge that these individuals possessed.”
The U.S. Ice Hockey team's Caroline Harvey poses for a photograph at the Team USA Media Summit in New York City on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Oct 29, 2025

U.S. athletes 'conscious' of American image at 2026 Winter Games

Athletes and fans begin a 100-day countdown to the Milano-Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, preparing for spectators to be back in full force at the Winter Games.
Ikken Yamamoto plays a shell-shocked Self-Defense Force veteran whose past comes back to haunt him in “Flames of a Flower.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 29, 2025

‘Flames of a Flower’: A bold interrogation of Japan’s pacifist identity

Oudai Kojima’s PTSD drama turned politically charged thriller takes aim at Japan’s postwar contradictions.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. The encounter capped a strong first week for the new prime minister.
COMMENTARY
Oct 29, 2025

With Trump, flattery will get Takaichi everything

Whereas Takaichi’s predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, played for a draw at his White House meeting in February, this encounter was redolent of Abe’s best moments.
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 1, 2025

Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice

From Hiroshima to Tokyo, Indonesian diasporic communities in Japan are expressing their support for compatriots back home and building solidarity online and offline.
National security adviser Keiichi Ichikawa (fourth from right) is seen as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump review an honor guard of the Self-Defense Forces at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2025

Who is Keiichi Ichikawa, Takaichi’s new national security adviser?

Ichikawa is expected to play a leading role in the prime minister’s ambitious endeavors on the diplomatic and security front.
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2025

Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it

Once a niche passion, anime has become a global obsession. “Demon Slayer” lit the fuse. “Chainsaw Man” just proved it’s unstoppable.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called “The Line” to be built at NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert by the Red Sea, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, in 2021.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2025

Saudi Arabia plans to refocus $925B fund after gigaproject delays, source says

Analysts have said many of the gigaprojects have not yet yielded sufficient returns to justify their lofty price tags, as several remain far from completion.
London-based Ukranian photographer Varvara Uhlik shows a juxtaposition of childlike innocence and uncertainty in “Sunshine, How Are You?” exhibited at “Seeeu.”
CULTURE / Art
Oct 31, 2025

First European Photography Month in Tokyo

With over two decades of photo festivals in Europe under its belt, the European Photography Month’s Tokyo excursion brings timely topics and aesthetic innovation in the art form.
A law enforcement officer holds a firearm as residents of the Alemao and Penha favela complexes demonstrate outside the government palace, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2025

Families cluster at Rio morgue looking for answers after deadly police raids

Authorities said at least 121 people, including the officers, died in the Tuesday raids targeting a gang that controls the drug trade in several poor neighborhoods.
Chinese leaders are signaling a sharper shift toward supporting consumption over the next five years.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2025

China signals sharper pivot to consumption as imbalances worsen

As limited investment room and slowing exports have exposed vulnerabilities, Chinese leaders are signaling a sharper shift toward supporting consumption over the next five years.
Two robots automating tasks at Arikawa Seisakusho in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2025

Government to help rural businesses adopt robots amid labor shortage

Aimed at boosting productivity despite labor shortages, a new group will train advisers to help companies introduce and use robotics effectively.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years