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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the media in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 1.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 26, 2025

NFL may open 2026 season in Australia

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking about the league's international strategy on Friday, revealed the league's plans for its first trip to Melbourne next year.
Takuya Yokota, the leader of a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago (left), asks people for signatures to seek their return during a campaign held in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2025

Family members of North Korea abductees hold Tokyo campaign to seek their return

Meanwhile, in Washington, 17 members of U.S. Congress sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to "prioritize" the return of the Japanese abductees.
Keiichi Uchida, a member of a team of Japanese doctors who performed a colostomy reversal surgery on the younger of a pair of Vietnamese conjoined twins 30 years ago, shows a postcard he received from his former patient, Nguyen Duc, in February in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

Japanese pediatrician recalls Vietnamese twin he operated on 30 years ago

The younger of a pair of conjoined twins — believed to have been affected by chemicals used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War — underwent colostomy reversal surgery in Japan.
Kawasaki Frontale players celebrate after defeating Qatar's Al-Sadd in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Apr 29, 2025

Hasebe determined to fly East Asian flag in face of Saudi dominance

Progress to the semifinals after three quarterfinal appearances marks a significant result for Kawasaki Frontale's coach.
Liverpool fans celebrate the team winning the Premier League outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Apr 29, 2025

Klopp congratulates Liverpool on Premier League triumph

The squad that won a record-equaling 20th league title on Sunday was almost entirely assembled by the German before he left last year.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta applauds as he leads a training session in Colney, England, on Monday.
SOCCER
Apr 29, 2025

Arsenal ambitions go beyond semifinals, says Arteta

The team is facing its third Champions League semifinal appearance and its first since it faced Manchester United in 2009.
Farmer Moises Schmidt shows a cocoa bean at the Schmidt Agricola plantation in Riachao das Neves, Bahia state, Brazil, on Nov. 19, 2024.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2025

Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm

The farmer's $300 million plan is the largest and the most innovative in the Brazilian state of Bahia, but not the only one.
Sunset at Dudley Page Reserve, in Dover Heights, Sydney, on April 21
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 29, 2025

Australia’s economic ‘miracle’ is ending no matter who wins vote

Polls suggest the May 3 election will be tight, with many pundits predicting the winner will lead a minority government.
Demonstrators hold a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2025

Stop scaring future world leaders off U.S. campuses

To the extent that a U.S. education gets others to think as Americans think, it is the ideal tool of soft power
Yosuke Kubozuka plays a university professor with some unorthodox theories about the ancestry of Japanese people in “The Killer Goldfish.”
CULTURE / Film
May 1, 2025

‘The Killer Goldfish’: The future of cinema, or just indie cosplay?

If veteran director Yukihiko Tsutsumi and his collaborators want to upend the Japanese film industry, they’re going to have to come up with something better than this.
Spectators gather during a parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2025

Vietnam's Generation Z captivated by 50-year-old military victory

Communist Vietnam's tightly-controlled state media has pumped out a barrage of positive messaging about the anniversary.
The Bank of Japan has been signaling caution in the face of uncertainty.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 1, 2025

Bank of Japan holds rates as expected but surprises with growth forecast cut

The policy board made no adjustment to the short-term policy rate, currently 0.5%, at a two-day meeting that concluded Thursday.
A view of Koror, Palau’s main town, on April 10
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2025

Inside the U.S. battle with China over a Pacific island paradise

Palau is again on the frontline as China and the United States and its allies prepare their forces in an intensifying contest for control.
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2025

Trump ousts White House national security adviser Waltz, replacing him with Rubio

Waltz was blamed for adding the editor of The Atlantic to a private thread describing details of an imminent U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen.
Trainer Bob Baffert, seen at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in 2023, is back at the Kentucky Derby for the first time since 2021.
MORE SPORTS / Horse Racing
May 2, 2025

Famed trainer Bob Baffert returns to Kentucky Derby; Journalism clear favorite

Baffert is back with two longshots in Citizen Bull and Rodriguez.
Frontale's Soma Kanda fights for a header against Al-Nassr defender Mohamed Simakan during their Asian Champions League Elite semifinal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
May 2, 2025

Frontale coach praises young players after reaching ACL Elite final

Frontale will play Al-Ahli in Saturday's final.
Knicks guard Jalen Brunson shoots over the Pistons' Dennis Schroder during the first half in Detroit on Thursday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 2, 2025

Jalen Brunson carries Knicks to series-clinching win over Pistons

Brunson drained a game-winning three-pointer with four seconds.
Google has been pushing back on the remedies proposed by the U.S. to address its search dominance — one of which is sharing search data with rivals.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 3, 2025

U.S. presses for Google to share data by citing Yahoo Japan deal

Google has long had a relationship with Yahoo Japan to provide it with search results and some backend work related to search advertising.
Tetsuo Sato, a 105-year-old former soldier, talks about the Imphal Operation, in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, on March 30.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025

'War must never happen again': Former Japanese soldier recalls battle of Imphal

The Imphal operation during World War II is known as one of the most reckless battles waged by the Imperial Japanese Army.
Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III has his shot blocked by Rockets center Steven Adams in the third quarter of Game 6 on Friday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 3, 2025

Rockets down Warriors to stay alive in NBA playoffs

The Rockets will be trying to become just the 14th team to rally from 3-1 down to win an NBA playoff series when they host Game 7 on Sunday.
Kawasaki coach Shigetoshi Hasebe during his club's Asian Champions League semifinal win over Al-Nassr on Wednesday.
SOCCER
May 3, 2025

Kawasaki Frontale coach eyes another big upset in Asian final

Kawasaki faces an Al-Ahli squad worth an estimated $200 million and boasting UEFA Champions League winners Riyad Mahrez and Roberto Firmino.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks onstage after winning the general election, at the Labor Party's election night event in Sydney on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2025

Australia's Albanese, riding anti-Trump wave, claims election victory for Labor

Cost-of-living pressures and concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's volatile policies had been among the top issues on voters minds.
Sovereignty, with jockey Junior Alvarado aboard, wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Horse Racing
May 4, 2025

Sovereignty rules in 151st Kentucky Derby

Sovereignty powered through the final turn and out-dueled favorite Journalism in the final straight to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
JAPAN
May 4, 2025

Why are rice prices still high in Japan?

The average price of 5 kilograms of rice in mid-April was ¥4,220 — more than double what it cost around the same time last year.
Osaka police arrested Yuki Yazawa for attempted murder after he allegedly plowed his car into elementary school children in Osaka on Thursday. 

 department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect,
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2025

Suspect who hit Osaka children with SUV said he disliked people living without hardship

The Osaka Prefectural Police Department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect, Yuki Yazawa, committed the assault.
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
BUSINESS / Companies
May 5, 2025

Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global

The Japanese government is aggressively supporting startups, and large companies are seeking more opportunities to bet on entrepreneurs.
Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley battles with Pacers forward Pascal Siakam during Game 1 of their second round series, in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 5, 2025

Pacers shock Cavs in second-round opener

Andrew Nembhard drilled five of Indiana's 19 3-pointers on the way to a team-high 23 points and Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 points and handed out 13 assists.
Jets forward Cole Perfetti (left) celebrates with his teammates after tying Game 7 with just under three seconds remaining in regulation on Sunday in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
May 5, 2025

Jets cap comeback with double-OT win over Blues in Game 7

The Jets trailed by two late in the game but tied the contest with under 3 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.
People wait for dinner at a shelter run by Sant'Egidio, a Catholic association dedicated to social outreach, across the street from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on April 24.
WORLD / Society
May 5, 2025

Homeless sheltered by Pope Francis wonder who will follow

Pope Francis shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy and sought to make the Roman Catholic Church more inclusive and less judgmental.
The U.S. dollar weakened further on Monday against most major currencies, as pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continued.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 6, 2025

Dollar’s fall in Asia stuns investors and spreads across globe

U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade talk has rattled macro markets, undermining the dollar’s traditional haven role in times of stress.

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