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Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after defeating Jannik Sinner in the U.S. Open final in New York on Sunday.
TENNIS
Sep 8, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz outshines rival Jannik Sinner to capture U.S. Open crown

Alcaraz will reclaim the world No. 1 ranking from Sinner, returning to the top spot for the first time since September 2023.
Paris Saint-Germain players and officials celebrate with the Champions League trophy at the Elysee Palace in Paris in June.
SOCCER
Sep 14, 2025

PSG begins title defense as Champions League kicks off

PSG ended over a decade of disappointment in continental competition when it lifted the trophy in May, tearing Inter Milan apart in the final.
U.S. soldiers participate in the Freedom Shield joint U.S.-South Korea exercise near the North Korean border in Yeoncheon, South Korea, in March.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 16, 2025

Trump 2.0 and the U.S.-South Korea alliance

Debate in Seoul over the future of the U.S.-South Korea alliance has intensified since Trump returned to the White House
Ahn Hak-sop sits in front of his foster daughter’s paper-craft art-pieces in a small church in the Civilian Controlled Zone, near the border with North Korea, in Gimpo, South Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2025

The communist warrior stranded for decades in an ‘American colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2025

Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment

Four scientists at the forefront of dementia research speak about what kind of future they envision for people with the condition.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the State Department in January.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2025

Japan and India must anchor America in the Indo-Pacific

Neither Japan or India possess the military strength to counter China independently.
The Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care Center, which will close at the end of September, in Sendai on Sept. 1
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2025

Miyagi mental care center to close, 14 years after 2011 disaster

The Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care Center had offered consultations for about 63,000 cases by early this month.
Benfica's Jose Mourinho reacts during a match against Gil Vicente FC in Lisbon on Sept. 26.
SOCCER
Sep 29, 2025

Jose Mourinho's return to Chelsea stirs up mixed feelings

It was upon Jose Mourinho's arrival at Chelsea in 2004 that he proclaimed himself a "special one."
Through the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference, undergraduate students have sustained an ongoing cultural and academic dialogue for 40 years.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 6, 2025

Student groups nurture Japan-South Korea dialogue and cultural ties

Since 1985, the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference has provided a platform for students to discuss bilateral relations and build cultural bridges along the way.
A worker removes a promotional banner from a building for an NBA preseason game in Shanghai in October 2019. The NBA returns to the lucrative Chinese market this week after a six-year absence.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 8, 2025

NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet

The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play sold-out games on Friday and Sunday in Macao, a special administrative region of China.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito (left) and LDP counterpart Sanae Takaichi meet in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2025

After 26 years, Komeito may be showing signs it will break with LDP

Komeito not immediately endorsing Takaichi reflects deep concerns among Soka Gakkai members, the party’s main supporters in the lay Buddhist group, about her ideology and policies.
A Palestinian walks amid rubble as he inspects the damage following an Israeli operation in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

Trump may travel to Middle East, saying Gaza deal is 'very close'

Negotiators in Egypt reported "encouraging" progress toward a deal to end the Gaza war.
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025

University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking

Rising to 26th from 28th last year, the University of Tokyo remains the sole Japanese university to crack the top 50 in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a pitch against the Milwaukee Brewers during Game 2 of the NLCS round of the 2025 MLB playoffs at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Oct 15, 2025

Yamamoto pitches Dodgers to MLB playoff win over Brewers

Yamamoto struck out six while allowing only one run on three hits and a walk for the first MLB playoff complete game by a Japan-born pitcher.
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
CULTURE / Film
Oct 16, 2025

What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival

From slow cinema and satire to moving biopics and restorations of classics, the TIFF lineup has something for every cinephile.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on July 8
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 15, 2025

Trump’s trade hostilities unite Lula and Modi in search for new markets

Government officials and business executives from Brazil and India converge this week in New Delhi to forge new ties and triple the countries’ $12 billion trade partnership.
Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws in the ninth inning against the Brewers during Game 3 of the NLCS round of the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 17, 2025

Dodgers down Brewers to take 3-0 series lead

The Dodgers bullpen shut down Milwaukee as Japanese ace Roki Sasaki bagged the final three outs.
Former Lower House lawmaker Taku Yamamoto
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025

Japan's 'first gentleman' vows to support Prime Minister Takaichi

Yamamoto, 73, said by phone that he is "relieved" that his wife was elected prime minister.
Blazers coach Chauncey Billups leaves the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse after a hearing following his arrest on federal gambling charges in Portland, Oregon on Thursday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 24, 2025

NBA's Billups and Rozier among dozens arrested in gambling probe

Two separate but related federal gambling investigations involved the league and the Mafia.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi in action against Chicago Fire FC at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sept. 30
SOCCER
Oct 24, 2025

Messi signs new Inter Miami contract through 2028

Messi's contract ensures he will remain in competitive action until and long after the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Security lines at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in May
WORLD
Oct 25, 2025

U.S. to photograph all noncitizens entering and exiting country

The rule comes amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to expand collection of data on immigrants and foreign nationals in the United States.
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Oct 27, 2025

Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell

A sealed 1930s subway platform beneath Shimbashi Station still holds traces of what the capital looked like before the war.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi poses with the MLS golden boot ahead of the match against Nashville SC at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Oct. 24, 2025.
SOCCER
Oct 28, 2025

Messi eyes 2026 World Cup despite age and fitness concerns

The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner said he will take time next year to assess his physical condition before deciding whether to play in the tournament.
Workers from Heisei Chikuho Railway replace an old railroad tie with a new one, securing it with heavy-duty nails.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Nov 17, 2025

Railway in rural Fukuoka stands at crossroads as passenger numbers dwindle

If Heisei Chikuho Railway maintains its current train line operations, it is projected to incur an annual deficit of around ¥1 billion over the next 30 years for maintenance.
Former Supersonics head coach Lenny Wilkens holds the 1979 championship trophy during a timeout of a preseason game between the Kings and Warriors in Seattle on Oct. 5, 2018.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Nov 10, 2025

Hall of Fame player and coach Lenny Wilkens dies at age 88

Wilkens had career averages of 16.5 points and 6.7 assists in 1,077 career regular-season games as a player and compiled a 1,332-1,155 record a an NBA coach.
Among the long list of Japanese video game innovators, Tetsuya Mizuguchi stands alone for his unique approach to music, rhythm and puzzle-solving gameplay.
LIFE / Digital
Nov 11, 2025

Hearing colors and seeing sounds with Tetsuya Mizuguchi

The creator of Japan’s answer to Tetris has long been obsessed with the concept of synesthesia in games.
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2025

The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister

Satsuki Katayama’s shattering of another glass ceiling last month puts her in charge of selling Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive fiscal policy.”
Sakie Yokota (center) and Takuya Yokota (left) at a news conference after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo last month
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2025

After 48 years, families of Japanese abductees still waiting for progress

Progress on the abduction issue has stalled since the early 2000s, when some abductees returned to Japan under then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
“Sweet Mambo” is still performed by seven of the nine dancers who originally danced at the 2008 premiere.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 16, 2025

Pina Bausch’s 2008 masterpiece to be performed in Japan by the original cast

Tanztheater Wuppertal returns to Japan with "Sweet Mambo" long-awaited performances in Kyoto and Saitama.
Ramen is a versatile global dish, ranging from traditional tonkotsu broth to innovative mazemen and whole-grain noodles, enjoyed for its endless variations and worldwide appeal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2025

How Japanese does that bowl of ramen need to be?

Ramen purist argue about what’s orthodox and what’s allowable, while cooks who love to experiment and improvise push those boundaries.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo