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Members of a forensic team inspect a window believed to have been used in what the French Interior Ministry said was a robbery at the Louvre museum during which jewellery was stolen, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2025

Thieves steal French crown jewels from Louvre in daytime raid

The spectacular heist, one of several to target French museums in recent months, forced the closure of the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa.
Rock band kurayamisaka’s debut album has listeners debating over its “shoegaze” classification.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 24, 2025

Japanese rock fans can't agree on kurayamisaka

The September release of the band's debut album has dominated Japan’s indie-rock conversation for weeks, with listeners debating over its “shoegaze” classification.
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is turning to expensive hybrid bonds and other financing methods to fund its $30 billion investment in OpenAI, as it faces growing pressure from high debt, low cash flow and competition from AI giants like Nvidia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2025

SoftBank’s OpenAI ambition is far too grand for banks

On a stand-alone basis, as of the end of June, the company held more than twice as many bonds as bank loans.
Gaku Kurokawa’s “Listening to Stone,” which is essentially a large stone with a hole carved in it, instructs visitors to put their heads inside the hole and listen to themselves in isolation.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 26, 2025

Tokyo Biennale hides the art in plain sight

This year is the biennale's most ambitious yet, with 39 participating artists from Japan and abroad creating under the theme “Wander for Wonder.”
A drone view shows tents used by displaced Palestinians amid destroyed buildings following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the area in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Netanyahu says Israel decides which foreign troops will secure Gaza ceasefire

Last week Netanyahu hinted that he would be opposed to any role for Turkish security forces in Gaza.
A thaw between New Delhi and Beijing followed meetings between their leaders in Russia last year and in China in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

'Smooth and easy': India and China resume direct flights as ties improve

The neighbors remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have gradually eased since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.
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.
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal (right) and Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior clash after the match at the Bernabeu in Madrid on Sunday.
SOCCER
Oct 27, 2025

Barca's Yamal can learn Clasico lessons after Real Madrid triumph

For the first time, the teenager became the main focus of an entire stadium's ire,
A Thai soldier keeps watch over people who crossed over from Myanmar, as they wait to be screened and interrogated by officials on Oct. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2025

Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam center crackdown

The move comes as the international community pressures the junta to dismantle billion-dollar scam networks.
Internally displaced women wait to collect aid at a displacement camp in Gadaref, Sudan.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2025

Sudan paramilitary unit overruns major Darfur city as war rages on

The fighting in El-Fasher is the latest twist in a civil war that’s raged for more than 30 months despite repeated international attempts to broker a ceasefire.
Participants march through Tokyo for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in April last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2025

Gender identity law reform stalls despite court rulings

Strong opposition from conservatives in parliament have dimmed prospects for reform.
Australia's Harry Grant in action with England's Jez Litten and Alex Walmsley at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 31, 2025

Absence of key players no problem for Wallabies coach

The test falls outside World Rugby's window for the release of players, and Australia therefore must do without several European-based players.
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Russia says peace talks with Japan only possible if Tokyo abandons ‘anti-Russian course’

Soviet troops took control of four islands off Hokkaido at the end of World War II.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto celebrates with manager Dave Roberts after defeating the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the MLB World Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2025

'Unheard of': Dodgers in awe of iron man Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Manager Dave Roberts hailed Yamamoto's resilience after the ace delivered one of the most remarkable pitching performances in World Series history.
Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring his second goal against Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday.
SOCCER
Nov 3, 2025

Haaland shines with double as Manchester City beats Bournemouth

The big Norwegian struck twice on the break in the first half, moving Pep Guardiola’s side six points behind leader Arsenal.
Bill Gates speaks at a summit on climate and growth at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris in December 2023. Gates has recently shifted his stance on climate change, advocating for a focus on adapting to a warmer world rather than pursuing emissions reductions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2025

Bill Gates is wrong to quiet-quit the climate fight

He says he’s still in it. But his heart no longer appears to be. Worse, he’s giving ammunition to those fighting against further progress.
Clippers guard James Harden (right) dribbles the ball against Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the first half at Intuit Dome on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 5, 2025

Thunder roll Clippers to stay unbeaten as SGA keeps streak alive

Elsewhere, a titanic duel between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference saw the Chicago Bulls fight back from a 24-point deficit to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers.
People watch a TV news report on North Korea firing ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, at the main railway station in Seoul on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2025

North Korea fires ballistic missile into waters outside Japan’s EEZ

In brief remarks to reporters, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that the missile had likely landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
Members of the Kokugakuin University ōendan cheer group perform during a competition between university cheerleading squads in Tokyo on June 3.
SPORTS
Jul 23, 2023

Japan's macho cheerleaders fight to save a tradition

Dressed in old-fashioned, school-style uniforms, cheering squads are a mass of black at college baseball games as they shout out chants and bang taiko drums.
Aoi Suzuki’s son runs past a home in Taketomi on Iriomote Island (not to be confused with Taketomi Island, which lies to the east of Iriomote). The Suzukis run the Takemori Inn, one of the few hotels on Iriomote.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Aug 14, 2023

My annual pilgrimage to Okinawa

Navigating between different ferries can open up whole new worlds in Japan's southernmost islands.
Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (left) with Shinsuke Nakajima, executive chef at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 18, 2023

Tottori, home of premium wagyu, offers great diversity of delicacies

Western Japan’s Tottori Prefecture, lying on the Sea of Japan and boasting the famous Mount Daisen and other peaks, has been a major beef-producing area since the Edo Period. Japan’s least populous prefecture is blessed with rich nature and clean air, abundant groundwater and high-quality straw —...
Women work in a warehouse in on the outskirts of Chennai, India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 5, 2023

India's women gig workers organize with WhatsApp and secret meetings

Once seen as promising greater autonomy and higher earnings for women in India, the system is now riddled with issues.
Attendees view "Lizard and Cigarette" by He Xiangyu during Art Basel in Hong Kong in March.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2023

Pace Gallery's Marc Glimcher surveys an Asian art scene in flux

The art market in Asia is growing increasingly competitive, with a new space in Tokyo for the New York-headquartered gallery adding to that dynamic.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he departs by train from Pyongyang for a visit to Russia in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2023

North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for talks with Putin

Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia aboard his luxury armored train Tuesday, with a possible arms deal likely at the top of the meeting's agenda.
Teacher Tarna Andrews at the local school grounds, ahead of a nationwide referendum on Indigenous issues, in Areyonga, Australia
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 5, 2023

In Australia's outback, Indigenous proposal struggles to inspire

In just over a week, Australians will vote on a referendum on Indigenous issues. However, the very people it is designed to help know little about it.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 21, 2023

Vissel thrashes Antlers with Daiju Sasaki brace to maintain J1 lead

Kobe stayed four games ahead of defending champion F. Marinos as the J. League moves into its final stretch.
From left: Yusuke Nagai, Taiyo Someya and Kaori Sakakibara formed their band Lamp in 2000, developing a cult following over the years with their own blend of 1960s pop harmonies, ’70s folk craft and ’80s bossa nova brightness.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 3, 2023

The slow and steady rise of Lamp, a cult favorite

With new album 'Dusk to Dawn,' the folk rockers bring light to the new Japanese music canon.
A group of chimpanzees listen to other chimpanzees heard at a distance in the West African forests of Cote d'Ivoire, studied as part of research by the Tai Chimpanzee Project, in this undated handout photograph.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2023

Scientists observe chimpanzees using human-like warfare tactic

The study, the researchers said, records for the first time the tactical use of elevated terrain by our species' closest living relatives.
People wearing sun protection gear amid a heat wave walk on a street in Beijing in July.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 3, 2023

Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet

The removal of air pollution may have had a greater effect on temperatures in some Chinese cities than the warming from greenhouse gases.
A woman and her children at the Minnanouen Kitakagaya community garden in Osaka's Suminoe Ward
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Nov 5, 2023

How simple steps can help alleviate climate anxiety

From gardening to flood-proofing your home, experts say there are simple ways you can ease some of your concern.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
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.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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