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Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 7, 2025

At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree

Located in the mountains of western Kagawa Prefecture, Kotohira has yet to suffer — or benefit — from Japan’s overtourism rush.
At the 2025 Osaka Expo, the Italian pavilion has a weekly rotating menu of regional dishes curated by Italian retail and dining chain Eataly.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 8, 2025

From Belgian waffles to Nordic sushi: What to eat at the 2025 Osaka Expo

With food diplomacy at stake, countries at the Expo are flaunting their culinary chops to win over attendees.
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the press aboard Air Force One on the way to Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2025

Trump can bar AP from some White House events for now, U.S. appeals court says

The Associated Press in a statement said it was disappointed by the decision and weighing its options.
A portrait of legendary Japanese baseball star Shigeo Nagashima is displayed at his funeral in Tokyo on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Jun 8, 2025

Mourners pay tribute to Japanese baseball legend Nagashima at funeral

Nagashima, nicknamed "Mr. Professional Baseball" for his commanding performances and presence, served as Giants manager after retiring as a player.
Junto Nakatani (right) fights Ryosuke Nishida during the fifth round of their bout for the WBC & IBF world bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jun 8, 2025

Junto Nakatani wins slugfest against Ryosuke Nishida to unify WBC and IBF titles

Nakatani improved to 31-0 with his fourth successful title defense.
Officials and government leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin (center right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (center left) attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow on May 9.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2025

Secret Russian intelligence document shows deep suspicion of China

Some officials believe Beijing is trying to recruit Russian spies and steal sensitive military tech, at times by luring disaffected Russian scientists.
A high-rise building in Tokyo's Minato Ward built by Sumitomo Realty & Development
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2025

Elliott calls for Sumitomo Realty improvements in rare letter

The letter is a rare public move by Elliott, which has kept quiet on most of its Japan investments.
Chinese tour groups visit a waterfront promenade in Hong Kong on May 5.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2025

Can big stars bring higher-spending tourists back to Hong Kong?

Hong Kong, which once billed itself as Asia’s World City, is now seeking to brand itself as the region’s events capital.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2025

Ishiba agrees to strengthen ties with South Korea's Lee in call

Reaffirming the significance of bilateral ties, the two leaders agreed to meet in person to further develop relations.
The messy, transactional fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has exposed a toxic alliance built on money, power and chaos — one that now threatens both men’s influence and the stability of U.S. governance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2025

The MAGA odd couple turns combustible

The world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest man have fallen out. No matter who wins, America loses.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Athens on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2025

Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had instructed that the activists be shown videos of atrocities committed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
Members of law enforcement operate amid a standoff between police and protesters following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Compton, California, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2025

Los Angeles ICE raids fuel controversy over masked agents

The moves have ignited a politically charged debate over whether the agents are protecting their identities or engaging in intimidation tactics.
Emma Raducanu in action during her women's doubles round of 16 match with Katie Boulter against Jiang Xinyu and Wu Fang-hsien at Queen's Club in London on Monday
TENNIS
Jun 10, 2025

Raducanu stars as women's tennis makes historic return to Queen's

Queen's has been solely an ATP event since 1973, but a groundbreaking deal was struck last year to play a WTA 500 tournament in Barons Court.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he attends Brazil's Supreme Court trial over an alleged coup attempt, in Brasilia on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2025

Bolsonaro planned to 'redo' 2022 Brazil election he lost, court told

The former president faces charges of having led a "criminal organization" plotting to wrest power from leftist election victor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Of the 1,830 children who got into a traffic accident between 2020 and 2024, 613, or 33.5%, ran out into the street, according to a government report.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2025

Dart-out cases common among schoolchildren's traffic accidents in Japan

Of the 1,830 children who got into such accidents while walking between 2020 and 2024, 613, or 33.5%, ran out into the street.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Committee in Washington, on May 14.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2025

Kennedy's firing of CDC panel undermines vaccine confidence, experts say

The firing of the vaccine committee comes weeks before a public meeting in which advisers were to vote on the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
Politics find a way into the bedroom as a stay-at-home wife (Ami Chong, left) clandestinely tends to a series of johns (including Kenji Iwaya, right) in “A Unique Country in Asia.”
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2025

‘A Unique Country in Asia’: Sex and politics make for strange bedfellows

With sex work and small talk, Kenji Yamauchi’s politically sharp film paints a complex portrait of modern Japan.
A law on teachers' salaries was revised to gradually raise their pay and also help resolve the problem of long working hours, though some lawmakers say it's not enough.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2025

Japan enacts law to gradually boost teachers' pay

The revision also requires all prefectural and municipal boards of education to draw up and publish plans to manage teachers' workloads.
Novak Djokovic plays a forehand return to Italy's Jannik Sinner during their men's singles semifinal match on day 13 of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on June 6, 2025.
TENNIS
Jun 11, 2025

No rest, no gain: Novak Djokovic’s go-to tools for a mind and body reset

Japan residents with deep pockets now have a chance to replicate Djokovic’s wellness and longevity routines at Aman Tokyo.
A special manhole cover featuring Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2025

Japanese MLB stars to be featured on manhole covers

Each manhole cover will have an illustration of a Japanese player and be located at a place associated with his roots in baseball.
Brian Wilson is seen at home in Beverly Hills in 2004. Wilson, who as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys became rock’s poet laureate of surf-and-sun innocence, was also the embodiment of damaged genius through his struggles with mental illness and drugs.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 12, 2025

Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson dies at age 82

The band defined California beach culture for a generation, with Wilson achieving what many musicians saw as perfection in "Pet Sounds."
The New York/New Jersey 2026 FIFA World Cup logo is revealed during a kickoff event in Times Square in New York in May 2023.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 12, 2025

U.S. begins countdown to World Cup amid Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

The United States, along with Canada and Mexico, is set to cohost the tournament, which will feature 48 teams and a record 104 matches.
People gather for a campaign speech in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 1.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2025

Parties to test political waters in Tokyo election ahead of Upper House vote

The election is seen as an early indicator of how voters nationwide might cast their ballots in next month’s Upper House poll.
Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa speaks to reporters Friday at Haneda Airport in Tokyo before heading to Washington.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2025

Akazawa sees a deal with U.S. sparing Japan from higher car levies

Akazawa heads to the U.S. as the two nations eye a potential trade deal out of an expected summit in Canada between Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the launch of a targeted military operation against Iran in a video statement on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2025

After years of waiting, Israel's Netanyahu finally makes his move on Iran

Iran once ridiculed Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant warnings about Tehran's nuclear program, and his repeated threats to shut it down.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) and former Brazilian player Ronaldo unveil the Club World Cup trophy before the draw in Miami on Dec. 5, 2024.
SOCCER
Jun 13, 2025

FIFA President Gianni Infantino hails Club World Cup as start of 'new era'

The 32-team competition, featuring clubs from around the world, gets under way with Inter Miami facing Egyptian club Al Ahly at Hard Rock Stadium.
At modern French restaurant Crony, sommelier Kazutaka Ozawa impresses guests with his thoughtful wine pairings.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Jun 15, 2025

Kazutaka Ozawa: ‘The best wine is the one that brings you joy'

The oenophile, who recently earned the title of Asia’s Best Sommelier, shares his thoughts on domestic sips and Tokyo’s vino trends.
Yasuhiro Aoki's "ChaO" won the Jury Award in the feature films category at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Saturday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 15, 2025

Japanese director Yasuhiro Aoki wins French animation award for 'ChaO'

"ChaO" tells the story of a romance between an office worker and a mermaid princess in a future society where humans and mermaids coexist.
Panthers forward Brad Marchand shoots during the second period of Game 5 against the Oilers on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Jun 15, 2025

Panthers on brink of Stanley Cup repeat after Game 5 win over Oilers

The victory in Edmonton gave the Panthers a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final and a chance to clinch the series on home ice on Tuesday.
Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa, Israel, on Monday, following a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles.
WORLD
Jun 16, 2025

Iran lauds 'new method' as missiles hit Israel's Tel Aviv and Haifa

Iranian missiles struck the two large cities on Monday, fueling concerns that ongoing battles between the two archenemies could lead to a broader regional conflict.
Japan and U.S. reach tariff deal with ‘reciprocal’ rate at 15%
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan on Tuesday, saying the agreement would create "hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Ishiba denies reports he will resign next month, leaving his fate unclear
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on after meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan and U.S. both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan chief tariff negotiator, in Tokyo
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Rice grain-sized earphone may have been used to cheat on TOEIC English test
A pendant-shaped relay device suspected to have been used to cheat on the TOEIC English proficiency test, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Tuesday
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.

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