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Gantry cranes stand near shipping containers as an Evergreen Marine Corp. container ship is docked at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai on June 17. China has started to collect special port fees on U.S.-owned, operated, built or flagged vessels.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2025

U.S. and China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

Shippers are quietly trying to improvise workarounds, with varying degrees of success.
Russian service members at a training ground in Russia last week
WORLD
Oct 15, 2025

Russia paves way for 2 million reservists to fight in Ukraine

Revising the mobilization law would give Moscow greater flexibility to ramp up the size of its military force in Ukraine.
A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair on Feb. 27
WORLD
Oct 15, 2025

Assad government secretly moved bodies from mass grave to cover up killings

The bodies were moved to cover up the Assad government’s crimes and help restore its image, witnesses with direct knowledge of the two-year effort said.
South Korea will send a special team to Cambodia to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 15, 2025

Seoul sends team to Cambodia over scam center kidnappings

The team, headed by the vice foreign minister, will depart Wednesday evening, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike on the outskirts of Odessa, Ukraine, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Ukraine raises alarm over foreign components in Russian drones

Kyiv estimates that more than 500 drones and missiles launched by Russia in one of its major barrages on Oct. 5 contained more than 100,000 foreign components.
Steel products are the target of two anti-dumping probes Japan has begun so far this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2025

Japan turns to anti-dumping measures as international trade gets complicated

An uptick in number of probes this year indicates an evolving strategy.
Japan's political center is in turmoil, with the ruling party losing its long-held dominance and a series of complex negotiations ahead. The country’s leadership future is now uncertain.
COMMENTARY
Oct 15, 2025

A negotiator’s nightmare in Nagatacho

The LDP has since pushed back the date to vote for the next prime minister to Oct. 21.
Protesters rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on the second anniversary of the Gaza war on Oct. 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2025

The U.S. is losing hearts and minds in Southeast Asia over Gaza

For the first time, more respondents among the 10 ASEAN nations said they would align with China (50.5%) over the U.S. (49.5%) if forced to choose.
Trucks carrying aid provided by the World Food Program drive on a road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025

Aid trucks roll into Gaza as Hamas hands over more bodies of hostages

Israel had warned it could keep Rafah shut and reduce aid supplies because it said Hamas was returning bodies too slowly, exposing the risks to the truce.
Former White House India Adviser Ashley Tellis
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025

Former White House India adviser charged under Espionage Act

Ashley Tellis was taken into custody after making an initial court appearance on Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia.
Exiled Russian former opposition oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is worried about the possible emergence of a coordinated opposition that could one day replace him.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025

For the Kremlin, Putin's exiled opponents are gone but not forgotten

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Russia's president is worried about the possible emergence of a coordinated opposition that could one day replace him.
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 16, 2025

As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base

Electoral fortunes are shaped — or undone — by parliamentary alignments, social and religious groups, and representation from industries and labor.
North Korea celebrates the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang with a military parade on Oct. 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2025

North Korea’s military is more advanced than you think

Pyongyang is now in its strongest strategic position in decades, a reality that demands urgent attention.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh speaks during an interview in Fukuoka on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2025

Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh and seven others to receive Order of Culture

Susumu Kitagawa, 74, a special professor at Kyoto University and recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is among the other recipients.
Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in his appeal trial in the so-called Bygmalion case at a courthouse in Paris in February 2024. The former French president will serve jail time at a Paris prison after a court last month sentenced him to five years behind bars for criminal conspiracy.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term

Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his successful 2007 presidential bid from Libya.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting

Trump also mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, sources said.
Kuomintang supporters attend a rally in Taipei in July. Cheng Li-wun won a vote to become the leader of the KMT on Saturday, according to a statement by the party.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

China-leaning politician wins to lead Taiwan opposition Kuomintang

Cheng Li-wun won 50.2% of votes, according to a statement by the Kuomintang, beating five other candidates. She is the third woman to lead the party.
Empress Emerita Michiko poses at the Sento Imperial Residence in Tokyo earlier this month prior to her 91st birthday on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2025

Empress Emerita Michiko turns 91

She spends her days caring for her husband, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and looking after her own health.
Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates after hitting a home run against the Mariners in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 20, 2025

Blue Jays get past Mariners to send ALCS to Game 7

Addison Barger hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a solo shot as the Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-2 in Game 6.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta after returning from the Gaza Strip peace summit in Egypt on Oct. 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

Indonesian students to protest as Prabowo marks one year in office

The former special forces commander's policies have been described as lacking public participation.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

DMZ tours in South Korea to be halted amid talk of Trump-Kim meeting

Tours to the truce village of Panmunjom will reportedly be halted later this month, in the latest signal that the groundwork is being laid for a possible meeting.
Then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a policy speech during an ordinary session at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo in January. Sanae Takaichi’s victory may result in fewer proportional seats in parliament, a shift that could hurt smaller parties. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

How the LDP-JIP coalition could hurt smaller parties

If the JIP’s proposal goes through unchanged, it would mean a reduction of 46 seats from the proportional representation districts.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi meets with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition agreement in Tokyo on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

The winners and losers after Japan’s political shakeup

The country’s ruling coalition has many issues to overcome before proving its long-term viability, but they have time before any national level elections to work through them.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

Trump says he doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin

Trump's reversal Tuesday came just days after he announced that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital within two weeks.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses with members of the newly formed Cabinet on Tuesday night.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

Japan's first female PM promised more women in her Cabinet. She picked two.

Takaichi appointed just two women to her 18-member Cabinet on Tuesday, despite promising high levels of female representation earlier.
Sanae Takaichi's new Cabinet poses for a group photo at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2025

Breaking down Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet picks

Takaichi only appointed two women in the Cabinet, which was identical to the previous Shigeru Ishiba administration.
The Blue Jays celebrate after defeating the Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs in Toronto on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 22, 2025

Blue Jays carry hopes of a nation into World Series amid tension

Canadian support for the Blue Jays goes beyond the fact that they will be facing the Dodgers. There is also national pride at stake.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a live address on Canada’s plan to build a stronger economy, in advance of the 2025 Budget, in Ottawa on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025

Carney plots ‘talent attraction’ plan as U.S. upends H-1B visa

The Canadian prime minister has previously said he wants to attract employees from the technology sector who might have otherwise gone to the U.S.
Kyoto's Rafael Elias, seen scoring the third goal of his hat trick against FC Tokyo on Aug. 24, will try to help his club stay in the J. League title race when it meets Kashima on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 23, 2025

Unlikely title contender Kyoto Sanga braces for biggest test of remarkable season

A win for Kyoto this weekend against current league-leader Kashima Antlers would take the title race right down to the wire.
The traditional naginata is a long wooden pole with a curved blade at the end. Though the naginata used in the dojo were entirely bamboo, they nonetheless made for striking displays of power and agility.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 27, 2025

Wielding a weapon of yore at a community dojo

An American in Tokyo embarks on a thrilling course in Japanese weaponry after noticing an advertisement in her ward newspaper.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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