Search - 2023

 
Menu
Search
 
November 23, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
9,604 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
The Pirates' Paul Skenes pitches against the Cubs in Pittsburgh on Sept. 16.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2025

Pirates GM says Paul Skenes will remain with team in 2026

Cherington confirmed that other clubs have checked in about Skenes' availability in a trade.
A former police officer and another suspect allegedly took a bank card and passbook from a 96-year-old woman, saying that they would manage her money.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2025

Former Kyoto police officer arrested for defrauding elderly dementia patient

The former officer is a board member of a group based in the city that works with police to provide daily assistance to elderly dementia patients.
SBI Shinsei Bank plans to raise up to ¥400 billion in its initial public offering, set to be one of Japan's largest listings this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2025

SBI Shinsei Bank targets ¥400 billion Tokyo IPO for valuation around ¥1 trillion

The lender was taken private in 2023 to repay Shinsei’s government bailout, which parent SBI Holdings completed this year.
Fumes are seen rising from the cooling towers of a lignite-fired power station operated by German energy giant RWE near a field Neurath, western Germany, on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 13, 2025

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025, study says

Curbing warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius from preindustrial levels — the goal outlined in the Paris Agreement — would now be essentially “impossible.”
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
SPORTS
Nov 13, 2025

Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas

Japan, where viewing habits have been slow to change, is now fully in the streaming era, though not everyone is ready to come along for the ride.
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
JAPAN / Explainer
Nov 13, 2025

As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?

In Japan, few people typically own guns, and the process to qualify for a license to hunt the animals takes time and effort.
Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit will be in the starting lineup against Japan on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 14, 2025

Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit to return to starting lineup against Japan

Louis Rees-Zammit will make his first start for Wales since the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Saturday's clash with Japan in Cardiff after coach Steve Tandy said he was "ready to return."
People shelter from the sun as they visit the Brandenburg Gate during a heat wave in Berlin in July. An October report in The Lancet scientific journal estimates the yearly number of deaths from heat-related causes worsened by climate change at nearly 550,000.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 14, 2025

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

U.N. agencies in August estimated about half the world’s population, or more than 3.3 billion people, are already struggling with the rising heat.
Government backing and sustained AI investment are fueling momentum in Japan’s chip revival, with companies like Advantest and Tokyo Electron raising their full-year operating profit forecast.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 14, 2025

Japanese chip sector’s earnings show AI appetite and auto slump

Government backing and sustained AI investment are reinforcing optimism across the nation’s tech sector.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures next year, 15 years after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the region, sources have said.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2025

Imperial couple to visit disaster-hit northeast in 2026

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that Japanese businesses are focusing too much on shareholders, expressing frustration that companies are not using more capital to raise wages.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2025

Takaichi pushes back against companies' focus on shareholders

The Prime Minister's comments flicked at her frustration with firms for not using more capital to raise wages.
Shohei Ohtani has won four MVP awards in MLB after his latest win this season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2025

Japanese fans express pride after Shohei Ohtani wins fourth MVP Award

Ohtani was named American League MVP with the Angels in 2021 and 2023 and has won the award in the National League with the Dodgers in the past two seasons.
CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani (left), and Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber pose before a Gold Cup match in Las Vegas on June 22.
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2025

MLS to change calendar to align with world's top leagues

The North American circuit currently runs from late February through early December, including the regular season and the MLS Cup playoffs.
An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
SPORTS / Longform
Nov 15, 2025

A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo

As Tokyo hosts the Deaflympics, organizers hope to further gains made in the realm of greater inclusivity throughout Japan.
U.S. President Donald Trump departs for Florida from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Nov. 7
WORLD
Nov 15, 2025

At Trump's urging, U.S. Justice Department to probe Epstein ties with Democrats

The move follows the release of thousands of documents that raised new questions about Trump's relationship with the convicted sex offender.
A local market in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 15, 2025

Hamas quietly reasserts control in Gaza as post-war talks grind on

After a ceasefire began last month, a dozen Gazans say they are increasingly feeling Hamas asserting its authority in various ways.
A Ukrainian soldier runs past the site where a Russian glide bomb exploded minutes earlier near the embattled city of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, in August.
WORLD
Nov 15, 2025

Russia plans to make up to 120,000 glide bombs this year, Kyiv says

The bombs, whose range was previously estimated to be up to 90 km, can breach Ukrainian defenses without sending planes across front lines.
U.S. President Donald Trump hit India with a $100,000 fee on new applications under the H-1B visa program, which is widely used by Indian and American tech firms to bring in skilled workers from abroad.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2025

India’s top tech schools see opportunity in Trump’s H-1B curbs

With annual campus recruitment season set to begin in a few weeks, the country’s brightest engineers no longer see U.S. jobs as essential for success.
Japan wing Kippei Ishida dives over the line to score a try during the Autumn Nations Series International rugby union test match between Wales and Japan at the Principality Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 16, 2025

Wales' Evans denies Japan historic win with last-gasp penalty

For Wales, it ended a run of 10 successive home defeats stretching back to 2023 and ensured that they stay above Japan in the world rankings.
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 16, 2025

Kyoto gets its own teamLab installation, the largest in Japan

Biovortex, which opened on Oct. 7, presents more than 50 immersive digital artworks spanning 10,000 square meters.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's global ambitions require internal unity, yet internal repression constrains the creativity that global leadership demands.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 16, 2025

Xi’s balancing act: Competition abroad and discipline at home

China’s global ambitions require internal unity, yet internal repression constrains the creativity that global leadership demands.
Akihisa Nagashima, a leader of the Japanese delegation, attended a joint meeting of Japanese and South Korean lawmakers in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Japanese and South Korean lawmakers hold joint meeting

The lawmakers held discussions on diplomacy, security, the economy and culture.
Nagashima Akihisa (right), secretary-general of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Friendship League, speaks at a bilateral meeting of nonpartisan lawmakers in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Japan and South Korea lawmakers agree to boost cooperation

In a statement adopted at their joint plenary meeting in Seoul, the two groups also denounced North Korea's nuclear and missile development.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Nov. 10.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2025

Netanyahu faces far-right backlash after U.S.-backed statement on Palestinian state

The Israeli leader spoke after the U.S. and many Muslim-majority nations endorsed a draft U.N. resolution backing a plan that offered a route to Palestinian statehood.
A customer holds a paper cup with the logo of coffee house chain LAP, which stands for Life Among People, in front of one of the chain's cafes in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district on Oct. 28.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2025

Budget coffee start-up leaves bitter taste in Berlin

Critics accused LAP of squeezing out local cafes with its €2.50 cappuccinos and aggressive expansion in the German capital.
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.
Italy's Jannik Sinner celebrates after winning the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, on Sunday.
TENNIS
Nov 17, 2025

Sinner caps eventful year with ATP Finals triumph over great rival Alcaraz

The Italian brought the house down by winning the championship match tennis fans wanted to see.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen celebrates on the podium with a reindeer after winning the men's slalom event in Kittila, Finland, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Winter Sports
Nov 17, 2025

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen earns Brazil's first Alpine Ski World Cup win

Norway-born Pinheiro Braathen is racing for his mother's homeland of Brazil after falling out with the Norwegian ski federation.
A Self-Defense Forces member holds a shield during practice setting up a bear trap in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 5.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2025

Wild bears attacked 196 people in Japan between April and October

By prefecture, Akita had the highest number of casualties during the April-October period, with 56, including three fatalities.
Nigo in Tokyo in 2021
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2025

Nigo’s streetwear brand Human Made prices Tokyo IPO at top end

The company sold shares at ¥3,130 apiece, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
Japan set to lean on U.S., allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.

Podcast

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

Longform

Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo
Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER