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Hakuyo at Kokugikan in Tokyo the day before his first tournament in professional sumo in May 2014.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 10, 2025

What drives sumo journeymen to endure one of the world's most grueling sports

Professional sumo is one of the harshest environments in sports. Yet many toil away in the sport's lower-tier divisions for years or even decades.
U.S. rightwing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk appears at a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, just before he was shot dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025

Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk shot dead at Utah university event

The shooting was the latest in a series of attacks on U.S. political figures that have underscored a sharp rise in political violence.
Charlie Kirk, the right-wing influencer and founder of Turning Point USA, speaks in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2025

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, dead at 31, played key role in Trump's 2024 victory

He galvanized conservative youth and rose to prominence with often inflammatory rhetoric focused on issues such as race, gender and immigration.
Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during an event in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2024.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2025

Death of Charlie Kirk lays bare deep U.S. political divisions

His death left many of his fellow conservatives seething and blaming liberals for the assault, while Democrats largely kept to a more reserved tone.
Omar Abu Kuwaik, a 6-year-old Gazan child who lost an arm, gestures as six Gazan families with wounded children arrive at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport for medical treatment in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 2
WORLD
Sep 11, 2025

Missing limbs and loved ones, Gazan children begin treatment abroad

At least 45,000 children have been wounded in Gaza, many of them suffering life-changing injuries, according to UNICEF.
Tom Riches, whose firefighter brother was killed when the Trade Centers fell, and his son Tommy, 10, at the family home in Brooklyn on Sept. 5.
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2025

A new 9/11 generation: These children promise to never forget

They have no memory of the Sept. 11 attacks but are increasingly shouldering the responsibility to carry it on.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest in Brasília, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Brazil's Supreme Court has convicted Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025

Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

The conviction made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2025

‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shirakawago is famed for its verdant landscape and gasshō-zukuri farmhouses, which are hundreds of years old.
Juan Ansotegui walks on his property in Villalibado, a hamlet in the Odra-Pisuerga comarca of Burgos, Castile, Spain.
WORLD / Society
Sep 12, 2025

Spain wants to save rural areas — and it's finding creative ways to do it

Public and private actors are experimenting with ways to reverse demographic decline and save the centuries-old histories, traditions and cultures of Spain's rural communities.
People pay their respects during a candlelight vigil for youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial at Orem City Center Park in Orem, Utah, on Thursday, a day after he was shot dead during a public event at Utah Valley University.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2025

Charlie Kirk's alleged killer: what we know

Tyler Robinson, 22, had become more political in recent years, and authorities said he had engraved what appeared to be anti-fascist messages on bullet casings they found.
Germany's Jonathan Hilbert (right) competes during the men's 35K race walk at the world championships on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2025

Olympic medal-winning German race walker blazes on after battle with depression

German Jonathan Hilbert earned a silver medal in the 50K race walk at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but battled depression following his triumph.
A British SkySpyke anti-drone system by Quell is seen during the international military exercise Baltic Trust 25 at the Selonia military training ground near Viesite, Latvia, on Aug. 27.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2025

As drones swarm battlefields, militaries seek cheaper defenses

The dilemma militaries around the world face is that drones tend to be far cheaper than the response to destroy them.
A billboard showing an image of U.S. President Donald Trump embracing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday, hangs on the side of a building in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2025

Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else

After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2025

Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds

At its current pace, the Expo will top 22 million visitors — which is the target to break even on operating costs — and is expected to turn a profit.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima (right) runs alongside Botswana's Bayapo Ndori during the men's 400-meter heats at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 14, 2025

Yuki Joseph Nakajima sets national record en route to 400-meter semifinals at worlds

Nakajima’s time was sixth fastest among participants in the first round, tied with Botswana’s Lee Bhekempilo Eppie.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2025

Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe

Trump’s removed attitude contrasts sharply with his repeated claims about his unique ability to solve the world’s intractable conflicts.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani chairs a preparatory meeting in Doha on Sunday ahead of an Arab Islamic summit.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

Qatar's PM urges world to reject 'double standards' and punish Israel

Silence is encouraging Israel to continue, Qatari Premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warns.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington on Sunday. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

U.S.-U.K. nuclear pact to precede tech and whisky deals on Trump visit

Both countries will use each other’s safety assessments of reactor designs to fast-track their own checks under the new agreement.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) autonomous non-profit organization at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

Russia targets billionaire’s empire over alleged Ukraine links

The case shows how asset seizures in Russia are surging since the invasion of Ukraine, as the Kremlin cracks down on perceived enemies of the state.
Bartering has returned to Russian foreign trade as companies trying to avoid Western sanctions swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

Wheat for Chinese cars? Russia turns to barter to skirt sanctions.

The return of the old-fashioned practice shows just how far the war in Ukraine has distorted trading ties for the world's biggest producer of natural resources.
International observers are briefed during the Zapad 2025 joint exercises between Russia and Belarus near Borisov, Belarus, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2025

Belarus hosts drills with Russia, spooking Poland and Baltics

The drills designed to simulate a possible invasion of their territory came just days after Russian drones were downed over Poland.
Smoke rises from Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, after an explosion, as seen from the Israeli side of the border on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2025

Israel unleashes massive ground assault on Gaza City

A U.N. commission accused Israel of committing "genocide" in the Palestinian territory, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials had incited the crime.
Ukrainan Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga (right) and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski (center) look at drones as they visit an exhibition showcasing Ukrainian unmanned vehicles in Kyiv on Sept. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Trump's public shrug over drone incursion in Poland fuels unease in Europe

Many NATO members already question U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to their defense in the event of an actual Russian attack.
Israeli Border Police stand as Israeli Druze cross the border to check on their family members in Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria, in Majdal Shams, near the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria on July 16.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Under U.S. pressure, Syria and Israel inch toward security deal

Washington is pushing for enough progress to be made by the time of the U.N. General Assembly at the end of this month to allow President Donald Trump to announce a breakthrough.
A person lays flowers at the grave of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny while marking the first anniversary of his death, at a cemetery in Moscow on Feb. 16.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2025

Yulia Navalnaya says foreign tests show her husband was poisoned

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly at the age of 47 on Feb. 16, 2024, in a Russian prison in the Arctic Circle.
Smoke billows skyward during an Israeli strike on the besieged Palestinian territory on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 18, 2025

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City as death toll passes 65,000

Many of those sheltering in the city are reluctant to follow Israel's orders to move south because of dangers along the way and fear of permanent displacement.
The RAF Red Arrows perform a flyover at Windsor Castle in the U.K. on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 18, 2025

Apple and Citi CEOs join Trump and King Charles at state dinner

The guest list of the event nodded to the work that Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer face as they attempt to bring the special relationship back onto stronger footing.
The coal-fired Hunter Power Plant in Castle Dale, Utah in 2024. A former U.S. climate envoy says President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture war issue.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Ex-U.S. climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide

John Podesta, former U.S. President Joe Biden's senior point person on international climate policy, testified in a case challenging the administration's fossil fuel agenda.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front right) and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (front left) meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact amid regional tensions

The enhanced defense ties come amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the United States as a long-standing security guarantor, and after an attack on Qatar by Israel.
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands as they hold a news conference at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit Thursday in Aylesbury, Britain.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

Trump flattery pays off for Starmer with major pitfalls averted

While the British concluded the trip without any open conflict, they failed to score any obvious diplomatic breakthroughs.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Doctrine forms the core of Sanseito’s strategy, with some caveats
Crowds attend a Sanseito rally in the city of Saitama during the Upper House election.
Former PM Tomiichi Murayama dies at age 101
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 2007.
LDP and Nippon Ishin fine-tuning deal to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi (second from right) and Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita (second from left) meet in Tokyo on Thursday.
Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows
A survey showed that some potential homebuyers in Tokyo are delaying purchases while others are wary of missing out on opportunities posed by rising home prices.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
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