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One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 19, 2025

Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo

Located near Higashinakano Station, Pao Compound is an eclectic mix of restaurants, event spaces and an affinity for cultural exploration.
Once seen as an unlikely prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba has struggled to deliver on promises, mishandled ties with U.S. President Donald Trump and now faces an election where the odds don’t look good for his party to come out victorious.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 18, 2025

A trade deal fumble could be Ishiba’s last mistake

Ishiba already leads a coalition that lacks a majority in the Lower House, and another bad showing Sunday will likely mean Japan is looking for its third leader in as many years.
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2025

Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big

Bonds, stocks and the yen could be destabilized if spendthrift parties gain influence.
Rapidus last week printed circuitry on wafers using 2-nanometer gate-all-around process technology, President Atsuyoshi Koike told reporters Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2025

Rapidus reports 2-nanometer progress, moving Japan closer to semiconductor goals

Uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness to defend Taiwan in the event of an attack is among motivations for Japan’s efforts to build its own foundry.
A man takes part in Tokyo’s Sanja Matsuri by helping to carry a "mikoshi" (portable shrine). Many Japanese festivals are open to foreign residents and tourists to participate in.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 19, 2025

Dancers, festivals and one very useful Japanese grammar point

From Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri to Tokyo’s Sumida fireworks, Japan’s summer festivals offer history, spectacle — and a chance to learn some vocabulary.
South African Deputy Minister of Finance David Masondo (left), Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana (center) and South African Reserve Bank Gov. Lesetja Kganyago address a closing news conference on the last day of a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Durban, South Africa on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 19, 2025

G20 communique delivers rare show of unity amid Trump trade war

U.S. tariffs have strained the G20’s multilateral foundations and complicated South Africa’s efforts — as this year’s rotating president — to keep the group’s agenda on course.
Scottie Scheffler watches a shot on the 16th tee during his second round at the British Open on Friday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 19, 2025

Scottie Scheffler holds lead at midway point of British Open

Dodging rain at times, Scheffler shot a 7-under-par 64, moving into the top spot in his bid for a second major championship of the year.
Members of emergency services work at the scene after a vehicle plunged into a crowd outside a nightclub, on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2025

Driver charged after plowing into Los Angeles nightclub crowd, injuring 30

The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, was charged on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
MORE SPORTS / Wrestling
Jul 20, 2025

Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44

The cause of her death and other details are unknown.
An event featuring maiko (young female entertainers) is held at the Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu in the city of Kyoto.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2025

Experiential tourism key to driving inbound spending in Japan

The consumption patterns of visitors to Japan have been shifting as their enthusiasm for purchasing luxury items appears to be waning.
Visitors line up to enter the Nepal pavilion, which finally opened at the Osaka Expo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2025

Nepal pavilion finally opens at Osaka Expo

With Nepal's entry, all foreign pavilions of the 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations participating in the event are now open.
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2025

‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.
Scottie Scheffler poses with the Claret Jug after winning the British Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 21, 2025

Scottie Scheffler cruises to first British Open crown

Scheffler resembled a towering giant among men all week on the glorious Causeway Coast.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the start of bilateral talks during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

Aides to Trump and Xi discussed autumn U.S.-China leaders' meeting

Ideas floated include a Trump stopover around the time of an APEC summit in South Korea or talks on the sidelines of the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 event.
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
BASEBALL
Jul 22, 2025

Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing

The star's entry into baseball's Hall of Fame could bring an influx of fans from far away.
Silver Dania, a Norwegian-owned ship suspected of cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea, whose crew are Russian citizens, in the port of Tromso, Norway, where it has been brought for investigation, on Jan. 31.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 22, 2025

Lawmakers want U.S. tech CEOs to address concerns about submarine cables

Washington has been sounding the alarm about the network of more than 400 subsea cables that handle 99% of international internet traffic and about threats from China and Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2025

U.S.-Philippines trade talks yield modest tariff shift after Trump-Marcos meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he said was a "beautiful visit" by the Philippine leader.
Venus Williams hits a forehand during her women's singles match against Payton Stearns at the DC Open on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Jul 23, 2025

Venus Williams wins in singles return as Osaka lines up Raducanu match

Williams became the oldest player to compete in a WTA tour-level match since Japan's Kimiko Date at 46 in Tokyo in 2017.
Argentina's Lionel Messi is presented with the World Cup trophy by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamil bin Hamad Al Thani and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at Lusail Stadium on Dec. 18, 2022.
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2025

Qatar bids to host 2036 Olympic Games in Doha

Should it be chosen, Qatar would become the first country in the Middle East to host the Olympic Games.
An external view of the Centenary Pool, which will be redeveloped to host the aquatics during the 2032 Olympics, at Spring Hill, Brisbane on Monday
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2025

Brisbane 2032 Olympics on track seven years out but with little wiggle room

The opening ceremony of Australia's third Summer Games will take place exactly seven years from Wednesday.
Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu (left) welcomes United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the tarmac of Port Vila's international airport, on May 18, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2025

Vanuatu calls upcoming ICJ ruling a 'game-changer' for climate justice

Vanuatu's climate change minister says he hopes the International Court of Justice will say it is the "legal obligation of states to address climate change."
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet throughout the day with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, according to an EU official.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025

Xi to meet EU chiefs at downsized summit hit by trade and Ukraine

Tensions ranging from trade to the war in Ukraine are casting a shadow over an event that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties.
The National Police Agency will begin a trial run of wearable cameras starting in late August.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2025

Police in Japan to trial wearable cameras from late August

Officers will clearly indicate when recording is taking place using illuminated lights, stickers or armbands.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri (right) and Lando Norris drive during the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, on July 6.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Jul 25, 2025

Formula 1's renewable energy shift drives 26% drop in carbon footprint

F1 said in a statement on Wednesday that it’s halfway toward achieving its minimum 50% reduction target, as set out in its "net zero by 2030” commitment. 
Ronald Acuna of the Atlanta Braves next to Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his manager, Dave Roberts, before the MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta on July 15.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 26, 2025

All-Star Games may be flawed but still a boon for professional sports leagues

Several factors, including a lack of competitive furor and social media, have left many to wonder whether the standard All-Star Game model is broken.
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2025

Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India

This marks the first regular dispatch of assistant language teachers from India under a government initiative to promote exchanges at the regional level.
Emmanuel Macron, France's economy minister at the time, meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah in September 2015.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2025

Frustration and Gaza alarm drove Macron to go it alone on Palestine recognition

Some analysts say Macron is using such recognition to extract concessions from the Palestinian Authority, which is a moderate rival to Hamas.
A supporter (center right) of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds up a placard reading "Don't quit Ishiba" as he takes part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office in central Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2025

Stay or go? Key events give Ishiba time to ponder his future.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to stay in office — in defiance of growing calls for him to step down after the LDP's poor showing in the Upper House election.
With tariffs at an 80-year high and the U.S. dollar behaving unpredictably, the Fed should hold off on cutting rates until there’s clear evidence that inflation remains under control.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2025

The Fed needs to tread carefully with this strange dollar

Given that range of possibilities, it’s prudent to wait for the data to tell the story, exactly as Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently planning.
Protesters gather near Merdeka Square during a protest against Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Thousands rally in Malaysia demanding Anwar’s resignation

Saturday event was the first major rally targeting Anwar since he took office in 2022, and the only mass protest since 2018.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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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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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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