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Myaku-Myaku, the mascot of the 2025 Osaka Expo. Some people in the Japanese government are hoping that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Japan to see the expo.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025

Trump visit to Osaka Expo likely to depend on tariff talks

A visit could provide a tailwind to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition ahead of this summer's Upper House election, observers said.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2025

Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off

Weak political leadership, traditional sensitivity around the issue, and new policy priorities have forestalled a larger debate over the Constitution.
Former labor minister Kim Moon-soo arrives at the People Power Party's national convention in Goyang, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2025

South Korea's conservatives pick hard-liner Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate

Kim, 73, was a labor activist in his university days but later became a hard-line conservative.
Princess Aiko speaks at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025

Princess Aiko delivers first official address

The princess spoke at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo.
Bayern Munich's Harry Kane after his club drew with RB Leipzig on Saturday.
SOCCER
May 4, 2025

Leipzig puts Bayern and Kane's title party on ice with draw

Despite the draw, defending champion Leverkusen's chances of overtaking Bayern remain close to impossible with two more weekends of the season to come.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square in Vatican City on April 26.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2025

Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope, drawing internet outrage

The U.S. president, who is not a Catholic, posted the image less than a week after attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month.
A voting site owned by SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas, on April 22. Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk's rocket company voted on Saturday to formally establish a new city called Starbase, fulfilling one of Musk's long-held dreams.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2025

Easy vote turns Musk's dreams for Starbase city in Texas into reality

Voters overwhelmingly backed turning Elon Musk's Starbase into a new municipality.
Workers operate sewing machines at a Thai Son S.P. garment factory in Binh Thuan province, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 10. For more than 70 years, many emerging nations, especially in Asia, have become the low-cost manufacturer to the U.S., the world’s biggest consumer.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 5, 2025

Global factories struggle to overcome Trump tariffs and uncertainty

Purchasing manager indexes across Asia, along with revised numbers in Europe, showed new or persisting contractions in factory activity in April.
Naomi Osaka pumps her fist during a match at the Australian Open in January. On Sunday, the former world No. 1 earned her first title since becoming a mother.
TENNIS
May 5, 2025

Osaka wins first WTA title since becoming a mother

The win at a smaller WTA 125 event was also the Japanese star's first-ever title on clay.
Harry Kane hugs teammate Joshua Kimmich after Bayern Munich's match against RB Leipzig on Saturday. Bayern Munich clinched the league title a day later after Leverkusen drew with Freiburg.
SOCCER
May 5, 2025

Kane's Bayern Munich claims Bundesliga title following Bayer Leverkusen draw

The championship is the first major title for English forward Harry Kane, the league's top scorer this season.
U.S. President Donald Trump dances after delivering a commencement address at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 5, 2025

Nordic nations hope to attract U.S. researchers alienated by Trump

Experts have voiced concerns that Trump's cuts to American research threaten the United States' standing as a global science leader.
George Simion, presidential candidate and leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, speaks during a press conference outside of the Palace of the Parliament government building in Bucharest on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2025

Romanian hard-right leader clear winner in first-round presidential vote

Ballots from nearly 99.6% of voting stations showed Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, 55, was in second place at around 21%.
The imperial family attends a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 22.
JAPAN
May 5, 2025

Imperial Household Agency’s YouTube channel surpasses 100,000 subscribers

Launched on April 1, the channel surpassed 100,000 subscribers in just a week.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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