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Toyota Motor's global sales — including subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors — rose 0.7% to 924,918 units in July.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2024

Toyota sales overcome U.S. woes for first growth in six months

Toyota Motor’s sales eked out growth for the first time in six months on strong demand in Europe and Japan.
Shohei Ohtani walks through the dugout with his dog Decoy before the Dodgers' game against the Orioles at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 29, 2024

Shohei Ohtani signs exclusive trading card deal with Topps

Ohtani has had a nonexclusive relationship with Topps since 2018.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton announced in February that he will race for Ferrari next season.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 30, 2024

Lewis Hamilton preparing for final Italian Grand Prix before moving to Ferrari

Hamilton announced in February that he will leave Mercedes to race with the Italian team next season.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds during a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2024

Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women and Hispanics

Harris leads Trump 45% to 41% in the poll published Thursday.
Ukrainian F-16 jets. Ukraine received its first batch of F-16s this summer after the country’s leaders argued to the White House and allies in Europe for many months that they were essential to the war effort.
WORLD
Aug 30, 2024

F-16 fighter jet, recently supplied to Ukraine, crashes

The jet, one of just a handful, crashed while defending against a large Russian aerial assault on Monday, killing the pilot, Ukraine’s military said.
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2024

In CNN interview excerpts, Harris defends ideological shift to center

In her interview, Kamala Harris sought to stake out political ground that would appeal to swing voters even as she assured progressive supporters she was still with them.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's public search facility in Alexandria, Virginia
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2024

U.S. funded over 1,000 patents for China-based researchers, data shows

The U.S. patent data could amplify calls to cancel or renegotiate the landmark U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a town hall event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2024

Trump's high-wire act on abortion angers conservatives

The Republican nominee, who often brags about his role in overturning the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S., now claims to promote "reproductive rights."
The Foreign Ministry in Tokyo
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2024

Japan's Foreign Ministry seeks ¥66.2 billion to fight false info

The total amount of funds sought in the budget request for fiscal 2025 is ¥814.6 billion, up 12.3% from the initial budget for the previous year.
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena during a two-day campaign bus tour in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2024

Seven takeaways from Harris’ first major interview

The vice president answered questions in the CNN interview without causing herself political harm or providing herself a significant boost.
A protestor hold what they called a Stand up to Racism rally in Liverpool, England, on Aug 3. Savvy anti-populists should concentrate their rhetorical fire on populist leaders, rather than on their supporters.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2024

The counteroffensive against populism

One lesson from the past few months might sound like a truism: All parties that value democracy must unite to face down anti-democratic threats.
Despite the challenges, including sluggish consumption and market volatility, the Bank of Japan's recent policy adjustments reflect a strategy aimed at ensuring a stable path toward its inflation goals.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2024

BOJ’s recent policy changes highlight a shift toward global monetary practices

The BOJ's approach is influenced by global financial regulations and aims to balance market stability with effective monetary policy.
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin, in southern Lebanon, on Sunday. AFP-JIJI
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2024

The Middle East remains on a precipice

Israel's retaliations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have not led to a wider conflict. But neither Iran nor its proxies seem eager to expand the fighting either.
Bureaucrats had envisioned payments of up to ¥600,000 for women who got married and settled outside of Tokyo, according to media reports.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 30, 2024

Japan scraps idea to woo women out of city with cash

Bureaucrats had envisioned payments of up to ¥600,000 for women who got married and settled outside of Tokyo.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government, via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Aug. 22.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2024

Kremlin says not worried Putin could be arrested in Mongolia

Putin will travel to Mongolia on Tuesday, his first trip to an ICC member since The Hague-based court issued a warrant for his arrest.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump dances during a campaign rally at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania,  on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2024

Trump moves to contain fallout of abortion and IVF rows

The ex-president has been under fire from conservatives over an announcement that in a second term he would ensure free in vitro fertilization.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a backhand return against Australia's Alexei Popyrin during their third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York on Friday.
TENNIS
Aug 31, 2024

Djokovic admits to 'worst tennis ever' in shock U.S. Open exit

The 37-year-old Djokovic, a four-time champion in New York, lost 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the third round to 28th-ranked Alexei Popyrin of Australia.
Kimi Antonelli (left) speaks with Toto Wolff, Mercedes' team principal, on Friday during a practice session for the Italian Grand Prix.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 31, 2024

18-year-old Kimi Antonelli to replace Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025

The Italian Antonelli, who has won two races for Prema Racing in Formula Two this year, will join George Russell as Hamilton moves on to Ferrari.
Workers restore a high-voltage line destroyed in a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on Feb. 7.
WORLD
Aug 31, 2024

Ukrainians fear grim winter amid massive attacks on power plants

This week’s air raids on Kyiv and other cities across the country were the largest since Russia’s full-scale invasion began 2½ year ago.
A construction worker in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Aug. 21. With 886 cases, 54 of them fatal, during the period from 2019 to 2023, the construction industry leads Japan’s tally for occupational heatstroke.
BUSINESS / Boiling Point
Sep 1, 2024

Clocking off: Japan’s hotter summers put limit on outdoor work

Climate change is forcing businesses to sacrifice productivity in the name of safety in industries ranging from construction to transportation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media in front of an F-16 fighter at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Aug. 4.
WORLD
Sep 1, 2024

Ukraine's Zelenskyy presses U.S. to green light deeper strikes into Russia

Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use of its weapons.
Kemi Badenoch is the bookmakers’ favorite to win the U.K. Conservative Party leadership contest.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2024

U.K.’s most Tory district uninspired even as leadership race heats up

Even in the Britain's most Conservative constituency, the former governing party’s contest to choose a new leader is failing to set pulses racing.
Israelis demand hostages be released and protest against the government during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2024

Protests grip Israel after six hostages are killed in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing calls to end nearly 11 months of war with a deal for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages.
Scottie Scheffler plays his shot off the ninth tee during the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 2, 2024

Scheffler crowns dominant season with FedEx Cup title

The player is the first to win seven PGA Tour events in a year since Tiger Woods in 2007.
Coco Gauff during her match against Emma Navarro on Day 7 of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing, New York, on Sunday
TENNIS
Sep 2, 2024

Holder Gauff ousted by Navarro in U.S. Open fourth round

Navarro's victory moved her into a second Grand Slam quarterfinal where she will play Spain's 26th seed Paula Badosa.
Japanese firms' capital expenditure rose 1.9% in the three months through June from the previous quarter.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2024

Japan’s firms lift outlays in sign of modest domestic demand

Capital expenditure on goods excluding software rose 1.9% in the three months through June from the previous quarter.
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing is following global peers in expanding its derivatives offerings in a bid to boost trading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2024

A new way of betting on tech stocks is emerging in Hong Kong

The bourse was launching weekly options on the Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks stocks including Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com that also trade in the U.S.
McLaren driver Lando Norris during the Italian Formula One Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 2, 2024

McLaren boss says both F1 titles now on and orders may follow

McLaren is only eight points behind Red Bull in the constructors' standings.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks to veterans during the 66th anniversary of the Kinmen artillery battle in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Aug. 23. In an interview with local media broadcast on Sunday, Lai said that it is not for the sake of territorial integrity that China wants to annex Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2024

If China wants Taiwan, it should also take back land from Russia, Lai says

The Taiwanese president referenced the 1858 Treaty of Aigun in which China signed over a vast tract of land in what is now Russia's far east to the Russian empire.
An abandoned house in Urayama, Saitama Prefecture. Buying an <i>akiya</i>, which means empty house in Japanese, can be a rewarding experience that yields a unique space and a livable home, competitively priced. Or it could turn out to be a money pit.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2024

First lesson of Japan’s akiya gold rush: No such thing as a free house.

Renovations are usually the most expensive part of the journey and the laundry list of what needs to be done is long and tends to get longer after the process starts.

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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