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Members of the student club Neo at Shuri High School receive words of gratitude from Haebaru Junior High School students after their workshop on June 6. They are Mei Nakazato (far left), Nanoka Hirata (second left), Yuzuyu Oyakawa (center), Hinano Yagi (second right) and Honomi Taira.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 25, 2025

Okinawa high school students bring new approach to peace education

A high school group that held a workshop for junior high school students aims to bring a new approach to peace education by turning “passive learning” into something more personal.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily cut off medical research grants that government officials say don’t align with his policies.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut millions worth of medical grants

The court left open the possibility that grant recipients could sue in a different federal court to recoup wrongfully withheld funds.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during an event in Washington, in July. Huang says Nvidia is currently in talks with the U.S. over the potential offering of a more powerful chip for sale in China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 22, 2025

Nvidia CEO says in talks with U.S. over new China chip

The tech giant is reportedly working on a new chip based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than a model currently greenlit for sale to China.
Ann Burroughs, head of the Japanese American National Museum, called it "inconceivable" for the United States to be "building concentration camps, denying the lessons learned 80 years ago."
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2025

Japanese American museum blasts Trump's use of internment camp to detain people

The Trump administration set up an immigration detention center within the grounds of an army base that was used during World War II as an internment camp for Japanese Americans.
Eric Trump plans to attend a shareholder meeting of Japanese bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet on Sept. 1, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2025

Eric Trump to visit Japan in September amid crypto push

The U.S. President’s son plans to attend a shareholder meeting of Japanese bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet.
U.S. President Donald Trump visits a temporary migrant detention center informally known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2025

Judge orders halt to new construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

The judge sided with environmental groups who say the facility is endangering the Everglades and its wildlife.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at the closing ceremony of the Japan-led Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, on Friday in Yokohama.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2025

TICAD adopts Yokohama Declaration to strengthen multilateral trade

The communique emphasized proposals to solve problems facing African states, apparently reflecting Japan's wish to highlight a different approach to that of China.
A boy walks with a canister as Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in tents in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 22, 2025

U.N. declares famine in Gaza, placing blame on Israel

Israel denied there was a famine, saying the report was "based on Hamas lies laundered through organizations with vested interests."
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2025

At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties

In the two countries' first joint document in 17 years, the leaders agreed to work together "to advance future-oriented and mutually beneficial common interests."
Director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Jeffrey Kruse (left) testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2025

In latest purge, Hegseth removes head of Pentagon intel agency and others

The move appeared to be the latest attempt to penalize current and former military, intelligence and law enforcement officials whose views have been seen as at odds with Trump.
Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in July 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2025

U.S. Justice Department releases Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts

The accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein said U.S. President Donald Trump was friendly with the convicted sex offender but was "never inappropriate with anybody."
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at his house following its search by the FBI in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 23, 2025

FBI raids home of outspoken Trump critic John Bolton

U.S. President Donald Trump, asked about the FBI searches, said he was "not a fan" of his former aide but did not know about the law enforcement operation ahead of time.
Shinji Mizutani opened Tanikoretani in August 2024, after converting a dilapidated shophouse in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa into a retro-look "izakaya" tavern.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 24, 2025

Behind Tanikoretani’s quiet facade, a lively world of sake-fueled food

A chance encounter with a two-story rental space led Shinji Mizutani to set up a vibrant tavern in Tokyo’s Kiyosumi-Shirakawa neighborhood.
A protester shouts "facists" and gestures after the passing of a bill that would redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, and the prevention of a filibuster from Democrat Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado, during a session in the State Senate, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2025

Trump hails new Texas electoral map aimed at keeping grip on Congress

Texas legislators gave final approval to the redistricting effort engineered to create five new Republican leaning seats.
Statues of bulls in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai on Aug. 18
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 24, 2025

Bubble risks grow as China’s stock bull run defies economy angst

A deflationary spiral that’s eroded corporate pricing power in the world’s second-largest economy is one of the biggest reasons to doubt the sustainability of the current rally.
The Savannah River Site, an 800-square-kilometer Department of Energy site, located in the sand hills region of South Carolina
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2025

Trump plans to make Cold War-era plutonium available for nuclear power

Plutonium has previously only been converted to fuel for commercial U.S. reactors in short-lived tests.
Palestinian women and girls elbow their way to receive cooked rice from charity kitchen in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 24, 2025

'Far too late': Palestinians despair after U.N. declares famine in Gaza

The U.N. officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war.
Argentina's Pablo Matera carries the ball during the Pumas' historic win over the All Blacks in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 24, 2025

Argentina stuns All Blacks with historic 29-23 upset win

The Pumas were outscored three tries to two in Buenos Aires but replacement flyhalf Santiago Carreras landed three second-half penalties to push them clear.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko strolled through a cabbage field in Ohinata settlement in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2025

Emperor emeritus and empress emerita visit postwar settlement

The former Emperor and former Empress have frequently visited the settlement, developed by people who returned to Japan from Manchuria in northeastern China after World War II.
Tottenham Hotspur's Brennan Johnson celebrates after scoring his club's first goal of its win over Manchester City on Saturday.
SOCCER
Aug 24, 2025

Manchester City's troubles reappear as solid Spurs win again

Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha struck for the Europa League winners just before halftime as Spurs went into a tie at the top of the table.
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a "Trump Was Right About Everything!" hat during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 24, 2025

Pentagon reportedly working on plans for military deployment in Chicago

The planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September, the report said.
A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2025

Israel strikes Houthi military sites in retaliatory attacks

The Houthis are acting in solidarity with Palestinians and previously said they would continue to attack Israel until the war in Gaza with Hamas ends.
Anti-immigrant protestors demonstrate in Epping, northeast of London, on July 27.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

U.K. antimigrant protests continue after asylum reforms set out

Britain has seen regular protests in recent weeks outside hotels housing asylum seekers, spurred in part by concerns about public safety.
People walk on the street near members of the national guard after U.S. President Donald Trump deployed the national guard and ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement to assist in crime prevention, in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

Trump clashes with Democrats as he expands national guard plans

Trump this month deployed the national guard to the streets of Washington in a widely criticized show of force.
Takemasa Kinjo, who was a high school student when his mother was killed by a U.S. Marine in 1974, looks on at the construction site of the new Henoko military base for U.S. forces near his residence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 25, 2025

Decades after WWII, Okinawa is a reluctant host for U.S. troops

A string of incidents over the years involving American troops and base personnel, including sexual assault cases, have angered residents.
Traffic along a highway in New Delhi. India, the world's third largest emitter of carbon dioxide, will be able to access Japanese decarbonization technologies at low cost under a joint crediting mechanism.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2025

Japan and India to use joint crediting mechanism in emission-cutting plan

The yet-to-be-announced plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in India using Japanese technologies will allow Japan to count part of the reductions as its own.
A man walks past a drilling machine damaged by protesters opposing the proposed 11,500 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Dam Project, in Parong, Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, on Aug. 1.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

China's new mega-dam triggers fears of water war in India

Delhi estimates the Chinese dam will allow Beijing to divert as much as 40 billion cubic meters of water, or just over a third of what is received annually at a key border point.
Tommy Fleetwood lifts the FedExCup trophy after winning the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 25, 2025

Tommy Fleetwood earns first PGA Tour win and FedEx Cup at Tour Championship

The win came in Fleetwood's 164th career start on tour, which included 30 top-5 finishes.
Begum, a 35-year-old mother of seven children, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 18. Begum will marry off one of her daughters after a funding shortage shuttered thousands of schools in the refugee camps.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 25, 2025

School closures push Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work

A funding crisis has led to the suspension of many Rohingya learning centers, leaving children to play in the mud or rain.
Daniil Medvedev reacts during his match against Benjamin Bonzi at the U.S. Open in New York on Sunday.
TENNIS
Aug 25, 2025

Photographer sparks chaotic scenes at U.S. Open as fuming Daniil Medvedev exits

The USTA said the photographer was escorted from the court by U.S. Open security and that his credentials had been revoked.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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