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Campaign flags and posters featuring Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, are displayed outside her constituency office in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2025

In hometown of Japan's 'Iron Lady,' supporters see a softer side

The hard-line conservative cites Margaret Thatcher, a divisive figure in British politics known as "the Iron Lady," as her hero.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (center) attends a press conference arranged by the Global Movement to Gaza Sweden in connection with the arrival of the released Swedish participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2025

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

Thunberg was detained along with 478 people in the flotilla and expelled from Israel on Monday.
Kipp Deveer, CEO of alternative asset management giant Ares Capital, has stressed the importance of being selective and measured when choosing data center investments.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2025

Data center boom at risk of overbuilding, says asset management giant Ares

Investments have poured into data center projects as a way to cash in on booming demand for processing power unleashed by the advent of artificial intelligence.
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 8, 2025

Trump calls climate change a con; science braces for more

The Department of Energy is reportedly telling staff to avoid using language that runs counter to the president's views on climate science.
The "Text With Jesus" chatbot app displayed on an iPhone on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2025

Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion

Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate two landmark transit projects Wednesday, marking a milestone in his administration’s effort to modernize infrastructure in India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 8, 2025

Modi to open airport and metro-line projects worth $4 billion in Mumbai

The landmark transit projects mark a milestone in the administration’s effort to modernize infrastructure in the world’s most populous country.
Masami Nagasawa plays the talented but circumscribed offspring of a famed ukiyo-e artist in “Hokusai’s Daughter.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 9, 2025

‘Hokusai’s Daughter’ captures the ferocity of a forgotten painter

Masami Nagasawa delivers one of her most compelling performances yet in Tatsushi Omori’s historical biopic.
Resonac President and CEO Hidehito Takahashi (front row, third from left) in Tokyo on Sept. 3 along with officials from companies participating in a joint framework to develop chipmaking equipment
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2025

Japanese chemical firms seeking partnerships over next-gen chips

Companies are taking measures with others, such as setting up a joint framework, to speed up the development of related materials
Top sumo stars, including yokozuna Hoshoryu, perform the goningakari contest, which pits five top-division wrestlers against one yokozuna.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 8, 2025

Japan Sumo Association’s 100th anniversary bash mixes the ancient with the modern

A multitude of historical ceremonies and arcane aspects of the sport, each one rarely performed, were all on display over the space of a few hours at Tokyo’s Kokugikan.
Crypto firms including Coinbase are seeking approval to launch tokenized stocks in the United States.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 8, 2025

Crypto race to tokenize stocks raises investor protection flags

Buoyed by President Trump's pro-crypto stance and his administration's push for friendly regulations, the crypto industry is rushing to capitalize on a global surge in enthusiasm.
A man operates an automated EES kiosk during a demonstration of the European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, U.K., on Sept. 23.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2025

What the EU's new biometric border checks mean for non-EU citizens

The Entry/Exit System (EES) will require all non-EU citizens to register their personal details, including fingerprints and facial images, when they first enter the Schengen area.
Bontan Ame candies are promoted at a convenience store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in August, with advertising slogans recommending concert and moviegoers to take the sweet with them.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Oct 27, 2025

Bontan Ame gains popularity for rumored powers to suppress the urge to pee

Articles compiling the locations in Japan where people can get Bontan Ame can be found on South Korean websites.
3D printed Telegram and WhatsApp logos are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2025

Child protection versus privacy: decision time for EU

Does protecting children justify snooping on private messages?
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2025

Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material

Waiting on a supercomputer to analyze the structure of a new crystal gave him time to come up with the idea for a kind of material that could, for example, capture carbon dioxide.
A Palestinian walks amid rubble as he inspects the damage following an Israeli operation in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

Trump may travel to Middle East, saying Gaza deal is 'very close'

Negotiators in Egypt reported "encouraging" progress toward a deal to end the Gaza war.
Members of the Texas National Guard guard an entry point at their temporary barracks at a U.S. Army Reserve center in Elwood, a suburb south of Chicago, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2025

Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

Neither Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson nor Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been accused of criminal wrongdoing.
Travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2025

U.S. facing worsening flight delays as shutdown snarls airports

Lines at airports were expected to grow amid increased absenteeism among security and safety staff at some of the country's busiest hubs.
France's outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (right) with an image of French President Emmanuel Macron in the background during a live broadcast interview for French TV France 2 in Paris on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

Macron to name new French prime minister within 48 hours

The escalation of the crisis has turned into the worst political headache for Macron since he came to office in 2017.
Shrunali Ranade moved to Japan in 2015 and has carved a niche for herself as both an engineer and a cricket player.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 9, 2025

Shrunali Ranade: ‘Stepping back isn’t failure but another form of strength’

As an engineer and member of the women’s national cricket team in Japan, Shrunali Ranade has carved out her own niche over the past 10 years.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, (left), U.S. President Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, during a roundtable on Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

Trump looks to label Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization

Critics have said the administration is exaggerating the threat from Antifa, seizing on the movement to create a legal justification to quell protests against Trump’s policies.
A monitor shows AI-generated images found on the computer of a man who has been arrested on charges he intentionally ignited the Pacific Palisades Fire, during a press conference with Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli and Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the Los Angeles Field Division Kenny Cooper, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2025

Man charged with ‘maliciously’ starting massive LA fire

The Palisades Fire burned more than 23,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,800 structures before it was fully contained on Jan. 31.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (center) gestures as he meets Indian traditional dancers during a ceremony for the upcoming Diwali festival in Mumbai on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

Starmer looks to India for example on U.K. plan for digital ID

Starmer said his proposed smartphone-based ID was needed to "address the fact that too many people can come to this country to work illegally.”
Palestinian children receive food from a charity kitchen in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2025

Nearly one in six children in Gaza acutely malnourished, study shows

Researchers estimate around 55,000 children in Gaza are affected.
UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 9, 2025

Gold’s spectacular three-year rally is breaking all the records

Bullion has shaken off its reputation as a barbarous relic and muscled its way back toward the center of the global monetary system.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025

How Donald Trump pulled off his Gaza deal

Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, Trump's approach has been different to the blank check he has previously been seen as giving Israel.
Boca Juniors coach Miguel Angel Russo, seen during the Club World Cup in Miami, died at age 69, the Argentine Football Association announced Wednesday.
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2025

Boca Juniors manager Miguel Angel Russo dies at 69

Boca Juniors, in a statement, expressed "profound sadness" at Russo's death.
A woman holds a flashlight during partial power cuts following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, in central Kyiv on Dec. 13, 2024.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2025

Russian strikes knock out more than half of Ukraine gas production

Ukraine’s gas infrastructure has come under increasingly intensive missile and drone strikes since the beginning of this year.
Haitian children walk past piles of garbage at the School Argentine Bellegarde, converted into a shelter for displaced people, in downtown Port-au-Prince on Oct. 3. More than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Haiti since the start of 2022, the United Nations said on October 3, warning that "the worst may be yet to come."
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2025

'Daily struggle for survival' for Haiti children, U.N. report says

An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in crisis-wracked Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ago.
An Israeli tank moves past destroyed buildings in Gaza on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2025

Palestinians return to wrecked homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire

Israeli troops began pulling back from some parts of Gaza on Friday under a ceasefire deal with Hamas, and some residents returned to shattered neighborhoods.
National guard members at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Broadview facility in Chicago on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2025

U.S. judge blocks Trump's deployment of national guard in Illinois

U.S. District Judge April Perry said that permitting guard troops in the state would only "add fuel to the fire."
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
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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