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New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks in New York on Oct. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2025

Letitia James, New York's attorney general and Trump foe, indicted over mortgage fraud

The Trump administration has sought to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into Trump or resisted his agenda.
Japan’s government set a target of 60 million annual foreign visitors by 2030, but many businesses involved with tourism are already struggling with skilled worker shortages.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2025

Japan set to be most impacted by tourism labor shortages globally, report shows

The country will see a 29% shortfall in necessary labor in 2035, according to the Future of the Travel & Tourism Workforce report.
A protester displays a poster featuring U.S. President Donald Trump at Incheon Airport on Sept. 12 after South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia returned home.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2025

South Korea should turn the U.S. ICE raid into trade leverage

U.S. officials sought to justify the operation by saying the 300 South Koreans arrested were working illegally. But that logic now appears to be on shaky ground.
Japan's top financial leaders are working to ease fears that AI will cost jobs, emphasizing its role in boosting efficiency and transforming work.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2025

Japan’s top bank CEOs push for AI, soothing worry over human work

In Japan, where the financial sector employs hundreds of thousands of people, the conversation over AI and its impact on work is picking up pace.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is escalating its efforts to target domestic opponents, raising alarm among civil rights groups and Democratic leaders about the use of executive power.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 10, 2025

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

Potential tools to defund or shut down groups include IRS investigations to strip them of tax-exempt status and criminal probes by the Justice Department and FBI.
U.S. President Donald Trump outside the White House in Washington on Thursday. Trump has suggested that Spain could be removed from NATO over defense spending.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2025

Trump floats throwing Spain out of NATO over defense spending

Spain has previously earned Trump’s ire for rejecting calls to increase defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings plans to decommission some reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025

Tepco mulls decommissioning some Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors

It would mark the first reactor decommissioning at the plant, which straddles the city of Kashiwazaki and the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture.
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025

University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking

Rising to 26th from 28th last year, the University of Tokyo remains the sole Japanese university to crack the top 50 in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings.
Members of the U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus take part in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of their presence on the island in March 2024.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2025

U.N. peacekeeping forces to be cut 25% due to budget strains: official

The 25% reduction in troops will be spread across nine of the 11 peacekeeping missions, which had already developed contingency plans for potential budget cuts.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks during National Day celebrations in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2025

Taiwan president unveils 'T-Dome' air defense system to counter China threat

Taiwan is ramping up defense spending and modernizing its armed forces, but faces a China that has a far larger military.
“The Bathhouse of Honest Desires,” a Taiwanese-Japanese collaboration, was performed the first weekend of the Autumn Meteorite festival.
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 10, 2025

Autumn Meteorite stages a month of inventive theater in Tokyo

The inaugural performing arts festival brings a variety of shows, from monodramas to 20-people, multivenue ensemble productions.
The Cubs' Ian Happ hits a three-run home run against the Brewers in Game 4 of the NLDS in Chicago on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2025

Ian Happ's big blast helps Cubs top Brewers to force decisive Game 5 in NLDS

The clubs will play the deciding contest on Saturday night in Milwaukee.
Despite heightened geopolitical tensions and escalating trade wars, the U.S. dollar’s global dominance is unlikely to fade in the near term, leaving Asian economies vulnerable to dollar shocks.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2025

How Asia can reduce its dollar dependence

While geopolitical tensions and the risk of sanctions have fueled diversification efforts, the greenback’s international dominance is unlikely to diminish in the near term.
Atomic bomb survivors from Nihon Hidankyo making a request to each party at the office building of House of Councilors lawmakers in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025

Cross-party group for nuclear abolition to be set up in Japan

Nihon Hidankyo members criticized the government for ignoring the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and refusing to send an observer to a meeting of signatories.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest in Caracas in January.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2025

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

The committee hailed her as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times."
North Korea's new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile is displayed during a military parade to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in this image released Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2025

North Korea unveils new long-range missile during military parade

The North has called its Hwasong-20 ICBM "the most powerful nuclear strategic weapon" — though the missile is still under development.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday. The White House is making good on threats to fire thousands of federal workers amid a government shutdown now in its 10th day, with job cuts across federal agencies.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump fires federal workers amid shutdown fight with Democrats

The firings mark the first large-scale layoffs of federal employees during a funding lapse in modern history.
President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu to be France’s prime minister, giving the centrist ally another shot at naming a new Cabinet and getting a budget through a fractious parliament.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister

The reappointment is a last-gasp attempt to find political balance to prevent the next government from collapsing.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025

With flattery and warnings, Russia tries to revive 'spirit of Alaska' with U.S.

Moscow is trying to adapt to Trump's diplomatic reversals by taking a delicate twin-track approach.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon returning from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a medical checkup on Friday, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump, 79, has 'cardiac age' of 65-year-old, doctor says

The U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
A teacher hands out a "defend your rights" flyer to a parent outside Nash Elementary School, amid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's increased presence in the Chicago area on Sept. 4.
WORLD
Oct 11, 2025

Chicago ICE raids and national guard troops prompt new school leaflets: ‘Know your rights’

U.S. President Donald Trump's deportation drive has induced fear in immigrant communities and protectiveness from educators.
Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, in July 2024.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025

Nobel winner vilified by Maduro regime vows to keep up her fight in Venezuela

Supporters of Maria Corina Machado have thinned under Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's brutal crackdown that's sent many to jail or into exile.
Aces center A'ja Wilson celebrates with teammates after Las Vegas won the WNBA championship on Friday in Phoenix.
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2025

A'ja Wilson pours in 31 as Aces complete WNBA Finals sweep of Mercury

Wilson went 7-of-21 from the floor but 17-of-19 from the free throw line and added nine rebounds, four assists, three blocked shots in the win.
A billboard showing an image of U.S. President Donald Trump to thank him for his role in reaching a ceasefire deal with Hamas, and another one bearing Israel's national flag, are installed on a main highway in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 11, 2025

Major win for Trump on Gaza, but will it stand test of time?

It remains to be seen whether the 79-year-old Trump will devote the same level of energy to the conflict over the long term, once his victory lap is over.
Mariners second baseman Jorge Polanco celebrates after hitting a walk-off single to book Seattle's spot in the American League Championship Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2025

Mariners outlast Tigers in 15 innings to advance in MLB playoffs

The Mariners survived an epic performance from Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal then held on to reach the ALCS for the first time since 2001.
The BayStars' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, seen during a game on Oct. 1 in Yokohama, opened the Climax Series with a 4-for-4 day that included two home runs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2025

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo produces vintage performance in Climax Series opener

BayStars manager Daisuke Miura credited Tsutsugo with giving the team momentum.
U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Friday after a medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump said on Saturday that he had identified funds that would allow the administration to pay members of the military, even though the government remains shut down and Congress has not approved additional money for the troops.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2025

U.S. military will use R&D money to pay troops if shutdown persists

With no signs of a resolution anytime soon, the administration on Friday began making good on Trump's threat to lay off thousands of federal workers.
A federal agent chases a man in a shopping center parking lot in Chicago on Saturday, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2025

U.S. appeals court says national guard sent to Illinois can stay, but not deploy

The decision largely upholds a lower court's halt on the mobilization by U.S. President Donald Trump as part of his mass deportation campaign.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday. The current government shutdown is the most acute symptom of a general lack of goodwill in Washington, where bipartisan deal-making has increasingly gone out of vogue.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2025

Trump layoffs and broken trust harden Democrats’ shutdown stand

Democrats have expressed doubts that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver a health care fix unless forced to do so.
A drone detection and defense system is parked in Kottingbrunn, Austria, on Oct. 3
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2025

How can Europe protect its skies against 'escalating' drone menace?

Concerns are growing that such disruptions are part of Russian hybrid war tactics three-and-a-half years into its invasion of Ukraine.
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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