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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks in Washington in July.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025

OpenAI signs multibillion dollar chip deal with AMD

The ChatGPT-maker is pushing ahead with an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power.
Takumi Yamaguchi (right), head of startup AirKamuy, and a colleague retrieve a drone made of cardboard after a test flight in a field near Nagoya.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2025

Startups lead charge as Japan warms to defense and dual-use technologies

Opinion polls show public support growing for a stronger defense, and the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi, has called for more military spending.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits an RBI single against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2025

Dodgers hold off Phillies to win MLB playoff thriller

The win puts the Dodgers firmly on course to advance to the National League Championship Series.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the Future of Life pavilion featuring androids and robots at the Osaka expo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2025

Imperial couple make second visit to Osaka Expo

The emperor showed his fascination at an android modeled after Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), saying that the Japanese novelist "continues to live on."
The oil tanker Eagle S sails alongside a Finnish border guard ship and tugboat in the Gulf of Finland on Dec. 28. The vessel was seized by Finland on suspicion of damaging underwater cables in the area at the time.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2025

Russia’s hybrid war looks increasingly like the real thing

European officials are warning that Moscow appears to be “at war” with countries it hasn’t invaded yet.
Solar panels at the Gujarat Solar Park in Gujarat, India
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Oct 8, 2025

Global renewable power output overtakes coal for the first time, report says

Curbing coal power generation is regarded as vital by most scientists to meeting global climate targets.
Toyota sold 10.8 million cars in 2024, a slight drop from the previous year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2025

Toyota arm that keeps 150 million cars on road also top-earning

Toyota’s value chain arm is set to exceed operating profit from new car sales during the fiscal year ending March 2026 after reaching a record ¥2 trillion the previous year.
Kulsum Khatun, an eight-year-old girl, takes notes while attending a class in a floating boat school, part of an initiative by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, in Bhangura area of Pabna, Bangladesh, on Sept. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 8, 2025

In Bangladesh’s flooded plains, school boats keep learning afloat

A "floating schools" initiative launched in 2002 has grown into a nationwide model in Bangladesh and has been emulated in flood-prone countries around the world.
A worker removes a promotional banner from a building for an NBA preseason game in Shanghai in October 2019. The NBA returns to the lucrative Chinese market this week after a six-year absence.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 8, 2025

NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet

The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play sold-out games on Friday and Sunday in Macao, a special administrative region of China.
As of Friday, a total of about 22 million admission tickets had been sold for the Osaka Expo, surpassing the break-even level of 18 million.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2025

Osaka Expo expected to post profit of up to ¥28 billion

Robust sales of admission tickets and goods related to the Expo's official mascot, Myaku-Myaku, have pushed up revenue.
Masayoshi Matsumoto, chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation and deputy chairperson of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, speaks during an interview on Wednesday in the city of Osaka.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2025

Local business leader vows to discuss Osaka Expo legacies

The new technologies shown off at the expo include flying cars.
Abbi Pulling, seen after a W Series race, finished 17th in Formula E's rookie test in July. She was the highest-placed woman.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 9, 2025

Formula E chief rejects idea of creating female-only series in motorsports

Formula E's Girls on Track, in its seventh year, has supported over 4,500 young people aged 12 to 18 in a sport in which women make up only 3% of licensed competitors worldwide.
The Blue Jays' Bo Bichette (left) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrate in the clubhouse after helping the team defeat the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALDS.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 9, 2025

Blue Jays knock out Yankees to advance to first ALCS since 2016

Toronto won the-best-of-five AL Division Series 3-1 to advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim will have the full three years of his contract to prove himself, according to the club's co-owner.
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2025

Manchester United co-owner says Ruben Amorim will get full 3 years to prove himself

Amorim was Ratcliffe's choice to replace Erik ten Hag last November.
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 11, 2025

Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity

Set in Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido), the highly anticipated samurai action-adventure game contains familiar thrills but subpar substance.
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist, in 2014. Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2025

Hungarian 'master of the apocalypse' Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature

The prize was awarded "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."
People celebrate on Thursday in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2025

A deal that might heal — or haunt — the Middle East

A recent American intelligence assessment warned that Tehran views the ceasefire as a “strategic timeout,” a chance to rearm its proxies while Washington celebrates diplomacy.
Koki Ogawa scores during Samurai Blue's friendly against Paraguay at Panasonic Stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Friday.
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2025

Samurai Blue coach hails strikers after rescuing Paraguay draw

Paraguay defended doggedly throughout and Moriyasu was happy that his center-forwards were able to find a way through.
Representatives from Nihon Hidankyo, formally known as the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speak during a news conference in Tokyo in October last year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2025

Nuclear risk continues to rise, 80 years after atomic bombings

The risk of nuclear attack is at an extreme level despite the robust efforts of Nihon Hidankyo, which received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses hundreds of American generals and admirals summoned to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2025

Trump’s dealmaking diplomacy grows fragile as China fires back

The sudden, and unexpected, back-and-forth between the world’s two largest economies came just weeks ahead of a consequential meeting between the U.S. and Chinese leaders.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka speaks to reporters during an event held in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Hidankyo and others hold event 80 years after atomic bombings

Outside the venue, attendees spoke with those who experienced the massive U.S. bombing of Tokyo in March 1945.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks to supporters while holding up electoral records during a rally in Caracas in August 2024. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday she was the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2025

Machado receives the Nobel Peace Prize as Trump’s attempts to secure award fall short

Machado, as the committee put it, is known for her tireless work promoting democracy for Venezuelans and her struggle against dictatorship.
Android robots shown at the Osaka Expo in a pavilion produced by University of Osaka professor Hiroshi Ishiguro will be relocated to Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2025

Osaka Expo androids to be moved to Kyoto

The robots will be shown to the public at a research facility in the Keihanna Science City research district.
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up while boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Israel, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2025

Trump and Vance open door to China deal as trade spat drags on

Remarks by the two suggest that the U.S. wants to keep up the pressure on China to reverse its most recent trade moves, while trying to reassure spooked markets.
Coco Gauff celebrates after winning against Jessica Pegula during their women's singles final at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, China, on Sunday.
TENNIS
Oct 13, 2025

Gauff rallies to capture Wuhan crown in all-American final with Pegula

The current world No. 3 is the first woman in a decade to win nine consecutive hard-court finals.
Zinedine Zidane, then-Real Madrid coach, in London in May 2021. Zidane has expressed a desire to coach the French national soccer team.
SOCCER
Oct 13, 2025

Zidane confirms ambition to coach France

The 53-year-old is the favorite to take over from Didier Deschamps when the coach steps down after next year's World Cup.
The latest showdown underscores the difficulty for Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump to strike a trade deal.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2025

Xi’s red line on Trump’s export curbs threatens to upend truce

The renewed brinkmanship between China and the U.S. revives fears of a deeper rupture in global trade that could push the two economies toward partial decoupling.
At least 172 out of 1,928 assessed species of wild bees face extinction in Europe, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 13, 2025

Europe's bees and butterflies at risk, conservation body says

At least 172 out of 1,928 assessed species of wild bees face extinction in Europe compared to 77 in 2014, the IUCN has said.
Japan's Risako Kinjo, previously known as Risako Kawai, in action against Khongorzul Boldsaikhan of Mongolia in the women's 57kg wrestling event at the Tokyo Games, in Chiba in August 2021.
MORE SPORTS / Wrestling
Oct 13, 2025

Double Olympic champion Kinjo announces retirement

"I've experienced all the joy that comes from being an athlete," said the wrestler.
Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters inside the Japan Pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Sept. 17.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2025

As Osaka Expo comes to an end, so too does 'expo diplomacy' for Ishiba

The Osaka Expo was "a precious opportunity of diplomacy" for Japan, a senior Foreign Ministry official said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
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.

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