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Interest has grown worldwide in the genetic testing of embryos for couples trying to conceive through IVF.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2024

Testing for desirable embryos inconsistent and unreliable, new study says

In recent years, interest has grown worldwide in the genetic testing of embryos among couples trying to conceive through IVF.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) with internal affairs minister Seiichiro Murakami (left) and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani. An administration with public support of under 30% is said to be in the "danger zone."
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2024

Ishiba Cabinet logs lowest initial support since 2000: Jiji poll

At 28.0%, it is the lowest starting approval rate for any administration in 24 years.
Vending machine enthusiast Kenzaburo Ishida
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2024

Useful even in disasters: Japan's ever-evolving vending machines

Vending machine enthusiast Kenzaburo Ishida breaks down their unique appeal, evolution and crucial role in times of disaster.
Yahya Sinwar in the southern Gaza Strip in February 2017.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2024

Israel kills Hamas leader Sinwar and vows to keep fighting

Israel's prime minister said they would not stop fighting until all of the hostages taken last year are freed.
Students at the University of Toronto campus. Facing growing criticisms for losing control of immigration, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has put a limit on international student intakes.
WORLD / Society
Oct 18, 2024

Support for immigration in Canada plunges to lowest in decades

Nearly 6 in 10 people now agree that there’s too much immigration to Canada, according to the country's longest-running survey on the topic.
A child plays with sand near a couple taking part in a pre-wedding photoshoot on a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, in April.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 18, 2024

China launches survey to understand 'fear of having children'

Beijing is trying to encourage young couples to have children after China posted a second consecutive year of population decline in 2023.
At least 10 firms have temporarily suspended some business activities with Nomura because of its market manipulation scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2024

Big clients halt trades with Nomura over market manipulation scandal

At least 10 firms have temporarily suspended some business activities with Japan's biggest brokerage because of the breach.
China has shifted the economic narrative. The country's rapid growth and production under a repressive regime challenges the idea that good institutions are necessary for wealth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2024

Beijing’s success is a conundrum for Nobel winners

China has shifted the economic narrative. The country's rapid growth under a repressive regime challenges the idea that good institutions are necessary for wealth.
The Goi thermal power station in Chiba Prefecture
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Oct 18, 2024

Japanese youth sue utilities over climate impact

The plaintiffs, all in their teens and 20s, say it is the first such case brought by young people in Japan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024

With Sinwar dead, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election

Goals include reshaping the regional landscape in Israel's favor and shielding its borders from any future attacks, according to sources.
A woman walks past campaign posters for the Lower House election in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2024

Ruling and opposition parties vow redoubled regional revitalization efforts

Both sides are offering ideas for stopping population outflow from regional communities in their campaigning for the Oct. 27 general election.
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Huntington Place in Detroit on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024

U.S. cities seek to 'Trump-proof' inequality action ahead of election

After the pandemic and protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020, racial and economic inequality moved to the center of federal policymaking.
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee opens a watertight door inside the Unit 7 reactor building at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 6.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024

Japan shifting back to nuclear to ditch coal and power AI

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world's biggest nuclear plant, could help Japan cut carbon emissions while also powering artificial intelligence.
A street in Zakir Nagar, a Muslim neighborhood in New Delhi, last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 19, 2024

In Modi's Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security

There is no official data on segregation in India, but it appears to be increasing among Muslims in recent years due to rising Islamophobia.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2024

Elon Musk's daily $1 million payouts at Trump rally draw legal scrutiny

Musk has supplied at least $75 million to America PAC so far, according to federal disclosures, making him a crucial part of Trump's bid to regain the White House.
A collage made of undated handout pictures released by the Yamagata University Institute of Nasca shows 10 of 303 new geoglyphs discovered by scientists at the university in Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Oct 21, 2024

The Japanese researcher uncovering the mystery of Peru’s Nazca Lines

Masato Sakai has dedicated his career to the collection of desert etchings. AI is starting to make his work much easier.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his government has intelligence that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to link up with Russian forces fighting Ukraine, warning that such a move would be “the first step to a world war.”
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 21, 2024

Zelenskyy seeks 'strong reaction' to North Korean involvement in Ukraine war

The Ukrainian leader has urged partners to take measures in response to claims Pyongyang is sending thousands of troops to fight beside Russia on the front lines.
The emotional impact of constant news about wars and disasters is weighing heavily on many in the younger generations, causing them to seek ways to cope with their distress and anxiety.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2024

Is the apocalypse making you too anxious to work?

A poll reveals that a significant portion of the Gen Z and millennial generations feel unable to function at work due to distress over current events.
Waight Keller, who designed Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, finds a different kind of luxury at a mass market brand.
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 22, 2024

A designer moves easily from royal gowns to Uniqlo

Clare Waight Keller, who designed Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, finds a different kind of luxury at a mass market brand.
Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Top U.N. officials call on Netanyahu to help ease civilian suffering

The amount of aid entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level all year, according to U.N. data.
An attendee walks past a picture of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holding a gun and the words "Merry MAGA you filthy animal!" at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, which the organizers call "the largest open carry rally in America," in Greeley, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

New cases of political violence roil U.S. before contentious election

There have been at least 300 cases of political violence since Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Antony Blinken boards a plane at Joint Base Andrews on Mondat as he departs for the Middle East.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Blinken takes off in 11th attempt to reach a Middle East cease-fire

Blinken is pursuing a cease-fire in Gaza and, even more ambitiously, a "day-after” plan for future governance of the strip.
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in Chandler, Arizona, on Oct. 10 and in Evans, Georgia, on Oct. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Harris and Trump pick up the pace two weeks before Election Day

The frenzied campaign schedules of both candidates underlining the importance of small pockets of voters in the U.S. who could put either over the top.
A poster for the Voting Rewards program outlines the steps voters need to take to claim the perks on offer.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Young Japanese encouraged to vote with deals and discounts

A return of the Voting Rewards program will allow voters to claim various perks — at restaurants, cafes and even matchmaking agencies — by submitting proof of voting,
Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki helped mark the first seven decades of the America-Japan Society of Hokkaido on Sept. 19.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Oct 28, 2024

America-Japan Society of Hokkaido celebrates 70th anniversary

The society is poised for further growth, with more firms from the U.S. and elsewhere looking to set up shop in Hokkaido.
Russian army deserter and dissident Alexander on July 22
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

In a first, France welcomes Russian army deserters

The Russian deserters said they hoped their actions would encourage other Russian men to defy Moscow authorities and flee the war.
Asako Osaki attends the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York in March.
BUSINESS / WOMEN AT WORK
Nov 3, 2024

How global lessons can improve prospects for women in rural Japan

Through motherhood, education and work, Asako Osaki worked to bring global standards to the front lines of gender issues.
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi stumps in the city of Nara on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2024

With her sights set on Ishiba's throne, will Takaichi take over the LDP?

Anything less than a comfortable victory in Sunday's general election will put the prime minister in a vulnerable position.
A U.S. citizen living in Paris holds a voter registration and absentee ballot request form and an envelope which will contain an official absentee balloting material on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024

With polls tight, U.S. election campaigns target overseas voters

Around 1.6 million voters abroad are eligible to vote in one of the seven so-called swing states that will likely determine the outcome of the election.
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (center) on Aug. 1. Widely touted as potentially the group's next leader, Safieddine was killed in an Israeli attack.
WORLD
Oct 23, 2024

Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader

The Israeli military said Hashem Safieddine was killed in a strike three weeks ago in Beirut's southern suburbs, following earlier reports of his probable death.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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