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Small boats and sightseeing ferries gather around a fireworks barge (foreground) on July 19 at Kure Port in Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025

Japan Coast Guard warns of boat accidents that may occur at firework events

Of the ship accidents related to fireworks festivals that occurred between 2005 and 2024, 92 were within the jurisdiction of the Japan Coast Guard's 6th regional headquarters.
Sanrio characters Kuromi (left) and My Melody star as rival bakers in a big contest in Netflix’s “My Melody & Kuromi.” When mystical forces threaten their world, the pair team up to find a solution.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Aug 27, 2025

From foil to fan favorite, Kuromi embodies Sanrio’s darker side of cute

Once My Melody’s mischievous antagonist, Kuromi is now outshining her pastel-pink counterpart, with a rebellious personality that resonates with today’s audiences.
Vehicles move along a flooded road following monsoon rains and rising water levels in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2025

Deadly rains force mass evacuations in India and Pakistan

Flash floods and landslides have left more than 2,000 people dead across both countries this season, with about five weeks left in the monsoon and more heavy rain forecast.
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 28, 2025

Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'

After evolving from an online presence into a live performer, Kaf has now stepped into voice acting as part of a multimedia project built around a supergroup of virtual artists.
Palestinian families flee their homes in areas north of Gaza City on Monday after the Israeli army announced its intention to expand the scope of the military operation and focus on Gaza City.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Israel ramps up pressure on Gaza City as Trump eyes postwar plan

Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a famine.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world's largest contract maker of chips, used in everything from smartphones to missiles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2025

Taiwan prosecutors charge three with stealing TSMC trade secrets

The three people include a former TSMC engineer who went to work for Tokyo Electron's Taiwan subsidiary and two staff employed by the chipmaker.
A father carries his daughter after a shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Two children were killed and 17 others were injured in the attack.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2025

Shooter kills two children in Minneapolis church and injures 17 others

The heavily armed shooter opened fire on schoolchildren attending a church service marking their first week back at school.
The ByteDance logo at the company's office building in Shanghai in 2023. The company plans to offer to buy back current employees shares at a price 5.5% higher than it offered in a previous repurchase program about six months ago.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

TikTok owner ByteDance sets valuation at over $330 billion in planned buyback

The latest buyback at a higher valuation will come as ByteDance consolidates its position as the world's largest social media company by revenue.
Nadia, a military radio operator who served until she was eight and a half months pregnant, with her son Pavlo, 6, at their home in Lubny, Ukraine, on Jan. 28.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2025

Expecting on the front lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s military

Despite the hardships they face, many pregnant soldiers say they are motivated to serve for the future of Ukraine — and their children.
The factory of Asahi Tekko, which produces parts for Toyota vehicles, in Hekinan, Japan, on Aug. 18
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 28, 2025

The backbone of the global auto supply chain is at risk from Trump’s tariffs

Industry experts expect a devastating effect on the dense networks of auto parts suppliers that make everything from pistons to wiring.
Hidetada Yoshida, 95, speaks of his experience mining for uranium ores in Fukushima Prefecture during World War II.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 22, 2025

Memories of man's WWII mining experience are hazy, but pain persists

As a student mobilized to mine ores, Hidetada Yoshida, now 95, suffered an injury so severe it still wakes him at night.
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 28, 2025

Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’

In a recent survey, 93.1% of respondents said they felt they “wanted to disappear from the world.”
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2025

Can anime carry the memories of World War II?

The medium could serve as a doorway to exploring the complexities behind the war and the horrors associated with it.
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Hirofumi Yoshimura (center), Secretary-General Hiroshi Nakatsuka (center right) and other executives meet in Osaka on Aug. 12.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2025

Amid LDP turmoil, speculation grows over possible tie-up with Nippon Ishin

Recent moves that put LDP-friendly executives into leadership positions seem to signal that Nippon Ishin wants to draw closer to the LDP.
Sakurazaka46, the idol pop outfit formerly known as Keyakizaka46, wrapped up an an 11-night nationwide tour this month.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 29, 2025

Sakurazaka46 wants the world to dance along

The 33-member idol group takes its spectacle-heavy performances on the road — and abroad.
U.S. military personnel stand guard in front of the New Grand Hotel where Gen. Douglas MacArthur stayed circa September 1945 in Yokohama.
JAPAN / History / Perspectives
Sep 1, 2025

How the Allied Occupation changed Japan: A love story

A wartime GI and a Japanese civilian fell in love during the Occupation, embodying the peace built after Japan’s surrender.
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 30, 2025

Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones

Tokyo’s tattoo artists say natural dyes and ‘made-to-fade’ inks are helping to push back on the long-held stigma against body art.
Mourners react during a funeral for Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, on Thursday. Israel has previously rejected accusations of genocide in Gaza, citing its right to self-defense.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2025

Hundreds of U.N. staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide, letter shows

The letter stated the staff consider the legal criteria for genocide in the war in the Gaza Strip have been met, citing the scale, scope and nature of violations documented there.
Emergency service workers at the site a Russian airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv on Thursday
WORLD
Aug 29, 2025

Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damaging EU and British offices

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike was Moscow's answer to diplomatic efforts to end its war.
Mourners visit a memorial near the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Thursday, where a shooting took place the day before.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2025

Minneapolis children revealed courage, absorbed fear during church shooting

The shooter killed two children and wounded 18 teachers and children, including a child taken to hospital in critical condition.
The government will support university student internships at local companies starting in fiscal 2026, aiming to encourage urban-to-rural migration and regional settlement.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

Japan to support internship programs at local companies

The aim is to strengthen the flow of people from urban to rural areas by encouraging university students in big cities to return to their hometowns after graduation.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (center) is flanked by his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura (right) and his brother Cesar (left) as he arrives for his immigration check-in on Monday in Baltimore.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025

Why are countries accepting deportees from the U.S.?

Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States who are almost entirely citizens of other countries.
The Finance Ministry is seeking input from primary dealers on the potential for further cuts to long-term government bond issuance, sources say.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Japan asks primary dealers for views on cutting long bond supply

The Finance Ministry has asked primary dealers for their views on further reducing issuance of longer-maturity government bonds, according to people familiar with the matter.
Members of the national guard patrol the Washington's Union Station on Aug. 20. U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2025

In Chicago, locals prepare for Trump's possible deployment of national guard

The state attorney general says he is developing a legal strategy to execute if troops arrived and immigrant advocates are stepping up legal training.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.3% in July, down 0.2 points from the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Japan's unemployment rate falls to 2.3% in July

The number of jobless people decreased 4.7% to 1.64 million as more people found new jobs after leaving their previous positions for better opportunities.
A Ukrainian soldier fires a howitzer toward Russian troops in Ukraine's Kherson region in March.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2025

The 'land swap' that wasn't: Inside Trump's frantic dash for Ukraine peace

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and a high ranking U.S. official set off a flurry of diplomatic activity.
“Sympathy Tower Tokyo” is centered around Sara Machina, a star architect designing a new experimental prison in central Tokyo.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 30, 2025

ChatGPT controversy is the least interesting part of 'Sympathy Tower Tokyo'

In Rie Qudan’s futuristic Tokyo, AI and architects take on the prison system.
China’s demographic spiral is now resembling that of ancient Rome, where changing social norms and drastic population-control measures led to falling birth rates and irreversible decline.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2025

What ancient Rome can teach China about demographic collapse

China’s situation, however, is particularly perilous. Unless it is reversed, a demographic decline of this magnitude could recall the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a joint news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2025

At Tokyo summit, India and Japan outline path forward for the coming decade

The leaders of the two countries outlined multiple areas of cooperation, including tech, the environment and health.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was ousted as Thai prime minister on Friday, arrives at Government House in Bangkok ahead of the Constitutional Court's verdict.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 29, 2025

Thai court ousts PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation 

The decision marks another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty and could usher in a new period of turmoil.
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’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
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.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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