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A thaw between New Delhi and Beijing followed meetings between their leaders in Russia last year and in China in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

'Smooth and easy': India and China resume direct flights as ties improve

The neighbors remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have gradually eased since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.
A mourner holds a portrait of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Yearlong funeral starts for Thailand's former Queen Sirikit

TV newscasters are wearing black and media websites have turned monochrome, while citizens have been asked to curtail celebratory public events.
A Chinese H-6K bomber flies over Tiananmen Square during a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3. Chinese state media reported on Sunday that a group of such bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice "confrontation drills."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

Without specifying a date, Chinese state television said that units from the Eastern Theater Command had conducted combat-oriented training.
Destroyed buildings and razed land in Gaza City on Oct. 19
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump’s push for Gulf to pay for rebuilding Gaza faces hurdles

Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have specific reservations about providing financing for reconstruction.
Aradhana David, who became interested in Japan via anime and YouTube influencers, studies Japanese at the Learnet Institute of Skills in New Delhi on Oct. 8.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025

India’s most valuable export: Tens of millions of workers

The idea, which economists call labor mobility, is to connect young Indians to companies in places with shrinking populations where labor shortages are holding back growth.
Members of hibakusha groups collect signatures for the abolition of nuclear weapons at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Nov 10, 2025

A year after Hidankyo’s Nobel win, A-bomb survivors pin hopes on youth

While support for nuclear-weapons abolitionist groups is increasing, the average age of hibakusha has exceeded 86.
A bear spotted in Kuzumaki, Iwate Prefecture, earlier this month.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2025

Akita to seek SDF deployment over bear attacks

More than 100 people across the country have been killed or injured by bears in the current fiscal year.
A player uses eye movement to play a game during the Tokyo Game Show held in the city of Chiba in September.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2025

Japan's gaming industry moves to improve accessibility

Many in the industry are developing equipment and systems that allow people with disabilities affecting their hands to still play such as by using their feet and eyes.
People take cover near the scene of a shelling in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 8, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

U.N. probe finds new Russian crimes against humanity in Ukraine

Russia's continual use of drone attacks targeting civilians to force people to flee Ukrainian-held territory is tantamount to a crime against humanity, probe says.
Care worker and bodybuilder Hokuto Tatsumi helps a woman train at a care home for people with disabilities operated by Visionary in Aichi prefecture.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 28, 2025

Bodybuilders find new calling in Japan’s struggling care industry

A Nagoya firm is tackling Japan’s caregiver shortage by recruiting bodybuilders — offering gym perks, protein subsidies and purpose.
Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam’s prime minister, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Japan and Vietnam agree to promote exchanges

Vietnam's prime minister called for Japanese cooperation in areas such as technology, semiconductors and energy.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference at the ministry on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2025

Akita governor asks for SDF help amid 'dire' bear attacks

Bears have killed a record 10 people in Japan so far this year, a government official confirmed.
Richard Attias has credited the Future Investment Initiative with playing a crucial role in driving investment, generating as much as $190 billion in deals since its 2017 launch.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2025

Saudi power broker pitches kingdom’s AI pivot to Wall Street

Richard Attias, who spent the past decade courting investors to back Saudi Arabia, credited the Future Investment Initiative with playing a crucial role in driving investment.
The most common factor behind work-related mental health issues in Japan is “relationships with people,” a government white paper on death by overwork found.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2025

Record number of applicants seek compensation for job-related mental stress

Despite efforts to reduce overtime hours and workplace harassment in Japan, a white paper released Tuesday shows the problems remain persistent.
A Palestinian man reacts next to the body of a man, who according to medics was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire

The development is the latest test of the fragile deal brokered earlier this month.
Lebanon's flag is seen next to a damaged building in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila in Lebanon on Feb. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Lebanese army walks political tightrope to disarm Hezbollah

Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist group by the U.S., was once the dominant political force in Lebanon.
Brazilian police launched their biggest ever raids on Rio de Janeiro's drug traffickers on Tuesday, with as many as 2,500 officers taking part.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2025

At least 64 killed in war-like Rio drug raids

As many as 2,500 heavily armed officers took part in the operation targeting Brazil's main drug-trafficking gang in two poor neighborhoods.
Participants march through Tokyo for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in April last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2025

Gender identity law reform stalls despite court rulings

Strong opposition from conservatives in parliament have dimmed prospects for reform.
A Taliban soldier stands guard as deported Afghan refugees from Pakistan arrive at the border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding negotiations in Istanbul aimed at securing peace after deadly border clashes killed more than 70 people and wounded hundreds.
2026 Milano-Cortina President Giovanni Malago (back right), Italy Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini (right), President of Lombardy Attilio Fontana (center right), President of Veneto Luca Zaia (center left) and former Italy swimmer Federica Pellegrini (back center) during the unveiling of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics medals in Venice on July 15.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Oct 29, 2025

With 100 days to go, Milan Winter Olympics chiefs 'can see finish line'

Time is ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said India has sought Thailand's cooperation in the repatriation of some 500 Indian nationals who fled a Myanmar scam center.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2025

India to repatriate 500 nationals who fled Myanmar scam center: Thai PM

More than 1,500 people from 28 countries have crossed the border into Thailand following a military raid.
As Hong Kong courts prosecute pro-democracy activists and tighten Beijing’s control, Western bankers attending a financial summit there are signaling they value profits over principles.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2025

Wall Street risks shorting freedom in Hong Kong

Western financiers seem willing to chase short-term profits even if it means funding a repressive regime that has made no secret of its animosity toward the West.
Meta's pursuit of AI advancement without a strong safety culture has led to serious risks — especially for children — and unless the company fundamentally reforms its priorities, more harm is inevitable.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2025

Meta’s chatbot scandal is really a culture problem

It was bad enough when the company didn’t prioritize safety with social media. The stakes with AI are even higher.
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

U.S. prosecutors suspended after calling Jan. 6 defendants 'mob of rioters,' sources say

The decision marks the latest in a string of personnel actions targeting Justice Department employees who worked on criminal or civil cases that Trump and his supporters disfavor.
Satoru Tezuka, chair of the Personal Information Protection Commission, advocates revising the personal information protection law as part of an effort to balance stronger enforcement with greater flexibility for data utilization.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2025

Japan weighs fines to strengthen personal data protection

Under the current framework, there is no mechanism to claw back profits obtained through illegal data practices, allowing malicious operators to retain their illicit gains.
Journalists gather at the Nara District Court as a vehicle believed to be carrying Tetsuya Yamagami arrives on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025

Lawmaker Kei Sato testifies at Abe shooter trial

Sato, who witnessed the shooting, expressed his resentment and grief over the fatal attack.
Rob Jetten, leader of the progressive Democrats 66 party, addresses supporters in Leiden, Netherlands, on Wednesday. His party is on track to win this week's parliamentary election.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Dutch far-right party falls in election as centrists set to win

The result would put D66 leader Rob Jetten in a position to form a coalition government and potentially become the country’s next prime minister.
An infant at a camp for displaced people who fled from El Fasher to Tawila, Sudan, on Monday. Fears mounted in Sudan three days after paramilitaries seized the key city of El Fasher, amid reports of mass atrocities and the killing of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2025

WHO condemns reported 'horrific' mass killing in Sudanese hospital

"All attacks on health care must stop immediately and unconditionally," said the U.N. health agency's chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Federal employees line up before collecting food from a Capital Area Food Bank distribution center as the U.S. government shutdown continues in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Millions set to lose food aid amid U.S. government shutdown standoff

There has been no sign of movement in the weekslong stalemate, with funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, set to lapse 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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
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 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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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