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Aichi Prefectural Police officials hold a news conference about the arrest of a suspect in the 1999 murder case last Friday in the city of Nagoya.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

Police say 1999 killing of Nagoya housewife most likely premeditated

Police in Aichi believe a woman arrested last week over the killing of a 32-year-old housewife had attacked her immediately after she opened her front door.
Waseda University in Tokyo
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2025

More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English

Many university officials in Japan believe bringing an international environment onto campus is a cheaper, safer way to produce highly skilled graduates.
Buildings said to be a scam hub in southeast Myanmar as seen from across the border, in Tak, Thailand, on Feb. 21. Cybercrime hubs in Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia are part of a sprawling criminal enterprise that has stolen tens of billions of dollars from victims worldwide.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

How an accused kingpin built an empire from Cambodia to London

Chen Zhi had cultivated for himself an image of legitimacy. That's now unraveling, after the U.S. and U.K. accused him of running a transnational criminal ring.
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
BUSINESS / Companies / Longform
Nov 3, 2025

The second life of Japan's net cafes

Once symbols of urban solitude, these spaces are finding new purpose as coworking hubs for a changing, wired generation.
A member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reads a story to children as part of mental support activities at the organization’s center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 30.
WORLD / Society
Nov 4, 2025

Gaza's psychological trauma brings large numbers to seek help

Two years of intense Israeli bombardment and repeated military incursions, along with widespread homelessness and hunger, have affected all 2.3 million inhabitants.
The commercial hub of Lagos Island, in Lagos on Monday. Nigeria has faded from U.S. focus in recent years, and it was unclear what prompted U.S. President Donald Trump's Saturday announcement.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

Whiplash: How Trump's threat to strike Nigeria further reshuffles Pentagon priorities

Trump's announcements in the past week on everything from nuclear testing to Nigeria have caught many off guard.
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
SPORTS / Skateboarding
Nov 4, 2025

From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition

At 66, Judi Oyama would be considered a senior citizen by Japan’s official standards, but nothing about her life fits that description.
Yo Okutani holds a bear repellent spray he developed at Biosiense in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, last month.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2025

Tokushima company develops bear repellent spray amid record attack numbers

The spray is a rare domestic product in a market dominated by imported options.
Influenza outbreaks began in Japan in late September, earlier than usual, amid increased cross-border travel.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2025

Japan's flu season began in September, earlier than usual amid tourism surge

Basic measures — such as washing hands, wearing masks in crowds and frequent ventilation — are effective in preventing infection.
Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada holds a printout of The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian newspaper at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 16. U.S. President Donald Trump uses false narratives to justify aggressive policies, including military strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2025

The big lie behind Trump’s Venezuela strikes

This display of military power is intended to serve as political spectacle. The danger is that that it could escalate into an unwinnable, open-ended conflict.
With new FAA rule changes allowing drone flights beyond visual line of sight, U.S. law enforcement agencies are expanding autonomous drone programs, raising both operational capabilities and privacy concerns.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2025

The future of drones is policing, not delivering packages

The ability to provide live, aerial views at the fraction of the cost of a helicopter also makes drones useful for law enforcement and firefighters.
A woman carrying a child stands next to her damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Samangan province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025

Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter

Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes into rubble are now wondering where they can find shelter from pouring rain and cold temperatures.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference to members of the international media, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Val de Caes Naval Base, Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 5, 2025

Brazil's Lula promises 'COP of Truth' as U.N. warns of dangerously high emissions

Despite three decades of global negotiations, countries will not prevent warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius — the main goal of the Paris Agreement brokered a decade ago.
A displaced Palestinian woman shows her torn tent, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025

Gaza not getting enough tents and food as winter approaches

Aid agencies say supplies are still far short nearly four weeks into a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun introduces the Chinese smartphone maker's new electric SUV YU7 at a launch event in Beijing on May 22.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2025

The human cost of Xiaomi’s rapid pivot from smartphones to EVs

Staff across China’s tech sector complain they spend all their time at the office, with several saying that overwork is prevalent in many top firms.
Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025

At least seven dead after UPS plane crashes in Kentucky and erupts into ball of fire

Seven, including all three aboard the aircraft, were killed, while 11 others on the ground were injured.
A resident walks along damaged houses in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Talisay, in the province of Cebu on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2025

Kalmaegi death toll climbs to 66 as Philippine survivors confront destruction

Residents in the hardest-hit province of Cebu are confronting the devastation the typhoon has left behind: homes reduced to rubble, debris-filled streets and lives upended.
Officials set up traps to capture bears in the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2025

GSDF deployed to Akita Prefecture amid rise in bear attacks

Troops will assist in the setting up of traps in the prefecture, though they are not permitted to help cull the bears themselves.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2025

Trump pressed China's Xi to release jailed Hong Kong media tycoon, sources say

Trump appealed directly to China's Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when the two leaders met in South Korea last week.
Commander of a drone unit of the 7th Rapid Response Corps holds a drone before his unit's deployment to Pokrovsk at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025

Russia and Ukraine say they are locked in fierce fighting in Pokrovsk

Ukraine said its troops face a difficult position in the city, once an important transport and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army that Russia has been trying to capture.
Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025

Investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12

The 34-year-old MD-11 freighter was bound for Honolulu with three crew members aboard when it crashed just after clearing a fence at the end of the runway during takeoff.
A bear seen in a residential area in the city of Akita on Oct. 30. The National Police Agency will allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2025

Japan riot police allowed to cull bears with rifles

Police are set to cull bears in Akita and Iwate, which have seen an increase in attacks on local residents, with operations scheduled to begin on Nov. 13.
Ruka Ogura (from front row left) Mitsuki Komatsu and Yumeto Hirama attend a discussion marking the 10th anniversary of World Tsunami Awareness Day at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2025

Students from tsunami-hit Sendai speak at U.N. headquarters

The high school students emphasized the significance of disaster prevention education.
Tokyo police have arrested seven people suspected of being involved in at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures between February 2023 and this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025

Tokyo police arrest fraud group head and six others

The seven men are believed to be linked to at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures since February 2023.
New Jersey's new governor-elect, Mikie Sherrill, meets with supporters in the borough of Chatham on Tuesday. Democratic candidates this week not only won the mayoral race in New York with Zohran Mamdani's win, but their candidates and propositions were also successful in Virginia, New Jersey, and California.
COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2025

Democrat election wins send an unmistakable warning to Republicans

Not only did Zohran Mamdani win in New York, but Democrats posted significant wins in Virginia and New Jersey, too.
The award winners from this year's Tokyo International Film Festival pose for a photo at the closing ceremony on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 7, 2025

‘Palestine 36’ wins top honor as TIFF wraps a 10-day celebration of cinema

The Tokyo International Film Festival closed its 38th edition with a screening of Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet.”
Volunteers prepare to load donated food items into a resident's vehicle during a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank drive-through distribution at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to fully fund food aid benefits

The order blocks the administration's plan to only provide reduced benefits during the government shutdown.
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2025

Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup

On Oct. 29, teams from 33 countries scoured Tokyo’s streets for discarded wrappers, crushed cans and cigarette butts.
Only about half as many people in the Noto Peninsula chose to repair their homes that were damaged by last year's earthquake and heavy rain as those who decided to demolish them, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025

More choosing demolition over repair for Noto homes damaged by disasters

Many applied for publicly funded demolition because fixing the houses on their own would have been much costlier.
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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