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A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
JAPAN / Society
Aug 7, 2025

Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents

The number of Japanese nationals on Jan. 1 was 120.7 million, while the number of foreign residents had risen 10.65% in a year to 3.68 million.
Leroy Carters competed for New Zealand in rugby sevens during the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Aug 7, 2025

Leroy Carter's first All Blacks call-up nearly goes awry after dog eats passport

Carter, a utility back named among the injury replacements in Scott Robertson's All Blacks squad
Scottie Scheffler speaks to the media after his win at the British Open on July 20.
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Aug 7, 2025

Scottie Scheffler 'rested, ready' for FedEx Cup playoffs

Scheffler, the world's No. 1 golfer, captured his fourth major with a four-stroke victory on July 20 in Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Now part of the city of Kitakyushu, the former castle town of Kokura, its collection of retro architecture and many of its inhabitants were once targeted for atomic catastrophe that eventually befell the population of Nagasaki to the south.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 9, 2025

A walk through Kokura, the city spared nuclear destruction

Now part of the industrial sprawl of Kitakyushu, the city was originally meant to suffer the destruction that would eventually befall Nagasaki to the south.
Naomi Osaka's resurgent run ended with a loss to Victoria Mboko in the final round of the Canadian Open in Montreal on Thursday.Imagn Images / VIA IMAGES
TENNIS
Aug 8, 2025

Naomi Osaka loses grip on lead in loss to Victoria Mboko in Canadian Open final

The loss extended Osaka's title drought; her last triumph came at the 2021 Australian Open.
A person holds a Binance cryptocurrencies QR code at a store in La Paz, Bolivia. Binance is favored in the country for its low fees and educational resources for new users.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2025

In land of 25% inflation, crypto is starting to replace money in Bolivia

From small coffee shops to large corporations, signs of cryptocurrencies being rapidly adoption are everywhere in the landlocked nation of 11 million in South America.
Kauli Vaast of France rides a wave during the 2024 Paris Olympics in Teahupo'o,Tahiti, on Aug. 5, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Surfing
Aug 8, 2025

Kauli Vaast shines in Teahupo'o's huge tubes at WSL's Tahiti Pro

Kanoa Igarashi, ranked fourth in the world going into Tahiti, went down to local wild card Mihimana Braye in the elimination round.
A model of the upgraded Mogami-class frigate is displayed at the Defense Security Equipment International Japan exhibition at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on May 21.
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2025

The Japan-Australia frigate deal is more than a weapons pact

The scale of the agreement is sweeping. Japan has never before won a bid this size.
Fumitake Fujita, who was elected as Nippon Ishin no Kai's co-leader, speaks at a party meeting Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2025

Nippon Ishin picks Fumitake Fujita for co-leader position

A former secretary-general, Fujita replaces Seiji Maehara, who resigned to take responsibility for the party’s underwhelming performance in July’s Upper House election.
Doves are released during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Peace Park on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2025

Nagasaki marks 80 years since atomic bombing as hibakusha numbers dwindle

The anniversary comes amid frustration among the dwindling number of survivors that their powerful calls for eradicating nuclear arms are falling on deaf ears.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press briefing in Kyiv in May.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2025

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of Trump-Putin talks

Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska on Friday, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a deal.
Nathan Chen speaks during a trade show in Las Vegas in January 2023.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Aug 10, 2025

U.S. star Nathan Chen will not defend Olympic figure skating gold

Chen said that he will continue to pursue a medical career rather return to competition ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Umpire Jen Pawol during a game between the Braves and Marlins in Atlanta on Saturday. Pawol, who handled the calls at first base, became the first woman to umpire a regular-season MLB game.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 10, 2025

Jen Pawol becomes first woman to umpire in MLB

The 48-year-old, who worked in more than 1,200 minor league games before getting the call-up this week, achieved the milestone at Truist Park in Atlanta.
Liu Jianchao in 2015. Liu, 61, has led the Communist Party's body in charge of managing ties with foreign political parties since 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2025

China detains senior diplomat Liu Jianchao for probe, WSJ reports

Liu was taken away after returning to Beijing in late July from an overseas work trip, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Smoke and fire rise from an industrial facility that was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Saratov region, in a screenshot from a video shared on social media on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2025

Ukraine drone attack kills one and damages buildings in Saratov, Russia says

Ukrainian media reported that the oil refinery in the city of Saratov, the administrative center of the region, was on fire after the attack.
The Saint Sophia Orthodox Church, where the Reverend Michael Trefon, who is of Yupik Eskimo descent, is the rector and conducts Russian Orthodox church services for his mainly Yupik Eskimo congregation, in Bethel, Alaska in 2019
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025

The Russian past of Alaska, where Trump and Putin will meet

Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from Russia.
Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was recently sidelined by an oblique injury.
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Aug 11, 2025

NFL teams monitoring situation with Dolphins and receiver Tyreek Hill

The 31-year-old Hill has missed only one game in his first three seasons with Miami.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person