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Debris from Hurricane Helene on a roadside as residents evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 7 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science
Nov 30, 2024

Atlantic hurricane season ends, leaving scientists to ponder the future

The Atlantic spawned 11 hurricanes this season, above the annual average of seven. Also above average was the number of major hurricanes.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te waves ahead of his departure on a Pacific island tour, at Taoyuan International Airport on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

Taiwan's Lai departs on Pacific island tour

Lai, on his first trip abroad since taking office in May, will stop over in Hawaii as he visits Taiwan allies Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport during the Lunar New Year travel rush in February 2024
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2024

China resumes short-term visa waiver for Japanese visitors

The maximum period of visa-free stays was also extended to 30 days from the previous 15 days.
FIFA's headquarters in Zurich
SOCCER
Nov 30, 2024

Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup bid gets higher score than U.S., Canada and Mexico

The higher score came despite the fact the Middle East nation has yet to construct several stadiums proposed for the tournament.
Britain's Andy Murray and Serbia's Novak Djokovic during a practice session ahead of the 2022 Laver Cup in London on Sept. 22, 2022.
TENNIS
Dec 1, 2024

Shared experiences make Murray the 'perfect coach,' Djokovic says

Murray, a three-time major winner, retired after the Paris Olympics at the age of 37, finally admitting defeat in his long battle against injury.
Former chief of staff to the U.S. secretary of defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump in Las Vegas in October.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024

Trump picks Kash Patel to head FBI

Patel has called for stripping the FBI of its intelligence-gathering role and purging anyone who refuses to support Trump's agenda.
Princess Aiko on Nov. 22 ahead of her 23rd birthday on Sunday at the Imperial Palace
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2024

Princess Aiko, only child of emperor, turns 23

This year, the princess graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo and began working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail pledged that he would make it costly for countries to move away from the U.S. dollar. And he’s threatened to use tariffs to ensure they complied.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2024

Trump demands ‘commitment’ from BRICS nations on using dollar

Backlash against the dollar’s dominance gained traction in 2022 when the U.S. led efforts to impose economic sanctions on Russia.
Charles Kushner attends the funeral for Ivana Trump, socialite and first wife of former U.S. President Donald Trump, at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York in July 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024

Trump taps Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law, as envoy to France

The choice is in keeping with Trump's pattern, so far, of selecting people, often wealthy, who are close to his family or of proven loyalty.
Political funds reports have shown that Japanese political parties and other lawmakers were keen to utilize social media and the internet for their political activities last year.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2024

Social media use rising among politicians: funds reports

Political parties see smartphones and online messaging as a vital way of reaching voters and affecting their voting behavior.
Kaja Kallas, who was set to take up her post as the European Union's top diplomat, looks on during a plenary session of the European Parliament, before a vote to approve the new European Commission, in Strasbourg, France, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024

New EU chiefs visit Kyiv on first day of mandate

The visit by the EU's new top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, and head of the European Council, Antonio Costa, was a symbolic show of support for Kyiv.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte holds a news conference in Quezon City, in Metro Manila, on Tuesday. She denied she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying recent comments that sparked a government probe only reflected "consternation" with her one-time ally.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2024

Philippines politics is often mad. It just got crazier.

Manila cannot afford to be distracted by the latest round of clan rivalry and violent threats.
Carlos Tavares, Chief Executive Officer of Stellantis, speaks at the Paris Automotive Summit during the Paris Auto Show on Oct. 15.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2024

Stellantis CEO Tavares quits and hands over to interim committee

The company said in a statement that a new CEO will be named in the first half of 2025, with an interim committee headed by Chairman John Elkann taking the reins for now.
Ken Kutaragi, the creator of Sony's PlayStation, speaks at the annual Tokyo Game Show in the city of Chiba in September.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 2, 2024

Father of PlayStation says 'everyone told us we would fail'

With revolutionary 3D graphics and titles like "Tomb Raider" and "Metal Gear Solid," the device first hit shelves on Dec. 3, 1994.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem talks with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen before the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 2, 2024

FIA president tells drivers to stick to racing amid questions about organization

In an interview ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, the Emirati suggested the drivers should stick to what they know best.
Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 2, 2024

Max Verstappen 'lost all respect' for George Russell at Qatar Grand Prix

Verstappen won Sunday's race from second place but was still fired up by what went on when they were together in the stewards' room a day earlier.
A 40-year-old house in the city of Fukuoka that has been renovated by Katitas, a company that buys up secondhand houses for resale. The company retained the house's original wooden ceilings and window frames to preserve the property's vintage look.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Dec 9, 2024

As demand rises for abandoned houses, so do cases of hidden defects

Industry experts recommend prospective buyers conduct thorough inspections before concluding transactions for akiya.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura is elected as Nippon Ishin no Kai's leader in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2024

New Nippon Ishin leader vows to keep distance from other parties

Hirofumi Yoshimura says the party’s strategy is to not take sides with parties in the ruling or the opposition camps.
The average price of osechi traditional food for the 2025 New Year stood at ¥27,826 ($185), a 1.3% increase — or ¥360 — compared with that for the 2024 New Year.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 2, 2024

Osechi ryōri prices climb for a third consecutive year

The latest increase, at ¥360 ($2.40), is the smallest in three years, at less than half the increase for the 2024 New Year.
Nihon Hidankyo co-Chairperson Terumi Tanaka (center), a Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor, attends a news conference after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Tanaka is part of a 30-strong delegation will collect the prize in Oslo.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2024

30-strong Nihon Hidankyo delegation to collect Nobel Peace Prize

The group has raised over ¥36 million in a crowd-funding campaign to cover the travel expenses of such a large delegation.
New Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy (center) and Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (left) outside the GTech Community Stadium in London before a game against Brentford on Saturday
SOCCER
Dec 3, 2024

Van Nistelrooy looks to lift Leicester's spirits

The 16th-placed club is hovering just one point above the relegation zone after three straight league defeats.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives, in Quezon City, Philippines, on Nov. 25
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2024

Philippine groups seek impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte

The groups are asking Congress to impeach her over complaints, including graft, incompetence and amassing ill-gotten wealth while in office.
China Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons toward a Philippine resupply vessel on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2024

China accuses Philippine ships of 'illegally gathering' at disputed reef

This came as the Philippine Coast Guard said a Chinese Navy helicopter had "harassed" Philippine fishing vessels in Iroquois Reef in the South China Sea.
Members of the Amel Association, a Lebanese non-governmental organization, look out from their damaged branch at buildings destroyed or damaged in an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs Hay el-Sellom neighborhood on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as ceasefire violations mount

The exchanges of fire put a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the two in an increasingly fragile position less than a week after it took effect.
An anti-regime fighter operates a truck-mounted gun as displaced Syrian Kurds drive vehicles loaded with their belongings along the Aleppo-Raqqa highway.
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 3, 2024

Who are the former jihadis now holding Syria's Aleppo?

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) says it no longer has any links to al-Qaida, but it remains blacklisted by the United States and the European Union.
If Russia insists on its nuclear doctrine, allies must adopt their own and assert that a nonnuclear country attacked by a nuclear power has the right — and duty — to receive nuclear weapons for deterrence.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2024

Should nuclear weapons for Ukraine be on the table?

The situation in Ukraine is absurd: While Ukraine's missile use is called an escalation, Russia's attacks on civilians are seen as routine.
While Donald Trump’s legacy and the future ideological direction of the country remains uncertain, the U.S. still retains a democratic future and a dynamic character.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2024

The post-cold war era is finished. Liberalism and democracy will go on.

For now, the weirder, stranger future the U.S. is entering still looks like a democratic future.
Funai Electric Chairperson Yoshiaki Harada holds a news conference in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2024

Funai's chairman files for its court-led rehabilitation

The court decision came after one of the company's directors filed a "quasi-voluntary bankruptcy" petition in late October.
The yen carry trade is expected to ramp up next year, driven by wide gaps in interest rates, higher government borrowing in the U.S. and low volatility in currency markets, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 3, 2024

Yen carry trade that rattled markets shows signs of a comeback

Japanese retail investors as well as leveraged funds and asset managers outside the country are estimated to have boosted bearish wagers on the yen in November.
President Joe Biden walks with his son Hunter and his family through Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2024

Biden's Hunter pardon riles Democrats who defended U.S. justice system

Biden had previously pledged not to intervene in the two criminal convictions against his son.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
From Osaka to the NHL: Jordan Spence hopes to inspire young Japanese hockey players
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jordan Spence helps lead the Dreamskate Japan hockey camp in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 5.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.

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