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Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2025

Japan’s population shrinks for the 14th consecutive year

Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.
Whooping cough is believed to be spreading in Japan mainly among children.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2025

Whooping cough is spreading in Japan

Cases reported so far this year have already exceeded the total number from 2024.
Mori Calliope fan Taylor Jones holds a penstick as fans await entry to the historic venue Hollywood Palladium for a sold-out concert by Virtual YouTuber Mori Calliope.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 14, 2025

Digital divas: Can Japan's virtual YouTuber craze crack America?

VTuber agency Cover Corp. recently opened a U.S. office to accelerate business in North America.
Toyota and Lexus cars and sport utility vehicles unloaded from car carrier ships to the Toyota Logistics Services automotive processing terminal at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2025

Trump floats temporary reprieve for autos as parts tariffs loom

The president said he is exploring exemptions to his tariffs on imported vehicles and parts to give auto companies more time to set up manufacturing in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Trump calls for deporting some citizens to El Salvador, testing U.S. law

The comments are the clearest signal yet that the president is serious about deporting naturalized and U.S.-born citizens, a proposal many legal scholars say is unconstitutional.
Italian Paralympic athlete Martina Cairono holds the torch for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games during a ceremony at the Italy Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka on Monday.
OLYMPICS
Apr 15, 2025

Winter Games torches unveiled in joint ceremony in Milan and Osaka

The torches were presented in a theater at Milan's Triennale art and design museum and the Italian pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka.
Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa in Damascus on March 10
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia to pay off Syria's World Bank debts, paving way for further funding

Plans would be the first known instance of Saudi Arabia providing financing for Syria since Islamist-led rebels toppled former leader Bashar al-Assad last year.
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2025

China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion

The ships can be linked up one behind the other to form a long, relocatable pier that extends from deeper waters nearly a kilometer out at sea onto a beach.
Police officers block protesters during a demonstration after the Hungarian parliament voted on constitutional amendments targeting the LGBTQ+ community, on the Chain Bridge in Budapest on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Hungary amends constitution to enable Orban’s crackdown

The proceedings are likely to exacerbate a European Union clash with Orban over his consolidation of power.
Taro Kitabayashi, chief executive officer of Norinchukin Bank, during an interview in Tokyo, on April 9. Kitabayashi said the bank finished selling off its unprofitable U.S. Treasury holdings by the end of March, thus avoiding the volatility last week as Trump’s trade policies whipsawed markets.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2025

Norinchukin dodges Trump’s market chaos after selling Treasuries

New Chief Executive Taro Kitabayashi said the bank finished selling off its unprofitable U.S. Treasury holdings by the end of March.
Kimitaka Sakurai displays a sharpening stone for working on skate blades, in Yokohama on March 28. Regular sharpening is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and reducing skaters’ risk of injury on the ice.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 15, 2025

The man who helps Japanese figure skaters stay sharp

Skate sharpening is not a lucrative endeavor, but Kimitaka Sakurai has been doing it full time for 14 years, and he is a master at his craft.
New Zealand's Mark Tele'a in action in October 2023
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Apr 15, 2025

All Black wing Tele'a announces Japan switch

Media reports have suggested that the 28-year-old will join Toyota Verblitz.
Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge in action against the Diamondbacks in New York on April 3
BASEBALL
Apr 15, 2025

Aaron Judge to captain United States in World Baseball Classic

Judge will be playing in the international team event for the first time.
Damaged Buddha statues are surrounded by debris from collapsed buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday following the devastating March 28 earthquake.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2025

'125,000 truckloads' of debris need removal in quake-hit Myanmar: U.N.

The central cities of Mandalay and Sagaing lie devastated, while more than 60,000 people have crowded into temporary displacement sites
Vehicles wait in line to cross into the United States at the Canada-U.S. border in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Avoid U.S. travel or take burner devices, Canadian organizations tell staff

Employees have also been given advice on how to minimize information that can be accessed by border agents.
A sign of the World Health Organization displayed at their headquarters in Geneva on March 13
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Pandemic treaty talks inch toward accord

Experts say an accord has become even more crucial with new health threats, ranging from H5N1 bird flu to measles, mpox and Ebola.
The suspects used free AI software to create images of naked adult women, who do not exist in the real world, using prompts that included terms such as "legs open," according to NHK.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2025

Four arrested over obscene AI images in Japan first

Concern is growing worldwide over the use of AI for malicious purposes including through deepfakes, which turn genuine photos, video or audio of people into false likenesses.
Shuhei Kishimoto, in April 2023 in Wakayama Prefectural Government
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Wakayama Gov. Kishimoto dies at 68

The governor died on Tuesday morning of septic shock at a hospital where he was receiving treatment after being found collapsed at home a day earlier.
An 80-year-old man was arrested at the Osaka Expo on Monday after he allegedly told a security guard he had a bomb in his backpack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2025

Man arrested over bomb threat at Osaka Expo

Suspect Jun Noguchi, 80, allegedly told a security guard he had explosives in his backpack, which led to the evacuation of about 200 people.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino in a meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2025

Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years

The last time an official meeting was held between a prime minister and Rengo to discuss labor policies was in 2009.
Sachiko Ishizuka, who was born via artificial insemination by donor (AID), tells her story to lawmakers from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on April 9.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2025

Privacy and transparency clash in debate over bill on artificial insemination

At stake is the thorny question of when children conceived through artificial insemination by donor can access information on their biological parents, and to what extent.
Emperor Naruhito speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Osaka Expo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2025

Emperor meets with Turkmenistan president

The meeting followed the president's attendance in Turkmenistan's national day event Monday at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
Japanese companies have faced pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and investors to offload noncore assets such as real estate to use capital more efficiently.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2025

Nomura said to sell Tokyo building to real estate affiliate

The buyer, Nomura Real Estate Holdings, plans to demolish the building and develop luxury condominiums on the site.
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News the U.S. will focus on restricting Iran’s uranium enrichment and missile capability rather than dismantling its entire nuclear program. He later took a different tone on social media.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2025

U.S. backs away from envoy saying Iran can keep enriching uranium

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff later posted on social media "that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program."
The Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2025

Ground zero of China trade boom reckons with decoupling from U.S.

"The China-U.S. relation is beyond salvation — this change of gears is irreversible,” said the China director at a political risk consultancy.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov shake hands at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2025

Ishiba's expo diplomacy begins with hosting of Turkmen president

The two leaders released a joint statement calling for maintaining "the free and open international order based on the rule of law."
The start of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah on March 9 last year.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Apr 16, 2025

Team ownership could be next F1 step for Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia first hosted Formula One in 2021, while energy giant Aramco is a global partner of the sport and also the title sponsor of the Aston Martin team.
A damages lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Fukuoka District Court, names four defendants including the group’s boss, 83-year-old Kenichi Shinoda and his second-in-command, 77-year-old Kiyoshi Takayama.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2025

Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza boss sued over fraud scheme in Fukuoka

The lawsuit names four defendants including the group’s boss, 83-year-old Kenichi Shinoda, better known as Shinobu Tsukasa.
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial at a U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 16, 2025

Zuckerberg defends strategy behind Instagram, WhatsApp deals

The Federal Trade Commission alleges the acquisitions of the two apps give Meta Platforms a social media monopoly, and is fighting to break up the company.
Fuji Media's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2025

U.S. investor to propose candidates for Fuji Media's board

Dalton Investments said in a statement that the old-fashioned corporate structure of Fuji Media must be swept away.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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