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Newcastle United's Alexander Isak reacts after missing a chance against Everton at St James' Park in Newcastle on May 25.
SOCCER
Aug 20, 2025

Isak says 'change' best for everyone after Newcastle trust broken

Liverpool has reportedly had a £110 million bid ($149 million) rejected for the 25-year-old, with Newcastle holding out for a British transfer record fee of up to £150 million.
Exports fell 2.6% in value in July from a year earlier, posting the biggest downturn since February 2021, led by cars, auto parts and steel.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 20, 2025

Japan’s exports tumble most in four years as U.S. tariff pain intensifies

Exports fell 2.6% in value from a year earlier, sliding more than the median forecast of a 2.1% decline, the Finance Ministry has reported.
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2025

Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King

The fast-food chain has grown fourfold in just six years.
Seven & I Holdings' market value dipped below Aeon for the first time in two decades, as shares in the operator of 7-Eleven stores languish after Alimentation Couche-Tard abandoned its bid for the company.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2025

Seven & I value eclipsed by Aeon as revamp struggles to impress

Aeon, Japan’s second-biggest grocery conglomerate, reached a market capitalization of ¥5.19 trillion ($35.2 billion) at the close of trading in Tokyo on Thursday.
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2025

JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing

The train, called Train Suite Shiki-shima, was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, heading for the prefectures of Niigata and Nagano.
Nissan's popular "<i>kei</i> car" Roox is seen displayed outside the company's global headquarters in Yokohama in November.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2025

Nissan updates popular 'kei car' as it revamps aging lineup

The fourth-generation Roox, better mileage, more safety features and built-in connectivity, will go on sale by the end of the year for ¥1.6 million.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walks after speaking, as Canada announced that it is removing many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods as a goodwill gesture designed to restart stalled trade talks, during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Aug 23, 2025

Carney’s tariff shift helps business and creates a political headache

On Friday, Carney announced the end of 25% retaliatory tariffs imposed by his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, on a wide range of food and other consumer goods.
Haruhiko Oyama, a descendant of the Yamatohana Jozo brewery's founder, talks about the family business at the brewer’s original site, which is now used as a restaurant and rental venue.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 8, 2025

Sake brewing in Hiroshima felt the pinch of wartime economic controls

During World War II, the government pushed breweries into mergers or closures to redirect resources toward munitions.
Summers in Japan have grown hotter and hotter, and people have had to spend more money as a result.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2025

Tokyo household budgets further squeezed by heat wave

On average, monthly expenses are up more than $23 a month as a result of high temperatures.
The Tokyo Electron booth at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo in December. Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae is seeking out deals to consolidate the chip tool components sector.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Japan’s niche chip gear makers left out of Nvidia boom, one CEO says

Small companies lack the scale to demand better prices and lower costs, resulting in profit margins of less than 10%, the head of Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae said.
Founded in 1948, Puma reported €281.6 million in net income last year and €8.8 billion in sales, and counts a global workforce of roughly 22,000.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Pinault family is exploring options for Puma, including a sale

Puma has been trying to revamp itself under new CEO Arthur Hoeld after failing to generate much enthusiasm for its products with consumers in recent years.
The Finance Ministry in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The ministry plans to seek a record 32.4 trillion yen in debt-servicing costs in its budget request for fiscal 2026.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2025

Finance Ministry seeks record budget for debt financing

The ministry’s request would be the highest amount ever budgeted for debt-servicing costs, which already account for about a quarter of Japan’s national budget.
The Bank of Japan, which owns more than half of the nation’s sovereign notes, is moving forward with its plan to trim its balance sheet and scale back bond purchases.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2025

Bank of Japan’s operations signal market is eager to sell bonds

Investor selloff of government bonds comes as the BOJ moves forward with its plan to trim its balance sheet and scale back bond purchases.
A craftsman checks the grading of a polished diamond in the grading department of a diamond processing unit in Surat, India, on Aug. 15.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2025

In India's diamond hub, looming U.S. tariffs cut into growing trade ambitions

Trump's levies threaten to sever India's access to its largest diamond market, which accounts for nearly a third of its $28.5 billion annual shipments of gems and jewelry.
A Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle in Shanghai
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

Chinese carmakers resist Beijing’s call to end brutal price war

Domestic EV maker Leapmotor said recently that while the government’s campaign is beneficial for the industry, it won’t affect its pricing tactics.
A worker wearing protective equipment walks near the Electric Arc Furnace at the 7 Steel facility in Cardiff, Wales, on July 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 28, 2025

Sky-high electricity costs hindering the U.K.'s progress toward net zero

Energy bills have stripped firms of money to improve efficiency, deterred the shift to lower-carbon power sources and made wind-farm, pylon and battery production less competitive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Russia eyes China trade revival as Putin prepares for Xi summit, sources say

"Ahead of the visit, officials on both sides are looking into ways to increase trade because the current numbers do not look good," one source said.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.5% in Tokyo in August from a year earlier, versus a 2.9% clip in the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Tokyo inflation slows on subsidies as BOJ stays on hike path

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.5% year on year in the capital in August, versus a 2.9% clip in July.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stands on the track at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 29, 2025

Sebastian Coe confident gene testing will be completed for Tokyo worlds

Athletes who arrive at the global event without being tested can complete the process in the Japanese capital.
A McDonald’s Japan Pokemon card promotion triggered scalper frenzy, upset children and forced the company to rethink its Happy Set campaigns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2025

McDonald’s 'Pokemon' frenzy shows the collecting boom’s dark side

After a "Pokemon" trading card promotion went disastrously wrong, it’s been rebuked by the Consumer Affairs Agency and is rethinking future campaigns.
Under a notice published Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department said it was revoking waivers for Samsung and SK Hynix to use U.S. technologies in their Chinese operations.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 30, 2025

Samsung and SK Hynix lose U.S. waiver on chip gear for China use

The semiconductor companies had been operating in China under regulations that allow them to import chipmaking equipment without applying for a new license each time.
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a "Trump Was Right About Everything!" hat, as he visits The People’s House: A White House Experience museum in Washington on Aug. 22.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2025

Seeking more power, Trump uses firings to test presidential limits

The actions underscored Trump's desire for influence in sectors normally seen as independent from overt political control.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a joint news conference in Toulon, France, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

German and French leaders push for secondary sanctions on Russian backers

The two European leaders are increasing pressure on Moscow as U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts sputter.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (third from right), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, poses for pictures alongside U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (third from left) and others upon arriving at the Songshan Airport in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

Senior U.S. senator expects joint weapons production with Taiwan

A Taiwan official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters that co-production of weapons was "very important."
Capital expenditure by Japanese businesses on goods excluding software gained for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through June.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2025

Japanese firms pare back capital spending as U.S. tariffs hit

Capital expenditure on goods excluding software gained for a fifth consecutive quarter, but slowed to a pace of 0.2% compared to the previous period.
Volunteers identify the bodies of fallen soldiers in Dobropillya, Ukraine, on Aug. 23. In an interview on Sunday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he is bracing himself for the possibility that the war in Ukraine could go on for a long time.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2025

Merz sees war in Ukraine dragging on with no clear end in sight

The German chancellor says he hasn’t given up hope that a ceasefire can be secured in Ukraine, but he’s "not under any illusions either.”
A Tesla robotaxi drives on a street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on June 22. CEO Elon Musk has set an ambitious timeline of having "millions of Teslas operating autonomously” by the second half of next year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2025

How Tesla and Waymo's radically different robotaxi approaches will shape the industry

The differing strategies have far-reaching implications for the early pecking order in the nascent autonomous-driving space.
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2025

‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream

The American outdoor brand is looking to make the offering of secondhand goods alongside new products the next step of its evolution.
Laurent Freixe attends Nestle's general shareholders meeting in Ecublens, near Lausanne, on April 16. Nestle has dismissed Freixe due to an undisclosed workplace affair.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Nestle ousts CEO over office affair and taps Nespresso boss

The ousted chief executive is the latest of several consumer and retail company bosses to lose their jobs over workplace relationships in recent years.
Newcastle's £55 million move for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa capped a record summer of spending in the Premier League.
SOCCER
Sep 2, 2025

Premier League clubs spend record £3 billion in summer frenzy

The 20 clubs have spent £650 million more in this window than the previous highest summer spend in 2023.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
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