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Team USA's Scottie Scheffler hits a shot during a practice round for the Ryder Cup in Farmingdale, New York, on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 25, 2025

Europe and United States prepare to add new chapter to Ryder Cup rivalry

More than 50,000 spectators are expected each day at the suburban New York layout, where raucous home fans are likely to provide deafening support for the U.S.
Market expectations for a rate hike when the Bank of Japan next sets policy on Oct. 30 have been gaining momentum as inflation has held steady and the economy has showed resilience.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 25, 2025

BOJ may raise rate as soon as October, says former board member

Market expectations for a rate hike when the bank next sets policy have been gaining momentum as inflation has held steady and the economy has showed resilience.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (left), former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi (right) and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrive to attend the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates joint press conference at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 25, 2025

Newcomer or veteran? LDP faces two choices for new party chief

Whoever wins the Oct. 4 leadership race must be able to work with senior members while also showing the public that the LDP is serious about reform.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover takes a selfie on July 23, with the rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls visible to the left. The feature is of interest to scientists studying signs of ancient microscopic life on the Red Planet.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2025

Crucial evidence about life on Mars is stuck — on Mars

To actually see what’s inside potential Martian life, scientists would need to bring samples back to Earth to study — a project NASA launched but has struggled to complete.
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz speaks after signing a contract for the delivery of mobile communication centers in Zegrze, Poland, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2025

Poland becomes top importer of Taiwanese drones, skirting China

From almost nothing in the previous years, Poland is now absorbing almost 60% of Taiwan’s drone exports, which expanded this year to about $32 million through August.
The Nagoya High Court overturned a lower court decision that obliged the government to recognize a Syrian man as a refugee.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2025

Court rules government not obliged to recognize Syrian man as refugee

The court overturned a lower court decision that obliged the government to recognize a Syrian man as a refugee.
James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is sworn in remotely from his home during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing exploring the FBI's investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian election interference, in Washington, in September 2020.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025

FBI ex-chief Comey criminally charged as Trump targets critics

If convicted, Comey could face up to five years in prison. He faces charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation.
A bipartisan group of economic experts urged the Supreme Court not to let U.S. President Donald Trump fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025

Economic luminaries enter legal battle over Fed independence

The Supreme Court this year has largely sided with Trump in his firing decisions, but the justices have previously said the Fed is a "uniquely structured, quasi-private entity.”
A robotic vehicle assembly line in Hefei, China. China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 26, 2025

China has more robots working for it than the rest of the world combined

Chinese manufacturers have also gotten better at making factory robots, thanks to a government push.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said his ministry did not intend to grant a cultivation license for a prized grape variety without consulting producers.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025

LDP leadership contender Koizumi seeks to quash criticism over prized grapes

Koizumi said his farm ministry did not intend to grant an overseas cultivation license for Shine Muscat grapes without consulting producers.
Visitors wait in line to enter the Tech World pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2025

Taiwan showcases chipmaking prowess as a private exhibitor at Osaka Expo

The expo’s guidebook makes only brief references to Taiwan's food and lifestyles, but the structure of its pavilion and exhibits are rich in symbolism.
Concern about prices in Japan is at or near record highs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025

Inflation and ‘food situation’ concerns top key Japan survey

Rising prices have not been this much of a worry since just after the 1973 oil shock.
People displaced by fighting between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority army sit in a shelter on the grounds of a monastery in Mandalay.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Quake-hit Myanmar city becomes epicenter of junta election offensive

The junta has pledged elections beginning on Dec. 28 and has touted them as a path to peace with its myriad adversaries.
The International Paralympic Committee lifted a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus, meaning athletes may be able to compete under their own flags at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 28, 2025

International Paralympic Committee lifts partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus

Ukrainian sports minister said those who voted for the decision had betrayed "their conscience and the Olympic values."
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025

On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t

From nuanced differences in how to bolster Japan’s defenses to the importance of relations with the U.S., each candidate’s views could result in significantly different policies.
A boy flies a kite in Kabul on Monday as Taliban authorities severed Afghanistan's fiber optic connections in multiple provinces "until further notice."
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Taliban shut down communications across Afghanistan

It is the first time since the Taliban government won their insurgency in 2021 that communications have been shut down in the country.
Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Cardinals in Chicago on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Sep 30, 2025

Padres visit Cubs and red-hot Seiya Suzuki for wild-card opener

Suzuki followed up a seven-week homerless drought by going deep five times over the Chicago Cubs' final four games of the regular season.
Toyota aims to install 500 fast chargers for electric vehicles at its dealerships in Japan by the end of March 2026.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2025

Toyota steps up high-speed EV charger installations at dealerships

The carmaker aims to have 500 fast chargers installed at dealerships in Japan by the end of March 2026.
About 83% of public hospitals in Japan were in the red in fiscal 2024.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2025

83% of public hospitals in Japan in red in fiscal 2024

Both the deficit and the proportion of loss-making hospitals, 703 out of 844, marked record highs.
Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga holds onto the ball against the Timberwolves during Game 4 of the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on May 12.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 1, 2025

Warriors free agent Jonathan Kuminga agrees to two-year deal

Kuminga's contract includes a team option for the second year that allows the Warriors to pivot toward negotiating a fresh deal with the former lottery pick.
Why Koizumi is toning down his calls for reform
In his second bid for the presidency, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has toned down his rhetoric, avoiding controversial proposals for social and labor reform and pledging instead to carry on the work of previous administrations.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Bank of Japan rate increase looking more likely
Signs of recovery in consumer spending have some analysts looking for a rate increase as soon as October.
Skilled worker visa holders hit record high ahead of new visa program
The Justice Ministry's figures show the number of specified skilled worker visa holders hit a record high as of the end of June.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
Can Japan crack the China code in table tennis?
Tomokazu Harimoto waits for China's Wang Chuqin to serve during the men's singles final at the WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 tournament on Aug. 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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