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A man stands in front of a flooded workshop in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2025

Torrential rain in Kumamoto Prefecture leaves two dead

Four people remain missing in Kyushu after heavy rain lashed the region from Sunday to Tuesday.
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief

Pyongyang’s alliance with Moscow gives it critical battlefield experience and access to advanced weapons, at the same time making it more unpredictable.
Akio Kuroi holds a photograph of his father, Keijiro, as he speaks during an interview in Tokyo in April about how his father had changed after World War II.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 13, 2025

'War trauma' transformed caring father into a complete stranger

A growing number of family members of former Japanese servicemen are sharing their experiences, prompting the government to launch a survey to document such realities.
Palestinians wait to collect food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

Palestinian mother 'destroyed' after image used to deny Gaza starvation

For Faiza Najjar, the fact that her family's reunion got caught up in a misinformation campaign was devastating.
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
JAPAN / History
Aug 13, 2025

The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731

For 95-year-old Hideo Shimizu, the 4½ months he spent with the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army were just like yesterday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg in 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

India-China thaw takes shape as Modi embraces BRICS over Trump

Modi’s economic calculus was fundamentally altered this month when Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil.
A yacht and a cargo ship collided near Hoto Island in Oita Prefecture on Wednesday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025

Gravel carrier captain arrested over deadly yacht collision in Oita

Yuki Mochizuki, 28, was arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and endangering traffic through negligence.
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
JAPAN / History
Aug 13, 2025

Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare

In a dusty box, a Nagano man finds proof his father served in Nanjing, China, with Unit 1644, part of Japan’s covert biological weapons network during World War II.
A worker at Stetman LLC repairs a damaged Starlink terminal in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on July 14.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2025

Starlink techies keep Musk’s network running, even in a war

Despite his on-and-off feud with Trump and the subsequent exile from the White House, Musk remains a central figure in the war.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025

Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments in mogul Jimmy Lai's trial

The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday. Ishiba plans to launch a new economic initiative to strengthen ties with India, the Middle East and Africa at an event near Tokyo next week.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

Ishiba to launch new regional economic initiative

The initiative is aimed at helping Japanese companies expand operations in India, the Middle East and Africa.
Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George speaks during an interview on Aug. 1 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2025

Indian ambassador to Japan underscores Quad ties

Japan and India have designated 2025 as an exchange year in the fields of science and technology and innovation.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

After serving as bulwark for 80 years, Japan's U.S. ties continue to evolve

Under the U.S. security alliance, Japan has contained potential expansion of the Soviet communist bloc and China's hegemonic ambitions since the end of World War II.
Participants pray during a World War II memorial ceremony held off the coast of the Philippines in June. The program facilitating the services will end due to the aging of participants.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2025

Overseas WWII memorial services for Japanese families set to end

The program has seen dwindling participation as many bereaved families grow older.
Rory McIlroy stands on the 17th green during the final round of the British Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland, on July 20.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 14, 2025

Rory McIlroy balks at suggestion of being playing captain at future Ryder Cup

The U.S. Ryder Cup captain is Keegan Bradley, whose strong form in 2025 has the 39-year-old in 10th place in the qualification standings.
Osaka Asian Film Festival, which will hold its 21st edition early to draw on Expo 2025 visitors, is set to open on Aug. 29 with a restoration of “Tracing to Expo ’70.” The Taiwanese film follows a Japan-raised Taiwanese woman whose search for her long-lost benefactor takes her to the 1970 Osaka Expo.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 15, 2025

Osaka Asian Film Festival gets an expo boost

In a rare double bill, the Osaka Asian Film Festival will stage a special summer edition to make the most out of interest in the ongoing world's fair.
Former teacher Satoshi Ito speaks during an interview in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in June. Ito underwent training for guerrilla warfare at a secret school to prepare for a possible battle in mainland Japan during World War II.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2025

War must never be repeated, says WWII guerrilla commander

Former teacher Satoshi Ito, now 102, said he was a pawn of the military, like many others.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, in 2018
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

China and India discuss resuming border trade after five-year pause

The normalizing of ties between the two countries comes against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 50% tariff rate on Indian exports to the U.S.
Employees work at the apparel manufacturing unit at Bhiwandi in the Thane district of India's Maharashtra state on July 30.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 14, 2025

Trump’s 50% tariff threatens India’s manufacturing ambitions

The U.S. is now India’s biggest export market and one of its top sources of foreign investment.
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over the island of Okinawa in March 2018.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2025

Precautionary Osprey landings signal safety, not alarm

Two precautionary V-22 Osprey landings in northern Honshu demonstrated the aircraft’s safety and its role in enhancing Japan’s rapid-deployment and island-defense capabilities.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference in Nagasaki on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

Approval for Ishiba Cabinet rises to 27.3%, poll shows

Respondents who think Ishiba should not resign following the ruling party's setback in last month's House of Councilors election slightly outpacing those who think he should.
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
JAPAN / Society
Aug 14, 2025

Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption

A power outage caused services on Osaka Metro’s Chuo Line to be suspended for about eight hours from 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Currently, operators of theaters and music halls can get a one-third reduction in the fixed property and city planning taxes if they carry out barrier-free renovations that meet government standards.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2025

Japan eyes tax relief for barrier-free movie theaters

The initiative aims to help people enjoy cultural and artistic activities regardless of their disability.
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
LIFE / Bilingual
Aug 15, 2025

Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?

Learn how the Japanese tell time — from zero o’clock to 27 o’clock, and why 10 minutes "before" isn’t always clear.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference regarding the E1 settlement scheme, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2025

Far-right Israeli minister announces plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state

The Palestinian government, allies and campaign groups have condemned the plan to divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, calling it illegal.
Kosuzu Harada (right), a Nagasaki resident and the granddaughter of a double hibakusha, and Ari Beser, the grandson of a radar operator who flew aboard the U.S. B-29 bombers, in the city of Nagasaki in September 2024
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025

Beyond A-bombs, grandchildren unite for nuclear-free world

A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from opposite sides have forged an unlikely collaboration.
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2025

A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling

Naoshima is known for art, but this coastal hotel in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, focuses on Japan’s competitive cycling scene.
Mitsuko Arakaki talks about life on Tinian Island and the situation after the U.S. military landing, on July 12 in the village of Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 15, 2025

'Why do humans wage war?': Woman recalls escaping death on Tinian island in WWII

When U.S. air raids began in 1944, life changed overnight for the around 13,000 Japanese civilians living on Tinian.
Criminals started hijacking online brokerage accounts in Japan and using them to drive up penny stocks around the world earlier this year.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2025

Japan brokers seek to identify hackers after fraud surges

Criminals started hijacking online brokerage accounts in Japan and using them to drive up penny stocks around the world earlier this year.
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025

Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead

The man, in his 20s, went missing after a brown bear attacked him while he was descending a mountain in eastern Hokkaido on Thursday.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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