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Cannabidiol products in New York in October 2014. Tetrahydrocannabinol, which gives the “high” often associated with marijuana, is illegal in Japan if it exceeds a certain amount.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2025

Japan has ‘strictest standard in the world’ when it comes to CBD products

The country’s threshold for tetrahydrocannabinol, a compound derived from cannabis that gives the “high,” is just 10 parts per million, compared with 3,000 ppm in the U.S.
Members of the Japanese team for the World Athletics Championships pose for photos at Meiji Kinenkan on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Team Japan seeks ‘passionate support’ at World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Championships kick off at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Sept. 13.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba heads toward the Upper House hall in Tokyo on Aug. 1.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 5, 2025

Ishiba reaffirms intent to stay on after tariffs lowered

In a further sign of his intention to stay on, he also announced later in the day that his government will compile an economic package this autumn.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with the high military command in Caracas on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Trump plays down regime change in Venezuela as U.S. deploys stealth fighter jets

The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels.
A woman wearing a poncho takes a selfie at Bondi Beach during wet weather in Sydney on Aug. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 6, 2025

Suspected 'large shark' kills man off Sydney beach

It was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 2022, when 35-year-old British diving instructor Simon Nellist was killed off Little Bay.
People receive aid distributed by the Aga Khan Development Network in the Dewa Gul Valley of Sawkay district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2025

U.S. yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake, sources say

The lack of response underscores how President Donald Trump has forfeited decades of U.S. leadership of global disaster relief.
Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand's next prime minister, leaves parliament in Bangkok on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Thailand's next PM reaffirms promise for fresh election

Conservative tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by parliament on Friday, ending a weeklong power vacuum.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past