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Broncos quarterback Bo Nix celebrates after his team's comeback win over the Giants in Denver on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 20, 2025

Broncos score 33 points in fourth quarter to stun Giants

The 33 fourth-quarter points are the most in NFL history by a team that had been shut out in the first three quarters.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, who was elected prime minister on Tuesday, holds up a policy agreement with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing the deal at parliament in Tokyo a day earlier.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 21, 2025

On defense policy, Japan's new ruling bloc packs a lot of punch

The LDP and Japan Innovation Party aim to revise key security documents while eliminating curbs on exporting lethal defense gear and building up Japan’s defense industrial base.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi and other lawmakers prepare to cast their votes for Japan's new prime minister in the Lower House of parliament on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

Takaichi’s choice: revolution, reform or regression

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stands at a crossroads. Her choices will define not only her legacy but the nation’s trajectory.
Rodrigo Paz, Bolivia's president-elect, holds a Bolivian flag during an election night rally following the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

Bolivia's new president rekindles cautious hope for stalled lithium dreams

The country holds the world's largest resources of the ultralight metal used in electric vehicle batteries.
Sanae Takaichi's new Cabinet poses for a group photo at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2025

Breaking down Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet picks

Takaichi only appointed two women in the Cabinet, which was identical to the previous Shigeru Ishiba administration.
Sanae Takaichi meets with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te at the Presidential Office in Taipei in April.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2025

The secret to Takaichi’s success in the Indo-Pacific

In her favor, Takaichi, a former economic security minister, seems to understand that this developing security structure centers around Japan.
Chugoku Electric Power's Shimane nuclear power station in the city of Matsue. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to push for the accelerated revival of nuclear power as an energy source.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025

Nuclear power at heart of new prime minister's energy policy

Imported fossil fuels cover 60% to 70% of Japan's electricity generation and are a source of inflation that has undermined support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
A new species of sea anemone, "Paracalliactis tsukisome," discovered on the deep seafloor off the coast of Japan, lives in a symbiotic relationship by attaching itself to the shell inhabited by a certain species of hermit crab.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2025

Study discovers new species of sea anemone off coast of Japan

The sea anemone attaches itself to a shell inhabited by a certain species of hermit crab, according to the team of researchers.
The Taiwanese flag waves on a hilltop facing China's Xiamen city, on Dadan Island, in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Oct. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Taiwan wary China's new economic plan could include front-line islands

Taiwanese officials fear China could seek to gain de facto jurisdiction over Kinmen islands if it includes them in its economic development plan.
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities

The creation of a new post specifically for handling foreign residents shows how immigration is a key policy focus for the Takaichi Cabinet.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi in action against Chicago Fire FC at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sept. 30
SOCCER
Oct 24, 2025

Messi signs new Inter Miami contract through 2028

Messi's contract ensures he will remain in competitive action until and long after the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Emperor Naruhito officially swears in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2025

Sanae Takaichi stands tall and heads into the breach

Her Cabinet includes several rivals from the presidential campaign. It is an attempt to smooth over ill and a smart move.
Much of the current media coverage is skewing the portrayal of Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, using inflammatory labels that distort public understanding and amplify foreign disinformation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2025

When media distortion threatens democratic stability

Systematic bias — employing loaded terminology and decontextualized narratives — undermines informed democratic discourse
Tourism minister Yasushi Kaneko holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2025

New tourism minister calls concentration of tourists in certain areas 'very serious'

New Japanese tourism minister Yasushi Kaneko has voiced concerns about overtourism and the negative impact on the country from the large influx of foreign tourists.
The seventh H3 rocket carrying the newly developed HTV-X1 resupply vehicle is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2025

JAXA launches new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to International Space Station

The craft’s journey to the ISS will be the first time in five years that Japan has sent supplies to the station.
Sanae Takaichi’s selection as Japan’s first female prime minister marks a historic breakthrough for women in politics, but her leadership faces significant challenges from political fragility and critics, both at home and abroad.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2025

Takaichi’s rise to power and the ‘glass cliff’

Her appointment could prove to be a “glass cliff” as she encounters hypercriticism and the inherent challenges of a shaky coalition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov at an unidentified location in this still image taken from video and released on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Putin says Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile

Putin called the new weapon "unique,” and said the missile’s class needed to be determined and infrastructure prepared so that it can be deployed.
Giants running back Cam Skattebo (right) celebrates with tight end Daniel Bellinger after scoring a touchdown against the Eagles in the first quarter at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 27, 2025

Giants running back Cam Skattebo dislocates ankle against Eagles

Skattebo was transported to a Philadelphia-area hospital for evaluation, where he will undergo surgery.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance

The meeting was a crucial test of Takaichi’s diplomatic chops as she seeks to elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance while staving off pressure from the U.S. on defense spending.
People take cover near the scene of a shelling in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 8, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

U.N. probe finds new Russian crimes against humanity in Ukraine

Russia's continual use of drone attacks targeting civilians to force people to flee Ukrainian-held territory is tantamount to a crime against humanity, probe says.
Sanae Takaichi’s rise to prime minister has boosted optimism in Japan, but sustaining it will depend on her handling of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's political, ethical and electoral challenges.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 28, 2025

Takaichi’s road to rebuilding the LDP’s ‘big tent’

Sanae Takaichi’s rise to prime minister has boosted optimism in Japan, but sustaining it will depend on her handling of the LDP’s political, ethical and electoral challenges.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at an event in Beijing on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 28, 2025

China eyes 'positive signals' from new Japan leadership

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has toned down her rhetoric and called China an important neighbor.
People fleeing sectarian violence in Syria cross a river into northern Lebanon near the town of Masoudiyeh on March 12.
WORLD / Society
Oct 30, 2025

Syria’s rocky transition brings new waves of displacement

Between December 2024 and July 2025, more than 430,000 people in Syria were newly displaced, according to the United Nations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2025

How is Takaichi doing after a week at the helm?

The Japanese public's reaction to her first week as prime minister has been overwhelmingly positive.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim at the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2025

Takaichi shines on the diplomatic stage

Takaichi got especially high marks for her masterful handling of U.S. President Donald Trump. Channeling her mentor, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The current exhibition at 21_21 Design Site is A-POC Able’s first venture outside fashion, though it follows in the footsteps of its founder Issey Miyake, who launched a lighting collection in 2011 with Italian company Artemide.
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 2, 2025

New generations of designers carry Issey Miyake's legacy

From pleated garments to glowing lamps, the designer’s philosophy continues to evolve through new brands, collaborations and generations.
Syyrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends a celebration marking Syria's liberation, in Aleppo, Syria, in May.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 1, 2025

No spoils of war: Syria's new ruler lays down the law to loyalists

At stake: the legitimacy leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has gained among many Syrians, and abroad, by ousting dictator Bashar Assad.
Newly elected opposition Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun delivers her speech during a party congress in Taipei on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2025

Taiwan's new opposition leader takes over, warning against risk of China war

The position of the new leader of the democratic island's biggest opposition party could derail the government's spending plans.
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (center) leaves after attending a news conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi on Oct. 12. The reopening of India's embassy in Kabul followed Muttaqi’s recent visit to India's capital.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2025

India’s Kabul return may recast global Taliban policy

The reopening followed Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s recent visit to India, enabled by a special United Nations sanctions exemption.
Kansai Electric Power will not make a decision on construction based on the results of the survey alone and will take into account profitability and the Nuclear Regulation Authority's regulatory policy, the company's President Nozomu Mori said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2025

Kansai Electric will soon begin survey for new nuclear reactor, sources say

The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Japan since the 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Fukushima No. 1 plant.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo