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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.
Actor Kenshin Endo has denied allegations of possessing dried cannabis.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2025

Actor Kenshin Endo arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession

Tokyo police allege Endo had 0.4 grams of dried cannabis in his possession earlier this month at the home of fellow actor Hiroya Shimizu, who has been indicted.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses members of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. At a climate summit hosted by Guterres on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 7%-10% from its peak by 2035.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 25, 2025

Beijing takes the lead with new climate plans amid Washington’s denial

China's reduction target marked the first time the world's biggest emitter pledged a cut in emissions, rather than just limiting their growth.
Nodoka Okisawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra to perform Benjamin Britten's opera "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Matsumoto Performing Arts Center in August for the 33rd edition of the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 28, 2025

Nodoka Okisawa is carrying the baton for Seiji Ozawa in Matsumoto

Japanese conductor Nodoka Okisawa embraces both tradition and renewal at a festival that still embodies Ozawa’s spirit.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a march near the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday, during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2025

Turning the tide back toward peace in the Middle East

The 2025 United Nations General Assembly opened with a major step toward implementing a two-state solution.
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 25, 2025

Will a Lower House election follow LDP’s leadership vote? Maybe not this time

Dissolving the Lower House to call a snap general election soon after the appointment of a new party leader is convention, but the current situation seems more complicated.
The Tokyo Game Show opened Thursday in the city of Chiba with 521 Japanese exhibitors and 615 exhibitors from overseas — the largest share yet.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2025

Tokyo Game Show kicks off with largest lineup yet

The four-day event is hosting a record 4,157 booths and 1,136 exhibitors, more than half of which are from overseas.
A boy from Douar Imzerri in the rural commune of Tilougguite, in Morocco's Beni Mellal-Khenifra region, communicates using a whistled language, an intricate ancient practice connecting Amazigh communities across distances in the High Atlas mountains, on Aug. 19.
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2025

Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival

The Assinsg language replaces spoken words with sharp whistles that can carry for nearly three kilometers in the mountains, researchers say.
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.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington on Sept. 19.
WORLD
Sep 26, 2025

Hegseth orders U.S. military officials from around world to Virginia next week

It was unclear how many officials will actually attend the event, but it is rare to have so many senior officials in the same room at the same time.
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.”
Toyota's autonomous e-Palette electric vehicle in Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025

Toyota opens Woven City as doubts swirl over cost and purpose

Demonstrations included electric scooters, and automated robots that deliver groceries or park cars.
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2025

Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists

For only the second time in its 39-year history, the “Architecture in Perspective” exhibition will take place in Japan's capital.
The Osaka High Court in Osaka
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025

10-year sentence upheld over 2023 attack on Kishida

Presiding Judge Kyoji Ishikawa rejected the defense's claim that Ryuji Kimura had no intention to kill.
A delegation of Japanese war orphans in China arrive at an airport in Harbin, China, on Sept. 10.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2025

Japanese war orphans make what is likely their final trip to China

This is expected to be their last large-scale visit to China as the war orphans have grown older 80 years after the end of the war.
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.
Israel's players pose for a team photo before a match against Moldova in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sept. 5.
SOCCER
Sep 26, 2025

UEFA poised for vote on whether to suspend Israel from European competition

The brewing crisis intensified this week when United Nations experts called for Israel's suspension from international soccer.
Payments using the PayPay app will soon be possible in South Korea.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025

SoftBank’s PayPay to become available in South Korea as company looks outward

Japan’s largest mobile payment platform decided on South Korea because it is the most popular country for people in Japan to visit.
Pokemon said it has not given permission to use its upbeat theme music and imagery for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's deportation video posted on X and TikTok.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025

U.S. Department of Homeland Security doubles down on Pokemon-themed deportation video

The Pokemon Co. said they had no involvement in the Pokemon-themed arrest and deportation video.
Three Russian MiG-31s, like the one seen here, violated Estonian airspace this month over the Gulf of Finland, escalating regional tensions further.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2025

Russia’s probes of NATO airspace demand a unified response

The Nordic-Baltic skies should be defended, not merely patrolled. That requires a greater NATO commitment with more aircraft.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2025

A painful display at the United Nations

The U.N. will rarely actually solve problems but it can expose them.
Liberal Democratic Party presidential candidates attend a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 26, 2025

'Speed dating' — with an LDP twist

It feels like one of the speed dating events that used to be on Japanese television years ago, where the candidates court prospective partners one after the other.
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025

LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration

Unruly tourists, visa overstayers and increasing land purchases by foreign nationals were some of the issues spotlighted during debates.
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.
An exterior rendering of a large office complex to be constructed by Mitsubishi Estate along the River Thames in London
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025

Mitsubishi Estate breaks ground on London complex project

The complex is scheduled to be completed in 2029 at a total cost of about ¥160 billion, making it the company's largest-ever development project in Europe.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during an interview on Sept. 20 at parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025

LDP presidential candidate Hayashi sees need for backup of Tokyo

The idea has been championed by opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai, which is seeking to turn Osaka into a backup capital.
Shintaro Mochizuki reacts after a point during his match against Casper Ruud at the Japan Open on Thursday.
TENNIS
Sep 26, 2025

Shintaro Mochizuki aiming to succeed Kei Nishikori as Japan's top male player

Mochizuki, currently 104th in the world rankings, notched his maiden Grand Slam main-draw win this year at Wimbledon.
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2025

Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years.
As the Osaka Expo comes to a close, what will its legacy be?
After a run-up marked by apathy, organizers soon found they had the opposite problem as crowd control became a concern.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
After ruling bloc collapses, LDP and opposition scramble to find needed votes for PM
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday after leaving the ruling coalition earlier in the day.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
Hamas hands over surviving Israeli hostages as Trump visits region
Released Israeli hostages, twins Gali and Ziv Berman, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, speak to each other after being released, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel, on Monday.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”

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