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Protesters take part in a march in The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 28, 2025

World far off track to meeting climate goals, U.N. warns

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that slow action from nations meant it was "inevitable" efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius would fail.
Inspired by "oyakodon," a chicken and omelet rice bowl, the "oyako" sandwich is perfect for a quick breakfast.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Oct 28, 2025

Turn a Japanese comfort food into a fuss-free sandwich

The secret to a two-minute “oyako” chicken omelet filling for your bread roll is mayonnaise.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, U.K., on Sept. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Starmer’s Labour sinks to lowest-ever rating in YouGov poll

The party is losing votes to both the left and the right.
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 30, 2025

Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word

The British rockers' Tokyo Dome set included such favorites as "Wonderwall," "Live Forever" and "Champagne Supernova."
SoftBank shortstop Imamiya (right) celebrates after making a catch off Hanshin's Sakamoto's hit in the sixth inning at Koshien Stadium on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2025

Imamiya's spectacular Game 3 catch may live on in SoftBank lore

​The veteran shortstop said the key to his performance is preparation, especially when it comes to playing on a surface as unfamiliar as Koshien Stadium’s all-dirt infield.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi shake hands at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Hegseth says U.S. never demanded Japan defense spending hike

In his first meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth called Japan's current defense spending plans “wonderful.”
According to the education ministry, an increase in nonattendance at elementary and junior high schools may have reflected, in part, widespread views on the need for children to take time off.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2025

Elementary and junior high schools see record nonattendance figure

The figure of 353,970, in an education ministry survey, marked the 12th straight year of increase.
A boy sits amid the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in Nuseirat, in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2025

Israeli army says ceasefire in Gaza resumed after strikes

The flare-up in hostilities on Tuesday was one of the worst since Israel and Hamas signed a truce in mid-October.
Genmai has made great progress in his recovery after being taken in off the streets with an untreated hernia.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 30, 2025

Genmai the dachshund has a spring in his step

Since being taken off the streets in poor physical condition, 11-year-old Genmai has regained considerable vitality.
Despite responders to a Japan Press Research Institute survey ranking newspapers as among the most trustworthy sources, readership was in decline.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025

Online news increasingly consumed despite being viewed with skepticism

While online news was the most accessed news source, in terms of trustworthiness, it trails behind traditional media sources.
Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage celebrates after a double play during the seventh inning against the Dodgers during Game 5 of the MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 30, 2025

Yesavage gem carries Blue Jays to brink of World Series as Dodgers downed

Yesavage, 22, gave up one run and three hits with no walks in 104 pitches across seven innings in an all-time classic World Series pitching performance.
Visitors line up outside the Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou, China, on Oct. 23. Chinese President Xi Jinping draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a 19th-century official whose defiance of Britain in a confrontation over trade led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2025

How the 19th-century opium war shapes Xi’s trade clash with Trump

The showdown between China and the West then began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell