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Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."
CULTURE / Music
Nov 18, 2025

How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’

The hard-rock quintet push their creativity to new extremes on latest EP, “Scooooop.”
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima seen from a nearby observation point in April
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2025

Remains of Hiroshima atomic bomb victim to get DNA test

Unclaimed remains will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual.
Signage during the COP30 Leaders Summit at Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Nov. 6
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 18, 2025

Clamor for change builds inside the world's COP30 climate negotiations

More than 30 years of talks on global action to tackle climate change have led to progress, including renewable energy expansion and scaled-up climate funds, but not enough.
England's Jamie Smith (far left) and Josh Tongue (center left) pose with Australia's Cameron Green (center right) and Alex Carey during a media event ahead of the Ashes cricket test series, in Perth on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 18, 2025

Grateful Green primed for full-throttle Ashes opener

The 26-year-old fast-bowling all-rounder was set back by a side strain last month having overcome a serious 2024 back injury.
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2025

Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals

Kimi Onoda says she is committed to implementing stricter management of non-Japanese workers and land acquisitions by foreign nationals.
The world is experiencing something similar to the prosperity before World War I, but growing authoritarianism, environmental decline and political paralysis are threatening to turn a promising future into a catastrophe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2025

Lessons from the past: The geopolitical significance of historical precedent

Every generation believes that it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns have weakened and even destroyed civilizations.

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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