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Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles helmets at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Wednesday, ahead of Super Bowl LIX
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 7, 2025

Chiefs eye first three-peat; Eagles out to avenge Super Bowl LVII loss

The Chiefs' run of good fortune has led to a sentiment among fans and media that someone else should get a turn.
David Burritt, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Steel, in Detroit in September
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2025

Trump meets U.S. Steel CEO as Nippon Steel hopes to save deal

The meeting took place one day before Trump is due to meet with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Cedar pollen has made its earliest appearance in Tokyo's air, so it's time to start thinking about how wearing face masks and applying other allergy-busting sprays will affect your style for the weeks to come.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 8, 2025

Hay fever beauty: The aesthetics behind Japan’s allergy products

Face-sculpting masks and anti-pollen, makeup-fixing sprays can help you stay beautiful when the pollen starts flying.
Together, Shinsuke Yamagai (right) and his younger brother, Ryota, have elevated the cuisine at Shintaku, putting it on the map as one of Niigata Prefecture’s premier gastronomic destinations.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Feb 9, 2025

Brothers’ local focus lifts Shintaku to Niigata’s highest rank

From the ashes of a devastating 2005 fire, Shinsuke and Ryota Yamagai have remade their family’s historic Niigata restaurant into a beacon of Japanese gastronomy.
Arranging your dish in this checkerboard pattern is said to bring good luck, but if that holds true for eating this to start the year, what's stopping you from cooking in a bit of good fortune whenever you need it?
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 9, 2025

Some traditional Japanese culinary rules are meant to be broken

It might tick off Japanese cuisine purists, but there’s room on the table for classic new year ‘osechi ryōri’ dishes whenever you please.
The government plans to allow foreign nationals to engage in home care services, a sector struggling with a labor shortage.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2025

Japan looks to allow foreign nationals to engage in home care services

Non-Japanese would be allowed to work in the sector if they meet certain conditions, such as receiving training.
While the ruling minority government’s weakened position has emboldened opposition parties to push for more spending across multiple policy fronts, the International Monetary Fund has warned there is limited space today in Japan to address the risks of natural disasters and mounting social security costs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 7, 2025

Japan needs immediate deficit cut to fix fiscal path, IMF warns

The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five years down the road, the IMF’s Japan mission chief says.
Lakers forward LeBron James dunks for the basket against the Warriors in Los Angeles on Thursday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 7, 2025

LeBron James scores 42 as Lakers hold off Warriors

James also grabbed a season-best 17 rebounds to go with eight assists and six 3-pointers as the Lakers won their fourth straight game.
The Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) attends a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2025

Japan's Cabinet approves legislation on 'active' cybersecurity

The new measures aim to enable the government to infiltrate the sources of cyberattacks in order to neutralize them.
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama will play in the NBA All-Star tournament after being selected by Charles Barkley in Thursday's All-Star Draft.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 7, 2025

Barkley picks global lineup for NBA All-Star tournament

In a revamped format for the Feb. 16 All-Star event in San Francisco, four elite teams will meet in a tournament format.
Rapidus, which is expected to begin pilot production of chips in April and achieve mass production in 2027, is the cornerstone of the government’s effort to revive its domestic semiconductor industry.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2025

Cabinet approves bill to fund Rapidus semiconductor production

Rapidus is the cornerstone of the government’s effort to revive its domestic semiconductor industry.
Although she’s unlucky in love, Shigusa (Kirara Inori, left) finds strength in expressing herself through art in “Kisspeptin Chronicles.”
CULTURE / Film
Feb 8, 2025

‘Kisspeptin Chronicles’: Quirky rom-com dances through the pain of heartache

Shiika Okada’s debut feature has an autobiographical feel and a hopeful message about self-discovery despite romantic disappointments.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in Seoul on Dec. 3. Yoon is currently facing charges related to his actions over that two-day period.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2025

Was there an insurrection in Seoul on Dec. 3, or is that happening now?

Yoon can now be held for up to six months in prison simply at the behest of the prosecutors.
Far from making America great again, Donald Trump’s actions since assuming the presidency are giving a giant boost to China’s attempts at world leadership.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2025

‘America First’ in action

Far from making America great again, Trump is giving a giant boost to China’s claims to world leadership.
People protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s decision to effectively shut down the United States Agency for International Development.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2025

Shutting USAID deprives the U.S. of a vital foreign policy tool

Trump's decision to suspend USAID is a blow to Japan, which has long valued aid as a stabilizing force.
After gaining a record number of Oscar nominations for a foreign-language movie, "Emilia Perez" has become embroiled in scandal linked to past social media posts by star Karla Sofia Gascon.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 7, 2025

Oscars frontrunner 'Emilia Perez' suffers awards season crash

Actor Karla Sofia Gascon has seen her path to glory seriously compromised by her past social media posts about Islam, U.S. anti-racism protests and even the Oscars themselves.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2025

Trump targets U.S. trade deficit in first meeting with Ishiba

The two leaders pledged to pursue a "new golden age" of U.S.-Japan relations — though Ishiba did get an earful about America's trade deficit with its ally.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 8, 2025

Trump says he will announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries next week

Trump did not identify which countries would be hit but suggested it would be a broad effort that could also help solve U.S. budget problems.
Nippon Steel's pursuit of U.S. Steel has stretched on for more than a year, with U.S. President Donald Trump vociferously condemning the proposal on numerous occasions, before Friday's more tempered remarks at the Oval Office with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at his side.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2025

Trump says Nippon Steel will invest in U.S. Steel, not buy it

It was unclear if the investment referred to a new deal structure and what the details of the transaction would be.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a map of strategic resources and objects during an interview in Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2025

'Let's do a deal': Zelenskyy offers Trump mineral partnership, seeking security

The U.S. president said on Monday he wanted Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths in return for financially supporting its war effort.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shows a gift from U.S. President Donald Trump, as they hold a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2025

Foreign leaders embrace the art of flattery in wooing Trump

Ishiba became the latest figure to offer ample compliments to a president known for his transactional approach to foreign policy.
Demonstrators protest against actions taken by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, outside the Treasury Department in Washington, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

U.S. federal judge temporarily blocks Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems

A federal judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing U.S. Treasury systems, citing risks of sensitive data leaks and cybersecurity threats.
Seven Bank has set up ATMs with facial-recognition technology for cash deposits and withdrawals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2025

Japan's Seven Bank starts ATM service using face recognition

Named Face Cash, the new service enables depositors with Seven Bank or Shizuoka Bank to make deposits and withdrawals without cash cards or smartphones.
Yellowtail is unloaded in Himi, Toyama Prefecture. Japan is looking to expand yellowtail exports to the United States, with China's blanket ban on Japanese fishery products still in place.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2025

JETRO to support yellowtail exports to U.S.

JETRO hopes to help expand sales channels for the fish in the United States, where Japanese cuisine has become popular amid an increase in health conscious consumers.
Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis (right) and guard Klay Thompson celebrate after Davis dunked the ball during the second quarter against the Houston Rockets on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 9, 2025

Anthony Davis dominant in Dallas debut

Anthony Davis impressed in his Mavericks debut with 26 points and 16 rebounds, but an apparent groin injury in the third quarter overshadowed Dallas’ win over Houston.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and U.S. President Donald Trump. Microsoft and Nvidia are quietly engaging with the Trump administration on policies affecting AI, chip exports and data centers
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2025

Tech giants Microsoft and Nvidia taking a quieter approach to Trump

Under Biden, the United States curbed the sale of Nvidia chips to China and capped the sales of its AI chips to more than 100 other countries
Governor of California Gavin Newsom talks to U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 upon his arrival to tour areas impacted or destroyed by the southern California wildfires.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

California governor Newsom allocates $50 million to help immigrants

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills allocating $50 million to fight the Trump administration in court and provide legal aid for immigrants, escalating the state’s efforts to push back against the president’s policies.
A participant in a research study to test a new device to prevent pregnancy and HIV infection, leaves a clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, on Wednesday. A U.S. Agency for International Development-funded trial shut down, leaving a medical device in her body that needed to be removed right away.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 9, 2025

Trump administration cuts put medical progress at risk, researchers say

The new policy, which takes effect Monday, will cap "indirect funds” for costs like buildings, utilities and support staff at 15% and is aimed at saving $4 billion.
U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Trump has frozen U.S. aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg's denials.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2025

Trump freezes all South African assistance as standoff escalates

South Africa’s Foreign Ministry expressed "great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy,” in a statement Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks as he welcomes Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon for talks in Washington on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

Trump aware and supportive of AUKUS pact, U.S. defense secretary says

The remarks by U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth came as he hosted his first foreign counterpart since his confirmation, Australia's Richard Marles.

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Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years