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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2025

Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul

The heavily indebted company, one of the top 10 automakers by unit sales, is expected to log a record annual loss of around $5 billion later in the day.
Daily newspapers with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow on Feb. 13
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2025

Trump's offer to join Russia-Ukraine peace talks triggers flurry of diplomacy

Despite planned visits to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar this week, Trump offered to join Ukraine-Russia leaders in Istanbul.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enter the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2025

Trump casts Netanyahu adrift with shifts on Iran, Houthis and Gaza

The freeing of the last living U.S. citizen held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is another sign the U.S. president is starting to make unilateral decisions.
Damascus seen from Mount Qasioun on Jan. 7
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2025

Syria makes bid to meet Trump, hoping for sanctions relief and reset with Israel

Syria has struggled to implement conditions set out by Washington for relief from U.S. sanctions, while Israel has escalated air strikes and occupied Syrian territory.
The deep sea explorer Urashima 8000 is unveiled Monday at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 13, 2025

Japan unveils new deep-sea probe for 8,000-meter dives

The Urashima 8000 improves on the design of a previous iteration that can dive to a depth of 3,500 meters.
Dodgers first base Freddie Freeman hits a double against the Diamondbacks in the third inning at Chase Field in Phoenix on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 13, 2025

Dodgers return home to face road-strong Athletics

After an 8-0 start to the season, the Dodgers have gone 19-14 since.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 13, 2025

Trump’s diplomatic frenzy spins big gambles as signs of success

The latest moves reveal a White House eager to show it has momentum to pivot from a volatile first 100 days.
Yi Liu (right), one of 10 directors involved in Taiwanese television series "Zero Day," works on post-production with colorist Liang Yu Fang in Taipei on March 5.
CULTURE / Film
May 13, 2025

Taiwanese war drama 'wake-up call' to Chinese invasion threat

The on-screen chaos of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is the basis of a new Taiwanese television series called "Zero Day."
People who fled the Zamzam camp, a refuge for the internally displaced, after it fell under RSF control gather for communal cooking in a makeshift encampment near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13.
WORLD / Society
May 13, 2025

More than 83 million people internally displaced worldwide, report shows

Weather-related events, many intensified by climate change, triggered 99.5% of all of last year's disaster displacements.
Japan captain Michael Leitch
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
May 13, 2025

Japan rugby tightens eligibility rules on foreign-born players

More than half of the players who started last season's final of the Japan Rugby League One championship were born overseas.
A small boat transits through the Bay of Balaklava near the Crimean Peninsula city of Sevastopol on the Black Sea coast. Plans to dump bundled biomass into the Black Sea have raised concerns about environmental risks.
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2025

Dumping biomass in the ocean is not a climate solution

Plans to dump bundled biomass into the Black Sea as part of a carbon-sequestration project have raised concerns about environmental risks.
Men read newspapers with front-page articles on the India-Pakistan conflict, in Amritsar, India, on May 8, a day after India launched strikes on Pakistan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 13, 2025

No truce in India-Pakistan disinformation war

Platforms such as Facebook and X are still flooded with misrepresented footage of the attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing.
A staff member holds a barocaloric material used by Barocal in their solid state cooling technology, at their headquarters in Cambridge.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 13, 2025

U.K. lab promises air conditioner revolution without polluting gases

Approximately 2 billion air-conditioner units are in use worldwide, and their number is increasing as the planet warms.
India's air conditioner market is set to grow from the current 14 million units to 30 million units in terms of volume by 2030, driven by hotter summers and rising disposable incomes.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 13, 2025

Indians buy 14 million air conditioners a year, and need many more

A record 14 million AC units were sold in India last year, with a ninefold increase in residential ownership forecast by midcentury.
Japan will call for the public and private sectors to spend about ¥60 trillion in total over the five years to fiscal 2029 to improve the productivity of small and midsize companies.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2025

Japan considers five-year wage hike plan for smaller firms

The government will call on the public and private sectors to spend about ¥60 trillion in total over the five years.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

Zelenskyy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul

The planned talks have become the main focus of peace efforts led by U.S. President Donald Trump, who is sending his secretary of state has also offered to attend.
Trainees from Indonesia and Vietnam learn about the mechanisms of train doors using a model at East Japan Railway's training center in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, in March.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 14, 2025

JR East to start training foreign nationals under new skills program

JR East aims to train around 100 people each year, and more than 10 railway operators have already expressed interest in joining the initiative.
FemUniti was founded in 2024 by Setsu Suzuki (right) and Meagan Ward (second from left) to empower women entrepreneurs and connect them to resources and opportunities.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
May 19, 2025

Detroit-Nagoya network empowers women-owned businesses around the world

Supporting women in business is a “blueprint for the future,” says the cofounder of femUniti — and she has the data to back it up.
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 14, 2025

Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia

The recent conflict is challenging long-held perceptions of Chinese weapons' inferiority to Western arms and sparking concern in places wary of Beijing.
Japan's Takefusa Kubo competes for the ball with Luca de la Torre of the U.S. during a friendly in September 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
SOCCER
May 14, 2025

U.S. to take on Japan in World Cup warmup

On Sept. 9, the Americans will play Japan at the home of the Columbus Crew in Ohio.
Trade Minister Yoji Muto will skip the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, a decision that will likely lower Tokyo’s chances of securing an opportunity for bilateral talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2025

Japan’s key officials to skip APEC meet attended by U.S. trade representative

This won’t be the first time Japan’s trade minister will miss the APEC gathering in recent years, but sending a lower-ranking official may make it harder to hold one-on-one talks.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, pictured during a tournament last month, expects fast greens this week at the PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
May 14, 2025

McIlroy, Scheffler and Schauffele together for rainy PGA battle

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, a two-time Masters winner, will join defending champion Xander Schauffele and new Masters champion Rory McIlroy in the tournament's premier grouping.
Palestinians struggle to receive food cooked from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on April 29.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

U.N. humanitarian chief slams Gaza aid plan Israel proposed and U.S. backs

No humanitarian aid has been delivered to Gaza since March 2, and a global hunger monitor has warned that half a million people face starvation.
Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton brings the ball up the court during the second half of Indiana's series-clinching win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 14, 2025

Haliburton shines as Pacers advance past top-seeded Cavs

A flurry of six 3-pointers from Haliburton helped Indiana wrap up a 4-1 series victory as the Cavaliers' promising season fizzled out.
The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 15.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

Trump’s freebie Qatar jet is the stuff of nightmares in spyworld

"If we had built the plane, knowing it was going to a foreign government, we would probably have bugged it,” said Thad Troy, a former station chief with the CIA.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

China surrounded Xi aide with seasoned experts to seal U.S. deal

The crew engaging with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was on public display for the first time Sunday.
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged toward a thermal power station in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, in 2017.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2025

Japan under pressure from U.S. to invest in Alaska LNG pipeline

Doubts over the pipeline's profitability and viability leaves Japan's participation in the $44 billion (nearly ¥6.7 trillion) project uncertain.
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung speaks in Goyang, South Korea, on April 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2025

South Korean think tank halves 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%

The revised outlook reflects the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign on the trade-reliant nation as its presidential race hits full swing.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 13.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

NATO is sketching out a plan to meet Trump's call for 5% of GDP on defense

Negotiators are making progress ahead of a NATO summit in The Hague in June on a path to hitting the spending goal by 2032.
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 14, 2025

Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet

With Onosato looking untouchable during the summer meet’s opening stages, excitement is already building over his yokozuna bid.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.

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