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Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2025

Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India

This marks the first regular dispatch of assistant language teachers from India under a government initiative to promote exchanges at the regional level.
Personal Information Protection Commission Chairman Satoru Tezuka in Tokyo on July 15
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 26, 2025

Privacy safeguards needed to help fuel AI growth in Japan, panel chair says

A law revision was postponed during this year's ordinary parliamentary session amid strong opposition from business circles toward a system involving fines.
Kuomintang lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin celebrates after the results of the recall election in Taipei on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 27, 2025

Taiwan opposition defeats recall and keeps legislative control

Voters overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.
The numbers and accolades are only part of what made Ichiro Suzuki great. His devotion to his craft, idiosyncratic methods and dry sense of humor made him a transformational figure.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 27, 2025

Four lessons to learn from Ichiro's greatness

The numbers and accolades are only part of what made Ichiro great. His devotion to his craft, idiosyncratic methods and dry sense of humor made him a transformational figure.
U.S. President Donald Trump plays a shot during a round of golf at his Turnberry course in Scotland on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 27, 2025

Trump's Turnberry visit puts British Open back on agenda

The trip underlines the U.S. president's long-held desire to host golf's illustrious British Open at the famous course, despite numerous stumbling blocks.
A supporter (center right) of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds up a placard reading "Don't quit Ishiba" as he takes part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office in central Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2025

Stay or go? Key events give Ishiba time to ponder his future.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to stay in office — in defiance of growing calls for him to step down after the LDP's poor showing in the Upper House election.
Women use parasols to shelter from the sun on a hot summer day in Berlin on July 2
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 27, 2025

Germans are finally embracing air conditioning, even renters

Most homes in Germany — and in northwest Europe — don’t have AC and haven’t really needed it until heat waves became more frequent in recent years.
An electronic board shows the broad Topix index hitting a record high on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 27, 2025

Japan investors brace for BOJ and earnings results after Trump-fueled rally

As the dust settles following the U.S.-Japan trade deal that sent markets on a wild ride, investors are questioning whether the rally was a sign of things to come.
Emergency personnel stand outside a Walmart store, where a stabbing incident occurred, in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday in this images taken from a video posted to social media.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2025

11 injured in stabbing spree at Walmart store in Michigan

A 42-year-old male suspect was in custody, police said, in what appeared to be a random attack.
Among elderly people age 65 and over, the share of single-person households jumped from 5.0% to 12.1% between 1995 to 2020.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 27, 2025

Use of deceased's person's savings for cremation allowed without heirs' consent

The move is aimed at reducing the financial burden on municipalities, which have often shouldered burial or cremation costs.
With tariffs at an 80-year high and the U.S. dollar behaving unpredictably, the Fed should hold off on cutting rates until there’s clear evidence that inflation remains under control.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2025

The Fed needs to tread carefully with this strange dollar

Given that range of possibilities, it’s prudent to wait for the data to tell the story, exactly as Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently planning.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

EU reaches broad tariff deal with U.S. to avert painful trade blow

The U.S. and European Union agreed on a hard-fought deal that will see the bloc face 15% tariffs on most of its exports, including automobiles.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump speak to the press following their meeting in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 28, 2025

Out-gunned Europe accepts least-worst U.S. trade deal

The agreement on a blanket 15% tariff is a reality check on the aspirations of the bloc to become an economic power able to stand up to the likes of the U.S. or China.
Ichiro Suzuki speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Jul 28, 2025

Ichiro leads latest class into Baseball Hall of Fame with humor and grace

Ichiro mixed a sharp sense of humor with a serious tone in discussing what made him a Hall of Famer.
A woman casts her vote during parliamentary elections in Qom, Iran, in March 2012. Regime change in the Islamic country is harder than many think, but it has the institutions needed for democracy if it happens.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2025

Iran is more prepared for democracy than many realize

Some commentators, like the economist Nouriel Roubini and the Stanford political scientist Abbas Milani, see regime change as plausible or imminent.
Sanseito supporters celebrate at a rally in Tokyo on July 21, a day after the party’s strong showing in the Upper House election.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2025

Japan’s neighbors anxiously assess Upper House election results

Most notably, the far-right, anti-immigrant Sanseito won 14 seats, increasing its total seats from one to 15.
Workers operate at the site of an aircraft that crashed after it went off the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Dec. 30, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2025

Jeju Air jet still had working engine when it crashed, investigation says

Investigators have not yet produced a final report into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil, but information about the plane's two engines has begun to emerge.
Protesters gather near Merdeka Square during a protest against Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Thousands rally in Malaysia demanding Anwar’s resignation

Saturday event was the first major rally targeting Anwar since he took office in 2022, and the only mass protest since 2018.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Israel eases Gaza aid curbs, hoping to defuse hunger outcry

As the aid curbs were rolled back, Israel said it had not abandoned its goals of destroying Hamas.
A video display regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files in Times Square in New York
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Epstein furor undermines public trust and Republican election hopes: lawmakers

The lack of transparency is reinforcing public perceptions that the rich and powerful live beyond the reach of the judicial system, the lawmakers said.
Tadej Pogacar, wearing the leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium with his team after winning the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 28, 2025

Dominant Tadej Pogacar cruises to fourth Tour de France title

Pogacar, the defending champion, embarked from the start in Lille as clear favorite and won four stages along the way.
Nihon Hidankyo co-chair Terumi Tanaka (left) and Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes during a news conference in Tokyo on Sunday
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2025

Nobel committee chair calls for listening to voices of hibakusha

Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Frydnes emphasized the importance of passing on hibakusha's memories.
Afghans expelled from Iran arrive at a processing center in the border town of Islam Qala, Afghanistan, on July 10.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Iran forcing out Afghans en masse after Israel spying claims

Iran is rounding up Afghan nationals due to accusations that non-documented migrants from the country spied for Israel and helped it launch missiles.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi in March 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

North Korea rejects South’s olive branch, saying it has ‘no interest’ in rapprochement

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said that “no matter what policy ... is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it.”
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are deliberating on interest rates this week.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

Pressure mounts on Fed chief Powell in tee-up to GDP and jobs data

Fed officials are meeting this week as the government issues reports on gross domestic product, employment and the central bank’s preferred price metrics.
The dashboard screen of a Toyota RAV4 compact crossover vehicle at an event in May
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2025

Toyota’s internal inertia stifles digital transformation effort

Inside Toyota, a group of employees are worried about the company’s future in an era when a car’s software matters just as much as its sheet metal.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) shakes hands with economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, at the Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka on July 19.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

Japan expects only 1% to 2% of $550 billion U.S. fund to be investment

The bulk of the fund, agreed as part of Japan's trade deal with the U.S., will consist of loans, says chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa.
A Hyundai Merchant Marine container ship under construction at the HJ Shipbuilding & Construction shipyard in Busan, South Korea, on July 22
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

South Korea pitches Trump on shipyards for last-minute trade deal

While details remain unclear, Yonhap News reported that South Korea has proposed a multibillion dollar project dubbed "Make American Shipbuilding Great Again.”
Peruvian police seized four tons of illegal mercury from Mexico bound for Bolivia, dealing a severe blow to criminal organizations linked to illegal gold mining, customs authorities reported on Thursday.
WORLD
Jul 28, 2025

Smuggled mercury shows extent of illegal Amazon gold mining

Record gold prices have encouraged a flourishing illegal mining trade that damages local nature and biodiversity and is raising significant health concerns.
A view of the Balboa Port in Panama City on March 4
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2025

CK Hutchison to invite China investor to join port deal

State-owned China Cosco Shipping was negotiating a powerful role for itself as a condition to join the consortium, it was reported last week.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years