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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during an interview at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025

Lula sees no point in talking tariffs with Trump

"I won't humiliate myself," the Brazilian president says as 50% U.S. tariffs on goods from the Latin American country kicked in.
The National Personnel Authority recommended Thursday a 3.62% increase in average monthly base pay for public employees in the current fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2025

Japan’s public workers set to get largest pay hike in 34 years

The rise in wages will come as a welcome development for policymakers at the Bank of Japan, who are seeking broad-based and lasting growth to support stable inflation.
A geothermal energy station in Geretsried, Germany, on Aug. 24, 2023
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 7, 2025

Germany moves to fast-track geothermal energy projects

According to a 2023 study, Germany holds some of Europe's largest geothermal reserves, with the potential to supply over a quarter of its annual heating needs.
Sony’s music unit has grown to be a reliable pillar of the group, bringing in a steady flow of revenue as opposed to the company’s more prominent consumer electronics, PlayStation and image sensors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2025

Sony lifts outlook on entertainment demand despite tariff threat

The company now expects its operating profit for the year ending March to reach a total of ¥1.33 trillion, compared with a previous forecast of ¥1.28 trillion.
An employee inspects a panel of printed circuit boards at Hellenic Aerospace Industry, in Tanagra, north of Athens, Greece, on July 3.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 7, 2025

Anti-drone system boosts Greece's ambitious plans for defense drone industry

Plans to mass produce drone and anti-drone systems are part of a €30 billion program aimed at modernizing the country's armed forces by 2036.
Toyota Motor vehicles displayed for sale at one of the company's dealerships in Tokyo. The carmaker reported operating income of ¥1.17 trillion in the first quarter, down 11% from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2025

Toyota braces for ¥1.4 trillion dent in operating income under U.S. tariffs

The carmaker reported operating income of ¥1.17 trillion in the first quarter, down 11% from a year earlier, with a tariff impact of ¥450 billion.
Japan faces a demographic crisis that threatens its research talent and must build a more inclusive and welcoming society to attract and keep world-class scientists amid rising nationalism and economic challenges.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2025

Japan gets serious about attracting world-class researchers

The stakes are high: Without a cultural shift, even the best-funded policies may fail to secure Japan’s future.
“ChaO” is a romantic comedy centered on a mild-mannered human and a mermaid princess. A spin on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,” the animated film takes place in a near-future Shanghai.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 8, 2025

Futuristic mermaid tale ‘ChaO’ makes a splash

Yasuhiro Aoki’s feature film debut reimagines “The Little Mermaid” in vibrant detail.
Cosplay fans hold small fans to cool down while outside the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya on Aug. 3, 2024.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2025

Japan's World Cosplay Summit to escape summer heat in 2027

The annual extravaganza, usually held in Nagoya, sees thousands of people from all over the world embody their chosen anime, manga and gaming stars in elaborate costumes.
It may look like U.S. President Donald Trump is winning his trade war, but analysts say significant hurdles remain.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2025

Trump may look like he's winning the trade war, but hurdles remain

Some recent data indicate the tariffs are already affecting jobs, growth and inflation in the U.S.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2025

U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower

Japan's chief tariff negotiator said that a clerical error had been made in the U.S.
Workers inspect brand tags on apparel ready for packaging at a textile factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, in February 2022. Larger textile manufacturers in the country are grabbing smaller, low-value orders to keep their factories running and avoid shutdowns amid U.S. tariffs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2025

Indian exporters weigh options to handle U.S. levy that’s 'worse than COVID’

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to double tariffs will make India-made apparels to generic drugs prohibitively expensive and can heavily disrupt exports.
Palestinians sit on a hill looking out over the Mediterranean Sea and a camp for displaced people in Gaza City on June 2.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2025

'How much worse could it get?' Gazans fear full Israeli occupation

Fear and despair have spread in the enclave amid rumors that Israel might decide on a full occupation of Gaza.
The government revised its real growth projection for fiscal year 2025 to 0.7%, down from the previous forecast of 1.2%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2025

Japan lowers this year’s growth forecast as tariffs kick in

The downgrade partly reflects a darkening global economic outlook as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.
Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing has appeared eager to engage with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after years of isolation.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2025

Myanmar signs deal with Washington lobbyists to rebuild U.S. relations

Engaging the junta would be a sharp departure for the United States, given U.S. sanctions on the military leaders and the violence committed against the Rohingya.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on July 8
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2025

Modi speaks with Lula and plans Xi meeting as ties with U.S. sour

Lula’s government noted that "Brazil and India are, to date, the two countries most affected” by the wave of levies the U.S. has unleashed.
Stephen Miran, in a paper he co-authored last year for the Manhattan Institute, laid out a case for increasing presidential control of the Fed board, including by shortening members' terms.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2025

Trump picks Stephen Miran to fill open spot on Fed board

Miran, who has called for a complete overhaul of the Fed's governance, would take over from Fed Governor Adriana Kugler following her surprise resignation last week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's lowest wartime trust rating was 52% in December 2024, according to Kyiv's leading pollster.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2025

Ukrainians' trust in Zelenskyy dips after wartime protests, pollster finds

Zelenskyy's move to curb the power of anti-corruption watchdogs fueled public discontent.
A monitor shows the morning closing value of the Topix index hitting a fresh record, trading above 3,000 for the first time, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 8, 2025

Japan index hits record high on earnings boost as other Asian markets ease

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average went up 2% and the Topix index hit a fresh record, trading above 3,000 for the first time.
Hideji Kenjo, who was stationed at a police box in Gunma Prefecture at the time, recounts the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, on July 28 at the prefectural police headquarters.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2025

Police officer recounts handling 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash

Hideji Kenjo was stationed at a police box in Gunma Prefecture at the time of the accident on Aug. 12, 1985, which claimed 520 lives.
A game ball with the WNBA Commissioner's Cup logo sits on the court during a game between the Valkyries and Lynx at Chase Center in San Francisco.
BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2025

WNBA sex toy incidents linked to cryptocurrency group

The group has claimed that their memecoin's goal was to combat a "toxic" environment in the cryptocurrency world and insisted that its members did not "dislike women's sports.
"My heart and soul are in Deir el-Zor. No money, no homes or luxury in the world can compensate for what I’ve lost there," said Ehab Mzeal, a 41-year-old Syrian. However, he is grateful for his life in Europe, "I like Germany for one reason: it stood by us."
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2025

A journey to belong: Migrants describe 10 years in Europe

Migrants from around the world discuss the rewards and challenges of their new lives in Europe.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to cancel funding for mRNA vaccine development dismantles an important public health tool and could weaken America’s ability to respond to future pandemics.
COMMENTARY
Aug 8, 2025

RFK Jr.’s mRNA decision may be his worst yet

U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s decision to cancel funding for mRNA vaccine development dismantles a public health tool and could weaken the ability to respond to future pandemics.
A Yomiuri Shimbun staff prepares to distribute a special edition of the newspaper on the tariff deal between the United States and Japan, in Tokyo on July 23.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2025

Major Japan newspaper sues 'free-riding' AI firm Perplexity

The Yomiuri Shimbun is seeking damages of $14.7 million from the U.S.-based AI firm for using its articles "without permission."
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki delivers a speech at a conference held by Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, on Friday in the city of Nagasaki.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2025

Mayors for Peace start general conference in Nagasaki

The conference will discuss actions to be taken by 2029 and adopt a resolution on the abolition of nuclear weapons on the closing day.
Fukagawa Distillery's bar offers a view of the distillation still behind its walls.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Aug 10, 2025

In a coffee-mad neighborhood, a gin distillery is a clear alternative

Located in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Fukagawa Distillery wants residents to “think of gin as their local drink."
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Aug 8, 2025

The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person

At 17, Koichi Tagawa survived Nagasaki’s atomic blast and recording two months of grief, destruction and the loss of his mother in a diary he kept for life.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party's plenary meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2025

LDP panel to decide whether to hold party poll that could oust Ishiba

The prime minister, who has long shown a strong appetite to stay in government, has said he will remain despite calls for him to resign.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Russian leader Vladimir Putin before posing for a family photo during the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2025

Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss Ukraine peace deal

U.S. and Russian officials are working toward an agreement on territories for the two leaders' meeting, but Ukraine has rejected any agreement that cedes territory.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 29.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2025

Germany suspends arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said It was "increasingly unclear" how Israel's latest military plan would help disarm Hamas and save the remaining hostages.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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