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The diary of a 13-year-old girl who died in the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima was donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the city in June.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2025

Hiroshima museum continues to receive artifacts 80 years after atomic bombing

With fewer atomic bomb survivors still alive to share their stories, donated materials are becoming more and more vital for expressing the impact of the bombing.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg in 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

India-China thaw takes shape as Modi embraces BRICS over Trump

Modi’s economic calculus was fundamentally altered this month when Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki on July 16, 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

For Trump, Putin summit presents the ultimate test of dealmaking

Trump, voicing uncharacteristic humility about his diplomacy, said it was a "feel-out meeting" that would not in itself lead to a deal on Ukraine.
Noe Ito (third from right) was editor-in-chief of feminist magazine Seito and her partner Sakae Osugi (second from right) was a prominent anarchist of the Taisho Era. Both were murdered by military police in 1923.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Aug 16, 2025

Taisho Democracy: A turbulent, tenuous era of conflicting ideals

The resilience of Japanese politics, culture and society were tested during the 14 years of the Taisho Era (1912-26).
An Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft operated by the Ground Self-Defense Force.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 13, 2025

GSDF completes relocation of Ospreys from Chiba Prefecture to Camp Saga

The Ospreys will be operated to defend remote islands, such as the Nansei island chain in southwestern Japan, with a Taiwan contingency in mind.
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
SUMO
Aug 13, 2025

Will Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?

Recent performances and sumo’s need for two ōzeki should help the veteran’s promotion hopes.
Fred Kerley celebrates with his 100m bronze medal at the Stade de France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 13, 2025

Olympic medalist Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failure

Kerley took 100m silver in Tokyo and bronze last year in Paris as well as the 2022 world 100m crown.
Tokyo stocks rallied to a new high on Wednesday even as trade tensions and economic concerns remain.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 13, 2025

Japan's Nikkei 225 breaches 43,000 for first time ever

The benchmark stock index surged to a new high for a second consecutive day.
Shinto priests holding traditional umbrellas walk to the main shrine for a ritual to cleanse themselves during the annual Spring Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in April 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2025

Dispelling the myth of Yasukuni Shrine

The shrine has been a lightning rod — especially as it has been used by some of Japan's neighbors as a convenient means to shift attention away from their domestic issues.
Russian traditional nesting dolls with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukrainian and European leaders worry that the hastily arranged Alaska meeting between the two leaders risks playing into Russia’s hands.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2025

Putin is about to outplay Trump again in Alaska

Trump isn’t wrong to try sitting down with U.S. foes and rivals, even where more conventional leaders would avoid the risk. But hastily arranged encounters rarely result as hoped.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
WORLD
Aug 13, 2025

India set to allow its private firms to mine and import uranium to help nuclear expansion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government plans to expand nuclear power production capacity by 12 times by 2047.
Modeled on a real-life World World II figure, Yutaka Takenouchi plays the captain of a “lucky” Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer in “Yukikaze.”
CULTURE / Film
Aug 14, 2025

‘Yukikaze’ turns fabled warship into floating snoozefest

The story of a “lucky” Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that survived World War II is given a lightly fictionalized treatment in Toshihisa Yamada's first feature.
A rendering of East Japan Railway's next-generation E10 series of Shinkansen bullet train
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2025

India wants more Japan involvement in its high-speed rail project

India expects Japan to submit bids for routes other than the one under construction in western India that is set to utilize the Shinkansen bullet train technology,
Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George speaks during an interview on Aug. 1 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2025

Indian ambassador to Japan underscores Quad ties

Japan and India have designated 2025 as an exchange year in the fields of science and technology and innovation.
Humanitarian aid waits to be delivered to Gaza, at a logistics site run by the Egyptian Red Crescent outside Arish, Egypt, on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 14, 2025

Turned back from Gaza, aid shipments languish in warehouses and on roadsides

Shipments are rejected for a host of reasons, ranging from minor paperwork issues to concerns over possible dual military use for some of the goods.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing. Nvidia, along with Advanced Micro Devices, has agreed to pay 15% of revenues from Chinese artificial intelligence chip sales to the U.S. government.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 14, 2025

Trump’s deal with Nvidia offers path forward in global trade war

The deal provides U.S. firms a path to enter the Chinese market despite various trade barriers.
AI-related products, such as networking and data-center power equipment, will account for half of Delta Thailand’s sales by the end of the year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 14, 2025

Thailand’s Delta sees AI boom boosting sales for coming years

The maker of components for data centers and electric vehicles is boosting investment to fuel its expansion, CEO Victor Cheng said.
A worker operates a sheepsfoot roller in the Subang Smartpolitan area in Subang, West Java Province, Indonesia, on June 13.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 14, 2025

Chinese investors eyeing Indonesia to avoid tariffs and tap local market

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy and the world's fourth most populous country, has an edge over its neighbors — the potential of its vast consumer market.
Rory McIlroy stands on the 17th green during the final round of the British Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland, on July 20.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 14, 2025

Rory McIlroy balks at suggestion of being playing captain at future Ryder Cup

The U.S. Ryder Cup captain is Keegan Bradley, whose strong form in 2025 has the 39-year-old in 10th place in the qualification standings.
Venus Williams will be making her 25th appearance in the singles draw at the U.S. Open this year.
TENNIS
Aug 14, 2025

Venus Williams receives wild card for U.S. Open

The 45-year-old American recently returned from a 16-month layoff after a serious health scare.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, in 2018
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

China and India discuss resuming border trade after five-year pause

The normalizing of ties between the two countries comes against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 50% tariff rate on Indian exports to the U.S.
The Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, under construction in Belem, Brazil, on May 5.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2025

Lula’s plan for COP30 in Amazon risks becoming a logistical mess

With fewer than 100 days to go, Brazil is under fire from countries concerned about a shortage of hotel rooms and soaring accommodation costs.
Employees work at the apparel manufacturing unit at Bhiwandi in the Thane district of India's Maharashtra state on July 30.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 14, 2025

Trump’s 50% tariff threatens India’s manufacturing ambitions

The U.S. is now India’s biggest export market and one of its top sources of foreign investment.
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 18, 2025

Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’

Positive outcomes have emerged from such revisions, including greater student confidence and stronger trust between students and teachers.
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over the island of Okinawa in March 2018.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2025

Precautionary Osprey landings signal safety, not alarm

Two precautionary V-22 Osprey landings in northern Honshu demonstrated the aircraft’s safety and its role in enhancing Japan’s rapid-deployment and island-defense capabilities.
Masahiro Tanaka walks off the field after the end of the fifth inning during the Giants' game against the Dragons at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2025

Masahiro Tanaka still two giant steps away from Meikyukai

The Giants pitcher's pursuit of 200 career victories between NPB and MLB remains stuck at 198.
A miner holds a sack of ore as it comes out a the mine shaft at the Rubaya coltan mine, near the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in eastern Congo on March 24.
WORLD
Aug 14, 2025

Inside the mine that feeds the tech world — and funds Congo’s rebels

The Congolese town of Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, which is shipped thousands of kilometers away to Asia where it’s processed into tantalum.
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
LIFE / Bilingual
Aug 15, 2025

Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?

Learn how the Japanese tell time — from zero o’clock to 27 o’clock, and why 10 minutes "before" isn’t always clear.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2025

Trump will seek to squeeze Ukraine ceasefire deal out of Putin at Alaska summit

The meeting of the Russian and U.S. leaders in Alaska comes amid Ukrainian and European fears that Trump might sell Kyiv out.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2025

Which Donald Trump will negotiate with Putin in Alaska?

A tough negotiator or a conciliatory one — the world is waiting to see which version of Trump shows up in Anchorage on Friday.
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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