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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shakes hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a welcome ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

Philippine president and top U.S. officials vow to ramp up deterrence

Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met separately with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Representatives of four major nonlife insurance companies receive a notice from the Japan Fair Trade Commission regarding a cease and desist order, on Oct. 31, 2024, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2025

Scandals put Japanese nonlife insurers' business model at a crossroads

A series of recent scandals has brought to light deeply entrenched and problematic business practices within the industry.
Soldiers stand in formation during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Cambodian Army in Phnom Penh on Jan. 24, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

Anxiety and pride among Cambodia's future conscripts

Citing rising tensions with Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet says Cambodia will next year activate a long-dormant law requiring citizens aged 18 to 30 to enlist in the military.
A mine-detection rat sniffs for land mines in an area being demined in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, in 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

Land mine dispute escalates tensions between Thailand and Cambodia

Thai authorities said that three soldiers were injured by a land mine, with one losing a foot, while on a patrol on July 16 on the Thai side of the disputed border area.
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 22, 2025

JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025

Ready for Fuji Rock? Here are The Japan Times crew's recommendations for must-see artists at next weekend's three-day music festival.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a news conference at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, a day after his coalition lost its Upper House majority.
COMMENTARY
Jul 22, 2025

Ishiba loses his ‘mandate from heaven’

After Sunday’s humiliation at the polls, whatever mandate from heaven Ishiba once commanded is lost.
Followers of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo chant in religious training before a portrait of guru Shoko Asahara in 1999 at Aum's Adachi Ward office in Tokyo, where extensive facilities are located.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2025

Son of executed Aum Shinrikyo founder identified as Aleph leader

The unnamed 31-year-old son of Chizuo Matsumoto has been “involved in organizational decision-making and is leading Aleph’s operations.”
Komeito head Tetsuo Saito speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2025

Upper House election confirms inexorable decline of voting blocs

Unaffiliated voters were the kingmakers in Sunday’s election.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Jensen Huang, chief executive of computer chip maker Nvidia for an event to discuss U.S. technology investments at the White House in Washington on April 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2025

As Trump courts a more assertive Beijing, China hawks are losing out

The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip.
An Israeli activist holds a bag of flour and a picture of a child suffering from malnutrition during a march toward the Israeli defense ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 23, 2025

Gaza hospital says 21 children died from malnutrition and starvation in 72 hours

A World Food Program director who visited Gaza City in early July called the situation "the worst" he had ever seen.
Russian lawmakers advanced a bill on July 17 that would make it an offense to browse and search for "extremist" content online, a proposal critics say would sharply stifle internet freedom.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2025

Russia passes law punishing searches for 'extremist' content

The Ministry of Justice's list of what it deems to be extremist materials stretches to more than 500 pages.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2025

U.S.-Philippines trade talks yield modest tariff shift after Trump-Marcos meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he said was a "beautiful visit" by the Philippine leader.
A protester holds a sign outside the White House demanding the release to all files related to Jeffrey Epstein in Washington on July 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2025

Trump claims Obama 'coup' as Epstein questions mount

The coup accusation centers on claims that fly in the face of multiple high-level official probes by the U.S. government but resonate with President Donald Trump's far-right base.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on after meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2025

Ishiba denies reports he will resign next month, leaving his fate unclear

Some media outlets had reported that the prime minister was poised to step down in the coming weeks.
Ozzy Osbourne performs with Black Sabbath as part of "The End" tour at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2016.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 23, 2025

Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of heavy metal group Black Sabbath, died just weeks after he had played a farewell concert.
Microsoft accused Chinese state-sponsored hackers of using flaws in its SharePoint document management software in a hacking campaign that has targeted businesses and government agencies around the world.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft flaws with U.S. nuclear agency hit

The number of companies and agencies subjected to breaches as a result of exploits in the document-sharing software is mounting.
Tigers pitcher Jon Duplantier eats <i>umeboshi</i> pickled plums to replenish sodium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 23, 2025

NPB teams trying to fight off Japan's torrid summer heat

On June 27, Seibu Lions pitcher Tatsuya Imai was replaced after suffering heatstroke while pitching during a game held at the team's Belluna Dome.
Elon Musk leaves the stage after addressing a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

SpaceX warns investors Elon Musk could return to U.S. politics

Musk had said in May he would focus on his business empire and pull back his political spending, but after a spat with Trump, he vowed to form a new political party.
Players from Team China compete during the Arena of Valor final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sept. 26, 2023
SOCCER
Jul 23, 2025

China's top soccer body to form esports team after World Cup flop

While China languishes at 94th in FIFA's world rankings, two places below tiny Luxembourg to the dismay of its vast fanbase, the country's esports sector is booming.
An activist holds a portrait of Josef Stalin during a rally in Moscow on April 22, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2025

Stalin makes a comeback in Putin’s wartime crackdown on dissent

The Kremlin is reviving Soviet-era practices of censorship and prison sentences to suppress dissent and present Russian society as united behind Putin and the war.
A police officer wears a neck cooler in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on July 10.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2025

Tokyo police embrace cooling gear to protect officers from extreme heat


The number of days when temperatures in Tokyo exceed 35 degrees Celsius continues to rise each year, prompting the need to protect police officers.
Palestinians, mostly children, attempt to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 23, 2025

More than 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza

Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.
Atomic bomb survivor Masaki Hironaka reads as he sits among paintings by students made during an annual project to preserve the testimonies of survivors to keep the memories of the bombing in 1945 relevant for younger generations, at Motomachi High School in the city of Hiroshima, on May 29.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2025

Hiroshima teens describe World War II atomic bombing horror through art

A high school in Hiroshima showed 15 new artworks that depicted the atomic bombing, such as a horror-stricken girl surrounded by an inferno.
Car dealerships in Tokyo. Some of Japan's automakers are raising loan rates amid higher costs for servicing loans.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2025

Japan carmakers put squeeze on households with higher loan rates

More than a year after the Bank of Japan’s first interest rate increase in 17 years, the volatile march higher in superlong bonds is raising the cost of servicing loans.
A worker places blank guitar picks into a tray at D'Addario's production facility in Farmingdale, New York, on July 10.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 23, 2025

Inside a U.S. guitar string-maker's strategy to navigate the trade war

While the company makes nearly all its music accessories in the U.S., its supply chain and distribution are global, with its biggest foreign market being Japan.
Argentina's Lionel Messi is presented with the World Cup trophy by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamil bin Hamad Al Thani and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at Lusail Stadium on Dec. 18, 2022.
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2025

Qatar bids to host 2036 Olympic Games in Doha

Should it be chosen, Qatar would become the first country in the Middle East to host the Olympic Games.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 20.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX

The shift comes amid a deteriorating relationship between the U.S. president and the billionaire entrepreneur.
Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, speaks in Bordeaux, France, on March 25. Interpol has removed Watson from its wanted list.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2025

Interpol removes anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from wanted list

Interpol based its decision on new developments, including Denmark's refusal to extradite him to Japan where there is an arrest warrant for him.
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition

Japan is among the countries aiming to develop localized artificial intelligence models to target national priorities.
An external view of the Centenary Pool, which will be redeveloped to host the aquatics during the 2032 Olympics, at Spring Hill, Brisbane on Monday
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2025

Brisbane 2032 Olympics on track seven years out but with little wiggle room

The opening ceremony of Australia's third Summer Games will take place exactly seven years from Wednesday.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
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.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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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