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The Saudi Arabia delegate waves the OCA flag during the closing ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, on Feb. 14.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 25, 2025

Olympic Council of Asia says Asian Winter Games in Saudi Arabia 'on schedule'

Saudi Arabia is supposed to host the next edition of the regional winter competition in a move derided by environmental groups.
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 8, 2025

Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service

Hotels hit by labor shortage hope to reduce their burden, while restaurants and the local community aim to attract more visitors.
Agricultural workers harvest jasmine flowers at sunrise at a field in the village of Shubra Balula in Egypt's northern Nile delta province of Gharbiya on July 7.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2025

Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone

Jasmine has sustained thousands of Egyptian farmers for generations, but rising temperatures, prolonged dry spells and climate-driven pests are putting that legacy at risk.
The Burj Khalifa skyscraper (center left) and the Dubai skyline on Aug. 7
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2025

Less tax, more luxury: millionaires flock to Dubai

The tightly-policed UAE has molded itself into a magnet for the wealthy, offering economic and political stability with an easygoing business environment.
Meliana Bruguera, 41, poses with her children Victoria, 9, and Rurik, outside Madrid, on Aug. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

Fleeing Maduro then Trump, Venezuelans seek refuge in Spain

For the first time, Venezuelans were the largest group applying for asylum in the EU.
The previous award ceremony
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 25, 2025

Yamagata film festival to gather documentaries from around world

This year’s YIDFF International Competition received 1,318 entries from 129 countries. Fifteen of them will be screened during the festival, competing for five awards.
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2025

Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan

The moves come as Manila settles into a view that alliances, geography and economic interests would inevitably pull it into any U.S. conflict with China over the island.
A July 24 U.N. report warns that the Islamic State group's ISKP affiliate, al-Qaida and related groups remain active in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, posing serious threats to regional and international security.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025

Is the Taliban's Afghanistan a safe haven for terrorist organizations?

“The de facto authorities in Afghanistan continued to maintain a permissive environment for a range of terrorist groups," a U.N. report says
As generative AI like ChatGPT becomes more popular, evidence is growing that it may harm mental health by encouraging dependency, weakening critical thinking and even contributing to delusional episodes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2025

ChatGPT’s mental health costs are adding up

From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar.
A measles alert sign is posted outside the entrance to the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025

‘Alternative facts’ aren't a reason to skip vaccines

Donald Trump’s health officials have been endorsing alternative facts in science to impose policies that contradict modern medical knowledge.
U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung attend a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

'Peacemaker’ Trump says he wants to meet North Korea’s Kim this year

The U.S. president said “big progress” was possible, during a summit with South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung in Washington that also focused on defense and trade issues.
To critics, the White House move to invest in chipmaker Intel threatens the U.S. business world's nimbleness.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 26, 2025

Trump wants more deals such as Intel's, worrying business community

The approach upends a decades-old view of the U.S. economy, in which the government only took corporate stakes in rare emergencies.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

Trump suggests many Americans 'like a dictator'

Democrats have repeatedly accused Trump of pushing presidential power way past its constitutional limits.
Elon Musk (left) in Los Angeles in 2024 and Open AI CEO Sam Altman in Seoul in February. Elon Musk's companies xAI and X filed a sweeping U.S. antitrust lawsuit on Monday against Apple and OpenAI, alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to stifle competition in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2025

Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, saying they hurt AI competition

Musk is alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to inhibit rivalry and innovation in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets.
Alexandra Eala in action during her first round match against Clara Tauson at the U.S. Open in New York on Sunday
TENNIS
Aug 26, 2025

From Philippines to Mexico, U.S. Open reflects game's global spread

Alexandra Eala secured the Philippines' first major match win on Sunday while qualifier Coleman Wong carried the flag for Hong Kong.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Australian defense chief to inspect Japanese frigate

Richard Marles will also attend a "two-plus-two" meeting of foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Australia.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (front) celebrates after winning the Turkish Grand Prix with third-placed Red Bull's Sergio Perez in Istanbul on Oct. 10, 2021.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 26, 2025

Cadillac set to name Perez and Bottas as F1 drivers

Perez was dropped by Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2024 season, but the 35-year-old is not far removed from finishing second in the 2023 F1 championship and third in 2022.
Southampton's Tyler Dibling (front) in action with Everton's Idrissa Gueye at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England on Nov. 2, 2024.
SOCCER
Aug 26, 2025

Everton signs Tyler Dibling from Southampton

British media reported Everton would pay around £42 million ($56.74 million) for the player.
The Tokyo Electron booth at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo in December. Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae is seeking out deals to consolidate the chip tool components sector.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Japan’s niche chip gear makers left out of Nvidia boom, one CEO says

Small companies lack the scale to demand better prices and lower costs, resulting in profit margins of less than 10%, the head of Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae said.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks next to U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Terry Cole, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), during the signing of executive orders by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2025

U.S. weighing sanctions on EU officials implementing Digital Services Act

The law aims to make the online environment safer, in part by compelling tech giants to tackle illegal content such as hate speech and child sexual abuse material.
Founded in 1948, Puma reported €281.6 million in net income last year and €8.8 billion in sales, and counts a global workforce of roughly 22,000.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Pinault family is exploring options for Puma, including a sale

Puma has been trying to revamp itself under new CEO Arthur Hoeld after failing to generate much enthusiasm for its products with consumers in recent years.
Japan Boxing Commision Secretary-General Tsuyoshi Yasukochi gives a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Aug 26, 2025

Deaths could spell end for Japanese boxing, says commission chief

Japanese boxing authorities are considering a raft of new measures to make the sport safer.
Nomura Holdings will require employees in Japan to spend two days a week in the office, double the current requirement.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Nomura doubles minimum work-from-office requirement in Japan

The change is scheduled to take effect in spring next year, putting staff in Japan on par with Nomura’s global employees.
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam

A decision is expected in the “coming months,” a senior government official in Manila said, following an inspection of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts.
Carlos Alcaraz in action during his first-round match against Reilly Opelka at the U.S. Open in New York on Monday
TENNIS
Aug 26, 2025

Alcaraz eases into U.S. Open second round as Venus makes emotional exit

Alcaraz, sporting a new buzz cut that has sparked plenty of chatter on social media, dismantled Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Jang Dong-hyeok, the newly elected leader of the main opposition People Power Party, speaks during the final round of its convention in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2025

South Korea opposition party picks backer of ousted President Yoon as leader

The People's Power Party picked Jang Dong-hyeok, a two-time lawmaker who joined right-wing rallies organized by Christian churches and spoke out in defense of Yoon.
Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the media in front of a screen showing India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) and Home Minister Amit Shah at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Aug. 7, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the Indian state of Bihar.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

India's election commission faces claim of vote-rigging ahead of state poll

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said his party lost dozens of seats in the 2024 parliamentary elections as voter rolls were manipulated to favor the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2025

Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.

Packages containing commercial items or valued above $100 will be rejected.
Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh holds the "Vedder Cup" for winning the season series against the Padres at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Monday. The trophy is named after Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, a one-time resident of both San Diego and Seattle.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 26, 2025

Cal Raleigh hits 50th homer to join Mickey Mantle in exclusive club

Raleigh is the first player in history to hit at least 20 home runs from each side of the plate in one season.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at a photo session for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts, in Yokohama, last week.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 26, 2025

Misinformation over JICA’s Africa ‘hometown’ initiative sparks controversy

Media reports claiming the initiative would include a special visa category for skilled Africans who want to come to Japan exacerbated the confusion.
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
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.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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