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As French President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fifth prime minister in less than two years to tackle the country’s debt problems, there are no obvious candidates with a decent chance of success.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2025

Macron is running out of viable prime ministers for France

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will resign nine months into the job after failing to win support for his deficit-cutting plans.
Takeda Pharmaceutical’s experimental narcolepsy drug shows significant improvement in late-stage trials, potentially targeting the root cause of the disorder.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2025

Takeda nears first therapy for root cause of narcolepsy

Patients who took the drug, called oveporexton, for 12 weeks experienced increased daytime alertness and an overall improvement in quality of life.
Doris Aguirre, an immigrant from Honduras, participates virtually in a Sunday service by the immigrant-focused Lincoln United Methodist Church, held online due to the threat of immigration sweeps, in Chicago on Aug. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2025

Immigrant faithful turn to online sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown

On Trump's first day in office, his administration scrapped earlier policy of designating places of worship as sensitive locations off limits to immigration enforcement.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (left) and his son, Lachlan. The Murdoch family has reached a deal that will see Lachlan Murdoch cement control of the family media empire.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2025

Real-life 'Succession' ends: Lachlan Murdoch takes control, siblings take cash

A deal announced on Monday that will see Rupert Murdoch's politically conservative eldest son cement control of the family media empire.
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington in 2023
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2025

Suspected China-linked hackers tried to pose as Republican lawmaker, panel says

The hackers sent multiple emails in recent weeks to U.S. government agencies, business organizations, law firms and at least one foreign government, according to the panel.
A worker sprays Holstein-Friesian cows from Australia with water at a dairy farm managed by Laras Ati milk cooperative in Kuningan, West Java province, Indonesia, on June 25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2025

Indonesia presses businesses, their licenses at stake, to import a million cows

Program aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers, calling for the dairy cows to be imported over five years at a cost of nearly $3 billion.
Italy's players celebrate scoring against Israel during the 2026 World Cup qualifier in Debrecen, Hungary on Monday.
SOCCER
Sep 9, 2025

Italy keeps World Cup hopes ticking over with 'crazy' 5-4 win over Israel

Italy had won its first game under new manager Gennaro Gattuso in a 5-0 home win over Estonia on Friday.
Japan has hired energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie to assess a proposed $44 billion Alaska gas pipeline and LNG project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, sources say.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2025

Japan hires Wood Mackenzie to assess Trump-backed Alaska LNG project: sources

The scope and cost of the deal with Wood Mackenzie is unclear, as is whether any resulting report will be made public.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for reviewing the circumstances that led to World War II to prevent its recurrence.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2025

Ishiba could release World War II message at U.N.

The prime minister has strongly called for reviewing the circumstances that led to World War II to prevent a recurrence of its horrors.
Residents stand on an embankment as they wait to be rescued from a flooded area, following monsoon rains and rising water levels of the Chenab River, in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 9, 2025

Flood-hit India and Pakistan face rising prices for rice amid crop losses

India and Pakistan exclusively grow aromatic basmati rice, which sells for nearly twice the price of regular varieties and is imported by Britain, the Middle East, and the U.S.
Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo looks dejected after the match against West Ham at the City Ground in Nottingham, England on Aug. 30.
SOCCER
Sep 9, 2025

Nottingham Forest fires head coach Nuno after rift with owner

The Portuguese coach had been in charge for 21 months at the City Ground, but two weeks ago said his relationship with the club's owner had deteriorated.
Haruka Kitaguchi in action during the women's javelin final at the Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Aug. 28
MORE SPORTS
Sep 9, 2025

Back from injury, home favorite Kitaguchi won't give up title without a fight

The 27-year-old shot to fame in 2023 when her final throw of 66.73 meters in Budapest made her the first Japanese woman to win a world title in a field event.
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives with his daughter Thailand's recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (right) at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 9, 2025

Thai top court orders ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to jail for a year

Shinawatra's political clan has for two decades been the key foe of Thailand's pro-military, pro-royalty elite, who view their populism as a threat to traditional social order.
Google has said that its AI Mode will soon be available in Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese globally.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 9, 2025

Google’s AI Mode to offer Japanese language support

Along with Japanese, Google said it will also gradually be offered in Korean, Hindi, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese globally starting Tuesday.
Shigeru Ishiba’s brief, tumultuous prime ministership weakened Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, alienated conservatives and left the party scrambling to find a new leader capable of restoring credibility.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2025

Japan deserves far better leadership than this

While the country is mostly back where it was a year ago, the LDP is in a much weaker position.
Candidates for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election stand together on stage before a debate in Tokyo in September 2024. Pictured are future Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Sanae Takaichi, Shinjiro Koizumi and others. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2025

Ishiba’s resignation triggers a battle for the soul of the LDP

To become the next prime minister, the new LDP leader will also need to secure enough support from one or two of the other larger conservative opposition parties.
49ers quarterback Brock Purdy after the game against the Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Football
Sep 9, 2025

Banged-up Brock Purdy uncertain for Week 2 as 49ers' injuries pile up

Purdy toughed out Sunday's game despite suffering injuries to his left (non- throwing) shoulder and toe.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a news conference on Sunday in Tokyo where he announced his resignation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2025

The Liberal Democratic Party’s internal coup is complete

Ishiba came into the prime ministership last year with the odds already stacked against him. The LDP was a fractured party with waning public support.
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 9, 2025

Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid

For years, South Korean companies have said they struggle to obtain short-term work visas for specialists needed in their high-tech plants in the United States.
Medics treat an injured Ukrainian serviceman, whose call sign is "Surovyi," at a joint stabilization point near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025

'Five days to get out': a Ukrainian soldier's remarkable escape

His experience underlines the difficulty both armies face when operating along and near the point of contact, with drones posing a terrifying new battlefield threat.
Members of the Italian Red Cross speak to each other outside a reception center for migrants, in Lampedusa, Italy, on Aug. 15
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025

Falling migration fails to quell EU clampdown calls

Asylum requests to the European Union fell by 23% in the first six months of 2025, driven by a huge drop in Syrians seeking protection, new data showed.
Shipping containers are parked at Thar Dry Port in Sanand in the western part of Gujarat, India, on Aug. 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025

Trump floats massive tariffs on China and India to pressure Russia

Other potential measures include further sanctions on Russia’s oil tankers and finance sector.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court to review Trump tariffs on fast-track schedule

The justices said they will hear arguments in the first week of November, an unusually aggressive schedule that suggests the court will try to resolve the case quickly.
Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce kisses partner — now finacee — Taylor Swift as they celebrate after his team won Super Bowl LVIII in 2024.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 10, 2025

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s announcement hits all the right notes in Japan

Japanese culture is in the depths of a nostalgia wave, and the engagement announcement for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce fits in with it nicely.
Heliostat mirrors at the site of Dunhuang Shouhang 100MW Tower Solar Thermal Power Generation Project in Gansu province, China, on Oct. 16, 2024
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2025

China’s green tech firms pour billions into overseas factories

Chinese companies are expanding their supply chains abroad to capture new markets, avoid tariffs and get closer to sources of raw materials, according to new research.
Elliott Investment Management has acquired a stake in Japanese regional utility Kansai Electric Power, according to a person familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2025

Activist fund Elliott reported to take stake in Kansai Electric, eyeing assets

Activist hedge funds have been honing in on property held by Japanese companies valued at its original cost on their balance sheets as part of their investment strategy.
Auckland City players take a drink break during a Club World Cup match against Boca Juniors in Nashville in June.
SOCCER
Sep 10, 2025

Extreme heat a rising threat to 2026 World Cup venues, report says

By 2050, nearly 90% of North America's host stadiums will require adaptation to extreme heat while one-third will face water demand equaling or exceeding supply.
Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto addresses in May in Kobe a meeting of a study group discussing the idea of taxing owners of vacant units in high-rise condominiums.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2025

Kobe eyes tax on vacant or underused units in high-rise condos

Since taking office, Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto has highlighted problems associated with high-rise condominiums, pushing to strengthen regulations and address aging buildings.
Canelo Alvarez (left) and Terence Crawford face off during a news conference in Riyadh in June.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 10, 2025

'Biggest fight in a decade': Crawford targets history against Canelo

Crawford said his preparation has remained consistent despite having to move up two weight classes to challenge the Mexican superstar.
Polish pianist Hania Rani took the audience on a synth odyssey at the first Japan edition of Unsound Osaka over the weekend.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 11, 2025

Unsound turns Osaka into a laboratory of avant-garde music

Long-running Polish music festival Unsound channels Expo ’70 at its first Japan edition.
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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