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Evacuees at a shelter in Saitama Prefecture after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. With a tsunami expected to reach some areas within minutes after a Nankai Trough megaquake, the government is asking municipalities to designate areas where advance evacuation is necessary.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2025

Megaquake alert would urge 520,000 people to evacuate

The figure exceeds the total number of evacuees after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, which came to about 470,000.
A tourist enjoys the Ras Hankorab beach in the Red Sea Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate in southern Egypt. The local environment is under threat amid development projects.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 21, 2025

Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk

The shadowy contract, which allows for the construction of a resort on one of the country's last undisturbed Red Sea beaches, was halted but not permanently canceled.
A Shein distribution center in Whitestown, Indiana, on April 8. Shein and other e-commerce sites originating from China are believed to have taken advantage of duty exemption systems of other countries to export goods of modest value in small lots.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 21, 2025

Duty exemptions for low-value imports face review amid exploitation

An expert panel at the government's Tax Commission has noted that overseas sellers of inexpensive goods effectively exploit tax exemption systems for small-ticket item imports.
A building where, according to Syrian security forces and residents, U.S. forces took part in a predawn raid that targeted a member of the Islamic State group, a U.S. official and a Syrian security source said, in Atmeh, Syria, on Wednesday
WORLD
Aug 21, 2025

Senior IS member killed in U.S. military operation in Syria, official says

It was the second known raid in northern Syria by U.S. troops since former President Bashar Assad was ousted in December.
Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz shoots the ball during a Club World Cup match against Al Ain at Audi Field in Washington D.C. on June 18.
SOCCER
Aug 22, 2025

Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz joins Forest from Juventus

The 27-year-old, who won Olympic gold with Brazil in Tokyo, spent one season at Juventus after leaving Aston Villa.
Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in July 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2025

U.S. Justice Department releases Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts

The accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein said U.S. President Donald Trump was friendly with the convicted sex offender but was "never inappropriate with anybody."
Hiroyuki Adachi, managing director of Shelter, a wooden architecture construction firm in Yamagata, speaks during a seminar in Sendai in July.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Sep 1, 2025

Wooden high-rise buildings increasing in Tohoku amid decarbonization trend

Major real estate developers and construction companies are focusing on wood, pushed by legislation and systems encouraging the use of domestically produced lumber.
Hours before talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung has signaled that reaching a deal with Washington on its demand to have U.S. forces in South Korea play a larger role in countering China will prove difficult.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2025

Lee signals resistance to shifting U.S. Forces Korea’s focus to China

President Lee Jae Myung’s remarks come just hours before he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in talks that are expected to be dominated by defense and security issues.
A wildfire burns near the village of Esposende, in the northwestern Spanish municipality of Cenlle, on Aug. 17.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2025

Spain's 16-day heat wave is 'most intense on record'

Forest fires are still burning across northern and western Spain, as well as in neighboring Portugal.
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.
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 Times
PRESS
Aug 27, 2025

ジャパンタイムズ主催 Sustainable Japan Award 2025 発表

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松 弥奈子）は、「Sustainable Japan Award 2025」の受賞企業・団体を発表しました。
Suyun Ham, an engineering professor at UTA, reviews data from a recent inspection with two other researchers. Ham likens his technology to a “portable MRI,” which can detect cracks and other hidden dangers in a bridge.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 26, 2025

Are bridges near you safe? This MRI-like scan may prevent disaster

An engineering professor from the University of Texas at Arlington is experimenting with a novel approach to inspecting bridges for heat damage.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 26, where he emphasized “the deep integration of AI with the real economy” and its relevance to daily applications.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2025

Al and our brave new world of ‘weaponized interdependence’

In the U.S.-China race for AI dominance, failure is not an option.
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 28, 2025

Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'

After evolving from an online presence into a live performer, Kaf has now stepped into voice acting as part of a multimedia project built around a supergroup of virtual artists.
Nadia, a military radio operator who served until she was eight and a half months pregnant, with her son Pavlo, 6, at their home in Lubny, Ukraine, on Jan. 28.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2025

Expecting on the front lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s military

Despite the hardships they face, many pregnant soldiers say they are motivated to serve for the future of Ukraine — and their children.
A man reads The Times of India newspaper in Delhi on Wednesday. Donald Trump’s tariffs on India expose New Delhi’s overreliance on U.S. exports but also create an opening for India to pivot toward Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2025

Trump’s tariffs should spur Indo-Japan convergence

Historically, India has never been a treaty ally of the U.S., but it has maintained a strong relationship with America.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a news conference at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2025

RFK Jr. says CDC must more closely align with Trump’s agenda

The comments come a day after the White House fired the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's director following an intense clash over vaccines.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.5% in Tokyo in August from a year earlier, versus a 2.9% clip in the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Tokyo inflation slows on subsidies as BOJ stays on hike path

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.5% year on year in the capital in August, versus a 2.9% clip in July.
The Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Packers on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 29, 2025

Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Packers in blockbuster deal

The Packers sent three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark and first-round draft picks in 2026 and 2027 to the Cowboys in the blockbuster trade.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.3% in July, down 0.2 points from the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025

Japan's unemployment rate falls to 2.3% in July

The number of jobless people decreased 4.7% to 1.64 million as more people found new jobs after leaving their previous positions for better opportunities.
Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa celebrates after making the game-winning field goal against Stanford in Honolulu on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 29, 2025

Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa walks unique path in college football

The Chiba native picked up the sport just over five years ago as a 20-year-old, learning to kick through YouTube.
The annual number of babies in Japan has been on a downward trend since around 1975, falling below 1 million in 2016, 900,000 in 2019 and 800,000 in 2022.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 29, 2025

Japan births hit fresh low in first half of 2025

The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals living overseas, stood below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive year.
Chinese People's Liberation Army troops attend training ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2025

Defying West, China's Xi gathers 'Axis of Upheaval' for military parade

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend the "Victory Day" parade on Sept. 3 — the first time they have appeared in public alongside Xi.
Armed Indonesian military troops at the National Monument complex prepare for deployment amid widespread anti-government protests and rioting in Jakarta on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2025

Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force

The heavily armed force, which is typically used to combat insurgencies, has increasingly been deployed against protesters.
Knicks guard Jeremy Lin looks to pass against the Raptors during a game in Toronto, Canada on Feb. 14, 2012.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 1, 2025

Jeremy Lin retires after 15 years that included ‘Linsanity’ with the Knicks

Lin became a New York icon and inspired a new generation of young Asian American basketball fans.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smokes a cigarette before departing Pyongyang by special train to China in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2025

North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing for debut on multilateral stage

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a military parade on Wednesday.
Laurent Freixe attends Nestle's general shareholders meeting in Ecublens, near Lausanne, on April 16. Nestle has dismissed Freixe due to an undisclosed workplace affair.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Nestle ousts CEO over office affair and taps Nespresso boss

The ousted chief executive is the latest of several consumer and retail company bosses to lose their jobs over workplace relationships in recent years.
Naomi Osaka in action against Coco Gauff in the fourth round of the women’s singles at the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Monday
TENNIS
Sep 2, 2025

Osaka crushes Gauff as Sinner and Swiatek roll into quarters

The Japanese star powered past third seed Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in a highly-anticipated but lopsided fourth-round showdown of former U.S. Open champions.
Padres relief pitcher Jason Adam lies on the ground during the seventh inning against the Orioles at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday. Adam was taken away on a cart after the play.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 2, 2025

Padres All-Star reliever Jason Adam ruptures quadriceps tendon

Adam will undergo an MRI to confirm the rupture, which would end his outstanding 2025 season.
For three key Cabinet posts, Takaichi turns to an eclectic trio
Shinjiro Koizumi — son of a former prime minister and rival to the current one — was appointed defense chief after falling short in his bid for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency earlier this month.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.
The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's first female PM promised more women in her Cabinet. She picked two.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses with members of the newly formed Cabinet on Tuesday night.
The newly formed LDP-JIP coalition may not be as solid as it seems
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura sign a policy agreement between the two parties at the Diet in Tokyo on Monday.
AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan
A recent cyberattack on brewer Asahi Group Holdings resulted in the company suspending shipments.
K-pop idol Chanyeol does J-pop his own way on ‘Hibi’
South Korean singer Chanyeol made his Japanese-language solo debut with the EP “Hibi,” which features six tracks inspired by his love of Japanese music.
In pictures: The day Japan’s glass ceiling finally cracked
Takaichi, surrounded by LDP influencers
London exhibition perhaps sumo's most successful trip abroad
With the recent sumo jaunt to London being essentially a goodwill exercise, <i>rikishi</i> were far more outgoing and relaxed than normal.

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