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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.
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.
Fumiko Takayama speaks in the city of Chiba on May 20 about her experience of escaping two 1945 air raids on the city.
JAPAN / History
Jul 23, 2025

Woman recounts deadly U.S. bombings of Chiba 80 years ago

About 10 years ago, Fumiko Takayama, a former teacher, started to share her experience of having survived two separate war raids, noting that "there's nothing good about war."
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.
A Nigerian health official administers an mpox vaccination at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria, on Nov. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025

800,000 U.S. taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say

A letter said 220,000 doses could be viable if the State Department begins shipping them immediately.
A U.S. flag is reflected in the windows of the shuttered former offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington on Tuesday. Washington does not want any USAID-branded supplies to be rerouted elsewhere.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025

U.S.-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France: sources

Washington has rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organizations to buy or ship the supplies.
People detained by U.S. immigration forces are seen behind fences at the Desert View Annex at an ICE detention facility in Adelanto, California, on July 10.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2025

Most ICE detainees have no criminal history as detention reaches record levels

Private prison corporations are set to benefit from the Trump administration's unprecedented deportation drive.
With tariffs at an 80-year high and the U.S. dollar behaving unpredictably, the Fed should hold off on cutting rates until there’s clear evidence that inflation remains under control.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2025

The Fed needs to tread carefully with this strange dollar

Given that range of possibilities, it’s prudent to wait for the data to tell the story, exactly as Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently planning.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

EU reaches broad tariff deal with U.S. to avert painful trade blow

The U.S. and European Union agreed on a hard-fought deal that will see the bloc face 15% tariffs on most of its exports, including automobiles.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks as he takes part in mediation talks on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to ceasefire after five days of battle

During a meeting hosted by Malaysia, the two sides agreed to halt hostilities and resume direct communications.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi in March 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

North Korea rejects South’s olive branch, saying it has ‘no interest’ in rapprochement

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said that “no matter what policy ... is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it.”
Displaced people hold candles as they celebrate Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's 73rd birthday after the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, effective midnight, in Sisaket province, Thailand, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 29, 2025

Ceasefire takes effect between Thailand and Cambodia after five-day border battle

The two countries' leaders agreed to end hostilities, resume direct communications and create a mechanism to implement the ceasefire after efforts by Malaysia, the U.S. and China.
A man talks on a phone in front of an Apple Store in Shanghai. For the first time ever, Apple is closing a retail store in China.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2025

Apple to shutter a retail store in China for the first time ever

The company said it will shut one of two stores in the city of Dalian on Aug. 9, citing a changing landscape at the shopping complex where it is located.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Washington in January.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2025

As China advances and the U.S. retreats, Japan-India ties grow stronger

Located on two ends of the Indo-Pacific region, India and Japan anchor a stable counterweight to China and a mercurial Trump.
A Magic Bot Z1 by Magiclab is displayed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2025

China’s AI strategy relies on frenzy and frenemies

China’s current AI frenzy represents the best and worst of classic capitalism: The competition propels innovation at a rapid clip, but not all of the companies will survive.
Michi Saito touches a piece of a dummy atomic bomb that took away her brother's life in 1945, during an interview at Zuiryu Temple in Fukushima on July 14.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Aug 18, 2025

98-year-old woman recalls brother's death from dummy atomic bomb

A U.S. military unit dropped dummy bombs in various parts of Japan as part of exercises aimed at training forces to gain the high skills required to drop nuclear weapons.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has been weakened by domestic setbacks and uncertain U.S. support as he tries to balance pressure from Beijing and political opposition at home.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2025

Taiwan’s president is running out of options

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is battling internal strife while navigating an unpredictable trade war with Washington.
The Manzanillo seaport in Mexico. U.S. President Donald Trump gave Mexico a 90-day reprieve from higher tariffs of 30% on many goods to provide more time to negotiate a broader trade pact.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 1, 2025

Trump hits dozens of nations with steep tariffs

The U.S. president set rates including a 35% duty on many goods from Canada, 50% for Brazil, 25% for India, 20% for Taiwan and 39% for Switzerland.
Emissions rise from a smokestack at the Conesville Power Plant in Conesville, Ohio.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 1, 2025

How Trump-vetted scientists are trying to shred the climate consensus

A new report is part of an effort by the Trump administration to try to end the U.S. government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki will make a speech on Aug. 9 at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, in which he will urge world leaders to work toward abolishing nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2025

Nagasaki mayor to urge world leaders to abolish nuclear weapons

Mayor Shiro Suzuki will make the call in his speech on Aug. 9 at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of his city.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2025

World economies reel from Trump's tariffs punch

Stock markets in Hong Kong, London and New York slumped as they digested the turmoil, while weak U.S. employment data added to worries.
The Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area plant in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2025

Nippon Steel swings into quarterly loss

The Japanese steelmaker said Friday that it had posted a consolidated net loss of ¥195.8 billion for the fiscal first quarter, against the year-before profit of ¥157.5 billion.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2025

Trump fires data chief on bad job news and gets chance to tilt Fed

Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after it sent markets tumbling with a report that showed a dramatic slowdown in U.S. hiring.
A man walks on a beach in Nice, France, amid a heavy rain storm. European governments are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2025

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

Amid Trump's cuts, European governments are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes.
Troops from the Ground Self-Defense Force launch a Type 12 surface-to-ship missile at Beecroft Weapons Range in Australia's New South Wales state during Exercise Talisman Sabre on July 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2025

'Firsts’ abound in latest Talisman Sabre joint military drills

The multinational military drills saw over 80 "firsts" in which participants either tested new systems or performed certain combined activities for the first time.
Supporters of former Braziilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a rally on Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2025

Bolsonaro backers rally to praise Trump for pressure on Brazil

Rallies were organized in several cities on Sunday ahead of the conclusion of the former Brazilian president's trial over a coup plot in the coming weeks.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left) and Economic Revitalization Minister and chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa attend a budget committee session on the U.S. tariff issue in the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2025

Opposition parties fume over U.S. trade deal not being put in writing

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said issuing a joint document with the U.S. will not serve the nation’s interests and may instead jeopardize the agreement.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025

Trump again threatens India with harsh tariffs over Russian oil purchases

A spokesperson for the Indian foreign ministry said in response that India will "take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security."
KIA vehicles are parked to be exported at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on July 31.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2025

South Korea and U.S. prepare for summit with details of trade deal unresolved

U.S. President Donald Trump may use the summit with counterpart Lee Jae Myung to seek more concessions on defense costs and corporate investments, left out of the deal.
Hironori Kamezawa, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2025

BOJ rate hike in September or October is 'desirable,' MUFG chief says

Such a hike is ideal in the face of strong inflation in the country.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
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.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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