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Australia's Gout Gout celebrates after winning the men's U-23 200-meter race at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 11.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Australian fans anxiously awaiting Gout Gout's world championships debut

Still only 17, Gout is already one of the most exciting prospects in global athletics.
Prince Hisahito concludes his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2025

Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms

The nephew of Emperor Naruhito, Prince Hisahito, on Saturday received a black silk and lacquer crown at the ceremony, which marks the beginning of his royal adult life.
A customer shops at a Takeya store in Tokyo in July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2025

Hidden inflation drives Japanese consumers to price-tracking sites

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.1% in July from the previous year.
Azamat Iskaliyev, accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, stands in a courtroom cage as he is sentenced to 19.5 years in jail, in Saratov, Russia, on July 9.
WORLD / Society
Sep 9, 2025

Heroes and villains: Russia braces for eventual return of its enormous army

Verstka, an independent Russian media outlet, calculated in October last year that almost 500 civilians had become victims of veterans returning from fighting in Ukraine.
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.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) autonomous non-profit organization at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025

Russia targets billionaire’s empire over alleged Ukraine links

The case shows how asset seizures in Russia are surging since the invasion of Ukraine, as the Kremlin cracks down on perceived enemies of the state.
A university student delivers a speech during protests in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 4. Gig workers joined students and laborers in protests that forced lawmakers to scale back official perks and oust some politicians from parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2025

More protests planned as anger sweeps Indonesia’s gig drivers

Poorly paid and largely uninsured, gig workers are increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce.
Pastry shop Chez Shibata opens on the newly renovated basement floor of Seibu Ikebukuro on Tuesday in Tokyo's Toshima Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2025

Seibu's Ikebukuro store to open new 'depachika' food floor

A highlight of the renovated basement floor is the opening of 10 new cake shops, including Chez Shibata, which is opening its first shop in the Kanto region.
Ahn Hak-sop sits in front of his foster daughter’s paper-craft art-pieces in a small church in the Civilian Controlled Zone, near the border with North Korea, in Gimpo, South Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2025

The communist warrior stranded for decades in an ‘American colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2025

End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan

Companies that ship to the U.S. are hoping customers will tolerate higher costs or that the de minimis treatment will be restored, but many believe it's gone for good.
Yoshihiko Matsui’s “There Was Such a Thing Before” follows two high-school friends (Oshiro Maeda, left, and Airu Kubozuka) growing up in the aftermath of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant meltdown.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 18, 2025

‘There Was Such a Thing Before’: Fukushima grief and fury in monochrome

Eighteen years since his last feature, Yoshihiko Matsui is back with a somber Fukushima tale that demands attention, even as its drama feels stilted.
In “Ranshima Bound,” Yoshio (Tomoki Kimura, right) returns to his Hokkaido hometown with his supposed wife (Yuko Kii) when his estranged brother tells him their mother is in a coma.
CULTURE
Sep 19, 2025

‘Ranshima Bound’: Family fractures and buried truths collide in Hokkaido chill

Tomoki Kimura’s turn as a one-time punk rocker drifting through life grounds Kamada’s drama in rage, regret and reluctant tenderness.
Women in the U.K. still tend to handle the weekly shop, meaning they’re the first to feel the pinch from higher grocery, water and transport bills — the main drivers pushing inflation to its highest since early 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025

Women turn away from Labour as they lose faith in economy

Already, Britain's government has lost nearly half of the female voters who helped it win power just a year ago, according a political strategy and communications consultancy.
Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Linda Joyce moved to rural Tochigi Prefecture in 2024 for a career shift from teaching to hospitality and sustainable tourism.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 25, 2025

Linda Joyce: ‘We hope people recognize the benefits of exploring rural areas’

Former teacher Linda Joyce shifted careers to the tourism industry in 2024 and now works at a historic property in rural Tochigi Prefecture.
Ukrainian soldiers walk past a damaged apartment building, amid Russia's war against Ukraine, in the front-line city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 10.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2025

Ukraine's front-line cities filled with dread and defiance

Thousands of unmanned aerial vehicles hover above more than 1,000 kilometers of front lines in Ukraine's east and south at any one time.
An exterior staircase at the apartment building where Chizuko Akie was fatally stabbed, in the city of Machida, Tokyo, on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025

Suspect in Machida stabbing was ‘overwhelmed with despair’ over daily inconveniences

Kota Kuwano, 40, told investigators that frustrations over matters such as his mail not arriving and garbage being left outside his home drove him to kill someone.
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2025

A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between labor needs and worries over immigration.
Employees select sheets of Green Virginia tobacco leaves for processing at a Japan Tobacco cigarette plant in Senta, Serbia. While rivals have set ambitious targets for "smoke-free” products, Japan Tobacco has focused more on conventional combustible tobacco products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2025

Japan Tobacco is doubling down on cheap cigarettes

While rivals have set ambitious targets for "smoke-free” products, Japan Tobacco has focused more on conventional combustible tobacco products.
High voltage transmission towers in Tokyo. Power traders are fueling a boom in weather data, which helps them to anticipate sudden price swings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2025

Energy firms snap up weather services for trading edge in Japan

Weathernews is among a handful of companies cashing in on demand for meteorological data.
Stuffed toys featuring Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot character of the Osaka Expo, line the shelves of a store at the expo site on Yumeshima island in the city of Osaka.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2025

Sales of Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku goods to continue through March

The sales period has been extended by over five months thanks to an unexpected surge in the popularity of Myaku-Myaku.
A 1978 picture shows King Charles III, then the Prince of Wales, wearing a Barbour jacket as he attends a cross country hunt event in Cirencester, England. Barbour jackets can be worn for decades because one can get them rewaxed.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2025

This old thing? Why brands are hyping well-worn, heritage hand-me-downs

Shoppers, particularly Gen Zers, are becoming more attracted to used items, even paying top dollar for weathered jeans and jackets.
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2025

Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market

One of the largest art galleries in the world wants to turn the country into the center of Asia’s art scene.
Melissa Schriek portrays the city it as a safe place of emotional connection and play between people, influenced partially by her background in dance and gymnastics.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2025

T3 Photo Festival reframes cityscape as nature

This year’s photography festival plants exhibitions all around central Tokyo with photos that showcase urban landscapes under the theme “City as Garden.”
The Slussen transport hub in Stockholm. Nordic and Baltic governments are increasingly concerned about Russian "hybrid war” attacks — low-level but highly disruptive tactics that disrupt infrastructure and services.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2025

Sweden's cashless society could be more vulnerable to hybrid war attacks

With 90% of transactions in the country being done digitally, cyberattacks that couple with psychological operations can spark widespread panic.
A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2025

For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal

Uniqlo's affordable, wellmade basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Mari Sako at New College, the University of Oxford, in Oxford, England
BUSINESS / WOMEN AT WORK
Oct 26, 2025

Flying academia's flag for Japan, with a nod to the U.K.

Mari Sako has adopted the idea of being a "global citizen" through her work in academia.
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 21, 2025

Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms

Named one of Time Out’ magazine's “world’s coolest neighborhoods,” the residents of Osaka’s Nakatsu hope the area can retain its balance of old and new that makes it special.
Switzerland skip Marc Pfister, now with the Philippines team, delivers a rock against Scotland during the World Men's Curling Championships in Halifax, Canada on April 1, 2015.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Oct 24, 2025

Philippines curling team chases Olympic dream with nothing to lose

Just over two years since the Philippines men's curling team was formed, it is preparing a final push to qualify for next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Sotatsu Yanase, a 46-year-old tatami shop owner, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by the Tokyo District Court on Thursday for burning his girlfriend's body and dumping it in the sea off Izu Oshima.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025

Tokyo court sentences man to 30 months in prison for burning girlfriend’s body

According to the indictment, Sotatsu Yanase abandoned his girlfriend's remains in 2024 near Izu Oshima's southwest coast, with police still investigating how she died.
A print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832) depicts a bustling scene at a fish market in Nihonbashi.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Oct 18, 2025

Of sound and silence in old Japan

While haiku poets like Basho extolled the virtues of tranquility, premodern Japan was likely a noisier affair than most people imagine.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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