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Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert rushes with the ball during his team's opening-week win over Kansas City on Friday in Sao Paulo.
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Chargers stun Chiefs in Brazil as NFL opens slate of international games
Justin Herbert got the Chargers rolling early and Los Angeles never looked back in beating the rival Chiefs.
Members of the Japanese team for the World Athletics Championships pose for photos at Meiji Kinenkan on Thursday.
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Team Japan seeks ‘passionate support’ at World Athletics Championships
By Sam Byford
The World Athletics Championships kick off at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Sept. 13.
A statue of World Athletics Championships mascot Riku One stands outside National Stadium in Tokyo.
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Tokyo organizers begin final countdown to World Athletics Championships
By Sam Byford
Organizers have introduced a number of measures to keep fans safe from the heat during the nine-day event.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts runs against the Cowboys during the second half of the NFL season opener in Philadelphia on Thursday.
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Sep 5, 2025
Super Bowl champion Eagles hold off rival Cowboys in NFL season opener
The Eagles raised their championship banner before defeating their division rivals.
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.
Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1,500 meters in world record time of 3 minutes, 48.68 seconds in Eugene, Oregon, on July 5.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025
Faith Kipyegon has sights set on unique double at world championships in Tokyo
The Kenyan superstar is set to defend her titles in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters.
Emma Aalto (left) and Millie Colling train in Helsinki on Sept. 1.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Sep 5, 2025
Same-sex duo to compete in ice dance in Finland following rule change
The Finnish federation's rules now refer to ice dancers as "Skater A" and "Skater B" instead of "man" and "woman." 
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce speaks during a news conference in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
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Sep 5, 2025
Chiefs' Travis Kelce speaks about engagement to Taylor Swift ahead of opener
Kelce said his life has changed in some ways since he began dating pop star Taylor Swift.
The No. 2 field at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium complex in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. The field is slated to be upgraded into a 5,000-seat stadium but has faced lengthy construction delays.
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Sep 4, 2025
Upgrades for Osaka's Hanazono Rugby Stadium still mired in delays
The planned upgrades, featuring the construction of a new stadium by FC Osaka, is a condition for the third-tier J. League club to use Hanazono as its home ground.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri races to victory at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in Zandvoort.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 4, 2025
Bahrain and Abu Dhabi funds take full ownership of McLaren
By Alan Baldwin
Bahrain sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat will remain the majority shareholder with CYVN, majority-owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, having a non-controlling stake.

Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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