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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech during a rally to celebrate the results of last month's presidential election, in Caracas on Aug. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024
Venezuela’s repression campaign gets Maduro what he wants, for now
While Nicolás Maduro has clung to power at all costs, the path he has chosen is also one of diplomatic and economic isolation.
Burned land along a road following wildfires in Riberaio Preto, in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, on Aug. 27
WORLD
Sep 2, 2024
Amazon jungle fires spew toxic smoke to Brazil’s largest city
A curtain of smoke is spreading across Brazil, making its way to Sao Paulo and possibly heading toward neighboring countries Argentina and Paraguay.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks as she holds up a copy of electoral records during a protest against the election results announced by President Nicolas Maduro's government after he was declared winner of the July election, in Caracas on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2024
Rallies and arrests mark one month since disputed Venezuela election
Protests since the vote have led to at least 27 deaths.
The 2024 Kentaro Kaneko Award ceremony will be held Oct. 15 at the International House of Japan in Tokyo’s Minato Ward.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 24, 2024
America-Japan Society announces recipients of 2024 Kentaro Kaneko Award
This year's Kentaro Kaneko Award celebrating achievements in furthering U.S.-Japan relations goes to a volunteer, an educator and a legendary musician.
Venezuelan opposition supporters participate in a global protest against Venezuela's disputed presidential election, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Aug 17.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2024
Venezuela at a crossroads: Democracy or dictatorship?
The government of strongman Nicolas Maduro is doubling down on his disputed reelection victory while the opposition vows to resist "to the end."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro spoke last week following the presidential elections, saying that Mara Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzlez should go to prison.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2024
Humiliated and furious, Maduro arrests 2,000 Venezuelans over protests
Pressure to share election results has mounted from even Nicolás Maduro’s closest allies abroad.
Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro (left) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greet each other before a summit in Brasilia on May 29, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2024
Maduro’s crackdown thrusts Brazil's Lula into global hotseat
Venezuela's election dispute and Nicolas Maduro’s crackdown on dissent have thrust Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva into an increasingly uncomfortable position.
Police officers stand near a billboard with an image of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2024
Venezuela braces for possibility of more opposition arrests
The U.S.-based Carter Center, which observed the vote, said Venezuela's election "cannot be considered democratic."
People carry the Venezuelan national flag to protest the election results that awarded Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2024
'We are not afraid': Venezuelan opposition puts up peaceful resistance
The demonstrators were among millions of Venezuelans who reject the election results.
A man bangs a cooking pot during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Valencia, Carabobo state, Venezuela on Monday, the day after the Venezuelan presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
Vote tallies show proof of election fraud, says Venezuela’s opposition
Thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets of Caracas to protest what they say is President Nicolas Maduro’s fraudulent win.
Demonstrators march in Valencia, Venezuela, on Monday, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election. Protests erupted in parts of Caracas and elsewhere against the re-election victory claimed by President Nicolas Maduro.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2024
Venezuela needs its neighbors’ help more than ever
Maduro was never going to accept defeat and the idea he would quietly exit the presidential palace was always wishful thinking.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition protest following the announcement by the National Electoral Council that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won the presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
Protests erupt in Caracas after Maduro claims Venezuela reelection win
Venezuela's opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was also accused of being involved in a plot to alter voting results.
Nicolas Maduro speaks to members of the media after casting a ballot in Caracas on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2024
Venezuela opposition rejects Maduro election win
Venezuela’s political opposition has vehemently rejected the electoral authority’s ruling that Nicolas Maduro was reelected as the nation’s president, calling on the military to intervene. The U.S. and some Latin American neighbors also raised concerns about the official result.
Uruguay's Darwin Nunez (19) was involved in a brawl with Colombia fans after the teams' Copa America match in Charlotte on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jul 11, 2024
Uruguay players brawl with Colombia fans in stands after Copa loss
Liverpool star Darwin Nunez and other Uruguay players were involved in a brawl with Colombian fans on Wednesday.
Presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino (left) poses with ex-President Ricardo Martinelli during the general election, in Panama City in this photo released Sunday. Mulino was named the winner of Sunday's presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2024
Ex-minister Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama presidential race
Jose Raul Mulino, the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state, was declared Panama's president-elect after elections Sunday.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 5, 2024
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
While the visit may improve ties, observers doubt countries like Brazil will jeopardize relations with Beijing, their most important trading partner.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2024
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Widespread use of biomass as car fuel makes Brazil an ideal import partner for Japan.
Daihatsu President Masahiro Inoue
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2024
Daihatsu’s new president sees potential in Africa and South America
Masahiro Inoue pointed at strong demand for compact cars in those markets due to a prevalence of narrow roads.
People holding Mexican flags protest outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Mexico City on Saturday, following the severing of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2024
Ecuador in diplomatic storm after raid at Mexican Embassy
The Vienna Convention, a treaty governing international relations, states that a country cannot intrude upon an embassy on its territory.
Inmates in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre mega-prison southeast of San Salvador on Aug. 21, 2023.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2024
El Salvador's two-year push has crushed street gangs but at a high price
Deployment of the military and police dealt a heavy blow to the structures of the gangs but at the cost of human rights, and poverty remains a major issue.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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By Tomoko Otake

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