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FORMULA ONE

Lando Norris races during the first practice session for the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Thursday.
SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 21, 2025
Norris hopes to exorcise Las Vegas demons and preserve WDC lead
The driver's previous attempts in Las Vegas have only been destined for doom.
Oscar Piastri has won Australian sport's highest honor, the Don Award.
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Nov 18, 2025
Oscar Piastri wins Australia's top sports honor
The 24-year has ignited national pride as he bids to become Australia's third Formula One world champion after Jack Brabham and Alan Jones.
Formula One driver Sergio Perez (right) poses with Dan Towriss, Cadillac's F1 team CEO, in Mexico City on Aug. 27.
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Nov 13, 2025
Sergio Perez urges Formula One fans to respect race winners
Lando Norris is leading the championship over teammate Oscar Piastri but has drawn boos among the cheers from some spectators
Red Bull's Max Verstappen makes a pit stop during the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday.　
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Nov 12, 2025
Red Bull F1 teams to hold 2026 launch in Detroit in January
Red Bull Ford powertrains will debut as a power unit manufacturer next season, the first of the sport's new engine era.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates with the trophy and champagne after winning the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
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Nov 11, 2025
Norris now clear favorite for F1 title, barring late twist
Norris is favorite to follow seven-time title-winner Lewis Hamilton as the latest in a line of British world champions.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
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Nov 10, 2025
Lando Norris extends lead atop F1 standings race with victory in Brazil
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli hung on for a career-best second place, with Max Verstappen an astonishing third for Red Bull after starting from the pit lane.
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
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Nov 8, 2025
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
The 2009 Formula One champion spent many years in Honda-powered cars and had his biggest post-F1 triumph in 2018 in Japan’s Super GT series.
McLaren's Lando Norris (left) and Oscar Piastri wave during the drivers' parade ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix in Mexico City on Oct. 26.
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Nov 7, 2025
McLaren boss would rather lose title than play favorites in championship race
Lando Norris leads the championship race by one point ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Oct 27, 2025
Norris plans to stay relaxed after taking lead in F1 title race
It was Norris's first win in Mexico and the 10th of his career, lifting him to 357 points in the title race — one ahead of Piastri.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in Mexico City on Thursday
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Oct 24, 2025
Hamilton hopes Ferrari can recapture Mexico magic
Carlos Sainz, who is now driving for Williams, delivered Ferrari's last victory 12 months ago in Mexico, with the team now on a 23-race winless streak.
McLaren Formula One team driver Oscar Piastri in action during the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Sunday
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Oct 21, 2025
F1 drivers' championship still in McLaren's hands, says Stella
McLaren has already clinched the constructors' title for a second successive year and has Australian Oscar Piastri leading the drivers' standings.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates with the trophy after winning the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.
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Oct 20, 2025
Max Verstappen dominates U.S. Grand Prix to keep pressure on F1 leader Oscar Piastri
Verstappen also won the Saturday sprint from pole position at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.
McLaren's Lando Norris drives during the Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Oct. 5.
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Oct 17, 2025
Norris faces 'repercussions' for clash with McLaren teammate Piastri
McLaren has been determined to keep the duel between its drivers a fair fight
Red Bull's Max Verstappen is 63 points behind F1 leader Oscar Piastri.
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Oct 16, 2025
McLaren duo watching as Max Verstappen surges into focus in title race
Red Bull's Verstappen has turned a seemingly lost cause into a thrilling late, if unexpected, charge for a fifth title.
Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku last month.
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Oct 12, 2025
From Sauber to Audi, Wheatley prepares to disrupt in F1 revolution
The Swiss-based outfit, in Formula One since 1993 and with one grand prix triumph and 28 podiums, will become the Audi works team next year.
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies on the grid before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 21
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Oct 7, 2025
Red Bull's Mekies taking no credit as Verstappen narrows F1 gap
The four-time world champion has won twice since Mekies arrived six races ago.
George Russell celebrates after earning pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday.
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Oct 5, 2025
George Russell celebrates after claiming pole position in Singapore
Championship leader Oscar Piastri will start on the second row after coming in third.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri leaves the race during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Sept. 21.
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Oct 3, 2025
F1 leader Oscar Piastri vows to learn from 'tough lessons' in Baku
The Australian put his McLaren into the barriers twice at the Baku circuit, once in practice and then again on the first lap of the race.
Toyota Gazoo Racing's No. 8 car competes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
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Sep 28, 2025
At 31, Ryo Hirakawa continues to chase F1 dream
The Formula One door may be slowly opening for the top endurance talent even at age 31.
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda arrives at the circuit ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Sunday.
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Sep 24, 2025
Red Bull in no rush to make 2026 driver decisions after strong weekend in Baku
Only Max Verstappen can be completely sure of who he will be racing for next year and Red Bull is in no rush to decide his teammate after a record of failure with previous moves.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
The yen has been weak against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, with some analysts expecting the retreat to continue.
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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