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Iceland defender Victor Palsson (left) falls over France forward Jean-Philippe Mateta during a 2026 World Cup qualifying round match in Reykjavik on Monday.
SOCCER
Oct 14, 2025
France faces crunch match against Ukraine after 2-2 draw with Iceland
France remains top of Group D with 10 points from four games, three ahead of Ukraine, which beat Azerbaijan 2-1 on Monday.
France's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure (left) and Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard arrive for a meeting with the newly appointed members of the reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's Cabinet, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2025
France's embattled prime minister faces clutch day in parliament
France is in a deep political crisis that has spooked markets and raised concern about its minority government's ability to govern and ease the country's debt burden.
The Bank of Japan in Tokyo. Turmoil in developed nations such as France and Japan underscores how politics is eclipsing central bank policy as a key market driver.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2025
The politics premium is punishing bonds from Paris to Tokyo
Investors are demanding fiscal consolidation, while anything resembling austerity can prove politically contentious and toxic at the ballot box.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his coalition face declining approval ratings, a weak position in parliament and a growing political crisis as the government struggles to pass a budget.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
Macron appoints new French Cabinet in bid to quell crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron and his coalition face declining approval ratings, a weak position in parliament and a growing political crisis over the country's budget.
Zinedine Zidane, then-Real Madrid coach, in London in May 2021. Zidane has expressed a desire to coach the French national soccer team.
SOCCER
Oct 13, 2025
Zidane confirms ambition to coach France
The 53-year-old is the favorite to take over from Didier Deschamps when the coach steps down after next year's World Cup.
President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu to be France’s prime minister, giving the centrist ally another shot at naming a new Cabinet and getting a budget through a fractious parliament.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025
Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister
The reappointment is a last-gasp attempt to find political balance to prevent the next government from collapsing.
France's outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (right) with an image of French President Emmanuel Macron in the background during a live broadcast interview for French TV France 2 in Paris on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Macron to name new French prime minister within 48 hours
The escalation of the crisis has turned into the worst political headache for Macron since he came to office in 2017.
Against the yen, the dollar was last up 0.53% at ¥152.7. It earlier reached ¥152.99, the highest since Feb. 14, and has risen from ¥147.44 on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2025
Yen weakest since mid-February on fiscal fears
The dollar has likely benefited from a lack of U.S. government economic data as the federal government remains shut.
Masanaga Kageyama, the Japan Football Association's technical director
SOCCER
Oct 8, 2025
Japanese football official sentenced for viewing child sexual abuse images
Masanaga Kageyama, the association's technical director, was arrested last week during a stopover in Paris on the way to Chile to attend the Under-20 World Cup.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2025
Macron urged to quit to end France political crisis
Macron is facing pressure even from allies to find a rapid solution to France's political deadlock.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends and event in Saarbruecken, Germany, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 7, 2025
Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away
The resignation of his fifth prime minister in two years has raised the chances that he will not make it to the end of his term.
French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed most senior members from the Cabinet of ousted premier Francois Bayrou in a clear continuation of his centrist policy aims.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2025
Macron’s continuity Cabinet risks another government collapse
Most senior members from the Cabinet of ousted premier Francois Bayrou were renamed to their posts in a clear continuation of Macron’s centrist policy aims.
A Russian oil tanker is investigated by French authorities off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2025
Macron says 'shadow' tanker detention signals new plan to pressure Russia
Macron said it was yet to be determined whether the vessel had been involved in drone incursions in Denmark last week.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger
A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.”
Satoshi Yoneda reacts to audience's applause at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors held in Besanson, France, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese conductor Yoneda wins French competition
Previous Japanese winners of the Besancon competition include the late Seiji Ozawa, Yutaka Sado and Kazuki Yamada.
A banner stating, "If they commit any acts of evil, they will definitely get a harder blow back," is displayed in Tehran in April.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2025
'Snapback' sends West back to the drawing board on Iran's nuclear program
Despite a last-minute rush of diplomatic activity at the U.N., Iran has done little to stop the sanctions from going back into effect.
A Paris court sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025
Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall
Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late dictator Muammar Gadhafi.
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
U.S. allies embracing Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy
Some analysts see Trump's unwillingness to apply Washington's leverage with Israel as a realization that the conflict is much more complex and intractable than he has acknowledged.
England's Ellie Kildunne scores her team's fourth try during its Women's Rugby World Cup semifinal win over France in Bristol, England, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 21, 2025
Brilliant Kildunne helps England to grind down France and reach World Cup final
England's win set up an enticing showdown with Canada next Saturday.
Sebastien Lecornu became France's fifth prime minister last week.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025
Tax the rich or fall: French prime minister faces budget ultimatum
Sebastien Lecornu, who last week became France's fifth prime minister, is racing to draft a budget that is due to be sent to lawmakers by Oct. 7.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
ANA flight returns to Haneda Airport after hitting runway lights
An All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday evening, about an hour after takeoff, after it was found to have struck runway lights.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
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.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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