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Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts while playing against Russia's Mirra Andreeva during their women's singles semi-final tennis match at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 14.
TENNIS
Mar 18, 2025
Swiatek surprised at 'harsh judgments' after Indian Wells incident
The five-times Grand Slam champion was criticized heavily over the incident, where she nearly hit a ball boy after smashing a ball into the ground.
Jack Draper celebrates after defeating Holger Rune during the BNP Paribas Open men's final at Indian Wells on Sunday.
TENNIS
Mar 17, 2025
Briton Draper pummels Rune to win Indian Wells title
Draper has suffered with a lingering hip issue this year but looked fine as he zipped around the court with ease on Sunday.
Mirra Andreeva with the championship trophy after defeating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets in the women’s final of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday.
TENNIS
Mar 17, 2025
Russian teen Andreeva beats top seed Sabalenka in Indian Wells final
The 17-year-old Andreeva is the youngest women's champion at the tournament since Serena Williams in 1999.
Denmark's Holger Rune hits a backhand to Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their Indian Wells semifinal clash on Saturday.
TENNIS
Mar 16, 2025
Rune shocks Medvedev while Draper upsets Alcaraz to set up surprise Indian Wells final
Rune, ranked 13th, snapped a seven-match losing streak in semifinals and will face Britain's Jack Draper on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek returns the ball to Qinwen Zheng during their quarterfinal at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on Thursday.
TENNIS
Mar 14, 2025
Swiatek to face Andreeva, Sabalenka meets Keys in Indian Wells semis
The world number two from Poland will get a chance to avenge another upset loss in a semifinal clash with Mirra Andreeva.
Iga Swiatek hits a shot as she defeats Karolina Muchova during their fourth-round match at Indian Wells on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Mar 13, 2025
Swiatek and Medvedev book spots in Indian Wells quarters
For Swiatek, victory continued her relentless march through the Californian desert tournament, where the Polish second seed has dropped only six games in her three matches.
Carlos Alcaraz hits a shot in his third round match against Denis Shapovalov at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
TENNIS
Mar 11, 2025
Alcaraz, Sabalenka and Gauff power into Indian Wells last 16
Alcaraz said there were still a few things he could improve as he tries to join Federer and Djokovic as the only men to win three straight titles in the California desert.
Naomi Osaka hits a shot during her match against Camila Osorio in Indian Wells, California, on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Mar 6, 2025
Naomi Osaka falls in first round at Indian Wells
The four-time Grand Slam champion never looked comfortable against Osorio's dynamic game and piled up unforced errors on a cool evening in the California desert.
Carlos Alcaraz speaks to the media during a news conference in Indian Wells, California, on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Mar 5, 2025
Alcaraz chases third straight Indian Wells title
Carlos Alcaraz, coming off a quarterfinal defeat in the Qatar Open, is seeded second behind Germany's Alexander Zverev.
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action during his Qatar Open round of 16 match against Italy's Luca Nardi in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 19
TENNIS
Mar 4, 2025
Alcaraz guns for Indian Wells three-peat as Sinner serves ban
Poland's Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, will look to become the only woman to win the tournament three times.
Venus Williams, seen during the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, in March 2024, will not compete at the tournament this year.
TENNIS
Feb 24, 2025
Venus Williams will not play at Indian Wells despite wild card
Tournament director Tommy Haas later released a statement confirming that Williams would not be playing at the event in Southern California.
Workers retrieves tsunami buoy Thai 23461 in the Andaman Sea on Nov. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 25, 2024
The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand
They form part of a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly as a huge December 2004 tsunami caused by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean.
Christians take selfies after a Christmas Eve Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday, ahead of the 20th anniversary of a magnitude 9.1 earthquake that struck the coast of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggering a huge tsunami across the Indian Ocean.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 25, 2024
Blogs to Bluesky: Social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunami
In two decades, the online social media landscape has experienced a vast change, allowing information — as well as rumor and misinformation — to flow in real time.
Djafaruddin poses for a photograph near the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2024
'End of the world': Tsunami body collector's torment 20 years on
Whenever the collector passes the spot where he collected those lifeless bodies decades ago, he says it reminds him of his efforts that fateful day.
Muharram Idris, a former commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), near Banda Aceh, Indonesia's Aceh province, on Nov. 22. Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local official after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago brought peace to the province.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 19, 2024
'Peace was born': How the 2004 tsunami changed Indonesia's Aceh
The giant waves that engulfed the impoverished province killed tens of thousand — and paved the way for an end to three decades of conflict.
Leaders of over 70 universities and research institutions from Japan and India attended a forum in New Delhi in mid-October.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2024
Japan's public and private sectors seek workers from India
The number of technical trainees and what are known as specified skilled workers coming from India to Japan has been on the rise in recent years.
Many second-generation Indian migrants decide to leave Japan for higher education — with Indians making up less than 1% of the country’s student population — but there is evidence that this cohort’s interest in attending Japanese universities is growing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 10, 2024
Do university-bound Indian migrants actually stay in Japan?
Can Japan retain second-generation Indian migrants who are seeking a college education? The evidence is mixed, showing an uptick that still has a long way to grow.
The ultimate challenge for the next government is to balance infrastructure investment with measures that improve household financial stability and income.
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2024
India’s election winner has a repair job waiting
The ultimate challenge for the next Indian government is to balance infrastructure investment with measures that improve household financial stability and income.
Keita Nakajima won the Indian Open on Sunday to earn his first DP World Tour title.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 1, 2024
Nakajima dominates Indian Open for first DP World Tour win
"I want to try and finish in the top 10 on this tour and then go to the PGA Tour in 2025," the player said.
A lack of comprehensive consumption — and inflation — data makes it impossible to get an accurate picture of India's poverty.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2024
India’s poor will not be wished away
Poverty remains deeply entrenched in India and appears to have increased significantly.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
U.S. and Japan remain far apart on tariffs
Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport on April 18. He has said that all tariffs need to be reconsidered by the United States.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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