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JEFFREY EPSTEIN

Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in July 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2025
U.S. Justice Department releases Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts
The accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein said U.S. President Donald Trump was friendly with the convicted sex offender but was "never inappropriate with anybody."
The Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell moved to lower-security facility; Trump says no plea for pardon
Maxwell's move to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, comes a week after she met with Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One en route from Scotland to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2025
Trump says he fell out with Epstein because he was taking Mar-a-Lago spa staff
U.S. President Donald Trump gave some of his most expansive public comments yet about his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein.
A video display regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files in Times Square in New York
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025
Epstein furor undermines public trust and Republican election hopes: lawmakers
The lack of transparency is reinforcing public perceptions that the rich and powerful live beyond the reach of the judicial system, the lawmakers said.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he plays golf at the Trump Turnberry Golf Courses, in Turnberry, on the southwestern coast of Scotland, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2025
Trump golfs in Scotland as Epstein questions persist
After visits to his golf properties, the U.S. president will meet with British PM Keir Starmer, Scottish leader John Swinney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving at Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2025
Trump's distraction methods fall flat against Epstein uproar
The Republican's well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically are not working.
David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, talks with the media as he leaves the first meeting his client had with Department of Justice officials at the Federal Courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2025
Top U.S. Justice Department official questions Epstein accomplice for second day
Todd Blanche, who is also Trump's former personal attorney, has declined to say what he discussed with Ghislaine Maxwell in the highly unusual meetings.
Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during an news conference announcing charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2025
Amid Epstein furor, Ghislaine Maxwell seeks relief from U.S. Supreme Court
The justices, now on their summer recess, are expected in late September to consider whether to take up an appeal by the jailed British socialite.
A video screen shows images related to the Jeffrey Epstein files at Times Square in New York on Wednesday. Some Donald Trump supporters for years have fanned conspiracy theories about Epstein's clients and the circumstances of his 2019 death in prison.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025
Trump was told he is in Epstein files, Wall Street Journal reports
The disclosure about U.S. President Donald Trump's appearance in the Justice Department's records on the case could deepen the political crisis surrounding his administration.
A protester holds a sign outside the White House demanding the release to all files related to Jeffrey Epstein in Washington on July 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2025
Trump claims Obama 'coup' as Epstein questions mount
The coup accusation centers on claims that fly in the face of multiple high-level official probes by the U.S. government but resonate with President Donald Trump's far-right base.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who is unable to satisfy his supporters’ demands for answers he can’t deliver, is now trapped by the very Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy he once promoted.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2025
Trump can’t put the Epstein genie back in the bottle
Trump now finds himself in the unusual position of trying to stuff the Epstein genie back into a bottle that he helped uncork.
American lawyer Alan Dershowitz returns to the courtroom for the criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump after a short break at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 20, 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2025
Former Epstein lawyer calls for release of additional materials
U.S. President Donald Trump has been under mounting pressure from his supporters to release more information related to the government's sex-trafficking probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on June 27.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2025
Trump sues Wall Street Journal over Epstein report, seeking $10 billion
The newspaper said that Trump in 2003 sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday greeting that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.
Attorney General Pam Bondi participates in a Cabinet meeting sy the White House in Washington or July 8.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Jul 16, 2025
'Epstein files' explained: Why Trump is under pressure
U.S. President Donald Trump has struggled to quell his supporters' obsessions with the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which continues to generate outrage.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (center) during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Bondi had assured Fox News she had a client list of financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on her desk in remarks endorsed by the White House.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2025
Trump faces MAGA meltdown over Epstein reversal
The shutting down of conspiracy theories surrounding a purported client list of the notorious sex offender has sparked backlash from the U.S. president's support base.
Virginia Giuffre speaks to reporters in New York in August 2019. Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2025
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre takes own life in Australia, family says
"It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia," the family said in a statement.
Demonstrators hold signs protesting Jeffrey Epstein as he awaits arraignment in the Southern District of New York on charges of sex trafficking of minors in 2019. While Epstein died by suicide that same year in a Manhattan prison cell before he could stand trial, his crimes have continued to resonate across Wall Street.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2024
Confidential Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed in New York
Many of the people whose names will be unsealed are already known to have associated with the disgraced financier, and some have been named in similar litigation as well.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2023
JPMorgan tries to deflect blame for long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
According to a deposition, Epstein was dismissed as a client in summer 2013 because of concerns about repeated large cash withdrawals from his many accounts with the bank.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2023
Elon Musk documents subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit by U.S. Virgin Islands
The subpoena came to light in a request by the Virgin Islands to serve Musk by alternative means because it had been unable to locate and serve him.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for 'horrific' sex trafficking
Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of five charges, including sex trafficking a minor, for recruiting and grooming four girls to have sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Japan to boost support for joint ride-hailing services
Tatsuaki Igarashi, mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, exits a ride-sharing vehicle at Tsukuba Station in January.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.

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