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U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 21, 2025
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
The U.S. under his new administration will be a dominating force that will take whatever steps necessary to advance American interests, the newly inaugurated president said.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a news conference in Mexico City on Jan. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2025
How Mexico is readying for Trump’s promised mass deportations
The country has launched a panic app for those detained and lined up more than 2,600 lawyers and nearly 2,200 consulate workers.
Migrants queue to board a bus that will take them to a shelter after turning themselves in to agents of Mexico's National Institute of Migration to look for a permit which would allow them to cross the country and reach the northern border with the U.S., in Tapachula, Mexico, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2025
Anxious but undeterred, migrants brace for Trump presidency
Trump has pledged tougher border controls and immigration enforcement and to launch a mass deportation operation.
A Toyota RAV4 at a car dealership in California on Dec. 18. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to impose additional tariffs on imports has sparked concern among Japanese automakers with significant operations in Mexico.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2024
Trump tariffs spark concern among Japanese automakers
The pressing question now is how Japan will navigate and respond to the emerging order shaped by deepening global divisions.
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party wave French flags on Dec. 15. In Europe this year, the far right made gains in several legislatures, including that of France.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 24, 2024
Democracy heads into 2025 bloodied but unbowed
Overall, there were no attempts this year to prevent a peaceful transfer of power, but autocracies grew more repressive.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House in October 2017. Canada, like other nations in the president-elect's crosshairs, is scrambling to blunt the impact of his threat to implement steep tariffs once he re-takes office.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2024
The creep of national security threatens the WTO
In Trump's mind, tariffs are the cure-all for virtually everything that ails the United States.
Migrants seeking asylum gather near the border wall between the United States and Mexico after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them on Dec. 19.
WORLD / Society
Dec 23, 2024
'Bless Donald Trump': Human smugglers cash in
"Coyotes," as they are known, are banking on a pickup in trade due to the president-elect's campaign promise to crack down on migrants once he takes office.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as he takes part in the Wall Street bell ringing in Manhattan, on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 13, 2024
No winners seen in Trump’s ‘destructive’ energy tariffs
Tariffs threaten to be particularly troublesome for a North American energy industry that has been tightly integrated for decades and already favors U.S. interests.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers a speech during the inauguration of a family medicine unit in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2024
Trump’s demand that Mexico stop migrants and drugs may never be met
Mexico's new leader must find ways to appease Trump while avoiding the perception that she easily bends to U.S. demands.
FIFA's headquarters in Zurich
SOCCER
Nov 30, 2024
Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup bid gets higher score than U.S., Canada and Mexico
The higher score came despite the fact the Middle East nation has yet to construct several stadiums proposed for the tournament.
Fentanyl pills found by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration in New York on Oct. 4, 2022
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2024
Trump places high-risk, high-reward bet on tariffs to stem fentanyl
The U.S. president-elect has vowed to impose tariffs on China and Mexico unless they stem the flow of fentanyl and migrants across the U.S. border.
Refining sources in Asia and analysts have said they expect to see more Canadian and Mexican oil heading to Asia if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump imposes planned tariffs.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 28, 2024
Asia likely to benefit from cheaper Canadian and Mexican oil if Trump imposes tariffs
Two sources familiar with Trump's plan say that oil would not be exempted from potential tariff hikes on imports from Canada and Mexico.
Trucks wait near the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge to cross into the U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2024
Trump tariffs would harm all involved, U.S. trade partners say
Officials warn a trade war could erupt and damage economies, and seek talks with Trump after his surprise announcement of hefty tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 26, 2024
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
The president-elect says he will sign executive orders to enforce the measures when he returns to the White House on Jan. 20.
Donald Trump, the then-Republican presidential candidate and now the president-elect, visits the U.S.-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, in February. His appointments to key positions in his new administration show he is moving aggressively on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2024
Trump's mass deportation plan has its leaders in place
Even before Trump’s victory, Tom Homan, the former acting director for ICE, promised to "run the biggest deportation operation this country's ever seen.”
A Toyota Motor car dealership in Mexico City in 2017
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2024
Toyota to invest $1.45 billion in Mexico
The automaker will spend the money on production of next-generation models, including a hybrid version of the Tacoma pickup truck.
Fernando Valenzuela speaks during a pregame ceremony at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in July 2019.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 23, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela dead at 63
The Mexican pitcher played 17 seasons in MLB for six clubs but was best remembered for his time with the Dodgers.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum holds her first news conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 4, 2024
Mexico's first woman president announces reforms to battle gender discrimination
The reforms seek to guarantee freedom from violence and to require gender parity in government cabinets at the state and federal levels.
Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers a speech after receiving a ceremonial staff from Indigenous peoples at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2024
Sheinbaum takes office as the first woman to be Mexico's president
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes leader of a nation where murders and kidnappings occur daily and violent drug cartels control vast swaths of territory.
U.S. border guards in Eagle Pass, Texas, in February
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 21, 2024
The Biden administration is fighting smugglers of a potent greenhouse gas
Since the start of fiscal 2024, the Biden administration has stopped roughly 25 illegal shipments of hydrofluorocarbons.
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.
Could an opposition candidate become Japan's next prime minister?
The lawmaker that secures a majority of votes in the Lower House will become prime minister. If no one gets a majority, the two top contenders will enter a runoff in which the person with the highest number of votes gets elected.
Coalition talks could bring Takaichi closer to being PM
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura meets with Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As temperatures drop in Japan, bear attacks shoot up to historic highs
Bear warning signs at the Akita Prefectural Government building
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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