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New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and the front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, greets supporters as his campaign hosts a soccer tournament designed to call attention to the high cost of living in New York, in Brooklyn on Oct. 19.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025
Long-shot socialist Zohran Mamdani in striking distance of becoming New York mayor
The 34-year-old election front-runner was born in Uganda to a family of Indian origin and has lived in the United States since he was seven.
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks in New York on Oct. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2025
Letitia James, New York's attorney general and Trump foe, indicted over mortgage fraud
The Trump administration has sought to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into Trump or resisted his agenda.
A U.S. Secret Service agent near a security checkpoint outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2025
Secret Service breaks up ‘imminent’ telecom threat in New York
Agents discovered more than 300 SIM card servers and 100,000 SIM cards at several locations within a 35-mile radius of New York City.
Tom Riches, whose firefighter brother was killed when the Trade Centers fell, and his son Tommy, 10, at the family home in Brooklyn on Sept. 5.
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2025
A new 9/11 generation: These children promise to never forget
They have no memory of the Sept. 11 attacks but are increasingly shouldering the responsibility to carry it on.
One of Swiss startup Enerdrape’s energy-harvesting panels is seen in this screenshot taken from video posted to the firm's YouTube account.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 17, 2025
A startup is tapping underground parking garages for clean energy
Globally, heating accounts for nearly half of all energy consumption. That could make decarbonizing it a half-trillion-dollar market.
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during a summit in Sydney in March.
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2025
Trump's attack on Goldman could prompt watering down of Wall Street's independent analysis
The reams of research that banks such as Goldman produce are used by institutional investors, such as hedge funds and asset managers, in deciding how to allocate capital.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, promises a rent freeze that’s easy to deliver but it remains to be seen if it will solve the city’s deeper housing problems.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2025
Freezing rent is easy. Making NYC housing affordable isn’t.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge would be simple to put into effect but wouldn’t do much to solve the underlying problem.
Emperor Naruhito delivers a keynote speech via video at the Seventh Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2025
Emperor gives video speech at U.N. event on water and disasters
He urged people "to take new action" to tackle water-related issues around the world.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives for a news conference at Astoria Park in New York on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 26, 2025
Wealthy fear ‘hot commie summer’ after Democrat outsider wins mayoral primary
Voters across racially and economically diverse neighborhoods embraced Zohran Mamdani, shocking the Democratic establishment.
Zohran Mamdani during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November election, in New York on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 26, 2025
Upstart socialist stuns former governor in NYC mayoral primary
Zohran Mamdani, a young self-declared socialist, was on the cusp of a stunning victory Wednesday in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary.
Since moving to Tokyo from New York City in 2014, Hiraku Morilla has been promoting Keith Haring’s legacy in his professional life and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 6, 2025
Hiraku Morilla: ‘Pride means respect for those who walked so we could run’
The New York-raised director of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection reflects on his queer, multiracial identity and LGBTQ+ rights in Japan.
Oscar Dolan (center), the founder of the New York Sumo Club, officiates at a match between Josh Ortiz (left) and Daniel Akandu during the Empire Cup competition at Japan Village in New York on May 17.
SUMO
Jun 3, 2025
At this New York City sumo club, ‘Everybody gets thrown’
The New York Sumo Club has about 100 wrestlers, with around 20 regulars.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Chief Operating Officer Danny Zausner speaks during an event announcing plans for renovations to the tennis center and Arthur Ashe Stadium, in Manhattan, New York City, on Monday.
TENNIS
May 20, 2025
U.S. Open venue to undergo $800 million transformation
Work at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will be completed by the 2027 U.S. Open.
A Mexican Navy training ship is seen near the Manhattan Bridge after it slammed into the nearby Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday.
WORLD
May 18, 2025
Mexican Navy training ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, killing two
Nineteen others were injured after the ship lost power and hit the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday.
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, planted saplings from a persimmon tree that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday.
JAPAN
May 6, 2025
Saplings from a tree that survived atomic bombing planted at U.N. headquarters
The planting comes as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A doughnut shop originating in Fukuoka Prefecture will open in New York on Tuesday, featuring its signature soft and moist doughnuts.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2025
Fukuoka doughnut shop set for debut in New York
The shop, I'm donut, will sell doughnuts with a teriyaki chicken filling and cream fillings using green tea powder.
Michael McMahon, a retired New York City police sergeant working as a private investigator, arrives for the start of his trial at the Brooklyn federal court in New York on May 31, 2023. McMahon was sentenced to 1½ years in prison on Wednesday for acting as an illegal Chinese agent.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2025
Ex-New York cop sentenced to 1½ years' jail for acting as Chinese agent
A jury found Michael McMahon guilty of interstate stalking and of acting as an agent of China without notifying the U.S. attorney general.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City on Feb. 21.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2025
Mangione lawyers ask judge to prevent U.S. prosecutors from seeking death penalty
Brian Thompson, the deceased CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, was shot dead on Dec. 4 outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
Brooklyn Kura's Catskills, a "junmai daiginjō" (sake with rice polished down to at least 50%), is made with water from the New York region of the same name.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 28, 2025
New York's Brooklyn Kura becomes first U.S. sake exporter to Japan
The brewer’s initial exports are “relatively small,” but it hopes drinkers in Japan are "open to trying" American-made sake.
Yoko Suetsugu at Haco, her gallery in New York
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 17, 2025
Sculptor connects Fukushima to U.S. through New York gallery
Yoko Suetsugu is aiming to launch a program inviting U.S. artists to hot springs in the city of Fukushima for a creative retreat.

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The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.