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Japan's Misaki Matsumura attempts to avoid a tackle by Ireland's Sam Monaghan during their match at the Women's Rugby World Cup in Northampton, England, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 25, 2025
Ireland tops spirited Japan to open Women's Rugby World Cup campaign
Japan coach Lesley McKenzie was proud of the way her side stuck to its attacking game.
Argentina's Pablo Matera carries the ball during the Pumas' historic win over the All Blacks in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 24, 2025
Argentina stuns All Blacks with historic 29-23 upset win
The Pumas were outscored three tries to two in Buenos Aires but replacement flyhalf Santiago Carreras landed three second-half penalties to push them clear.
New Zealand's Ardie Savea wins the lineout against Italy at Allianz Stadium in Turin on Nov. 23.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 22, 2025
All Blacks' 'big bodies' look to outmuscle Pumas in Buenos Aires
The bulked-up back row has been seen as a longer-term plan to muscle up to world champions South Africa in the collisions.
Bristol Bears and U.S. star Ilona Maher during the warmup before a match against Gloucester-Hartpury in Gloucester, England on March 2
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 22, 2025
England names strong side for Women's Rugby World Cup opener against U.S.
The Red Roses have lost only once in their past 58 matches — a defeat by New Zealand in the COVID-delayed 2022 World Cup final.
New Zealand saw its weakest population expansion since the third quarter of 2022, with immigration slowing as more citizens look overseas for better-paying jobs.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 19, 2025
New Zealand posts slowest population growth in three years
New Zealand’s economy has struggled to sustain a recovery from a deep recession in 2024 even as interest rates fall.
A T-6C Texan aircraft flying above a graduating parade at the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea, located north-west of the city of Palmerston North in New Zealand on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2025
Military court finds New Zealand soldier guilty of attempted espionage
The soldier was caught offering to pass military base maps and photographs to an undercover officer posing as an agent for a third country.
The All Blacks' Ardie Savea faces off with Pumas wing Rodrigo Isgro during their Rugby Championship match on Saturday in Cordoba, Argentina.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 17, 2025
All Blacks beat Argentina 41-24 to reclaim top world rank
Ahead 31-10 at the interval, New Zealand held off a second-half fightback from the Pumas in Cordoba and ultimately emerged as the victors by scoring six tries to three.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a news conference in Canberra on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Australia's Albanese says Netanyahu 'in denial' over suffering in Gaza
The Netanyahu government's reluctance to listen to its allies contributed to Australia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, Albanese says.
Former Canada coach Bev Priestman during a Women's World Cup group match against the Republic of Ireland in Perth, Australia on July 26, 2023
SOCCER
Jul 30, 2025
'I didn't feel safe': Banned Canada coach explains move to New Zealand
Wellington Phoenix announced Wednesday that Priestman would take over as head coach of its women's team.
Sheep on the eastern shores of Lake Hawea, near the town of Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand. New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to soak up carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jul 28, 2025
New Zealand farmers battle pine forests to 'save our sheep'
New Zealand is one of the rare countries to allow 100% of carbon emissions to be offset by forestry.
The New Zealand team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, in Portsmouth, England.
MORE SPORTS / Sailing
Jul 21, 2025
New Zealand spoils Great Britain's party in SailGP showdown
Twelve national teams had battled across seven fleet races for the coveted spots in the three-boat final.
New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins speaks during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 9, 2025
New Zealand looking at new ways to grow security ties with Japan, defense chief says
The move is part of a reset in New Zealand’s foreign and defense policy as Wellington grows concerned over international security tensions.
Jun Seki, chief strategy officer of Hon Hai Precision Industry's electric vehicle business, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on April 9.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 7, 2025
Hon Hai to make Mitsubishi an EV for Australia and New Zealand
The partnership makes Mitsubishi the first major customer for the Taiwanese contract manufacturer's fledgling EV business.
New Zealand's Mark Tele'a in action in October 2023
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Apr 15, 2025
All Black wing Tele'a announces Japan switch
Media reports have suggested that the 28-year-old will join Toyota Verblitz.
People march to the parliament in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill, in Wellington, New Zealand, in November 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
New Zealand parliament rejects controversial move to revise indigenous law
New Zealand’s Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi — the 1840 founding pact between Maori and the British Crown — after months of protest.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at an event in Auckland on Sept. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 13, 2025
New Zealand pitches itself as safe haven in ‘global storm’
Christopher Luxon’s center-right government wants more foreign direct investment to boost economic growth ahead of a 2026 election.
The Auckland skyline at sunset in 2023. New Zealand's economy was the worst performing in the developed world last year, according to HSBC.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 4, 2025
New Zealand's economic missteps hasten exodus to sunnier shores
A total of 128,700 people permanently left the Pacific nation of 5.3 million in 2024, provisionally the largest exodus on record.
China's recent naval exercises near Australia and New Zealand, though legal, highlight Beijing’s growing reach and willingness to test other nations' responses.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2025
China pushes the military envelope with power projections
This week, Chinese ships conducted military exercises, including live-fire drills, in waters near Australia and New Zealand. While legal, the moves expose its hypocrisy.
Sailors on board the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta observe the People's Liberation Army Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. Australia's foreign minister voiced concern on Friday over live-fire drills conducted by three Chinese warships sailing off the country's east coast.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2025
Chinese navy drill in Tasman Sea forced 49 flights to change paths
Authorities had been alerted to the rare live-fire exercise in international waters by an airline pilot, the head of Australia's air traffic control agency says.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles listens during an AUKUS meeting in London on Sept. 26, 2024.
WORLD
Feb 23, 2025
New Zealand says China navy held another live-fire drill in international waters
Similar drills a day earlier had forced airlines in the area to divert some flights.
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.
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.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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