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London Stadium, which hosted track and field during the 2012 Olympics. The stadium's primary tenant is West Ham United, but it hosts a variety of major events throughout the year.
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2024
How London paved the way for Olympics sustainability
Before Paris, London demonstrated in the 2012 Olympics that host cities didn’t have to end up with empty venues long after the Games are over.
Charlotte Dujardin and her horse, Gio, compete in the dressage event at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
OLYMPICS / Equestrian
Jul 25, 2024
Caught repeatedly whipping a horse, top British rider is out of the Olympics
In the video, Charlotte Dujardin, who has won six Olympic equestrian medals, repeatedly strikes a horse being ridden by another person as an onlooker laughs.
King Charles and Queen Camilla of Britain attend a ceremony on June 25 to welcome Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on a seven-day state visit to the U.K.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 24, 2024
The imperial visit that crowned Japan-U.K. friendship
Having overcome past tensions, Japanese-British relations are at their peak, as seen during Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's state visit to the U.K. in June.
A computer-generated image shows the new refined design of a next-generation fighter aircraft being co-developed by Japan, Britain and Italy.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2024
Japan has ‘no concerns’ over rumored hitch in joint fighter jet plans
While experts agree there are currently no indications that the U.K. might drop out of the program, the multilateral project still faces a number of challenges.
A full-scale model of the new design of a next-generation fighter that Japan, Italy and Britain plan to develop together is showcased Monday by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Leonardo and BAE Systems — the projects’ lead system integrators — at the Farnborough International Airshow near London on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2024
Japan and partners unveil design for cutting-edge new joint fighter
While unlikely to be the final design, the refined concept features major changes in the wing and aft fuselage areas ostensibly meant to improve its aerodynamics.
Matthew Barry (right) tastes sake at the Hyper Japan Festival on Friday in London.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2024
Japanese culture festival kicks off in London
The three-day event is is expected to attract around 25,000 visitors and is said to be one of the largest Japanese culture-themed events in Britain.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a news conference near Oxford, England, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2024
U.K.'s Starmer sees Trump comeback as a warning about his own danger
The U.K. prime minister's overarching aim is to avoid the struggles other world leaders are facing at the hands of the populist right.
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program fighter jet is displayed at the DSEI Japan defense show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba in March last year.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2024
U.K. defense chief to discuss joint fighter program with Italy and Japan
There has been speculation that the Labour Party might not recommit to the next-gen fighter program in light of a defense review it recently announced.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2024
U.K.'s Starmer to use forum to advocate EU reset and Ukraine support
A one-day meeting of more than 40 nations provides British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with an opportunity to push for closer defense cooperation.
Britain's Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary Jonathan Reynolds leaves at the end of a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on July 9.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2024
New British trade minister optimistic EU trade barriers can be eased
While the newly elected Labour Party has pledged not to reopen the U.K.'s Brexit deal, it is aiming for a new agreement to reduce border checks on animal products.
Prime Minster Fumio Kishida attends a working session of the NATO Summit in Washington on Thursday. Kishida and new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held their first in-person talks on Thursday, in Washington.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 12, 2024
Japan and Britain agree on wide-ranging cooperation, including in AI
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also confirmed the inseparability of security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in June.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2024
SoftBank buys struggling U.K. chip startup Graphcore in AI race
The deal marks Softbank's second acquisition of a U.K. semiconductor firm, following its 2016 purchase of Cambridge-based Arm Holdings.
A general view of the Belmarsh prison in London on May 20
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2024
U.K.'s overflowing prisons present PM Starmer with early crisis
The U.K. prison population has doubled over 30 years despite falling crime rates, and is projected to exceed 100,000 by 2026.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, greet Labour campaigners and activists at No. 10 Downing Street, following the results of the election in London on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 8, 2024
Investors put U.K. election winner Labour on credibility watch
U.K. markets that have struggled since 2016's Brexit vote and the chaos wreaked by former Prime Minister Liz Truss' 2022 mini-budget.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other key Labour figures with working-class backgrounds will have to work with elites in the civil service, business world and beyond who do not share their class origins.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2024
No class war from the U.K.’s most working-class government
This is the most working-class government the U.K. has had in recent years. Not only is Keir Starmer from a humble background, but so are many of his Cabinet members.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2024
Untested Starmer is suddenly the West’s last man standing tall
Keir Starmer — who’s spent the last six weeks campaigning under the one-word banner of ‘change’ — is about to discover how in politics, it can come at you fast.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference following his first Cabinet meeting on Saturday in London.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2024
Britain’s new leader is about to get a crash course in statecraft
Some experts say the shift to Labour was less about ideology and more about fatigue with the Tories and a distrust of political institutions in general.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the Asia Business Summit in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 6, 2024
Kishida sends congratulatory message to new British prime minister
Kishida expressed his hope to step up cooperation with Britain to strengthen and maintain a free and open international order.
Newly appointed British Foreign Secretary David Lammy leaves No. 10 Downing St. following the results of the election, in London, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 6, 2024
David Lammy: Friend of Obama now U.K. foreign minister
The 51-year-old's ancestors were enslaved in Guyana, South America — a family history that Lammy says will inform his approach to foreign policy.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers the first speech of his premiership outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Friday, following his Labour Party's win in the general election.
WORLD
Jul 6, 2024
New U.K. PM Keir Starmer speaks to world leaders and names top team
Starmer named Rachel Reeves the U.K.'s first female finance minister and appointed David Lammy as foreign secretary, among other Cabinet choices.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
Yen rally could help end crushing wage decay in Japan
Some economists say a sticky weak yen trend would have a negative impact on Japan's real wage growth.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

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

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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