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If Donald Trump abandons internationalism, partnerships and alliances, the result will be tragic for both humanity and America itself.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2025
The U.S. must avoid isolationism — a path to nowhere
The scariest aspect of the Trump presidency is that he promotes unpredictability and disruption as his principal techniques of governance and especially foreign policy.
Bereaved family members join hands at a memorial service for the Chousei coal mine accident in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2025
Victims of 1942 Yamaguchi underwater mine disaster remembered
The memorial event was held near the former site of the Chosei coal mine and was attended by about 450 people.
A monument erected near Ulaanbaatar to remember Japanese nationals who died in Mongolia after being detained by the former Soviet Union during World War II
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2025
Japan's emperor and empress will likely visit Mongolia in July
This would be the couple's third overseas goodwill trip since the emperor's accession to the throne in 2019.
The preserved Atomic Bomb Dome is seen behind the Cenotaph for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park last October.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 28, 2025
Hiroshima and Nagasaki mayors invite Trump to visit on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
The mayors emphasized Washington’s key role in reining in the proliferation of nuclear weapons as “tensions continue to worsen” across the globe.
U.S. tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2025
German Holocaust remembrance under fire from far right and Elon Musk
Remembrance of the Nazis' genocide of Jews and other atrocities has for decades been a central feature of German politics and society as the country seeks to atone for its past.
Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the inscription "WeRemember" on Saturday as part of the remembrance ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
WORLD / Society
Jan 28, 2025
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, perished in gas chambers or from starvation, cold and disease at Auschwitz.
A memorial stone listing the names of 183 people who lost their lives in the flooding accident at Chosei coal mine in the city of Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1942, photographed in December
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2025
Survey to begin at western Japan site of 1942 undersea mine accident
The remains of 136 people from the Korean Peninsula and 47 Japanese nationals still lie in the flooded Chosei coal mine in Ube.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2025
Ishiba carefully considering release of war anniversary statement
Conservative members of the prime minister's ruling Liberal Democratic Party oppose releasing such a statement.
Elon Musk makes a stiff arm salute during an inaugural event for U.S. President Donald Trump at Capitol One Arena in Washington on Monday. A time when the far right is once again on the rise, the interpretation of Musk's gesture was straightforward for many — especially in Germany.
WORLD
Jan 25, 2025
‘Awkward gesture’? ‘Roman salute’? In Germany, its meaning is clear.
A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.
Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor Janina Iwanska, 94, a retired pharmacist, holds an undated picture from her way back to Poland, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, in Warsaw on Jan. 7
WORLD
Jan 24, 2025
Auschwitz survivors recall their suffering 80 years after camp's liberation
An estimated 1.3 million people were sent to the Nazi death camp set up in occupied Poland as part of Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" to annihilate European Jews.
Explosions rock the shore of Iwo Jima during a pre-landing bombardment on Feb. 19, 1945, as seen from a USS Sanborn (APA-193) landing craft.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2025
Imperial couple considering visit to Iwo Jima
The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in April to pay respects to soldiers killed in World War II.
Holocaust survivor Pedro Buchwald, 87, shows his badge used at the concentration camp during an interview in Buenos Aires on Dec. 26.
WORLD / Society
Jan 20, 2025
The Roma Holocaust: A little-documented genocide
Just 10% of Austria's 11,000 Roma and Sinti survived the Nazi atrocities.
A hole, several meters wide, on the edge of the tarmac at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, after an unexploded World War II U.S. bomb blew up less than a minute after a passenger jet taxied past on Oct. 2
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2025
Timed detonator from dud shell likely behind airport blast
Experts have identified a bomb that detonated at Miyazaki Airport as one of the explosives dropped by U.S. forces during World War II.
A relative of the late Mitsuye Endo, a Japanese American who won a court case over her incarceration during World War II, receives the Presidential Citizens Medal from U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2025
Biden honors Mitsuye Endo, who fought WWII incarceration
Endo among 20 people who received the civilian medal that is awarded to U.S. citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country.
Emperor Naruhito (right) and Empress Masako (center) visit the disaster-hit city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17 along with Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2024
Emperor and empress eye regional visits to mark 80th war anniversary
The emperor and empress may travel to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures to meet with people involved in preserving the memory of the war.
The entrance to Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo on Dec. 1
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2024
Chinese man sentenced for vandalizing Yasukuni Shrine
According to the ruling, Jiang Zhuojun, 29, conspired with two other Chinese men to write "toilet" in red spray paint on a pillar at the shrine.
The plaintiffs' lawyers hold paper with phrases such as "unjust verdict," after the appeal court ruling in the second-generation hibakusha lawsuit, in Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2024
Second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation rejected
The 27 children of survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima have demanded the government pay for damages under the atomic bomb survivors support law.
One of the representatives of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, Terumi Tanaka, speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo City Hall on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2024
Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo calls for a world without nukes
The atomic bomb survivors urged countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Sumiteru Taniguchi, a former co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo (right), explains about hibakusha to then U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in August 2010 in front of a photo of himself suffering from severe burns as a child in Nagasaki.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2024
Hidankyo carries on hopes of late hibakusha in Nobel win
Now-deceased hibakusha spearheaded antinuclear activities while grappling with severe injuries, illnesses and the loss of their families.
Kosuzu Harada has spent over a decade sharing the harrowing atomic bomb experiences of her late grandfather, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a double hibakusha.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2024
Descendant of double A-bomb survivor hopes for nuclear-free future
Kosuzu Harada's late grandfather, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is one of the few individuals officially recognized as having survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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