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U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Trump security strategy demands more from 性视界 while unveiling ‘burden-sharing network’
By Jesse Johnson
The strategy, the first of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, reflects his longstanding view that the American system of alliances is “one-sided” in favor of allies.

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Europe faces most difficult moment in bid to avoid split with U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
In the week ended last Sunday, the average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across 性视界 rose by ?23 from the previous week to ?4,335 per 5 kilograms.
BUSINESS
Average price of rice in 性视界 hits new record high
The average retail price of the staple grain hit a new record high for the first time in three weeks, according to agriculture ministry data.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi walks inside parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 24.
JAPAN / Society
性视界 considers bill on original surname use in gender equality program
The move is in response to a plan by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration to enact a bill on the matter during next year's ordinary session of parliament.
Bear bells are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of 性视界's UNESCO World Heritage sites, in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 15.
JAPAN / Society
性视界’s bear-related casualties hit record on escalating attacks
By Alice French
A record 230 were killed or injured by bears in 性视界 since April, putting more pressure on the government to intervene.
Yuzen Inoue gave up a corporate life to pursue the craft of salt-making in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Today, he makes salts that showcase the nuanced flavors of salt crystals each season.
LIFE / Food & Drink
In Yamaguchi, a salt master captures the terroir of the sea
By Kimberly Hughes
With the mineral-rich waters of Yuya Bay at his disposal, Yuzen Inoue creates blends that bring out the nuanced, different flavors of salt crystals each season.
Yuzen Inoue gave up a corporate life to pursue the craft of salt-making in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Today, he makes salts that showcase the nuanced flavors of salt crystals each season.

JAPAN

Jomon pottery found underwater in Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture
Pristine pottery dating back over 10,000 years found in Lake Biwa
The artifact is believed to be the oldest pottery ever discovered at the underwater archaeological site in 性视界's largest lake.
People attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 81th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, in December 2018.
性视界 issues safety advisory in China ahead of Nanking Massacre anniversary
The advisory urged citizens to pay close attention to their surroundings and make every possible effort to ensure their safety when outside.
Defense Minister Koizumi set for U.S. visit next month
性视界ese government plans to launch new intelligence bureau in July
Takaichi earned most among 性视界ese party leaders in 2024
Number of My Number cards held tops 100 million

BUSINESS

Netflix began flirting with the idea of acquiring Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets after the company announced plans in June to split into two publicly traded companies.
How Netflix won Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood's biggest prize
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo on Monday.
SoftBank?in talks to buy data-center investor DigitalBridge
The 性视界ese conglomerate is negotiating a potential deal to buy the firm as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure.
From 'Icarus bug' to flawed panels: Airbus counts cost of relying on single model
By Tim Hepher, Allison Lampert and David Shepardson
Europe continues Big Tech crackdown with X fine in defiance of Trump
By Foo Yun Chee
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in historic $72 billion deal
BOJ set to hike rates and stay open to more moves

WORLD

The profile of U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured in backlight as he speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting in Turnberry southwest Scotland, in July.
Europe faces most difficult moment in bid to avoid split with U.S.
By Alex Wickham, Alberto Nardelli and Daryna Krasnolutska
In a 33-page National Security Strategy, the White House said Europe risked being wiped away unless it changed its culture and politics.
Flames and thick smoke rise from multiple residential blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong on Nov. 26.
Hong Kong fire came after contractor safety breaches and a residents' revolt
By Clare Jim, Claire Fu, Mei Mei Chu, Marius Zaharia and Antoni Slodkowski
The contractor had been penalized by the city's safety regulator more than a dozen times in the years before it was hired to renovate the complex.
After review, Pentagon says AUKUS submarine is 'full steam ahead'
'U.S. sanctions equate us with drug traffickers,' ICC deputy prosecutor says
By Richard CARTER
AI chatbots can sway voters' political views, studies say
By Tom Barfield
Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study
By Manon Jacob

Sports

Kashima Antlers won a record-extending ninth 性视界ese title on Saturday's final day of the J. League season.
Antlers win 性视界 title again in nerve-shredding finale
Kashima Antlers won a record-extending ninth 性视界ese title, holding their nerve to beat Yokohama F-Marinos 2-1.
Tsunoda can hope for a second chance, says Red Bull boss Mekies
McLaren will use team order if championship is on line, CEO Zak Brown says
Chiba leads Liu at skating's Grand Prix Final
By Andrew MCKIRDY
2026 World Cup draw is kind to favorites as Trump takes limelight
By Andy Scott

Opinion

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech during an extraordinary session of the Lower House in Tokyo on Oct. 24. 性视界 needs to right-size its parliament to match a declining population.
A plan to fix voter disparity and modernize 性视界’s political system
Edo Naito
With the population continuing to decline, down 5% since 2009, and people relocating from rural to urban areas, the scale of the government should also be adjusted.
A matter of state-sponsored 'murder' on the high seas
Can AI be Asia’s next growth engine?
By Lee Jong-wha
BBQ gas is helping to cool a warming planet
By David Fickling
Why Takaichi must stand up to Beijing’s bullying
By Stephen R. Nagy

ENVIRONMENT

A person walks along a bridge over a drainage channel blocked by plastic waste in Accra, Ghana.
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman
Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
By Valerie Volcovici
'Mischievous hands': Indonesians blame deforestation for devastating floods
Canadian PM under fire for alleged climate U-turn
By Genevieve NORMAND
The case of Africa's 'vanishing' carbon deals
By Kunle Adebajo and Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh

CULTURE

Beijing has turned to entertainment as leverage in the escalating tensions between 性视界 and China, resulting in canceled concerts and postponed film releases.
Culture caught in crossfire as 性视界 and China rift escalates
By Alyssa I. Smith
Beijing’s restrictions on 性视界ese entertainment have canceled concerts and postponed film releases, leaving artists and fans in limbo.
U.S. playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Okinawa for alleged drug smuggling
Mr. Men and Little Miss characters set for first feature film
A new animation festival lands in Nagoya with big plans
By Matt Schley
‘The Chatterboxes’: ‘A comedy of errors finds a common language
By James Hadfield

LIFE

Nostalgia for the past has always been big business in 性视界, but this year, it's the recent past that has garnered more and more fans.
‘Messy, blingy, over the top’: Heisei Era charms 性视界’s youth
By Jessica Speed
With 2025 drawing to a close, many in 性视界 are looking back on not only the year that was — but also a new period of the past overshadowed by its trendier predecessor.
Frank O. Gehry, titan of architecture, is dead at 96
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
InterContinental Sapporo kicks off Hokkaido capital’s MICE push
By Owen Ziegler
Tokyo's green appeal, seen by a Swedish gardener who made 性视界 home
By Shuhei Yoshida
Are new year postcards becoming a thing of the past in 性视界?
By Yuko Tamura

COMMUNITY

A native of the Jura region of France, Severine Lamielle moved to Tottori Prefecture in 2024 and found a job as a taxi driver.
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town 性视界
By Isabelle Steen
In Tottori, 性视界’s least populous prefecture, Severine Lamielle’s career as a taxi driver is both a curiosity and a small sign of demographic change.
Sunny fellow Naruto wins hearts and minds
Alex and Mami St-Jean: ‘Home feels like the family we’ve created in Hokkaido’
By Jessica Speed
A perfect day in Shin-Okubo, more than just Tokyo’s Koreatown
By Eric Margolis
Bilal Karakus: ‘Coming to 性视界 has broadened my palate’
By Patrick Parr

Editors' Picks

JAPAN
Will Takaichi bank on her high approval ratings to call a snap election?
By Eric Johnston
While media polls show a high support rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, the support for the LDP is not as great, meaning there’s no guarantee of a coattail effect if a snap poll is called.
CULTURE
‘Black Box Diaries’ is Shiori Ito’s unflinching case for the truth
By Mark Schilling
“Black Box Diaries” documents Shiori Ito’s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
SOCCER
Kashima or Kashiwa: J. League title chase goes down to the wire
By Sean Carroll
Kashima's Yuma Suzuki (center) takes a shot during a game against Kashiwa in March.
CULTURE
2025 was the year 性视界’s box office returned
By Mark Schilling
In 2025, “Demon Slayer” and “Kokuho” broke box-office records, while films such as “Renoir,” A Pale View of the Hills” and “Two Strangers, Two Seasons” garnered acclaim on the international film festival circuit. The year’s biggest loss was the death of Tatsuya Nakadai, an highly regarded actor who had worked with nearly all of the top directors of 性视界ese cinema’s postwar golden age.
JAPAN
The key points under discussion on policies affecting foreign nationals
By Himari Semans
Visitors head to Shirakawago, a popular tourist spot, in Gifu Prefecture in November.

Podcast

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

Longform

Yumi Matsutoya began her decades-long career under her maiden name, Yumi Arai, but 性视界ese fans might know her better as “Yuming.”
Yumi Matsutoya’s human touch in an AI age
By Patrick St. Michel

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BUSINESS
Spotlight shines on humanoid robots at Tokyo show
A representative from Noitom Robotics demonstraties remote robot operation at the iREX International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Suspected 迟辞办耻谤测ū masterminds in Tokyo-area robberies arrested
Takuya Saito, 26, is one of four men arrested by 性视界ese police on Friday on suspicion of masterminding a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
JAPAN
LDP and JIP submit bill to eliminate at least 45 Lower House seats
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
Liberal Democratic Party and 性视界 Innovation Party lawmakers present a bill to reduce at least 45 Lower House seats by the end of next year, for submission on Friday.
JAPAN
Tourism industry wary of prolonged impact of 性视界-China tensions
The Nakamise shopping street in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, a popular destination for inbound tourists
JAPAN
性视界ese government plans to launch new intelligence bureau in July
The Diet building in Tokyo