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The Nara District Court in November. Prosecutors in the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have focused on the cruel and premeditated nature of the killing.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Prosecutors demand life sentence for suspect in Shinzo Abe shooting

By Tomoko Otake

Tetsuya Yamagami, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, is standing trial for murder and other charges at Nara District Court.

The Nara District Court in November. Prosecutors in the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have focused on the cruel and premeditated nature of the killing.

性视界’s top uniformed military officer, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, listens during an interview with The 性视界 Times at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.

JAPAN / FOCUS

SDF chief homes in on air defense as threats grow increasingly complex

By Gabriel Dominguez and Jesse Johnson

The “central pillar” in responding to sophisticated threats, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura said, is for 性视界 to establish an integrated air and missile defense system.

The Rapidus booth at the Semicon 性视界 exhibition in Tokyo on Wednesday. The exhibition is scheduled to continue through Friday.

BUSINESS / Tech

Rapidus announces new artificial intelligence design tools

By Elizabeth Beattie

The chipmaker, which already uses artificial intelligence in certain aspects of its business, expects its integration to enable it to cut design time and cost.

This year 性视界 sweltered through its hottest summer since records began. Hundreds of people across 性视界 filed the country's first lawsuit against the central government on Thursday, seeking damages over what they call “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Hundreds sue 性视界’s central government over ‘unconstitutional’ climate inaction

By Tomohiro Osaki

The 450 plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit say the country’s “grossly inadequate” response jeopardizes health and livelihoods.

??AiScReam emerged as a special unit made up of three performers and voice actors from the mixed-media “Love Live!” franchise — (from left) Ai Furihata, Wakana Okuma and Aguri Onishi.

CULTURE / Music

The year’s most viral song was about more than ice cream

By Patrick St. Michel

The hyper-cute J-pop track "Ai Scream!" became an unlikely global hit by inviting listeners to fill in the blanks — and join in the chorus.

??AiScReam emerged as a special unit made up of three performers and voice actors from the mixed-media “Love Live!” franchise — (from left) Ai Furihata, Wakana Okuma and Aguri Onishi.

The number of drones registered with the transport ministry stood at some 350,000 as of the end of September.

性视界 to tighten rules on drone flights near key facilities

The team proposed expanding the no-fly zones to about 1,000 meters around such facilities and imposing penalties immediately on violators.

The National Police Agency plans to warn against the obscene use of AI at delinquency-prevention lectures at schools and other events.

Over half of deepfakes of underage victims made by schoolmates, 性视界ese police say

The National Police Agency for the first time has released information on minors who became victims of sexual deepfakes, or obscene fake images created using generative AI.

Ruling bloc and Komeito agree on free school meal program

Emperor meets with Kazakh president at Imperial Palace

性视界 hails U.S. extension of Sakhalin-2 LNG import permit

Takeda’s psoriasis pill developed with AI assistance succeeds in trials

By Kanoko Matsuyama

Honda will suspend output in 性视界 on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, a spokesperson said Thursday, highlighting the lingering fallout of the global chip shortage.

Honda to halt production at plants in 性视界 and China due to chip shortage

By Nicholas Takahashi and Tsuyoshi Inajima

The 性视界ese carmaker has been hit hard after China blocked Nexperia — owned by Chinese company Wingtech Technology — from exporting products made at its local plants.

Members of staff greet customers at the Apple Store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district.

Apple opens iPhones to alternative app stores in 性视界

By Stephen Nellis

Under Apple's new rules, 性视界ese developers can launch their own app marketplaces on iPhones and pay Apple as little as 5% of sales.

Sumitomo Mitsui may hit ?2 trillion net profit earlier than expected

Elliott woos other Toyota industries investors in buyout fight

By Lisa Du and Kentaro Tsutsumi

Yamaha to launch 125 cc moped that meets new emissions regulations

Trump vows economic boom and blames Biden for high prices in national address

By Danny Kemp

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for a classified briefing with senators on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

For Hegseth, there is one boat strike he doesn’t want the public to see

By David E. Sanger

A “second strike” on a boat in September killed two survivors clinging on to the remains of an overturned vessel.

A house that was damaged in a Thai military strike in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, on Tuesday.

China seeks to mediate Thailand-Cambodia clash Trump says he ended

By Josh Xiao

China has engaged with both sides since the start of the violence, but has kept a much lower profile than the U.S.

Cambodia says Thailand has bombed casino town on border as hostilities continue

U.S. House Republicans defeat bids to rein in Trump’s Venezuela campaign

U.S. approves $11.1B arms package for Taiwan — the largest ever

Australia promises crackdown on hate as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is remembered

<i>Rikishi</i> train at the Otake stable in April 2017. While the sport of sumo hasn't changed, the ways in which fans engage with it has, and Otake <i>beya</i> recently joined the growing list of stables with their own YouTube channels.

YouTube proves vital for sumo in era of changing accessibility

By John Gunning

At a time when first-person access to “genuine” sumo is increasingly difficult to find, many stables are looking to fill the gap with online platforms.

Giants QB Jaxson Dart shrugs off Commanders' comments

Nick Kyrgios says few men would face top female player

World no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz ends 'incredible ride' with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero

2026 World Cup winner to receive record $50 million in prize money

U.S. President Donald Trump reviews an honor guard with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during his October visit to Tokyo. 性视界 must create strategic conditions in which the U.S. cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific without abandoning its own core interests.

Tokyo’s Musashi moment: Become America’s indispensable ally

Stephen R. Nagy

How can 性视界 can make itself indispensable to a U.S. focused on its own hemisphere while facing a China that possesses sufficient economic mass to dominate the Indo-Pacific.

Why the push for a stronger yuan won’t go away

By Daniel Moss

AI thrives on unpaid creative labor

By Mariana Mazzucato and Fausto Gernone

性视界 continues to set the pace for economic security

By Brad Glosserman

Bondi and Australia get swept into a violent world

By David Fickling

A liquid hydrogen tank at the World Hydrogen Expo in Goyang, South Korea, earlier this month.

Hydrogen plays part in global warming, study says

Though hydrogen has long been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, it could also be a small part of the problem, researchers said.

Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration

New roadmap shows how to cut a surprisingly big source of emissions

Climate change supercharged $20 billion Asia floods, study finds

Energy demand boom keeps Asia tethered to coal

By Ishika Mookerjee and Dan Murtaugh

Netflix 性视界’s newest reality-dating experiment “Badly in Love” follows self-identified delinquents as they try to find romance.

‘Badly in Love’: Netflix 性视界’s most chaotic dating show may be its most honest

By Patrick St. Michel

Netflix 性视界’s “Badly in Love” turns delinquent bravado into surprisingly earnest, character-driven reality television.

‘10 Dance’ teases passion but stays cautiously chaste

By James Hadfield

性视界ese film director Masato Harada dies, aged 76

In 2025, 性视界ese literature took a turn for the weird

By Kris Kosaka

NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series

By Mike Fu

The iconic New York Bar on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo retains all the cosmopolitan charm it exuded before the hotel's 19-month-long renovation.

Park Hyatt Tokyo reopens, and nothing's been lost in renovation

By Owen Ziegler

Despite a top-to-bottom refurbishment, the iconic Shinjuku hotel has reopened with all the cosmopolitan charm it had before.

Why 性视界ese musicians don’t need rhymes to sing

By Eric Margolis

Christmas brings the smell of cinnamon, cloves and matcha

By Simon Daly

Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here

By Thu-Huong Ha

The ‘bear’ defined kanji in 2025. The internet defined almost everything else.

By Yuko Tamura

Bilateral relations between China and 性视界 may be tense, but life goes on for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in 性视界. “Politics and daily life are very separate,” says Zhang, a mother of three.

性视界-raised Chinese children navigate complex cultural terrain

By Yang Xiong

Despite bilateral tensions, daily life goes on for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who call 性视界 home — including the children and teenagers who have grown up here.

Emery, an elusive and enchanting mixed-breed cat

Hector Herrera: ‘Tolerance means remaining in the conversation’

By Kimberly Hughes

Finding a way forward from financial abuse

By Louise George Kittaka

Sunny fellow Naruto wins hearts and minds

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.

Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here

By Thu-Huong Ha

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