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Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.

BUSINESS / Markets

Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump

By Hideyuki Sano

The report comes after Japan’s chief negotiator Ryosei Akazawa kicked off tariff discussions with U.S. counterparts in Washington last week.

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.

Russian service members carry traditional cakes to distribute to local residents ahead of Orthodox Easter celebrations, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, on Saturday.

WORLD / Politics

Putin is accused of violating the Easter Sunday truce he ordered

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited 59 cases of shelling and five assault actions by Russian units in various front-line areas on Sunday morning.

Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.

BASEBALL / MLB

Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter

By Jason Coskrey

Ohtani announced the birth of his first child in a post on social media.

Visitors walk atop the Grand Ring at Expo 2025 in Osaka on April 13.

JAPAN / Society

Digitalized Osaka Expo troubling elderly visitors

Under the Expo's digital and paperless policies, visitors are asked to use devices such as smartphones to make reservations and navigate the massive venue.

People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.

JAPAN / Society

Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan

By Caroline Gardin

Only certain sexual services are prohibited in Japan, and it is the sex workers — not their clients — who face fines or prison, if caught.

People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at his official residence in Tokyo on Thursday.

No concessions over food safety in Japan-U.S. talks, Ishiba says

The prime minister also said that expanding LNG imports could be used as a bargaining chip.

According to the Saitama Prefectural Police, a body was discovered inside a metal drum at a recycling company in the city of Yoshikawa on Friday.

Body found in drum at recycling company in Saitama

Police are treating the case as abandonment of a corpse and are working to identify the body and cause of death.

Japanese retailers trying to overcome soaring rice prices

Party of Tokyo governor race challenger Ishimaru to field 10 Upper House candidates

Protesters march for WWII relief for civilians and others who were overlooked

Digitalized Osaka Expo troubling elderly visitors

Tariffs, and the risk they pose to both the economy and inflation, have been the focus of global attention.

First shock waves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy

By Craig Stirling

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to lower its outlook for economic growth in new projections released on Tuesday.

A Boeing 737 MAX plane, intended for China's Xiamen Airlines, arrives at King County International Airport after returning from China due to ongoing tariff disputes, in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday.

Boeing jet returns to U.S. from China, a victim of Trump's tariff war

By Dan Catchpole and Lisa Barrington

The return of the 737 MAX is the latest sign of disruption to new aircraft deliveries from a breakdown in the aerospace industry's decades-old duty-free status.

Japan considering soybean and rice concessions in U.S. tariff talks: report

Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump

Trump goes to war with the Fed

Wholesaler rice prices in Japan see first drop in eight months

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 7.

Israel still eyeing a limited attack on Iran's nuclear facilities

By Erin Banco

Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite a lack of U.S. support for now.

A U.S. aircraft, carrying Venezuelan migrants after being deported from the United States, lands at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 4.

U.S. Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan migrants

The cases raise questions about the Trump administration's adherence to limits set by the Supreme Court, and risks a full-blown constitutional crisis.

Pope wishes 'Happy Easter' to faithful in appearance at St Peter's Square

Money, power, violence in high-stakes Philippine elections

By Cecil Morella

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law

By Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke and Jack Queen

Israel's Netanyahu says military to increase pressure on Hamas

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jaidaa Taha and Alexander Cornwell

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Citi Field in New York on Saturday.

Kodai Senga and Pete Alonso lead Mets past Cardinals

Senga (3-1) allowed just three hits, walked two and fanned four in an 89-pitch performance.

Comeback queen Liu leads U.S. to World Team Trophy win

Tennis doping watchdog defends supervised shower rule amid fan backlash

Celtics chase second straight NBA title in playoff field led by Thunder and Cavs

Tommy Edman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto lift Dodgers past Rangers

Pro-Yoon Suk Yeol supporters gather on the side of a road as they wait for the arrival of the former South Korean president outside the Central District Court in Seoul on Monday.

New leadership in South Korea should stay the course on Japan ties

Democracy should be frustrating. It is intended to force compromise, a process that will inevitably be slow and exasperating.

Is this Canada’s moment?

By Thomas O. Falk

Will a 'low-altitude economy' make Chinese growth soar again?

By Hotaka Machida

What economists 'don’t get' about Trump tariffs

By Kuni Miyake

Can Trump’s tariffs restore U.S. manufacturing?

By Keun Lee

The Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage facility in Bergen, Norway.

Big bets on speculative carbon capture tech ignore today’s solutions

By Michelle Ma and Dave Merrill

Companies from Occidental Petroleum to Microsoft are among the investors throwing billions at carbon capture startups.

Clean streets versus business woes: Pollution charge divides Londoners

By Akshata Kapoor

AI surge to double data center electricity demand by 2030, report says

By Nathalie ALONSO

Once-dying Mexican river delta slowly nursed back to life by conservationists

By Daniel Rook

As Chile revs up lithium plans, Indigenous people demand more control

By Daina Beth Solomon

Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife

By Thu-Huong Ha

Artists at the 13th edition of the international photography festival find humor and heart in their portrayals of humanity.

The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity

By Kim Kahan

Japan wanted a cultural do-over. Ado gave it one.

By Patrick St. Michel

Actor Hiroyuki Sanada among Time's 100 most influential people

‘Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie’: J-pop spectacle goes heavy on performances

By Mark Schilling

Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game

By Andrew Lee

Taking an unconventional approach to sourcing, chef Keiji Ojima is out to showcase the little-known wild flavors of Okinawa in his French-inspired Okinawan fare.

Thumbprint cookies with a tangy Japanese filling

By Simon Daly

Japan’s first Waldorf Astoria brings art deco luxury to Osaka

By Tan Pin Yen

Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo

By Gendel Gento

Voicing intentions and a peek into a traditional Japanese engagement ceremony

By Yaeko Kabe

Customers line up patiently for some early-afternoon baked goods outside Truffle, which is located close to Hiroo Station on the Hibiya Line.

How to spend the perfect day in Hiroo, Tokyo’s expat enclave

By Eric Margolis

A stroll through Hiroo reveals both the comforts of expat luxury and the quiet intrusions of a changing Tokyo.

Noriko Shakti: ‘Music reflects my journey and learnings’

By Miikka J. Lehtonen

Tokyo Humanities Cafe feeds hungry minds

By Jessica Kozuka

Montessori head educates Tokyo’s children for life

By Louise George Kittaka

How to navigate Japan’s e-commerce platforms and online flea markets

By Jessica Speed

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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