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People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.

WORLD / Politics

Gunfire heard in Beirut as Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire takes effect

It was not immediately clear if the shooting was celebratory as gunfire has been used to alert residents of evacuation warnings issued by Israel’s military.

Kunihiko Katsuta is taken to Hyogo Prefectural Police's Tatsuno police station on Wednesday after he was rearrested for a murder that occurred in 2007.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

17-year-old murder case makes progress as Hyogo police rearrest suspect

The suspect, Kunihiko Katsuta, is serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of another girl in Okayama Prefecture.

JAPAN

European defense industry sees ‘significant potential’ to work with Japan

By Gabriel Dominguez

The remarks by industry officials come after Tokyo and Brussels launched a new security and defense partnership earlier this month.

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim

By Trevor Hunnicutt

Several in Trump's team now see a direct approach from him, to build on a relationship that already exists, as most likely to break the ice with Kim Jong Un.

Chinese police have signed cooperation agreements with countries across Asia, Latin America, the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, offering embedded officers, training, joint patrols, and exporting security equipment, especially to developing economies.

COMMENTARY / World

China’s cops are coming to a city near you

KARISHMA VASWANI

When asked about covert overseas police outposts, China either denies their existence or claims they are service centers for overseas citizens.

People line up to board a bus in the city of Kyoto. To ease heavy congestion caused by an influx of visitors, the Kyoto Municipal Government in June launched sightseeing express buses that run directly from Kyoto Station to major tourist attractions.

Japan's local governments weigh implementing an accommodation tax

The number of visitors to Japan between January and September 2024 reached 26.88 million, setting a record-breaking pace.

Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.

Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility

By Kathleen Benoza

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries from the attack.

Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'

Police raid Vietnamese theft ring's collection points

Shizuoka prosecutor apologizes to Hakamata following his acquittal

Two years pass since Japan's last execution, amid calls for abolition

Scale is becoming important even for distributors like Macnica Holdings, which sells chips made by the likes of Intel’s Altera.

Japan’s top chip distributor eyes acquisitions in China and India

By Takashi Mochizuki and Yuki Furukawa

Macnica Holdings is eyeing an overseas acquisition to better hold its own against bigger competitors.

Alimentation Couche-Tard CEO Alex Miller said on Tuesday the Canadian retailer remains persistent in its efforts to pursue a deal with Seven & I Holdings.

Couche-Tard not giving up on bid to acquire 7-Eleven owner

By Mathieu Dion

The commitment comes despite a new management buyout proposal from the founding family of Seven & I Holdings valued at about $59 billion.

Trump names trade envoy and top economic advisor to fill policy team

Software is in, chips are out as traders position for Trump era

By Ryan Vlastelica

Ishiba renews pressure on companies to ramp up pay

By Erica Yokoyama and Yuki Hagiwara

Antitrust watchdog raids Amazon Japan over alleged price-fixing

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te waves to the crowd on the island's national day in Taipei on Oct. 10.

China could launch military drills near Taiwan over president's Pacific visit

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard

President Lai Ching-te will start a visit to diplomatic allies in the Pacific on Saturday, and was also planning stops in Hawaii and possibly the U.S. territory of Guam.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19.

Musk pushes his preferred political picks via X. Trump isn't always swayed.

By Alexandra Ulmer and Helen Coster

Several high-profile cases show some early limits to the billionaire's influence even as he has emerged as one of the president-elect's most powerful allies.

Ukrainian delegation visiting Seoul to ask for weapons aid, reports say

Trump team signs transition agreement with Biden White House after delays

China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says

By Jesse Johnson

Vietnam mogul told to refund missing billions to overturn death sentence

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen

Daiju Sasaki scores the winning goal for Vissel Kobe on Tuesday.

Vissel Kobe retains top spot in Asian Champions League after goalkeeping error gifts win

Takayuki Yoshida's Kobe side leads the east Asian standings with 13 points from the first five league phase games.

World Athletics chief 'very pleased' with India's Olympic interest but warns of hurdles

By Sudipto Ganguly

President welcomes home victorious team amid surge of Taiwan pride

Manchester City not 'stable,' says Guardiola after Feyenoord collapse

When Roki Sasaki signs his deal, Latin American amateurs will suffer

By Ken Rosenthal

Sanae Takaichi (left) celebrates Shigeru Ishiba’s victory in becoming the head of the Liberal Democratic Party along with then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo in September. Takaichi appears to be the only woman in any party who is close to breaking the glass ceiling to become the nation’s first female leader.

The derailing of potential female prime ministers

Edo Naito

Sanae Takaichi stands as the closest woman to breaking the glass ceiling and becoming Japan's first female prime minister.

Trump’s best hope for peace is to support Ukraine

By Tatyana Deryugina, Anastassia Fedyk, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub

Will Trump change course on critical and emerging tech?

By Kousuke Saitou

Peak beef could already be here

By David Fickling

Shadow of the British Empire hangs over New Zealand's treaty debate

By KARISHMA VASWANI

A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit

By Chris Russell

While offering relief to low-income households, such measures encourage the continued use of the fossil fuels driving climate change.

How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energy

By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney

How Saudi Arabia turned back climate progress at COP29

By Akshat Rathi, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and John Ainger

Rich countries provide no haven from climate doom, study finds

By Frances Schwartzkopff

Can the world unite to end the plastic pollution crisis?

By Aaron Clark and Leslie Kaufman

Aiku Kurotaki’s “Human 1” (2024) — and “Human 0” (2024) to the left — on display at Tokyo’s Som Gallery earlier this year.

‘From 0 to 1’: Aiku Kurotaki’s fabric of existence

By Ansel Swindells

The artist's wool sculptures play off the idea of string theory, which conceptualizes subatomic particles as infinitesimal strings vibrating in fixed patterns.

French-Japanese series takes best drama at International Emmys

By Kathleen Benoza

Chinese films about COVID-19 and gay romance win big at Taiwan awards

There's no room for wallflowers at Amapinight

By Kim Kahan

'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights

By Patrick St. Michel

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.

Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat

By Greg Dvorak

The modern sauna experience is more than just taking a seat in some steam — whisking, aufguss shows and spectacle all play a part.

Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’

By Haru Beaufort

A buttery pound cake to die — or kill — for

By Simon Daly

After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future

By Jessica Kozuka

In rugged Yamanashi, a wild-goose chase for ‘real Japan’

By Owen Ziegler

After almost a decade of traveling around the world, a working holiday during the 2019 ski season in Nozawa Onsen was to be Rowie Geraerts’ last hurrah before she settled down in Australia.

How a solo yoga teacher built a wellness community in the Japanese Alps

By Samantha Mythen

A budding entrepreneur from Australia, Rowie Geraerts has created Shizen Collective in Nozawa Onsen — a new home for herself, locals and visitors.

Omar Nok: 'There are good people everywhere'

By Ansel Swindells

In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation

By Mike Fu

A bridge between kyogen and the world, Don Kenny dies at 88

By Rintaro Dainichi

Gary Perlman: ‘Kabuki is pure entertainment … the characters and themes are universal’

By Ansel Swindells

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat

By Greg Dvorak

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