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Toshiko Hamanaka (left), the assistant secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo, and the organization's co-chair, Terumi Tanaka, during a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday, the day after the group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
JAPAN
Nihon Hidankyo members hope surprise Nobel win cements nuclear taboo
By Yukana Inoue
Senior members of the group noted that the Nobel committee chose Nihon Hidankyo at a time when the threat of nuclear war is becoming more intense.

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Toshiko Hamanaka (left), the assistant secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo, and the organization's co-chair, Terumi Tanaka, during a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday, the day after the group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a debate with other political party leaders at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Ishiba reiterates need for nuclear deterrence despite group's Nobel Prize
By Jesse Johnson
Pointing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ishiba stressed the importance of the U.S. nuclear umbrella for Japan’s security.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pumps his fist during the fourth inning of Friday's series-clinching win over the Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dodgers drop Padres in historic Japanese pitchers' duel to advance in MLB playoffs
Yoshinobu Yamamoto came out on top in a historic duel with Yu Darvish — the contest was the first MLB playoff game between two Japanese-born starters.
Chinese Finance Minister Lan Foan. For investors who were hoping to hear authorities spell out exactly how much the government will spend to revive the ailing economy, Saturday's news conference was disappointing.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
China's stimulus message leaves investors wanting though hanging onto hope
By Samuel Shen, Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook
Saturday's news conference reiterated Beijing's broad plans to revive the ailing economy, leaving investors disappointed at the lack of detail.
Capsule hotels were created as a way to deal with the amount of overwork employees tend to do in Japan. Can't commute home? Then spend the night in an tiny, affordable sleeping space.
BUSINESS / Tech / Longform
Japan wakes up to the market for a proper sleep
By Alex K.T. Martin
After years of sleep deficits and drowsy mornings, a growing number of products and services are being developed to help us rest easier.
Capsule hotels were created as a way to deal with the amount of overwork employees tend to do in Japan. Can't commute home? Then spend the night in an tiny, affordable sleeping space.

JAPAN

People visit the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Saturday.
People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki reiterate call for peace after Nobel win
Nihon Hidankyo was named this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for its work to abolish the use of nuclear weapons.
A Starlink satellite communication system installed on the training ship Kashima of the Maritime Self-Defense Force for test operations at the Harumi Pier in Tokyo on May 15.
Japan's MSDF eyeing Starlink for better internet connectivity at sea
Hoping to create an environment where MSDF members can freely use the internet while at sea, the MSDF plans to introduce the Starlink service on its vessels.
Victims of Typhoon Hagibis remembered five years after disaster
New Komeito chief targets majority as make-or-break in election
Nihon Hidankyo awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to achieve nuclear-free world
By Kanako Takahara, Francis Tang and Himari Semans
Justice minister says he has severed all ties with Unification Church
By Francis Tang

BUSINESS

FamilyMart's net profit nearly doubled to ¥65.4 billion in the first six months of its fiscal year, though its operating revenue fell 1.4% to ¥257.5 billion.
Lawson and FamilyMart post higher first-half profits
FamilyMart's net profit nearly doubled to ¥65.4 billion in the first six months of its fiscal year, though its operating revenue fell 1.4% to ¥257.5 billion.
Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura at a news conference in Sapporo on Oct 8.
Japan's top business lobby proposes maximum use of nuclear energy
The proposal noted that Japan has been facing the toughest energy challenges since the oil crises in the 1970s and 1980s.
Nippon Steel will exit Alabama plant if U.S. Steel bid succeeds
Tesla's robotaxi event was long on Musk promises. Investors wanted more details.
By Chris Kirkham
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs and delay first 777X delivery as strike hits finances
By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson
Opposition party shakes up Japan’s rate debate with new inflation target
By Kazuaki Nagata

WORLD

Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Dodge County Airport in Juneau, Wisconsin on Oct. 6. Even before he kicked off a comeback bid, foreign governments realized that Trump was still a force in American politics and took him into account in their dealings with the United States.
Much of the world treats Trump as a shadow president
By Peter Baker
The former U.S. president has remained a force in international politics, with governments taking him into account in their dealings with the U.S.
People inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday.
After heavy Israeli blows, Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war
By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry and Alexander Cornwell
Friends and foes alike are now watching how effectively the Iran-backed group resists Israeli troops that have crossed into Lebanon.
Russia's Putin cements ties with Iranian president in Central Asia meeting
A new frontier of data privacy in the U.S. — your brain
By Avi Asher-Schapiro
Zelenskyy outlines 'victory plan' to allies and discusses long-range weapons
By Andrew MacAskill, Alistair Smout and John Irish
Hezbollah official survives Israeli assassination attempt: sources
By Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell

Sports

A Haas F1 car branded with Toyota Gazoo Racing on Friday at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture
Toyota returns to F1 with Haas technical partnership
By Alan Baldwin
Toyota Gazoo Racing will become Haas' official technical partner with both parties sharing expertise, knowledge and resources.
Yankees advance in MLB playoffs as Guardians stay alive
Star female jockey Nanako Fujita retires following suspension
By Kanako Takahara
Japan looks to Australia and beyond after beating Saudi Arabia in World Cup qualifier
Natalie Nakase named as inaugural head coach of expansion Valkyries in WNBA

Opinion

Shohei Ohtani's success symbolizes a broader resurgence in Japanese sports, with contributing factors including increased investment in sports, modern coaching techniques and a generational shift in mindset.
What baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s success says about Japan
Gearoid Reidy
The phenom has had what many are calling the greatest season ever. But his success is also a story of change in his home country.
A dangerous dance for Israel and Iran
By Abbas Milani
A battle over the kebab’s nationality
By Howard Chua-Eoan
The never-ending tragedy in the Middle East grinds on
Geoengineering can save the planet — if we demystify it
By Lara Williams

ENVIRONMENT

Serhiy Tsapok (left) and a firefighter extinguish the remains of a fire in a forest near Yarova, Sviati Hory National Park, Donetsk region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, July 29.
Ukraine's vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
By Max Hunder
Both Russian and Ukrainian armies blast thousands of shells at each other every day, shredding the earth in grinding combat that echoes World War I.
Amazon prefers renewables in Asia as nuclear still elusive
By Sing Yee Ong and Ishika Mookerjee
How climate change is contributing to the intensity of hurricanes
By Todd Woody
Top of the COPs: The key U.N. climate summits
By Laurence COUSTAL
Europe’s urban dilemma: Saving the past from a warming future
By Sonja Wind

CULTURE

South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends a press conference, in Seoul in November.
Han Kang’s Nobel win underscores essential role of translators as literary tastemakers
By Mike Fu
The trailblazing South Korean author was virtually unknown in the West just 10 years ago — then came Deborah Smith’s translation of "The Vegetarian."
Kazuhiro Soda embraces the wisdom of street cats
By James Hadfield
Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90
By Yukana Inoue
South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in literature
By Thu-Huong Ha
In Tokyo, the Taro Nasu gallery focuses on conceptual art
By Vivian Morelli

LIFE

The Specialty Coffee Association of Japan's World Specialty Coffee Conference and Exhibition runs through Oct. 12 at Tokyo's Big Sight convention center, where Ogawa Coffee Laboratory is one of many companies showing off advances in coffee roasting and brewing.
On the ground at Japan's biggest coffee conference
By Zoria Petkoska
The biggest impact the java-centric event will have on most people might be how their local brewers make their lattes and pour-overs in the near future.
Can't stop tossing and turning at night? Perhaps a bedtime story would help.
By Tomoko Otake
Can't choose a Kansai hotel? Perhaps a wellness screening will help you decide.
By Melinda Joe
Studying Japanese is like exercise: The more you do it, the better you'll feel.
By Yuko Tamura
Sega's ninja game Shinobi to get the movie treatment

COMMUNITY

Surfing near the Shiretoko Peninsula, Jonathan Dunnett says he noticed a lot of netting, something that might negatively affect the beautiful wildlife there.
Jonathan Dunnett: ‘The ocean is far bigger than we are, and it will humble us.’
By Justin Randall
With his bright orange sail, windsurfer Jonathan Dunnett is pretty visible out on the water. This means he draws attention from other boaters and the odd shark.
What’s a mother to do when your non-Japanese child is bullied in school?
By Harriet Ocharo
Duane Levi: 'Once you are able to create something that has sustainability … you’re going to get help and support.'
By Patrick St. Michel
Saying good riddance to what bugs me about a Japanese summer
By Jordan Allen
‘The people I’d seen in kimono didn’t have as much melanin as I do’
By Baye McNeil

Editors' Picks

BUSINESS
Bank of Japan vows better messaging to avoid more market turmoil
By Kazuaki Nagata
The Bank of Japan's surprise rate increase on July 31 led to Japanese stocks plummeting into bear-market territory, with the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average falling 12.4% on Aug. 5 alone.
CULTURE
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! takes its final bow
By Matt Schley
Annual festival Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! was born a decade ago when Barakan (left) decided to create a platform to share his love of roots music, which he attributes to growing up in 1960s England.
SUMO
Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health
By John Gunning
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
ENVIRONMENT
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
By Tomoko Otake
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
COMMUNITY
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
By Drew Damron
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?

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

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Capsule hotels were created as a way to deal with the amount of overwork employees tend to do in Japan. Can't commute home? Then spend the night in an tiny, affordable sleeping space.
Japan wakes up to the market for a proper sleep
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Nihon Hidankyo awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to achieve nuclear-free world
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Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at an event held in November at United Nations headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the second meeting of state parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
JAPAN
Ban on dual nationality is constitutional, Fukuoka High Court rules
By Karin Kaneko
Yuri Kondo (center), who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Japan's ban on dual nationality, speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka in December 2023.
JAPAN
17-year-old girl found dead in Osaka hotel room was strangled
A security camera footage shows a 17-year-old girl and a man entering a hotel in the city of Osaka on Saturday. She was found dead in the hotel room several hours later.
JAPAN
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
By Karin Kaneko
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
CULTURE
Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90
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