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Makoto Uchida, CEO of Nissan, will step down from the post at the end of this month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida to step down
By Kazuaki Nagata
Current Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa will be assuming the role starting in April in a bid to turn around the struggling Yokohama-based automaker.
Makoto Uchida, CEO of Nissan, will step down from the post at the end of this month.
People observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit 14 years ago. Behind them is a pine tree dubbed "the miracle tree" that survived the tsunami.
JAPAN / Society
Japan marks 14 years since 3/11 earthquake, with over 27,000 still displaced
By Himari Semans
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he will pass down the lessons of the disaster to future generations.
A Vietnamese worker harvests tomatoes at a farm in the city of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in 2018.
JAPAN
Amid labor shortage, Japan approves guidelines to upskill foreign workers
By Kanako Takahara
The new program aims to nurture trainees into skilled workers to motivate them to remain in the country.
A man walks past an electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the capital on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Asian stocks slide as U.S. growth worries grip markets
In Asia, stocks were battered across the board with Japan's Nikkei and Taiwan stocks hitting their lowest levels since September.
People hold a Ukrainian flag and a Taiwan flag during a protest to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Taipei on Feb. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
‘We are not Ukraine’: Top Taiwan officials temper comparisons after U.S. U-turn
By Gabriel Dominguez
Top Taiwanese officials believe the U.S. will stay invested in the island's security as Washington remains united on the need to counter China.
People hold a Ukrainian flag and a Taiwan flag during a protest to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Taipei on Feb. 23.

JAPAN

Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police examine the scene where a woman in her 20s was stabbed on Tuesday morning in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
Man arrested after fatal stabbing of woman in Shinjuku Ward
The suspect is said to have approached the woman in her 20s near Takadanobaba Station and stabbed her without warning as she walked, apparently livestreaming, investigators said.
Junko Yagi, a professor at Iwate Medical University, speaks during an interview on Jan. 10 in the town of Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture.
Experts urge ongoing mental health care for families in 3/11 disaster areas
"Parents and children alike are carrying heavy emotional burdens," one expert said.
Japan moves to curb metal theft with new identity check laws
South Korean lawmakers to visit Osaka Expo
Post-disaster Tohoku struggles with population decline
Former students work to turn tsunami-hit elementary school into social hub

BUSINESS

Trade minister Yoji Muto says his talks in Washington with U.S. officials didn’t result in any confirmation to exclude Tokyo from upcoming tariff measures.
Japan's trade minister fails to win tariff exemption assurance from U.S.
By Yoshiaki Nohara
New duties on car imports would deal a direct blow to the economy of Japan, which is already bracing for an indirect impact from tariffs the U.S. is imposing on other nations.
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
By Elizabeth Beattie
Part of the goal is to attract a more permanent workforce to Fukushima to support the development of the prefecture as a whole.
DeepSeek-fueled AI fever injects new energy into China’s annual meeting
Indonesia’s industrial growth goals at risk as education system falls short
By Eddie Spence and Eko Listiyorini
BOJ’s next rate hike likely in June, former executive says
By Toru Fujioka and Sumio Ito
Nissan focused on product development as it hunts for partner
By Masatsugu Horie

WORLD

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a gathering with the Philippine community in Hong Kong on March 9.
Former Philippine President Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity
Police in Manila acted on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to Duterte's deadly war on drugs.
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Commander of Syrian Kurdish-led forces Mazloum Abdi shake hands, after Syria reached a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces with state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday, in Damascus, Syria.
Kurdish-led SDF to join Syria's new state institutions, merging forces
By Jaidaa Taha and Menna AlaaElDin
Accord comes at critical moment after mass killings of Alawite minority members in western Syria threatens effort to unite country after 14 years of conflict.
Reluctant opium farmers toil for survival in war-ravaged Myanmar
U.S. wants no G7 Russia antagonism as allies fear blockage
By John Irish and Daphne Psaledakis
Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China
By Krishna N. Das
In wake of Trump's threats, Greenland holds parliamentary election
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Louise Rasmussen

Sports

The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is expected to return to a two-way role this season.
As Shohei Ohtani embarks on Year 2 in Dodger Blue, a unique encore begins
By Tyler Kepner
Ohtani has won two Most Valuable Player Awards as a two-way player, for the Angels in 2021 and 2023.
The North Korea taekwondo supremo that Austria can't kick
By Blaise Gauquelin
QB Sam Darnold to sign $100 million contract with Seahawks: reports
Yankees ace Cole to have season-ending elbow surgery
Ratcliffe slams 'not good enough' and 'overpaid' Man Utd flops

Opinion

Many in Japan are increasingly concerned that under the Trump administration's shifting policies, the U.S. may no longer be a reliable ally, raising fears of a weakened security partnership amid rising threats from China and Russia.
Japan reels from — and steels for — U.S. policy shifts
Brad Glosserman
“What Japan has learned from the Ukraine war is that the era where we could rely entirely on the U.S. is over.”
Preserving the memory of 3/11 is becoming more difficult
By Julia Gerster
Japan needs collective public support to reach its nuclear goals
By Pinar Temocin
How to hedge against AI stealing your job
By Chris Bryant
Kyiv and Moscow are divided by a valley of lies
By Marc Champion

ENVIRONMENT

India, the world’s third-biggest emitter, wants to more than double clean-power capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030. That won't be easy.
Eyeing short-term savings, India’s utilities put green energy boom at risk
By Rajesh Kumar Singh
A federal auction model that helped the country add more than 130 gigawatts of renewables projects over the past decade is under threat of circumvention.
Most contaminated U.S. nuclear site is set to be the largest solar farm
By Keith Schneider
BRICS' climate leadership aims hang on healing deep divides
By Virginia Furness
Cascading extreme weather events unleash billions in damages globally
By Brian K Sullivan, Mary Hui and Joe Wertz
Japan actress Mana Ashida named UNDP goodwill ambassador

CULTURE

Ichiko Aoba’s latest full-length album, “Luminescent Creatures,” weaves in sounds mimicking whale songs and wind to express her fascination with the natural world and its interconnectedness.
Ichiko Aoba’s intimate sonic fantasy born from dreams
By Patrick St. Michel
The singer-songwriter turns her subconscious into songs about the natural world and its interconnectedness on “Luminescent Creatures.”
Grief ebbs and flows between two tragedies in 'The Place of Shells'
By Thu-Huong Ha
‘May You Have Delicious Meals’: The ugly taste of office and gender politics
By Eric Margolis
‘A Bad Summer’: A scorching drama of simmering rage and its consequences
By Mark Schilling
‘The Gesuidouz’ flips the bird at viewers
By James Hadfield

LIFE

While Google may be the restaurant review medium of choice in other countries, Japan largely prefers Tabelog, where five-star reviews are rare and three-star reviews aren't what they seem.
On Japan's top foodie site, imperfection is gold
By Weiwen Lin
Cultural expectations may influence ratings on Tabelog, but reading between the lines might help you find the next hidden gem.
Slowly but surely, Osaka emerges from Kyoto’s fine-dining shadow
By Phoebe Amoroso
Scams, taxes and tariffs: It's that time of year.
By Yuko Tamura
‘Granny hobbies’ are the new self-care
By Yuko Tamura
Stories from behind the bar at Shinjuku's Golden Gai
By Mika Inoue

COMMUNITY

Hiromi Okuda’s study abroad experience at the University of Mumbai inspired her to build a career at the intersection of social welfare and IT.
Hiromi Okuda: 'Humans and emerging tech should exist symbiotically'
By Jessica Kozuka
For the past 30 years, Hiromi Okuda has forged a career at the intersection of social welfare and technology.
Redevelopment and resistance in historic Nishiogikubo
By Aviraj Gokool
How a Canadian missionary found spiritual transformation in Shikoku
By Suzanne Kamata
Mike Sunda: ‘Creative production comes with a bigger responsibility than ever before’
By Mike Fu
Black History Month in 2025: The boundaries between 'us' and 'them'
By Baye McNeil

Editors' Picks

BUSINESS
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
By Elizabeth Beattie
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
LIFE
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
By Gabrielle Doman
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
JAPAN
Cherry blossom season set to kick off on March 21 in Tokyo
By Jessica Speed
A Weathernews forecast shows the cherry blossom season will begin on March 21 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Eternal debate over surname law comes to fore again
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
Members of a Liberal Democratic Party panel discuss proposals about allowing spouses to retain their respective surnames, in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Poland’s role in Ukraine war offers lessons for Japan, top envoy says
By Gabriel Dominguez
People rest inside the sports hall of an elementary school that was transformed into temporary accommodations for people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, in March 2022. Geography and geopolitical interests mean that Japan could find itself assuming a supporting role similar to Poland's should China ever attack Taiwan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
By Tomoko Otake

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Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, at the Panama Canal. Conglomerate CK Hutchison, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, has agreed to sell its ports network, including assets along the Panama Canal, to a U.S. consortium led by BlackRock.
JAPAN
Eternal debate over surname law comes to fore again
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Members of a Liberal Democratic Party panel discuss proposals about allowing spouses to retain their respective surnames, in Tokyo on Thursday.
LIFE
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
By Gabrielle Doman
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
JAPAN
14 years on, prefectural governments work to pass on lessons to new hires
The Ukedo Elementary School Ruins in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, in January. The Fukushima Prefectural Government offers training sessions for new prefectural government recruits to visit the school, the prefecture's sole preserved disaster-hit structure.
JAPAN
For first time ever, government begins auction of rice stockpile
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The government's stockpile of rice in Saitama Prefecture in February