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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House Budget Committee session on Monday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Japan avoids tariff confrontation ahead of crucial U.S. trade talks

By Gabriele Ninivaggi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba again ruled out imposing retaliatory measures, arguing that escalation would not serve the country’s national interest.

Who is Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's tariffs negotiator?

Can anyone deal with Trump better than Ishiba?

New U.S. ambassador to Japan 'optimistic' about tariff negotiations

Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.

JAPAN / Society

Japan’s population shrinks for the 14th consecutive year

By Karin Kaneko

Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Osaka Expo on Saturday.

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS

As Osaka Expo kicks off, Nippon Ishin continues to hold its breath

By Eric Johnston

The Kansai-centered opposition party has a lot to lose if the six-month event being held in its stronghold turns out to be a flop.

The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media at an earlier age.

JAPAN / Society

Two-thirds of fourth to sixth graders in Japan use social media, survey finds

By Jessica Speed

The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media from an earlier age.

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 leaders summit in Osaka in June 2019.

BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS

How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance

Beijing has put civilian government officials on a "wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back.

Malnourished children at an orphanage in Okinawa Prefecture in August 1945

In Okinawa, war trauma carried by orphans still lingers

“War orphans were pushed to the margins of society after the war," says one academic.

Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday.

Japanese national confirmed dead in Myanmar quake

The Foreign Ministry had asked local authorities to search for the individual, and the person's body was found at the site of a collapsed building Saturday.

Wakayama governor taken to hospital after collapse

Whooping cough is spreading in Japan

Kumamoto earthquakes survivor shares evacuation center lessons nine years on

The man behind Fukushima town's 'Strawberry Sheep'

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore during an interview in Tokyo. The governor is in Japan on a four-day trade and investment mission.

Maryland governor talks trains and trade while in Japan

By Francis Tang

Gov. Wes Moore said he believes the Northeast Maglev — which may use technology from Japan — could transform the region's economy.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says currency talks are part of the issue of the U.S.'s massive trade deficit with Japan.

U.S. trade representative hopes to discuss currency with Japan

Currency is "certainly part of" the issue of the U.S.'s massive trade deficit with Japan, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says.

Hedge funds and asset managers boost bullish yen bets amid tariffs

By Mia Glass and Anya Andrianova

Trump warns tariffs are coming for electronics after reprieve

JPMorgan analyst says he now tempers public comments on U.S. tariffs

By Scott Murdoch

China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies

By Keith Bradsher

Chinese leader Xi Jinping waves as he arrives for a two-day state visit at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Monday.

Xi seeks to win with Southeast Asia trip as Trump pauses some tariffs

Xi arrived in Vietnam on Monday and was due to visit Malaysia and Cambodia later this week, just days after Trump raised tariffs on China but gave everyone else a 90-day pause.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers work at the site of a deadly missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on Sunday.

Russian missile strike on Ukraine city kills 34 on Palm Sunday

European and U.S. leaders condemned the strike — one of the deadliest attacks in months — that also wounded 117, including 15 children.

Early holiday, more fans: Philippines' schools adapt to climate change

By Cecil Morella

South Korea begins criminal insurrection trial of ousted leader

By Joyce Lee

Hungary set to restrict constitutional rights in 'Easter cleanup'

By Andras ROSTOVANYI

Child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital, WHO says

By Youssef Hassouna

Giants fans cheer during an exhibition game against the Dodgers at Tokyo Dome on March 15.

NPB can learn from MLB amid backlash to its new social media policy

By Jason Coskrey

Arguing that the rights of NPB and its broadcasters are in peril because fans upload short videos from games is a hard sell.

Paige Bueckers: A basketball star Is born

By Abigail Covington

Carlos Alcaraz caps 'difficult week' with first Monte Carlo Masters title

International Cricket Council creates fund for displaced Afghan female players

Harden bags 39 as Clippers claim playoff spot and send Warriors to play-in

Overcrowded trains and a lack of legal consequences for groping in Japan have led to a rise in "chikan," or groping, which has been linked to a mental condition and compounded by cultural stigmas.

'Chikan' incidents rise as Japan grapples with mental health and cultural challenges

Takayuki Harada

The governments of the U.K. and Canada have warned their citizens traveling to Japan that they could experience inappropriate physical contact — or "chikan" — on crowded trains

Why should Iran believe anything the U.S. threatens or promises?

By Andreas Kluth

How should Beijing respond to Trump’s tariffs?

By Huang Yiping

Unmarked vans and secret lists. The police state has arrived.

By M. Gessen

The very idea of LGBTQ+ health is under attack

By Lisa Jarvis

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, in October. Microsoft is set to use energy from new reactors at the plant.

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

By Nathalie ALONSO

AI can also unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency said in its first report on the technology's implications.

Clean streets versus business woes: Pollution charge divides Londoners

By Akshata Kapoor

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

Global temperatures at near-historic highs in March, says EU monitor

In the dystopian society of Sayaka Murata's latest book to come out in English, sex between married couples is considered incest and therefore taboo.

'Vanishing World': Sayaka Murata’s vision of a sex-hating society

By Thu-Huong Ha

In Sayaka Murata’s latest book to come out in English, sex between married couples is considered taboo, and humans reproduce predominantly via IVF.

National Ballet of Japan takes its 'Giselle' to Royal Opera House in London

By Kris Kosaka

The band that turned a pandemic lockdown into a Tokyo dream

By Patrick St. Michel

‘The Brothers Kitaura’: A sordid tale of filial impropriety

By James Hadfield

‘Ghost Killer’: Spirited action and sharp humor make for deadly fun combo

By Mark Schilling

After focusing on cabernet sauvignon in Napa Valley, winemaker Eiji Daniel Akaboshi moved to make pinot noir at the renowned Freeman Vineyard & Winery in Sonoma County.

In California, a Nikkei vintner finds his heritage and purpose

By Weiwen Lin

The discovery of a distant relative's wine legacy in California led winemaker Eiji Daniel Akaboshi to look at his vocation in a new light.

As rice prices rise, a bit of tea adds needed luxury

By Simon Daly

I’ve only just come back from Osaka, but I’m ready to hit the Expo

By Yuko Tamura

Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it

By Alex K.T. Martin

‘Japanese pastry has matured into its own distinct identity’

By Haru Beaufort

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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