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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the crowd as he arrives at a Bhartiya Janta Party gathering in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 30, 2023

Murder claim in Canada is only helping India's Modi at home

India has gone on the offensive since Canadian leader Justin Trudeau accused Modi’s government of orchestrating the murder of a Sikh priest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accompanied by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Old Senate Chamber, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2023

Ukraine aid falls by wayside as Congress passes spending bill

The Biden administration and lawmakers from both parties sought to reassure Ukraine that assistance may be supplied in a separate bill down the road.
Johnny & Associates' outgoing head Julie Keiko Fujishima and its new chief, Noriyuki Higashiyama, bow to express their apology during a news conference in Tokyo last month.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2023

Johnny's looks toward a revamp as it seeks to salvage tarnished brand

Recent attempts to distance the agency from the long shadow of its namesake have been met with public backlash.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Sept. 13.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2023

Russia and North Korea's cartoon summit

Whether Russia is actually offering a deep and multifaceted relationship with North Korea implied by the summit remains far from clear.
A Yotsuya Otsuka cram school in Tokyo
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2023

Second ex-Tokyo cram school teacher arrested for upskirt video

Narumi Nakamura allegedly asked his colleague to take a video of a 7-year-old student's underwear.
Michael Andretti, the son of 1978 Formula One champion Mario, first applied for his team to join Formula One in early 2022.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 3, 2023

FIA approval moves Michael Andretti a step closer to Formula One

The son of 1978 Formula One world champion Mario had been seen as the clear frontrunner from as many as seven initial expressions of interest.
The men's Cricket World Cup opens in India on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Oct 3, 2023

Death or glory? World Cup anchors changing game of one-day cricket

The sport's greatest off-field change since 2011 is the number of people questioning whether the ODI format has much of a future outside of a World Cup.
Hans Ellegren, permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, flanked by Eva Olsson and Mats Larsson, members, announces this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics, at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday..
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2023

Trio wins 2023 Nobel in physics for electron experiments

The award was given to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for work “exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules."
A man walks toward Sankore mosque, also known as the former University of Sankore, in Timbuktu, Mali
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2023

Mali in meltdown as militants advance and U.N. withdraws

The violence risks adding instability to a region already reeling from military coups in neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger.
Japan’s currency reached ¥150.16 per U.S. dollar on Tuesday in New York trading, its weakest value since October 2022. Then, within seconds, it rebounded to ¥147.43 per dollar.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 4, 2023

Yen rebounds from ¥150 to dollar as Japan mum on intervention

The yen quickly strengthened to ¥147.30 against the dollar, with its swift recovery sparking chatter that a quiet intervention had occurred.
Russian activist Natalia Arno in Paris on Sept. 29
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

'Organs failing': A Russian activist details her poisoning

Five months after being poisoned, Natalia Arno still goes numb across much of her body when she stands up for any length of time.
Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Children's agency chief Ayuko Kato vows to tackle falling birthrate

One of the aims of the agency is to help implement the Children's Future Strategy, a plan that was announced as a way to reverse the declining birthrate.
The average price for a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 60% to a record ¥129.6 million ($865,000) in the first half of this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 4, 2023

Surging Tokyo property prices squeeze out young professionals

The average price for a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 60% to a record ¥129.6 million ($865,000) in the first half of this year.
Employees monitor the production of Covishield, the local name for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2023

Top vaccine maker seeks growth by selling shots to globetrotters

Serum Institute of India plans to start production of yellow fever and dengue shots for travelers to countries where those diseases are endemic.
Police officers work to control a crowd gathering to celebrate Halloween in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2022.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 5, 2023

Shibuya mayor vows to keep things civil as Halloween nears

The mayor made headlines last month when he told would-be partiers to stay away from the Tokyo ward this year for the occasion, citing safety concerns.
Uniqlo's first Indian store, in New Delhi, in October 2019
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2023

Uniqlo owner scouts for more Indian partners after 60% sales jump

The Japanese apparel giant is currently working with over 20 sewing factories and mills in India.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. BOJ officials responded in July to upside risks to inflation by essentially raising the upper limit for 10-year bond yields, in the first surprise move under Gov. Kazuo Ueda.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2023

BOJ may review easing and guidance this month, ex-official says

The central bank faces a recent rise in yields, the yen’s slide and inflation consistently coming in stronger than expected.
Yotsuya Otsuka cram school head office in Nakano Ward, Tokyo
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2023

Cram school teacher arrests ignite child safety debate

Two cram school teachers in Tokyo were arrested for allegedly taking photos of a female student's underwear and sharing them on a group chat.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, announces a slew of retaliatory measures against China, including sanctions, at a news conference at the White House in May 2020.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2023

Protectionism started the geopolitical fire

The protectionism in the post-pandemic economic shutdowns will also impact international relations.
Nippon Ishin no Kai lawmaker Muneo Suzuki speaks during an interview.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2023

Nippon Ishin to expel lawmaker Muneo Suzuki over visit to Russia

The majority of Nippon Ishin members are calling for a severe punishment due to concerns about the impact of Suzuki's pro-Russian remarks and actions.
Arm CEO Rene Haas participates in the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq exchange in New York on Sept. 14 as the chip design firm holds an initial public offering.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 6, 2023

SoftBank’s Arm faces Wall Street scrutiny after massive IPO

Arm Holdings raised $4.87 billion last month in the largest IPO on a U.S. exchange since November 2021.
Japan's Yoshino Nakashima scores a goal during the team's victory over North Korea on Friday in the gold medal match at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
SOCCER
Oct 7, 2023

Team Japan defies crowd to top North Korea for Asian Games soccer gold

The crowd in the Chinese city of Hangzhou was overwhelmingly in North Korea's favor and booed the Japanese players when they went on the attack.
Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov attends a meeting in Vienna last month.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2023

Russia to nix ratification of nuclear test ban pact, envoy says

The announcement by Mikhail Ulyanov added new fuel to tensions between Russia and the United States over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
In principle, children can be admitted to children's homes if they are at least 1 year old and can stay in the facilities until the end of the fiscal year in which they turn 22 years old.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 10, 2023

Japan to scrap upper age limit for use of children's homes

Currently, residents are required to move out of the facilities by the end of the fiscal year in which they turn 22 years old.
Smoke rises in the aftermath of rocket barrages that were launched from Gaza, in Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2023

Israel 'at war' as Hamas launches surprise attack from Gaza

The Islamist group's attack — which saw gunmen crossing the border and a barrage of rockets — was the biggest in years against Israel.
Palestinian youth near a car that was burned after it had been seized in Israeli territory and brought back to Jabalia, one of the northernmost settlements in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2023

An attack from Gaza and an Israeli declaration of war. Now what?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being pressured to launch a full-scale invasion that Israeli leaders have been scrupulously avoiding since 2005.
Taylor Swift attends the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sept. 12.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2023

Taylor Swift and the political needle

With hundreds of millions of social media followers and a staunchly loyal fan base, she can move any dial with the tiniest of efforts.
A man stands in front of a damaged shop in Tel Aviv after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2023

In attack, Hamas strikes Israel and regional security realignment

Saturday's assault coincides with U.S.-backed moves to push Saudi Arabia toward normalizing ties with Israel.
Artemis II moon mission crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch pose for photographs after taking part in a news conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 18.
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2023

Geopolitics in space: Why great powers are scrambling for the moon

A new space race — pitting the U.S. and its partners against China and Russia — is expected to have significant implications.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2023

Wage hikes key for BOJ policy normalization

Wage growth trends during next year's spring labor-management negotiations will be closely watched for indicators.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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