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People walk past an NBA fan store in New York on July 8. The NBA has said it is "exploring" the creation of a professional basketball league in Europe.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 8, 2025

Why is the NBA eyeing Europe?

For several years now, the NBA has wanted to plant its flag on European soil.
Ryoko Hirosue
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2025

Actor Ryoko Hirosue arrested for allegedly injuring medical staffer

Hirosue was in a “panicked state” and injured the medical staff member, her agency said in a statement.
The Osaka tax bureau found ¥1.3 billion in unreported income as Kawasaki Heavy Industries pooled funds through fictitious transactions related to repair contracts for MSDF submarines.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2025

Kawasaki Heavy hit with ¥1 billion in back taxes over MSDF scandal

The defense contractor was found to have wined and dined Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel.
The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 30, 2025. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s top air traffic control official plans to leave the agency ahead of a major overhaul of the unit’s antiquated technology systems.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

U.S. FAA’s top air traffic control official to step down from agency

Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization, plans to leave the agency ahead of a major overhaul of the unit’s antiquated technology systems.
Social engineering scams thrive on poorly monitored social media platforms, and while the UK is pushing tougher laws to hold tech companies accountable, the U.S. resists stricter rules, believing individuals should bear responsibility for avoiding fraud.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2025

The U.K. is trying to fight social scams. The U.S. not so much.

Social engineering is one of the hardest parts of the trillion-dollar online scam industry to block or disrupt.
Masatoshi Asari is one of Japan’s foremost living authorities on cherry trees and their blossoms.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2025

The man who sent Japan's cherry blossoms out to the world

Masatoshi Asari's trees — symbols of peace and reconciliation — blossom in the U.K., U.S., Poland and China.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. TSMC could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei artificial intelligence processor,
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2025

TSMC could face $1 billion or more fine from U.S. probe, sources say

The penalty is to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei artificial intelligence processor.
A National Rally demonstration in Paris on Sunday following party head Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement. The far-right leader and her supporters have decried the ruling as political.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2025

Le Pen ruling unleashes wave of hypocrisy on populist right

Across the globe, far-right populists have gained popularity as protectors of law and order, but Le Pen's conviction in France reveals the shaky foundations of this commitment.
A man holds a Hezbollah flag in southern Lebanon. The militant group emerged severely weakened from the 2024 conflict with Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

Hezbollah ready to discuss weapons if Israel withdraws, senior official says

U.S.-backed Lebanese President Joseph Aoun intends to open talks with Hezbollah over its arsenal soon, three Lebanese political sources said.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, during a meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Monday. Lee is the top candidate for the next presidential election, with support of 34% respondents in a Gallup poll released April. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

South Korea opposition leader Lee steps down amid expectations of presidential run

The country holds a presidential election on June 3 after former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone gestures in the third quarter against the Chicago Bulls at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on March 24.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 9, 2025

Nuggets fire coach Michael Malone three games before playoffs

Malone led the Nuggets to the franchise's first ever NBA title in 2023, but Denver has struggled for consistency this season and is currently on a four-game losing streak.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during a forum at Keio University in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2025

NATO chief calls on allies and partners to ‘outproduce and outpace’ rivals

In Tokyo on Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on members of the alliance and its four Indo-Pacific partners to work more closely together.
A myocardial cell sheet using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025

Japanese startup seeks approval for world’s first iPS regenerative treatment

The Osaka University startup is targeting patients suffering from severe heart failure for whom current treatment options are limited.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a campaign rally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2025

Canada’s Mark Carney treads a fine line on climate in a tight election

In a nation whose energy sector is still dominated by oil and gas, the question is how much the new prime minister may need to play down his green resume in order to win.
Thailand's national flag is waved by royalists during an event to support the monarchy in Bangkok in 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2025

Thailand revokes visa of U.S. academic charged with royal insult

The charge is a rare instance of a foreigner falling foul of strict laws that shield King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family from any criticism.
People march to the parliament in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill, in Wellington, New Zealand, in November 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2025

New Zealand parliament rejects controversial move to revise indigenous law

New Zealand’s Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi — the 1840 founding pact between Maori and the British Crown — after months of protest.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bag as he visits the Louis Vuitton Rochambeau Ranch leather workshop in Keene, Texas, in 2019.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2025

LVMH finds making Louis Vuitton bags messy in Texas

Former staff say Louis Vuitton’s Texas plant wastes up to 40% of leather and encouraged defect coverups to hit targets.
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Apr 10, 2025

From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home

Hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year.
Russian American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in August 2024.
WORLD
Apr 10, 2025

Russia and U.S. bring spa worker and tech smuggler back home in prisoner swap

A lawyer for Ksenia Karelina, who was found guilty last year of treason for donating money to a U.S.-based charity supporting Ukraine, said she was on her way back to the U.S.
Justin Rose reacts after finishing his round at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 11, 2025

Justin Rose gets off to fast start to grab first-round lead at Masters

Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 champion, finished in a group of 13 golfers who ended the round at 1-over.
Displaced Palestinians flee the Shejaiya district, east of Gaza City, on April 3.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2025

Israel’s push into Gaza lays ground for full-scale occupation

The move would risk increasing the death toll in Gaza, siphoning more reserve soldiers away from an economy stifled by war and further isolating Israel.
Scrambles against Chinese military aircraft account for 464, or 65.9%, down by 15, according to the Defense Ministry.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2025

Japan defense force scrambled fighter jets 704 times in fiscal 2024

Scrambles against Chinese military aircraft accounted for 65.9% of the total, and the number of Chinese drones detected by the ministry more than tripled to 30.
Demonstrators call for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, outside the Israeli Defense Ministry headquarters in central Tel Aviv on April 5.
WORLD
Apr 11, 2025

Fighter pilots call on Israel to prioritize release of Gaza hostages

A letter said that the war against Hamas "mainly serves personal and political interests, rather than genuine security needs."
A rescue worker stands in front of a damaged building following a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 3.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2025

Making money out of a disaster: Fake news and the Myanmar quake

Online schemes prey on the heightened fears and appetite for news that follow any disaster or outbreak of war.
The Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Mets in New York on May 10, 2024.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 11, 2025

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. to have knee evaluated

Acuna, 27, has participated in batting practice but hasn't yet been cleared to run the bases.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda at a news conference in January. He has been in the top position for two years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 11, 2025

After two years in top job, BOJ's Ueda faces his biggest challenge yet 

Communication will be more crucial from now on, as the economic outlook will be more uncertain than ever because of the U.S. tariffs.
Taiwan said in January it suspected a China-linked ship of damaging an undersea cable off its northern coast; the ship owner denied the accusations.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2025

In a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cables

The captain, surnamed Wang, has claimed innocence, but refused to provide details of the ship's owner and "had a bad attitude," Taiwanese prosecutors said.
A man recycles electronic waste from computer power supplies at a scrap yard in Ahmedabad, India
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2025

From Daikin to Samsung, companies fight Modi over e-waste policy

India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high.
A former Prudential Life Insurance employee was arrested in June last year on suspicion of fraud.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2025

Prudential Life ordered to report preventative measures after three arrests

Between June last year and February this year, three former employees were arrested over acts of misconduct that included defrauding customers.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte meets with members of an explosives disposal team while inspecting equipment aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Mogami frigate at the Yokosuka Base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2025

Japan and NATO strengthen links amid rising security fears

The starting point for the deepening ties is a shared view that security is indivisible and events that create instability in one part of the world will impact other regions.

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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.