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Novak Djokovic in action during the men's singles final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4.
TENNIS
Aug 25, 2024

Djokovic eyes Grand Slam records in U.S. Open defense

Djokovic can become the oldest U.S. Open champion of the Open era as he seeks to break a tie with Margaret Court and win a 25th major.
A monument of baseball legend Babe Ruth stands at Monument Park at Yankee Stadium on Feb. 25, 2009.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 26, 2024

Babe Ruth jersey sells for record-shattering price

The jersey sold for $24.1 million in an online auction.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius inspects Leopard II tanks that were due to be supplied to Ukraine at a military facility in Augustdorf, Germany, in February 2023.
COMMENTARY
Aug 27, 2024

Ukraine has a Germany problem again. Here’s how to fix it.

Kyiv’s Kursk operation was aimed less at the battlefield than at Berlin and other allies.
A woman shows a health worker the mpox lesions on her child at the Munigi mpox treatment center in Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 27, 2024

African scientists ‘working blindly’ to respond to fast-changing mpox strain

The numerous unknowns about the virus itself, its severity and how it is transmitting, is complicating the response.
Lower House member Manabu Horii
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2024

Scandal-hit former LDP member Manabu Horii announces resignation as lawmaker

"I've ended up trampling on the trust placed on me by each vote, entirely due to my lack of law-abiding spirit. So I decided to quit," he said.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Pacific island leaders have agreed to establish up to four regional police training centers and a multinational crisis reaction force.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2024

Pacific island leaders 'endorse' joint policing plan

The policing plan is seen as an attempt to limit China's security role in the region amid Beijing's efforts to build Pacific influence.
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
ENVIRONMENT / Boiling Point
Aug 29, 2024

Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?

Recent typhoons and the Nankai Trough megaquake alert have put the spotlight on how the country would deal with a dual disaster.
The government made it mandatory for companies to disclose their gender pay gap in 2022, but disclosure alone isn’t enough to improve the situation, data suggests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2024

Disclosure rules fail to narrow Japan’s yawning gender pay gap

There has been little progress toward equality, with the highest-paying firms showing some of the biggest disparities.
A remote-controlled BurnBot RX1 prototype produces a containment line during a prescribed burn operation in Paicines, California, on Aug. 12.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 30, 2024

Robots are starting (good) fires in California

BurnBot's robot keeps combustion within its burning chamber, where propane torches and air blowers bring flame temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius.
Former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Megumi Hirose in the Upper House in April. She stepped down as lawmaker on Aug. 15.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2024

Ex-LDP lawmaker Hirose indicted over alleged pay fraud

She allegedly reported the wife of her public secretary as her second secretary although the wife did not perform any work in that capacity.
Job seekers crowd a job fair at Liberation Square in Shijiazhuang, China, in 2018.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 2, 2024

New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment

Urban youth unemployment for the roughly 100 million Chinese aged 16-24 spiked to 17.1% in July, a figure analysts say masks millions of rural unemployed.
The X account of Elon Musk in seen blocked on a mobile screen on Saturday after Brazil's telecommunications regulator suspended access to the X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a monthslong feud with the billionaire.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2024

Musk’s Starlink defies order to block X in Brazil

The move illustrates the sheer power of the billionaire and his business empire and how he leverages it to confront authorities and challenge laws he does not like.
Keisuke Yoshida, 42, is accused of killing his wife by poisoning her with methanol at their home in Tokyo’s Ota Ward between Jan. 14 and 15 in 2022.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2024

Ex-employee of Daiichi Sankyo denies poisoning his wife with methanol

Keisuke Yoshida, formerly a senior researcher at the pharmaceutical firm, said he had never thought of killing his wife.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2024

Australia firms should invest in Southeast Asia, foreign minister says

Southeast Asia is expected to be the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2040 with an expanding population.
Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (left), Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (center left), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (center right) and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles gather for their two-plus-two meeting in Queenscliff, Australia, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2024

Japan and Australia look to closer cooperation to deter China

The quasi-allies have committed to coordinate their national security policies “more closely than ever before.”
Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei competes at the world championships in Budapest in August 2023.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Sep 6, 2024

Outrage and sorrow at death of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei

Cheptegei's murder was the latest horrific act of gender-based violence in the East African country, where activists have warned of a rising femicide epidemic.
An Nvidia Quantum-X800 InfiniBand Platform on display in Taipei on June 5
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2024

U.S. targets China with quantum and chip-related export curbs

The rules cover all worldwide exports, but include exemptions for countries that implement similar measures.
Ukrainian men carrying a dead Russian soldier at a border crossing near Sudzha, Russia, on Aug. 12. The Ukrainian offensive over the border last month caught Moscow's intelligence agencies by surprise, experts say.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024

Distracted and divided, Russian security service misses threats

The Ukrainian offensive over the border caught Moscow’s intelligence agencies by surprise, experts say. It wasn’t the first time that has happened during the war.
Brazil's Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire at Igarape Park in the country's Para state in 2023
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 7, 2024

As the Amazon’s biggest champion approaches 100, he’s still fighting

The Amazon’s plight set the tone for Raoni Metuktire’s remarkable life, which has taken him out of Brazil’s central Mato Grosso state and all over the world.
Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns arrives to testify before a closed Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2024

U.S. and U.K. spy chiefs warn of deepening Iran-Russia military links

Iran has sent ballistic missiles to Russia, defying months of warnings by U.S. and European officials.
A video recording of Apollo Quiboloy is streamed inside his megachurch compound in Davao City, Philippines on Aug. 31. Weeks of tense standoff in the Philippines have ended in the capture of a pastor accused of leading an international ring of sex abuse and trafficking of young women and girls.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024

Philippines arrests Duterte’s pastor as feud with Marcos deepens

Apollo Quiboloy, the 74-year-old founder of an evangelical church who is wanted by the FBI, was arrested in Davao City after weeks of police operation.
Attorney General Merrick Garland sits between Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and FBI Director Christopher Wray during a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, in Washington on Sept. 4. Federal prosecutors say Russia secretly paid the American company Tenet Media to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024

Russia secretly worms its way into America’s conservative media

The latest indictment reflects the growing sophistication of the Kremlin’s long-standing efforts to shape American public opinion and advance its geopolitical goals.
Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker and former political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza poses during a photo session in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024

Freed Kremlin opponent urges against 'face-saving exit' from Ukraine for Putin

In an interview in Paris, Vladimir Kara-Murza predicted that he would be able to return to his homeland as the Russian president's "regime" would not last.
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 10, 2024

FBI’s most-wanted pastor’s arrest puts Philippine's Duterte on defense

Apollo Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, is wanted by the FBI for alleged sexual abuse, human trafficking and smuggling.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024

Top Russian official reports swift advance in Ukraine

Russia said its forces had advanced by 1,000 square kilometers in eastern Ukraine, which ruled out any cease-fire talks with Kyiv.
Pope Francis blesses a child during his visit to Dili, East Timor, on Tuesday. The pontiff's Asia-Pacific tour is a strategic step toward a larger goal: a visit to China, a country that could soon have the largest Christian population in the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2024

Pope Francis’ Asia trip is all about China

The Vatican is among 12 diplomatic allies Taiwan still has left. There are concerns these loyalties could shift as the Holy See attempts to improve ties with Beijing.
Naomi Osaka and coach Wim Fissette attend a training session ahead of the Brisbane International tennis tournament at Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane, Australia, last December.
TENNIS
Sep 14, 2024

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka announces split with coach

The four-time Grand Slam champion has struggled to put together victories since she returned to the WTA Tour at Brisbane in January.
Speaking remotely to a forum in Kyiv, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in late September at the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss aid to Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024

Biden to use rest of term putting Ukraine in 'best position'

The U.S. president will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in late September at the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss aid to Kyiv.
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
JAPAN / Society / Boiling Point
Sep 16, 2024

Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC

With extreme heat affecting both health and study, schools are racing to plug AC gaps while experimenting with creative, cheaper solutions.
Intel in 2022 lost out on a contract to design and fabricate the chip for Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 6.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 17, 2024

How Intel lost the Sony PlayStation business

A dispute over how much profit Intel stood to take from each chip sold to the electronics giant for the PlayStation 6 gave a leg-up to AMD, which clinched the deal.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

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