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Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2024

Israel says it has killed Hezbollah leader's successors

Hezbollah is reeling after a spate of senior commanders have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Jerry Jones, owner and president of the Dallas Cowboys (left) and Roger Penske, chairman and chief executive officer of Penske Corp., during an interview in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 9, 2024

Jerry Jones sees ‘huge growth left’ as private equity enters NFL

High interest from outside institutions "gives you a sense of the strength” of the business of football, Jones said.
Then-President Donald Trump (right) meets with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. Trump and Putin have secretly spoken several times since Trump left office, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Trump sent COVID-19 tests to Putin, Bob Woodward says in his new book

Donald Trump also retains a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin, Woodward writes.
Security Service Director General Ken McCallum in London on Oct. 14, 2020. In a wide-ranging speech outlining the current threat picture, McCallum underlined a growing threat from resurgent al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as his greatest terrorism concern.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Russia's GRU seeking to cause 'mayhem' in Britain and Europe, U.K. spy chief says

Security Service Director General Ken McCallum also accused Iran of being behind "plot after plot" on British soil.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during an economic forum in Budapest on March 4.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Sparks fly as Orban berates EU 'elites' in parliament trip

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ally within the European Union, Orban's nationalist government is at loggerheads with its partners on a host of issues.
A sign in support of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed in Bad Axe, Michigan, on Sept. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Election officials backing Trump’s 'Big Lie' stir unease in U.S.

Donald Trump's false ideas about voter fraud have become an article of faith among many Republican members of local election boards that certify results.
NHK plans to start charging online viewers in October of next year.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2024

NHK to charge monthly online viewer fee of ¥1,100 starting next year

The fee will be collected from people who sign up only for the online service.
Food replicas displayed on a table in the shape of the Japanese archipelago in an exhibition in London
JAPAN / Society
Oct 9, 2024

Japan House London introduces food replica culture

Food replicas, which were first made in Japan and are displayed at restaurants across the country, have recently become popular among foreign tourists as souvenirs.
Hideko Hakamata (left), the older sister of ex-boxer Iwao Hakamata, and Hideyo Ogawa, an attorney on his defense team, speak at a news conference on Tuesday in the city of Shizuoka, following prosecutors' decision not to file an appeal against the Shizuoka District Court's not-guilty verdict in a retrial of a 1966 murder case against Iwao Hakamata.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2024

Japan’s ‘hostage justice’ system breeds false convictions, groups say

False convictions will continue to occur unless the system of extracting confessions through prolonged, harsh interrogations is eliminated, human rights groups say.
A South Korean train runs on the railway tracks leading to North Korea, inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in November 2018, as seen from Paju, South Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

North Korean army says it will cut road and rail links to South Korea

The move follows the installation of land mines and barriers as well as creating a wasteland along the heavily militarized border for months this year.
SV League players and Chairman Masaaki Okawa (front, holding a volleyball) during a news conference in Tokyo last month.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Oct 9, 2024

Japan's new volleyball league has big dreams as it gets set to launch

The SV. League replaces the V. League as Japan's top volleyball league and aims to eventually become the best volleyball league in the world.
The vehicle taking Seiichi Katsurada to the Kushiro District Public Prosecutor's Office in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2024

Hokkaido boat operator's president charged over fatal 2022 sinking

A total of 20 passengers and crew were confirmed dead and six are listed as missing following a tour boat sinking in April of 2022.
Former Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp speaks after receiving Germany's Order of Merit in Berlin on Oct. 1.
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2024

Juergen Klopp becomes Red Bull's global soccer chief in first job after Liverpool

Klopp, who ended his successful nine-year stint with Liverpool at the end of last season, will be starting his new role on Jan. 1.
Even with the success of "Crazy Rich Asians" and improvements in on-screen representation, Asian actors still comprise just 18.4% of film roles, which is an improvement compared to 3.4% in 2007.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2024

To win back audiences, put more Asians behind the camera

The movie industry is losing out at a time when it can ill-afford to do so. Betting on Asian talent would help.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivers an address during the 47th ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore Lecture in Singapore on on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 9, 2024

South Korea’s Yoon renews unification call in challenge to Kim

The animosity between the two Koreas has heated up since Yoon took office and bolstered South Korea’s security ties with the U.S. and Japan.
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei in August 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Former PM Taro Aso calls Taiwan a ‘country' — much to China's chagrin

Tuesday’s remarks were not the first time Aso has sounded off about Taiwan and how a conflict over the island would represent an emergency for Japan.
Japan Sword Co. is a regular exhibitor at the Antique Dealers’ Fair & Exhibition in Tokyo. Its booth at a previous event in 2021 featured more than a few treasures.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2024

Hold history in your hands at this triennial antiques fair in Tokyo

Open to the public, the Antique Dealers’ Fair & Exhibition will allow visitors to see pieces up close, which might just spur a purchase.
Just 1 in 10 researchers and 1 in 5 students at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Oct 10, 2024

Women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance with posters

Gender bias begins early in Japanese education.
Rory McIlroy leaves the course following the fourth round of the BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, England, on Sept. 22.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2024

Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau set for PGA-LIV showdown in Las Vegas

The 18-hole, made-for television event between four of the biggest names from the upstart Saudi-backed LIV series and the PGA Tour will be staged at Shadow Creek.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani connects on an RBI single against the Padres during the second inning in Game 4 of the NLDS in San Diego on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2024

Dodgers rout Padres to force do-or-die Game 5 in NLDS

Mookie Betts gave the Dodgers a home run in the first inning for the second consecutive game.
Megumi Hirose, former Upper House member
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2024

Campaigning begins for Upper House by-election in Iwate

The by-election follows the resignation of Megumi Hirose over allegations public funds were misused.
Seven & I had been under pressure from activists and other investors for years to narrow its focus on its crown jewel: 7-Eleven and other convenience stores.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2024

Seven & I to embrace 7-Eleven name as it sheds noncore businesses

The plans accelerate restructuring efforts in the face of an unsolicited ¥7 trillion takeover proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard.
The Tomakomai carbon, capture and storage test site in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, in March 2018. The true benefits of carbon removal won’t be realized until we get close to net zero emissions.
COMMENTARY
Oct 10, 2024

Geoengineering can save the planet — if we demystify it

The percentage of Americans who say they trust scientists on the environment has declined to 67% this year from 75% in 2020.
Rafael Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal during his career.
TENNIS
Oct 11, 2024

Rafael Nadal leaves behind legacy as role model and inspiration for fellow players

Nadal will hang up his racket after the Davis Cup next month.
Migrants walk to board an inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on the beach of the Slack dunes in Wimereux, France, on Sept. 4
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2024

'Mood change' on migration puts deportation hubs on EU table

Talks of such hubs come only a few months after the European Union adopted a sweeping reform of its asylum policies.
The Specialty Coffee Association of Japan's World Specialty Coffee Conference and Exhibition runs through Oct. 12 at Tokyo's Big Sight convention center, where Ogawa Coffee Laboratory is one of many companies showing off advances in coffee roasting and brewing.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 11, 2024

On the ground at Japan's biggest coffee conference

The biggest impact the java-centric event will have on most people might be how their local brewers make their lattes and pour-overs in the near future.
Seven & I Holdings essentially unveiled a plan to split in two.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2024

Seven & I to split in two to fend off Couche-Tard takeover bid

The big question is if the move will be enough to win over any investors warming to Couche-Tard’s approach.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk rides in Tesla's robotaxi at an unveiling event in Los Angeles on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2024

Tesla CEO Musk unveils Cybercab and Robovan as focus shifts to automation

Musk said Cybercab production will start in 2026, with the autonomous taxis available to buy for less than $30,000.
An office worker inside a commercial building at night in Tokyo
JAPAN / Society
Oct 11, 2024

Widespread overwork and stress found in Japan's arts and health sectors

In the arts and entertainment sector, over 40% of technical staff and stage directors worked 60 hours or more in a week, a health ministry survey found.
The history of cooking shows that no country can claim exclusive ownership of a dish, as many iconic foods like kabobs, pizzas, or pad thai have international roots shaped by cultural exchanges.
COMMENTARY
Oct 11, 2024

A battle over the kebab’s nationality

National dishes are often recent constructs, with many foods evolving across regions and influenced by various cultures.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.

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