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'Dorayaki' (red bean paste-filled pancakes) are humble treats with delicate sweetness — and the two Tokyo shops who may have created the treat are similarly light-handed in the way they pursue their claims as the originator of the morsel.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 12, 2025

‘Dorayaki’ creators say flavors trump the dessert’s murky origins

More modern than you may think, filled ‘dorayaki’ pancakes have a past almost as sweet as the treat itself.
Park Chong-jun, head of the Presidential Security Service, arrives outside the National Office of Investigation in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2025

South Korea's presidential security chief urges 'no bloodshed' in Yoon arrest

Investigators seeking to question Yoon on insurrection charges linked to his ill-fated declaration of martial law secured a new arrest warrant this week.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks at the Foreign Ministry in December.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 10, 2025

Japan's top envoy to visit the Philippines next week

The Philippines and Japan are longtime allies of the United States, which has been strengthening its alliances with regional partners in recent years.
U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jan 10, 2025

U.S. court declines to block release of special counsel report on Trump

The ruling from the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit appeared to clear the way for the release of the report as early as next week.
Jannik Sinner speaks during a news conference ahead of the Australian Open on Friday in Melbourne.
TENNIS
Jan 10, 2025

Jannik Sinner declares innocence in doping case ahead of Australian Open

Defending Australian Open champion Sinner twice tested positive for traces of the steroid clostebol in March.
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2025

U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows

Beijing has also been making substantial investments to defend, expand and fortify its air bases.
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2025

Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site

One proposal envisages an entertainment complex housing a circuit and a large arena.
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 10, 2025

Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch

Ispace's Resilience lander will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano in Seoul in October
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 10, 2025

Japan announces new national security adviser

Masataka Okano is a 60-year-old career diplomat with experience in both Washington and Beijing and a former chief of the Foreign Ministry’s Russia division.
Head of Presidential Security Service, Park Chong-jun, is surrounded by media in the National Office of Investigation in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2025

President Yoon’s security chief quits as new arrest bid looms

It’s not immediately clear if the vice chief who will take over will cooperate with a probe team’s warrant execution for Yoon.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a meeting in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 11, 2025

IMF chief sees steady world growth in 2025, continuing disinflation

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the U.S. economy was doing "quite a bit better" than expected, although there was uncertainty around Donald Trump's trade policies.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters after he was sworn in for a third six-year term, in Caracas on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2025

Venezuela's Maduro sworn in as opponents decry 'coup' and U.S. hikes bounty

The United States increased to $25 million a reward for information leading to the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro or Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello,
A demonstrator holds a banner with the image of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Tijuana, Mexico, on Dec. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / ANALYSIS
Jan 11, 2025

Politics, not climate, to drive sustainable finance trends in 2025

The return of Donald Trump as U.S. president heralds more regional divergence on everything from fund flows to legal cases and market regulations.
Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense nominee for President-elect Donald Trump, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Chuck Grassley, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2025

With hearings imminent, partisan fight escalates over Trump Cabinet

Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks.
Yokohama F. Marinos coach Steve Holland holds a news conference in Yokohama on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 11, 2025

Steve Holland ready to step out of Gareth Southgate's shadow in Japan

The 54-year-old, who will coach Yokohama F. Marinos this season, was the right-hand man to Southgate during their eight years together with England.
A Muji store at Kansai International Airport in Osaka
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2025

Owner of Muji stores looks to build clean power plants

Ryohin Keikaku will look to build clean power plants in an effort to meet its emissions targets.
Fire retardant is dropped as the Palisades Fire grows near Encino Hills, California, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 12, 2025

Aerial assault aims to stem Los Angeles fire's eastward spread

Fire officials say that while 11% of the Palisades Fire was now contained, it has so far burned over 22,000 acres (8,900 hectares).
Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, during the SPD party congress in Berlin on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2025

Scholz steps up criticism of Trump’s expansionist rhetoric

In power since 2021, Scholz’s SPD party has slumped as an early election looms for Europe’s largest economy on Feb. 23.
Ekkalak Paenoi, a suspect in the assassination of former Cambodian politician Lim Kimya, is escorted by police officers in Bangkok on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 12, 2025

Thai suspect confesses to killing Cambodian ex-lawmaker

A Thai man suspected of killing a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in Bangkok confessed to the crime in a livestream video.
Rescue workers search a flooded area during the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, which caused severe floods at the Chikuma River, in the city of Nagano in October 2019.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Jan 12, 2025

Disaster-hardened Japan faces enormous costs from climate change

The total cost in climate damages for the country through 2050 could amount to ¥952 trillion if more ambitious action isn't taken.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (right) and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia, on Saturday
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2025

Ishiba turns to Southeast Asia amid growing international uncertainty

Experts say that Ishiba's decision to prioritize Malaysia and Indonesia was a sign of the importance of the two major regional economies.
In season two of "Squid Game," protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returns to put an end to the deadly competition.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Jan 12, 2025

The unnervingly timed return of ‘Squid Game’

The show’s themes of wealth disparity and exploitation of power resonate far beyond South Korea, tapping into a universal vein of unease about the unstable systems we live under.
Anti-Yoon Suk Yeol protesters rally in Seoul on Saturday. South Korea's Constitutional Court has scheduled five trial dates spanning from Tuesday to Feb. 4, which will proceed in his absence if the suspended president does not attend his impeachment trial.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 12, 2025

South Korea's Yoon will not attend first impeachment hearing

Yoon has been holed up in the presidential residence since being suspended and impeached last month, following a short-lived declaration of martial law.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement after meeting with the National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

Canada has counter-tariffs ready if Trump launches trade war, Trudeau says

Canada buys more U.S.-made goods than any other country, according to U.S. Commerce Department export data — about $320 billion in the first 11 months of last year.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen runs with the ball during his team's wild-card game against the Broncos in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 13, 2025

Bills dominate Broncos in wild-card matchup to set up showdown with Ravens

The second-seeded Bills will host the third-seeded Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round next weekend.
A man casts his ballot during the general election at a polling station in Tokyo on Oct. 27.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

Ishiba keeping eye on Lower House multiseat constituency talks

The prime minister is believed to be eyeing cooperation with opposition parties by using electoral system reform as an opportunity.
Pedram Salimpour and Stacy Weiss look through the remains of their home, which was destroyed by fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 13, 2025

Los Angeles fire evacuees face price gouging

The practice has drawn the ire of California's Attorney General Rob Bonta, who warned that there are laws against it.
People shop at a mall in the town of al-Dana, near Sarmada, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib on Dec. 13.
WORLD
Jan 13, 2025

'It was a mafia': Syrian businesses hope for revival after Assad

Syria's new caretaker government has told business leaders it will adopt a free-market model and integrate the country into the global economy.
Alexander Gauland (center), honorary chairman of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party, is flanked by party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as they stand on stage during a party congress in Riesa, eastern Germany, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2025

German far right emboldened by Austria

Long shunned by the political establishment, the Freedom Party is on the brink of power after being invited to try to form a government with the People's Party.
African tiger fish swim in the Okavango river in Botswana.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jan 13, 2025

Study documents extinction threats to world's freshwater species

Threats to such species include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species.
‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
A signed picture by photographer Joe Rosenthal of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima is shown as part of a display at the new National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, in November 2006.
Musk says aid cuts haven’t killed anyone. That's not true.
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. aid cuts to programs including PEPFAR and USAID in Africa aren't causing harm is not true. Children and others are already dying as a result.
Myoko ski resort area feels trepidation as foreign money pours in
Visitors at Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort in Myoko, Niigata Prefecture, on March 5
Japan’s twin obsessions meet as MLB visits sumo’s heartland
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes part in a sumo demonstration in Tokyo on Friday.
Tariff threats spur TSMC’s Taiwan peers to seek U.S. expansion
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with C.C. Wei, chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., at a news conference in Washington on March 3.
In pictures: Tokyo's weeklong celebration of baseball's best
Shohei Ohtani belts a home run in the fifth inning of the second game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs.
What's the fuss over Ishiba's gift vouchers?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waits for a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee to begin in Tokyo on Friday.
At Tokyo Dome, a stage so big that even Shohei Ohtani felt nervous
Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the opening game of the MLB season between the Dodgers and Cubs on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome
Assassin’s Creed Shadows puts samurai style over substance
Releasing on March 20, Assassin's Creed Shadows excels in atmosphere and open-world gameplay but falls short of narrative expectations.

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