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Barbosa Anderson Robson
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2025
Brazilian man to face jury trial over murder of wife and child in Japan
The suspect, Barbosa Anderson Robson, is said to have stabbed his wife, Manami Aramaki, then 29, and their then 3-year-old daughter to death after discussing a divorce.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking plans to start structuring products such as asset-backed securities, hoping to capitalize on the growing market and strong prospects for infrastructure investments in Brazil.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2025
Japan’s SMBC to expand in Brazil’s local bond capital markets
The Japanese bank plans to start structuring products such as asset-backed securities, hoping to capitalize on the growing market for infrastructure investments in Brazil.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2025
Bolsonaro whips up Sao Paulo protest over coup charges
The far-right leader's rally brought out around 45,000 people to the prestigious Paulista Avenue, many of them wearing the national football strip adopted by his supporters.
A drone view shows a coffee plantation in Guaxupe, Brazil, on Feb. 17.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2025
Brazil's coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew
Most farms in the western part of Bahia — a new frontier for coffee growing in Brazil — are now irrigated.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pose for photos before their joint news conference at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2025
Brazilian leader's Tokyo visit lifts ties to new heights
The two leaders have adopted a five-year action plan and a flurry of agreements as the countries mark their 130th anniversary year of diplomatic relations.
Ednaldo Rodrigues (right), seen in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 27, was unanimously returned to the role of president of the Brazilian soccer federation on Monday.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025
Brazil soccer federation president re-elected after Ronaldo pullout
Ednaldo Rodrigues, who was reelected until 2030, celebrated "the triumph of democracy."
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva starts a four-day state visit to Japan on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
Brazil's Lula to build trade ties with Japan during state visit
The Brazilian president and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are expected to restate their commitment to free trade following the emergence of U.S. levies on steel and other imports.
Midwife Tabita dos Santos Moraes prepares cassava flour in Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state last October. Tabita's great-grandmother taught midwifery to her aunts, who taught her mother, who taught her, starting at the age of 15.
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 21, 2025
In the remote Amazon, midwives care for women stranded by drought
Years of extreme droughts in the Amazon rainforest have made river journeys to and from remote communities perilous.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are scheduled to meet in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2025
Japan and Brazil eye mutual visits by leaders every two years
The plan is expected to be adopted during a summit between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who visits Japan next week.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a gathering of his supporters, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2025
Thousands back Bolsonaro at Rio rally despite coup allegations
The former president of Brazil is looking to contest in 2026's election in the hopes of emulating U.S. President Donald Trump's political comeback.
Participants perform Kagami Biraki (the opening of the sake barrel) at an event promoting this year's World Exposition held at the Japanese Embassy in Brasilia on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025
Japan embassy in Brazil holds Osaka Expo promotional event
The tourism promotion event comes as this year marks the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries being established.
Rolled steel is stored at a Hyundai Steel plant in Dangjin, South Korea, in 2011.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 13, 2025
South Korean steelmakers eye U.S. investments as Trump tariffs kick in
Posco and Hyundai Steel say investments in operations in the U.S. are among their options. Meanwhile, European steel mills warn of a flood of surplus metal.
A heron flies over the bustling Ver-o-Peso market, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, near the site of the COP30 Summit, which will be held in November.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Mar 10, 2025
BRICS' climate leadership aims hang on healing deep divides
Diverging national interests among BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — may also prove sticking points.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (center) arrives at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2025
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot
The charge further complicates the far-right firebrand's already narrow hopes of pulling off a political comeback.
Brazil forward Neymar (left) fights for the ball during a training session at Rei Pele training centre, in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Feb 4, 2025
Neymar homecoming is reminder of promise unfulfilled
Last week, 12 years on, he returned to first club Santos — Neymar the celebrity with unimaginable wealth, but a player whose fragile body has been badly diminished by injuries.
Cows graze in a deforested pasture in Brazil's Amazon located in the municipality of Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, in 2020.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Feb 3, 2025
Brazil's carbon trade takes off, but agribusiness escapes scrutiny
The regulation is still expected to bring legal security and foster carbon projects that protect the Amazon against pressure from the agribusiness sector.
Many attribute the far right’s recent global rise to “anti-incumbency” bias, but this overlooks how the COVID-19 crisis fostered division and distrust, turning voters against their governments. 
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2025
Confronting the pandemic’s toxic political legacy
Libertarian resentment over past restrictions and mandates is one thing; an abiding distrust of scientists is quite another.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter to the U.N. stating the U.S.' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, on Jan. 20.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 31, 2025
The global climate order teeters under a second assault from Trump
Inflation and threats to energy security have eroded the political strength of climate-forward leaders and emboldened Trumpian populists around the world.
A worker walks past cattle carcasses at the municipal slaughterhouse in Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil.The country is in talks with Japan over exports of its beef.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2025
Brazil in talks for beef shipments to Japan in threat to U.S.
The U.S. is currently one of Japan’s major beef suppliers, but the country is dealing with a severe shortage of cattle that drove a spike in beef imports from Brazil.
Mark Zuckerberg’s push to loosen moderation policies at Meta puts the company on a collision course with regulations in Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2025
Zuckerberg's newfound libertarianism is worrying Brazil
Meta's loosened moderation policy puts it on a collision course with regulations in Latin America’s largest economy.

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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.