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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in April 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2024
Lula’s embrace of Xi sets up a clash over Trump’s China policy
Brazil’s geography and colonial history meant that it has traditionally looked to the Atlantic for commerce. Now it’s deepening ties with the Asia Pacific.
The members of Mareo! (Francisca Silva, Ernesto Duboy and Camila Sanchez) are on their second tour of Japan. And among the performances this time around was a gig at an Osaka high school.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 21, 2024
Chilean trio Mareo! is on a lengthy tour to help grow its Latin-inspired sound in Japan
Latin sounds are taking off in the world's biggest music markets, but this indie group thinks you need to be a bit more present in order to grab opportunities.
A torii gate in Tokyo. A Chilean gymnast has apologized after receiving criticism for posting a video of herself doing pullups on a torii gate.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2024
Chilean woman slammed over viral clip of pullups on torii shrine gate
The woman has since deleted the post, saying she did not realize that she was in a sacred place and acted without thinking.
Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet is seen from Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, early Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2024
University of Tokyo captures images of Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet
The comet can be seen only this time as it does not approach periodically, unlike Halley's comet.
Chile's Zhiying Zeng plays a return during her preliminary round match at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Table tennis
Jul 28, 2024
'Dream come true' for 58-year-old Olympic debutant despite loss
Zeng represented China, the country of her birth, as a young player but retired at 20 and moved to Chile, where she has lived for the past 35 years.
The Mount Holland lithium mine is a glimpse of the future of what Western Australia hopes will be a new, greener stage of development.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2024
On lithium’s frontier, miners are betting on a greener second act
Despite weak prices for the metal deemed critical to energy transition, they are gearing up for a rebound in demand for batteries and electric vehicles.
The aftermath of a wildfire in Villa Independencia, Valparaiso region, Chile on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Feb 5, 2024
Forest fires kill 112 in Chile's worst disaster since 2010 earthquake
Hundreds of people are still missing, authorities say, stoking fears the death toll will keep climbing.
A man sits near the remains of burnt houses following the spread of wildfires in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 4, 2024
Wildfires threaten 2 Chilean cities, destroying 1,000 homes and killing 46
The disaster comes as Colombia battles its own blazes the mountains around Bogotá, in what officials say is the hottest January there in 30 years.
A court sketch made at the courthouse of Vesoul, eastern France, on Thursday shows defendant and Chilean national Nicolas Zepeda (center) standing to hear the verdict during the final day of his appeal trial for the alleged murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend, Narumi Kurosaki.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2023
French appeals court jails Chilean for murder of Japanese student
A lower court had sentenced Nicolas Zepeda to 28 years in prison for killing Narumi Kurosaki in December 2016.
A woman who is against the proposed new constitution holds up a banner as she reacts to results of the referendum on a new Chilean constitution, in Santiago on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 18, 2023
Weary Chileans reject second proposed constitution
With 99% of votes counted in the referendum, 56% rejected the text while 44% backed the document.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger listens to a question at the China Development Forum in Beijing in 2015.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger, controversial American diplomat, dies at 100
While many hailed Kissinger for his brilliance and broad experience, others branded him a war criminal for his support for anti-communist dictatorships.
Analysts say that the election of brash Argentine upstart Javier Milei shows that an anti-incumbent trend over the past decade is becoming a fixture.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2023
Fed-up voters put Latin American leaders on thin ice
From Chile to Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, voters have simply opted to boot out the government of the day in favor of someone new.
Viola Todorovic at the place where she was held captive and subjected to torture during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. She was 19 years-old when she was disappeared by the secret police.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2023
Chile political prisoners reclaim torture sites to preserve coup memory
These places have become focal points of shared memory as victims and their families look to gain more control over the past
Japan center Ryoto Nakamura (left) breaks through to score the team's fifth try during its 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool D opener against Chile in Toulouse, France, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 10, 2023
Japan opens Rugby World Cup campaign with bonus-point win over Chile
The South American debutant put on a strong showing, but was undone by errors and eventually overwhelmed by the 2019 quarterfinalist.
A supporter of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet holds a portrait of him during a demonstration in Santiago in 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2023
Dictator Pinochet still looms large over Chile, 50 years after coup
A survey conducted in May found that 36% of people believe the general "liberated Chile from Marxism," the highest figure measured in 28 years of polling.
Japan flanker Kazuki Himeno takes part in a training session in Toulouse, France, on Tuesday, ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 6, 2023
Japan will not take 'gritty' Chile for granted at World Cup
Chile will be making its Rugby World Cup debut on Sunday when the side runs out against Japan, the hosts of the 2019 edition.
Chilean national rugby team players pose for a photograph with supporters during the team's welcoming ceremony at the convention centre in Perros-Guirec, France, on Sunday, ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 5, 2023
First-timers Chile not at Rugby World Cup 'to take photos'
At number 22, Los Condore are the lowest ranked side in the tournament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2023
World's 'oldest' tree able to reveal planet's secrets
In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being recognized as the oldest in the world.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 9, 2022
Ecuador cleared to play at World Cup
Sport's highest court ruled that defender Byron Castillo was eligible to play for Ecuador in the qualifying stage for the upcoming tournament in Qatar.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2022
Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution
The new constitution aimed to build a more welfare-based society, boost Indigenous rights and legalize abortion.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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