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A Palestinian woman reacts as she walks along a street damaged during a raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2024
Israeli conducts deadly raids in West Bank as Gaza war rages
Israel launched coordinated raids across four northern West Bank cities where the military has focused much of its recent operations.
A U.S. cybersecurity firm has reported that a hacking group in Iran operated fake HR companies to target individuals in the Middle East who were willing to sell secrets to Israel and other Western governments.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2024
Iran used fake HR firms to root out unfriendly spies, researchers say
Hackers lured security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon who were willing to sell state secrets to Israel and the West into a cyber espionage trap.
A poll shows that many Israelis support expanding the war to confront Hezbollah in Lebanon, though this poses risks of involving Iran and other international actors.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2024
Should Israel want a bigger conflict with Iran now?
A poll shows that many Israelis support expanding the war to confront Hezbollah, though this poses risks of involving Iran and other international actors.
Freed Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi talks on the phone after arriving for a checkup at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva. The Israeli military said its forces rescued Alkadi on Tuesday after a "complex operation."
WORLD
Aug 28, 2024
Israel rescues hostage taken on Oct. 7 from a Gaza tunnel
A 52-year-old Bedouin Arab Israeli from the town of Rahat was found by special forces in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.
An official property surveyor assesses the damage to a residential building following a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel on Monday. Hezbollah on Sunday launched hundreds of rockets and drones toward Israel in what the Iranian-backed movement said was a response to the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Israel says situation on Lebanon border 'not sustainable'
Preemptive Israeli strikes may have thwarted Hezbollah attack, but a longer-lasting solution is still needed, government spokesperson David Mencer says.
U.S. Air Force General C.Q. Brown (left), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo on Sunday. Brown made a three-day trip to the Middle East last weekend that saw him fly into Israel just hours after Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel, and Israel's military struck Lebanon to thwart a larger attack.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Risk of broader war eased 'somewhat' after Israel-Hezbollah exchange
Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, cautions that Iran's militant allies in other locations continue to pose a risk.
A child eats as Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2024
U.N. humanitarian work in Gaza impacted by evacuation order
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation.
Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2024
Middle East on edge after Israel bombs Lebanon in preemptive strike
Israeli officials said they had precise intelligence Hezbollah was about to fire missiles at northern Israel and aim drones at a key intelligence center.
Lufthansa Group decided to resume overflying Afghan airspace from early July, as airlines became concerned about the airspace in the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2024
Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk
Carriers mostly stopped transiting Afghanistan, which lies on major routes between Asia and Europe, when the Taliban took over and air traffic control services stopped.
An image of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is displayed on a screen during a video presentation on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday. Trump's campaign earlier this month reported that Iran hacked one of its websites.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2024
U.S. says Iran cyber operations targeted Trump and Harris campaigns
Iran's mission to the United Nations issued a statement calling the allegations "unsubstantiated and devoid of any standing."
Despite the deep pessimism about the Gaza cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas, many parties involved, including the U.S., Egypt, Qatar, the Gulf States, Lebanon and Iran, stand to gain from an end to the hostilities.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2024
Only agents of chaos want more war in Gaza
It took a decade for the U.S. to catch Osama bin Laden after al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks; Israel may need to wait on catching Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar, too.
People walk past a banner with a picture of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a street in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024
Only Gaza cease-fire can delay Iran's Israel response, Iranian officials say
Iran, along with allies such as Hezbollah, could launch a direct attack if the Gaza talks fail or it perceives Israel is dragging out negotiations.
Soldiers look at a bomb shelter painted like a forest at the Nova memorial site in Re’im, Israel, in April.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2024
Israel bolsters infrastructure defense amid Iranian threats
Israel is so reliant on technology that the country has earned the nickname "Start-Up Nation.”
An Iranian missile during the National Army Day parade in Tehran in April
WORLD
Aug 11, 2024
Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia soon: sources
Moscow possesses an array of its own ballistic missiles, but the Fath-360 system could allow Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets beyond the front line.
Yahya Sinwar, head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City in April 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2024
Israel vows to eliminate new Hamas leader as Gaza war drags on
Israel's army chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said they would "find him (Yahya Sinwar), attack him" and force Hamas to find another leader.
An employee of Luxor's International Airport stands near an EgyptAir plane in Luxor, Egypt, in 2021.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2024
U.K. and Egypt issue alerts for Iran and Lebanon airspace amid growing risk
Many airlines are revising their schedules to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace while also calling off flights to Israel and Lebanon.
Critics say excluding Israel from the Nagasaki bombing anniversary while inviting representatives from countries with human rights violations, such as Iran, which is pursuing its own nuclear weapons, undermines the ceremony's message of peace.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2024
Nagasaki bombing ceremony misses an important invitation: Israel's
Nagasaki’s Mayor Shiro Suzuki explicitly disinvited Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen to the 79th anniversary of the bombing of the city, citing security concerns.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on as Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City on Oct. 1, 2022.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2024
Hamas names Oct. 7 mastermind Sinwar as their new leader
For Israel, Yahya Sinwar's appointment confirms Hamas as a foe dedicated to its destruction.
A soldier directs Israeli tanks near a border crossing to southern Gaza.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2024
U.S. and allies make last-minute push to avert full Middle East war
The U.S. conferred with top officials from Qatar and Egypt — the two countries helping lead Israel-Hamas cease-fire negotiations.
U.S. military vehicles at the Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, in 2020
WORLD
Aug 6, 2024
U.S. personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
Two Katyusha rockets on Monday were fired at a military base in western Iraq.
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.

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.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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