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Williams' Alexander Albon in action during the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Nov. 23, 2024
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Feb 4, 2025
Las Vegas’ F1 race moving to primetime in 2025
The race will move up two hours to 8 p.m. local time this season.
Naoya Inoue throws a punch against Kim Ye-joon during their world super bantamweight title bout in Tokyo on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jan 25, 2025
After racking up another KO, 'Monster' Inoue set for bright lights of Las Vegas
There may also be a big payday in Saudi Arabia on the horizon as Inoue takes his thrilling style overseas after a long run of bouts on home soil.
Attendees walk through the main entrance during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2025
Tech sector's energy transition draws attention at Vegas show
Data centers accounted for 4.4% of U.S. electricity needs in 2023, a figure that is likely to rise to 12% by 2028, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Robots sit on display at the Richtech Robotics booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 9.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2025
Robots set to move beyond factory as AI advances
Recent breakthroughs in generative AI have given more credibility to predictions of billions of humanoid robots in everyday life.
A member of the FBI Evidence Response Team searches through trash as federal and local authorities investigate a townhouse in relation to the explosion in Las Vegas of a Tesla Cybertruck, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 3, 2025
Police identify driver of exploded Tesla Cybertruck as U.S. Army soldier
The FBI said it had so far found no definitive link between the New Year's Day New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people and the Cybertruck explosion.
Police tape and vehicles are seen on Canal Street and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, where a pickup truck barreled through a crowd on Wednesday, killing at least 15 and injuring scores others.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
Attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas rattle U.S. over security threats
Investigators are searching for possible links between the two events, which come less than a month before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
A policeman stands near where people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
Trucks in New Orleans attack and Las Vegas explosion were rented using the same app
Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
Investigators inspect he remains of a Tesla Cybertruck that burned at the entrance of Trump Tower Las Vegas on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Las Vegas hotel, killing one
The FBI is joining the investigation of the blast, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk said "was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck."
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws a pass during the second half of Kansas City's win over the Raiders on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Nov 30, 2024
Chiefs hold off Raiders to clinch NFL playoff berth
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 306 yards and one touchdown and Matt Wright kicked four field goals for the Chiefs.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates his fourth consecutive Formula One world title after the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 24, 2024
Verstappen wins fourth consecutive Formula One world title
With two rounds to spare, the 27-year-old Dutch driver took an unbeatable lead over McLaren's Lando Norris in the championship.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton drives during a practice session ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 22, 2024
How the Las Vegas Grand Prix transforms the Strip in two hours
For the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the challenge of hosting a street race is multiplied by the fact that its circuit incorporates one of the most famous roadways in the world.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen (left) speaks with McLaren's Lando Norris after the sprint race during the weekend of the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Nov. 2.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 21, 2024
Verstappen in sight of exclusive club of four-time F1 champions
Red Bull's three-time champion needs only to stay ahead of Lando Norris to secure the title.
An F1 Academy race at Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 4
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 19, 2024
Women's F1 Academy to hold Las Vegas finale in 2025
Las Vegas is one of three new venues listed on the seven-round 14-race 2025 calendar.
Raiders receiver Davante Adams carries the ball against the Panthers during their game on Sept. 22. Adams was traded to the Jets on Tuesday and is expected to make his debut with the team on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 17, 2024
Star receiver Davante Adams to make Jets debut against Steelers
The Jets acquired Adams from the Raiders on Tuesday for a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 draft.
Tom Brady before a game between the Cowboys and Lions on Sunday in Dallas
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2024
Tom Brady approved by NFL to buy stake in Las Vegas Raiders
The deal had been in the works since May 2023, but stalled due to concerns over the valuation discount given by Raiders owner Mark Davis.
The Las Vegas strip during the week of the Super Bowl. There’s been mounting speculation that the NBA will add two teams, with Seattle and Las Vegas being the top candidates.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 20, 2024
Las Vegas NBA team set to be most expensive U.S. sports franchise
The list of potential suitors spans LeBron James and his backers to the company that owns the Red Bull brand.
Former two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker announced her retirement on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 29, 2024
Women's basketball great Candace Parker retires
The 38-year-old power forward, who posted her decision on Instagram, was a two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player.
Fans gather outside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas before the start of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 13, 2024
NFL’s Roger Goodell already wants another Super Bowl in Las Vegas
Sunday's Super Bowl marks an important milestone for a city that’s trying to become one of the world’s sports capitals.
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where Super Bowl 58 will be held on Sunday. The city is promising a spectacle around the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers showdown.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 6, 2024
Las Vegas planning Super Bowl supernova to cement sports hub status
The spectacle could be biggest television event in the United States since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969.
A drone soccer match is demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
SPORTS
Jan 12, 2024
Buzz, bump, goal! Drone soccer aims high at CES
There was a loud whirring sound at CES in Las Vegas this week. It wasn't a swarm of insects, but instead a demonstration of drone soccer.
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
Why it's taking so long to reach the driver trapped in a Saitama sinkhole
Construction workers near a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Monday
Record-breaking snowfall hits Hokkaido as cold front sweeps Japan
Snow-covered streets in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Tuesday
Job-hopping Japanese workers push salaries higher
Japanese workers are increasingly job-hopping from one full-time position to another.
Tokyo police arrest brothel operator catering to foreign tourists
English-language signs and other materials seized from men’s aesthetic salon Sparaku by the Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward
Fuji Media’s crisis entices investors betting on changes
While Fuji Media Holdings is known for its iconic sphere-and-lattice headquarters in the Odaiba district near Tokyo Bay, it also owns office buildings, condominiums, hotels, nursing homes, logistic facilities, resorts and even two aquariums.
Job-hopping Japanese workers push salaries higher
Japanese workers are increasingly job-hopping from one full-time position to another.
At the new Ginza Sony Park, listening is an art form
In addition to the commercial benefits from Ginza Sony Park's music-centered exhibition — such as promoting Sony's artists and products — there is a real effort to put music in focus.
Home away from home: My first time at a Tet festival in Japan
Billed as a “cultural bridge that connects Japan and Vietnam,” Tet Viet Saitama drew tens of thousands of attendees from across the Kanto region.
First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.

Podcast

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

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Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
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