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People wait in a line to vote during the Super Tuesday primary election in Edinburg, Texas, on March 5.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
Chinese operation targeting U.S. down-ballot races, Microsoft says
The lawmakers were targeted because they had historically denounced Chinese government policies.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an official welcoming ceremony at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
BRICS summit shows a ‘multipolar world’ is emerging, Putin says
Some members that include India, South Africa and the UAE oppose any perception of BRICS as an anti-U.S. body.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing following meetings with top Ukrainians officials in Kyiv on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. defense chief confirms North Korean troops are in Russia
The remarks follow claims by Kyiv and Seoul that Pyongyang is dispatching soldiers to fight against Ukraine.
Then-astronaut candidates Ayu Yoneda (bottom, sixth from left) and Makoto Suwa (bottom center) take part in parabolic flight training.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2024
Japan’s lunar ambitions advance with two new astronauts
The pair are preparing to become the first non-U.S. astronauts to set foot on the moon.
Yahya Sinwar gives a speech in Gaza City in April 2023. Israeli forces cornered and killed the leader of Hamas in a ruined house in Gaza on Oct. 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
The killing of Sinwar presents a tricky opportunity
It’s always a mistake to speak of "solutions” in the Middle East, but plausible grounds for optimism can do a lot to dissolve the allure of fanaticism.
The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 23, 2024
Three Mile Island nuclear plant gears up for Big Tech reboot
Giant cooling towers at the plant have sat dormant for so long that grass has sprung up in the towers' hollowed-out bases and wildlife roam inside.
Trump has threatened blanket 60% tariffs on China, forcing some companies to consider shifting their supply chains to Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2024
China's exporters run for cover as U.S. election nears
A Trump trade war 2.0 would be a moment of reckoning for many Chinese exporters, whose profits are dwindling under heavy deflationary pressure.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a 56-year-old dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, speaks during an interview in New York on Oct. 18. The U.S. Justice Department alleges that an Indian intelligence official had directed plans to assassinate Pannun, a Sikh separatist, last year.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. pressures India for accountability over Sikh separatist murder plot
Washington wants a speedy resolution of the matter, which has led to a U.S. indictment of a former Indian intelligence official over the foiled plot.
The South Korean Coast Guard vessel Taepyongyang, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Waesche and the Japan Coast Guard vessel Wakasa patrol in formation during a trilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan in June.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2024
With ramped-up activities, U.S. Coast Guard plots greater Indo-Pacific role
The move comes at a time when a growing number of coast guards in the region are becoming deeply involved in patrolling disputed waters.
Honda CR-V sports utility vehicles bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama in May 2022. Honda is recalling more than 720,800 vehicles in the U.S. over concerns that a high-pressure fuel pump may crack and leak fuel, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2024
Honda recalling 780,000 vehicles in North America on fuel pump concern
The recall includes certain Accord, CR-V Hybrid and Honda Civic vehicles from model years 2023-25, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said.
Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi presents his report on the future of European competitiveness to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
Europe’s wake-up call on innovation and competitiveness
Europe stands at a critical juncture, needing to choose between maintaining the status quo or moving toward deeper integration.
The concept of "Buy American" has gained political traction among both leading U.S. parties, appealing to nationalist sentiments and the idea of supporting domestic jobs. But such a policy comes with real costs, monetary and otherwise.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
‘Buy American’ policies don’t help Americans
Overall, the study's researchers estimate that "Buy American" provisions cost about $125,000 per job created, a relatively expensive investment.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company notified the U.S. that one of its chips had been found in a Huawei product, revealing a possible violation of export restrictions on the Chinese company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 23, 2024
TSMC told U.S. of chip in Huawei product after TechInsights finding, source says
The revelation could show how difficult enforcing export controls can be for both companies making highly desired products and regulators.
Abercrombie & Fitch chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries addresses stockholders during the company's annual meeting at the company's headquarters in New Albany, Ohio, on May 22, 2003.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2024
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries charged with sex trafficking
If convicted, Jeffries faces a possible life sentence and mandatory minimum 15-year prison terms for the sex trafficking charges.
An apartment building damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Oct. 1
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
Selling out Ukraine casts shame on the West
This war started because Moscow refuses to tolerate a successful democratic, independent neighbor, which also remains the chief impediment to ending it.
A U.S. citizen living in Paris holds a voter registration and absentee ballot request form and an envelope which will contain an official absentee balloting material on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
With polls tight, U.S. election campaigns target overseas voters
Around 1.6 million voters abroad are eligible to vote in one of the seven so-called swing states that will likely determine the outcome of the election.
A woman sits in front of the New York skyline in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 23.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. remains engine of global growth in latest IMF forecasts
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF raised its 2024 and 2025 economic growth forecasts for the U.S.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. Republicans press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots
As many as 1.6 million Americans living overseas, including U.S. military members and their families, are eligible to cast ballots in the seven swing states.
England's women's rugby players celebrate after a match against New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium in London on Sept. 14.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 22, 2024
England to face United States in women's Rugby World Cup opener
The match will take place at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Aug. 22.
China's strategic government support has enabled it to lead in the production and supply chains for renewable technologies, including wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2024
What happens when China becomes the green tech superpower?
What should be of more concern is the “soft power” that Beijing will acquire by mastering the green tech sector.
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’

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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