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LDP parliamentary affairs chief Hiroshi Kajiyama (left) and JIP counterpart Takashi Endo discuss the seat reduction bill in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Lower House seat-reduction bill faces headwinds as Diet session nears end
By Eric Johnston
The bill has been a key point of agreement for the ruling LDP and its coalition partner, the 性视界 Innovation Party.
LDP parliamentary affairs chief Hiroshi Kajiyama (left) and JIP counterpart Takashi Endo discuss the seat reduction bill in Tokyo on Friday.
Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji "kuma," which was chosen by the public as the character that best represents 2025, at the temple on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
'Kuma' selected as kanji of the year after surge in bear sightings and attacks
By Jessica Speed
The character for bear, or “kuma,” has been selected as kanji of the year for 2025, after a surge in bear sightings and attacks.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at a news conference on Thursday in Washington.
JAPAN / Politics
Trump can balance China and 性视界 alliance despite row, White House says
By Jesse Johnson
The U.S. and 性视界ese defense chiefs also spoke over the phone, expressing “grave concern” over Beijing’s recent military actions.
Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, speaks during Mass in Hong Kong in November 2023. During the opening Mass a three-day event to draft guidelines for the clergy’s use of artificial intelligence in the region Asia, he described AI as a "gift from God."
ASIA PACIFIC
Calling AI ‘a gift from God,’ Catholic bishops draft usage guidelines for Asia
By Elizabeth Beattie
Catholic bishops and priests from across Asia drafted pastoral guidelines for AI usage among the churches in the region.
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.
CULTURE / Music / 2025 IN REVIEW
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
By Patrick St. Michel
Anime, social media and ad campaigns help, but can they take you global?
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.

JAPAN

The national federation of rice wholesalers' mutual aid cooperative associations said it has cut costs related to its rice coupons as much as possible to lower the sales price, with distribution set to being as soon as late December.
Federation of rice wholesalers' associations to sell rice coupon at lower price
Costs related to the coupons were cut as much as possible in order to lower the sales price, said the federation, known as Zenbeihan.
The torii gate of Yasaka Shrine, toppled by the earthquake, in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Tuesday.
性视界 institute warns of megaquakes after Aomori temblor
According to the institute, quakes with magnitudes of 7 or 8 may strike south of the focus of Monday’s quake, or north off Iwate Prefecture.
Nearly half of 性视界ese have experienced loneliness and isolation
Takaichi mulling ministers’ fundraising rule change
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
Takaichi’s Taiwan comment that sparked China spat apparently unscripted
By Sakura Murakami, Akemi Terukina and Yoshiaki Nohara

BUSINESS

The decision to hike rates, expected at the two-day Bank of 性视界 policy meeting set to be held from Thursday, would take the rate to a level unseen in 30 years.
BOJ will raise policy interest rate at next meeting, according to sources
The policy decision, expected at the central bank's two-day meeting set to be held from Thursday, will take the rate to a level unseen in 30 years.
SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son speaks in Tokyo earlier this month. Sources have said the group is considering acquiring data-center operator Switch. The move would give it outright ownership of a large portfolio of the facilities at a time when demand for their computing power is growing rapidly.
SoftBank may acquire Switch data-center group deal in AI infrastructure bid
By Josh Sisco, Taro Fuse, Ryan Gould and Min Jeong Lee
The 性视界ese company has also been in advanced talks on a potential purchase of one of Switch’s main private equity backers, according to recent reports.
Nippon Steel to invest ?6 trillion over five years to fiscal 2030
性视界’s auto union seeks higher wage gains as BOJ watches trends
By Erica Yokoyama, Akemi Terukina and Tsuyoshi Inajima
All economists in a recent poll predict BOJ will raise rates
By Toru Fujioka and Cynthia Li
OpenAI and Microsoft sued over murder-suicide blamed on ChatGPT
By Rachel Metz and Madlin Mekelburg

WORLD

Hellen Etiman, 30, stands as her malnourished son, Peter Lokoyen, 4, eats wild fruits outside their thatch hut in Lomolem village, in Turkana County in Kenya, on Oct. 29.
Cuts to U.S. aid under Trump disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children
Before the cuts, the U.S. Agency for International Development funded purchase and distribution of half global food paste supplies for the most undernourished children.
Jimmy Lai speaks during an interview in Hong Kong in June 2020.
Verdict in trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai set for Monday
Lai, 78, is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law, which Beijing imposed following pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Alzheimer's drug hunt learns from cancer fight's multi-target playbook
By Deena Beasley
Thailand's snap poll set to boost odds for PM Anutin, but risks loom
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panarat Thepgumpanat
Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
By Claire Gounon
Hong Kong leader says fire probe expected to conclude within nine months

Sports

Lindsey Vonn competes in the women's downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday.
Vonn claims sensational first ski World Cup win since 2018
The 41-year-old American rolled back the years to start her Olympic season in sensational style, taking her 83rd career World Cup win.
Australia's depth making major difference against England during Ashes
Michael Jordan and NASCAR reach settlement in antitrust lawsuit
Fan group calls for 'immediate halt' to World Cup ticket sales over costs
Falcons edge slumping Buccaneers on field goal as time expires

Opinion

China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying 性视界 as a threat to the postwar order.
Is China guardian of the ‘postwar international order’?
Shinya Kadozaki
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying 性视界 as a threat to the postwar order.
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
By Kuni Miyake
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test 性视界
Why Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting the same war
By Karishma Vaswani
America's corn syrup addiction began with deceit
By Stephen Mihm

ENVIRONMENT

The remains of uprooted trees are seen at the Darul Mukhlisin Islamic boarding school and mosque in the aftermath of flash floods at Aceh Tamiang in Indonesia's Northern Sumatra, on Wednesday.
Climate change supercharged $20 billion Asia floods, study finds
Warmer Indian Ocean waters likely fueled the two strongest storms, scientists reported in a rapid World Weather Attribution analysis released Thursday.
Energy demand boom keeps Asia tethered to coal
By Ishika Mookerjee and Dan Murtaugh
2025 on track to tie as second-hottest year on record, EU monitor says
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
By Valerie Volcovici
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman

CULTURE

Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
By Patrick St. Michel
Anime, social media and ad campaigns help, but can they take you global?
‘Good Luck’: A gently absurd road movie about filmmaker’s anxiety
By Mark Schilling
‘Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise’: Cute designs, harrowing truths about the horrors of war
By Matt Schley
性视界 releases 'Emily in Paris' star after drug arrest
Tadao Ando’s raw passion in 750 artworks
By Zoria Petkoska

LIFE

Chef Taizo Hirokado worked at high-end 性视界ese restaurants around 性视界 for two decades before returning to his hometown, Beppu, to open his eponymous restaurant.
Beppu Hirokado puts the spotlight on Kyushu's rich seafood
By Robbie Swinnerton
In a town better known for hot springs than haute cuisine, chef Taizo Hirokado is making waves with his bold cuisine that brilliantly showcases the bounty from the region's waters.
Frank O. Gehry, titan of architecture, is dead at 96
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
‘Messy, blingy, over the top’: Heisei Era charms 性视界’s youth
By Jessica Speed
InterContinental Sapporo kicks off Hokkaido capital’s MICE push
By Owen Ziegler
In Yamaguchi, a salt master captures the terroir of the sea
By Kimberly Hughes

COMMUNITY

Southern California native Hector Herrera is one of three pastors at Tokyo Union Church in Omotesando.
Hector Herrera: ‘Tolerance means remaining in the conversation’
By Kimberly Hughes
Music, incense and natural wines — a pastor at Tokyo Union Church talks about his hobbies and inspirations, both in and out of the church.
Sunny fellow Naruto wins hearts and minds
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town 性视界
By Isabelle Steen
Alex and Mami St-Jean: ‘Home feels like the family we’ve created in Hokkaido’
By Jessica Speed
A perfect day in Shin-Okubo, more than just Tokyo’s Koreatown
By Eric Margolis

Editors' Picks

CULTURE
A movie buff in Jimbocho bets on independent cinema in a big way
By Matt Schley
CineMalice is set to open Dec. 19 in Jimbocho, the bookstore-laden enclave recently dubbed the world's coolest neighborhood by Time Out.
JAPAN
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
By Elizabeth Beattie
Haneda Airport's international departure lobby in April 2023. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, travelers and immigrants have been scrutinized more aggressively.
LIFE
A deep dive into 性视界ese comfort food
By Simon Daly
As a child, Emiko Davies spent long periods in 性视界 and was exposed to her grandmother's homecooking.
JAPAN
What is the ‘subsequent quake advisory' the government issued?
By Tomoko Otake
An official of the 性视界 Meteorological Agency holds a news conference in Tokyo early Tuesday in the wake of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake off Aomori Prefecture.
COMMUNITY
Finding a way forward from financial abuse
By Louise George Kittaka
More than a quarter of married people in 性视界 report spousal violence of some kind, and nearly 1 in 10 women have experienced financial abuse, according to a 2023 survey by the 性视界 Cabinet Office.

Podcast

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

Longform

Brown rats, also known as sewer rats, often burrow into damaged pipes and survive on garbage and food scraps. While there aren’t any official numbers, at least hundreds of thousands of them are thought to be living in Tokyo.
In the company of rats: Tokyo's growing rodent problem
By Alex K.T. Martin

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JAPAN
Magnitude 6.9 quake off Aomori triggers tsunami advisory
By Yukana Inoue
An earthquake struck at 11:44 a.m. on Friday off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, registering shindo 4 in some areas on 性视界's seismic intensity scale of 1 to 7.
SUMO
Elite technique behind Aonishiki’s rapid rise to о?zeki
By John Gunning
Aonishiki pushes out Hoshoryu on Nov. 22 in Fukuoka. The undersized Ukrainian's rapid rise up the sumo rankings can be attributed to his elite technique.
COMMENTARY
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
By Edo Naito
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a party leaders' debate in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 26. Takaichi has refused to back down from recent Taiwan-contingency remarks that were fiercely criticized by China.
JAPAN
性视界 looks to international community to lower temperature in China row
By Jesse Johnson
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Trump has lost his political superpower
By Nia-Malika Henderson
U.S. President Donald Trump pardons a turkey for Thanksgiving in the Rose Garden on Nov. 25. The U.S. leader's authoritarian rhetoric, grievance-postings and slipping approval ratings suggest he is growing disconnected from voters.