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A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to 'immediate ceasefire'

The U.S. leader said the nuclear-armed rivals had agreed to a "full" ceasefire after both launched strikes and counterstrikes against each other's military installations.

Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle

A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaves his hotel for a meeting with Chinese officials on tariffs in Geneva on Saturday.

BUSINESS / Economy

U.S. and China begin talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war

The talks were the first between the world's two largest economies since U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steep new levies on China last month.

A customer walks past a display of rice, with a sign apologizing to shoppers they must be limited to one bag each due to market conditions, at a branch of 性视界ese discount retailer Don Quijote in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 21.

JAPAN

As prices soar, Zen-Noh ships just 32% of government-stockpiled rice

The group is currently shipping between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of rice per day, and is working to send out deliveries as quickly as possible, a Zen-Noh official said.

An attendee wearing a Super Mario costume plays a Nintendo Switch 2 game console at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention center in London on April 11.

BUSINESS / Tech

Nintendo doesn’t rule out Switch 2 price hike after soft outlook

By Takashi Mochizuki

The firm expects shipments of the system to be nearly 1.8 million shy of analysts estimates, and could raise the price, depending on how Trump administration tariffs work out.

A 性视界 Coast Guard vessel sails in front of Uotsuri island, one of the 性视界ese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated 性视界's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

JAPAN / FOCUS

Escalation fears rise in 性视界 following Chinese moves near Senkakus

By Jesse Johnson

Beijing sent a government helicopter to the area for the first time, while Chinese government ships have been spotted in the area for more than 170 straight days.

A 性视界 Coast Guard vessel sails in front of Uotsuri island, one of the 性视界ese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated 性视界's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, rides in a car with Empress Emerita Michiko, 90, after he was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday following an examination for suspected myocardial ischemia.

Emperor emeritus diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, was diagnosed with the condition where blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle is reduced due to excessive exercise.

Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi

Who could become 性视界's next prime minister?

By Eric Johnston

Regardless of the outcome of July's Upper House election, the bar will be high for anyone seeking to unseat incumbent Shigeru Ishiba.

Heads of hibakusha groups urge Pope Leo to promote abolition of nukes

Former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee and father convicted of insider trading

Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’

性视界's Princess Kako to visit Brazil from June 4

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement as U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (second from left), U.S. Vice President JD Vance (third from left), British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson (third from right), U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (second from right) and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins (right) look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday.

Trump’s first trade pact offers faint glimpse of art of the deal

By Alastair Gale, Swati Pandey and Rebecca Choong Wilkins

For global leaders puzzling over how to negotiate with Donald Trump, the U.S. president’s inaugural pact with the U.K. offers a few clues on how much ground he’s prepared to give.

A security guard stands outside a branch of Yes Bank in New Delhi last August.

性视界’s SMBC to buy 13.2% stake in India’s Yes Bank for $1 billion

The Sumitomo Mitsui deal marks the biggest foreign investment in India’s banking sector, and is the latest move by 性视界ese lenders to expand in the country.

China and the U.S. to talk trade war ceasefire — not peace

By Laurie Chen and David Lawder

Panasonic targets 10,000 job cuts worldwide

By Hiroshi Hiyama

性视界 Airport Terminal's top execs step down amid corruption scandal

性视界 stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals

By Francis Tang

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (left) and Kim Moon-soo, both of the conservative People Power Party, shakes hands during a meeting to discuss unifying their candidacies in Seoul on Thursday.

South Korea's conservatives move to switch presidential candidates

The People Power Party said its leadership decided to cancel the nomination of Kim Moon-soo and hold a new vote on replacing him with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte delivers remarks during a news conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels on Friday.

NATO chief said to seek defense spending at 5% of GDP by 2032

U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that NATO allies ramp up their military spending to 5% of GDP, a level that not even the United States currently hits.

Outside mediation now crucial for Pakistan and India

By Emma Clark

Iran to send Russia launchers for short-range missiles

By Jonathan Landay and Jonathan Saul

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka freed after arrest at ICE detention center

Poland edges toward pact on French nuclear-missile shield

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a three-run homer in the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Friday in Phoenix.

Shohei Ohtani's homer caps Dodgers' wild win over D-backs

Shohei Ohtani had three hits, and his three-run homer capped a six-run ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 14-11 victory.

Tomoyuki Sugano's gem vs. Angels helps O's halt skid

Timberwolves cruise past Stephen Curry-less Warriors in Game 2

Paige Bueckers and Wings to measure success in terms of growth

Hoshoryu dominates rivals in practice, but real test awaits at May Basho

By John Gunning

Shinzo Abe, then the Chief Cabinet Secretary, shakes hands with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage during a symposium in Tokyo in July 2006.

Remembering two titans in 性视界-U.S. relations

Brad Glosserman

Their good humor, unflagging optimism and commitment to building a stronger 性视界-U.S. alliance continues to shape that partnership.

A moment of hope for U.S-China trade frictions

The new American pope can take Catholics in three directions

By Howard Chua-Eoan

The Pakistan-Taliban divorce gets messy

By Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi’s warning to Islamabad

By Brahma Chellaney

The consumption and investing habits of the world's richest 10% consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of deadly heat waves and drought around the world, according to new research.

World's richest 10% caused two-thirds of global warming, study finds

By Marlowe Hood

How the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of deadly heat waves and drought.

Climate change takes spice from Indonesia clove farms

By Jack Moore

U.S. solar tariffs could drive Asia transition boom

By Sara Hussein

'Not sustainable': Europe's firefighters want more funds and staff

By Beatrice Tridimas

South Korea's deadly fires made twice as likely by climate change, researchers say

By David Stanway

Kotoba Slam 性视界 runs regional competitions to select a representative for the annual World Poetry Slam Championship, which will take place in Mexico at the end of the month.

性视界’s slam poetry scene is all about raw vulnerability

By Eric Margolis

Slam poetry is a rarity in 性视界, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry stage for 10 years now.

‘My Edison’: Family-made sci-fi comedy is a real charmer

By James Hadfield

‘Wash Away’ brightens dementia drama with sudsy spin

By Mark Schilling

'Jumbo': the animated Indonesian film smashing records

By Baptiste Anse

J-pop group Arashi to disband after going on tour next spring

By Yukana Inoue

A 性视界ese newspaper headline includes the word "tariff" in 性视界ese.

Trump once called it his favorite word. Now, the 性视界ese version is all over the news.

By Yuko Tamura

Learning how to talk about tariffs, imports and exports is becoming increasingly necessary in everyday conversation.

The world’s biggest natural wine festival returns to Tokyo

By Weiwen Lin

‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2

By Owen Ziegler

More than a food court: Time Out Market curates Osaka’s best flavors

By Melinda Joe

The sushi cone that changed everything

By Cassandra Lord

Ayano Kikuchi began practicing yoga in 2014 to alleviate her chronic back pain, and now shares her knowledge with the Karuizawa community as the manager of W Tree House.

Ayano Kikuchi: ‘People need to take care of themselves holistically’

By Olivia Boissel

How a corporate office worker in Tokyo became a yoga studio manager in Karuizawa

Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'

By Kat Joplin

A Hokkaido cross that’s more sweet than spicy

Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time

By Kim Kahan

Arunima Mazumdar: ‘性视界ese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’

By Megha Wadhwa

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.

A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural 性视界

By Hanako Lowry

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