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Global markets have fluctuated wildly since U.S. President Donald Trump announced so-called reciprocal levies in a sweeping executive order on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
U.S. trade court blocks Trump's global tariffs, dealing major blow to agenda
By Erik Larson and Josh Wingrove
The U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately have the final say in the high-stakes case that could impact trillions of dollars in global trade.
Global markets have fluctuated wildly since U.S. President Donald Trump announced so-called reciprocal levies in a sweeping executive order on April 2.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) listens to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington on April 10.
WORLD / Politics
U.S. to start 'aggressively' revoking visas for Chinese students
The move could disrupt a major source of income for American schools and a crucial pipeline of talent for U.S. technology companies.
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Halt of U.S. visa process puts 性视界ese students' futures in question
By Tomoko Otake and Karin Kaneko
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has confirmed that the embassy and U.S. consulate offices in 性视界 have suspended scheduling new interviews for student visa applicants.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (second from left) chairs a meeting of the government's cybersecurity strategy panel in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Government to formulate new cybersecurity strategy amid rising threats
By Francis Tang
The new strategy includes a change in cryptography systems to better protect the government's internal communications against cyberattacks from quantum computers.
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in 性视界.
JAPAN / Society
Chinese parents are fueling Tokyo’s education race
By Takehiro Masutomo
International schools in Tokyo are already witnessing an influx of children from the newly arrived, highly involved Chinese households.
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in 性视界.

JAPAN

Stockpiled rice arrives Thursday at a rice-milling factory operated by an Iris Ohyama subsidiary in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture.
Stockpiled rice shipped within three days, set to hit shelves next week
By Kanako Takahara
The rapid shipment is in sharp contrast with previous arrangements using auctions, under which it took months to sell and ship 310,000 metric tons of rice in phases.
Itsunori Onodera, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday visited the city of Kawaguchi in Saitama Prefecture to address issues between Kurdish residents and locals, including illegal waste dumping.
LDP policy chief visits Kawaguchi over reported problems with Kurdish residents
The problems reported include illegal waste dumping and foreigners illegally working.
性视界 may allow bus and railway firms to enter ride-hailing business
Team develops esophageal cancer prediction method using the inside of the cheek
Tokyo says China has removed its last buoy from 性视界's economic waters
Over 20 性视界ese reportedly detained in Cambodia in online scam raid

BUSINESS

U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works in Pennsylvania
Trump’s Nippon Steel bid support boosts 性视界’s trade talk hopes
By Alastair Gale and Erica Yokoyama
The apparent breakthrough raises the possibility that 性视界 could get some new traction in its bid to get tariffs on autos and other exports removed.
Ryosei Akazawa, 性视界's chief tariff negotiator, will attend a fourth round of ministerial-level tariff talks in the United States on Friday.
性视界 offering fund to aid U.S. shipbuilding as part of tariff negotiations
The United States has called on allies including 性视界 to help revive U.S. shipbuilding, amid concerns over China's dominant share in the global market.
性视界 lender receives business improvement order following cover-up
NTT and SBI agree on business and capital tie-up
JICA signs deal to invest in Brazilian farming fintech firm
U.S. curbs chip design software, chemicals and other shipments to China
By Karen Freifeld

WORLD

South Korean Navy exercise off in 2010. Yonhap News Agency reported a South Korean P-3 patrol craft has crashed in the mountains of the country's east coast.
Navy plane crashes in South Korea, killing two
The plane crashed in a mountainous area near the southeastern city of Pohang.
Elon Musk holds a chainsaw featuring a Spanish slogan that translates as "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20.
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, capping turbulent tenure
By Nandita Bose, David Shepardson and Gram Slattery
Musk's departure was quick and unceremonious, and he did not have a formal conversation with Trump before announcing his exit.
With Port of Darwin, Australia hopes to avoid a repeat of Panama Canal
By Ben Westcott and James Mayger
How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy
By Heejung Jung, Mark Bendeich and Thomas Escritt
Thai and Cambodian army chiefs to meet over border clash
Martial law put Lee Jae-myung back on track for South Korean presidency
By Josh Smith

Sports

Onosato celebrates winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday.
Historic rise to yokozuna just the beginning for Onosato
By John Gunning
There is a good argument to be made that Onosato is already the most widely decorated wrestler in sumo history.
Panthers rally past Canes to clinch another finals appearance
Thunder rout Timberwolves in Game 5 to reach NBA Finals
Chelsea hopes Conference League triumph can serve as launching pad
Reigning champions Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek advance at French Open

Opinion

The Chinese Communist Party has significantly expanded its global influence operations by using tactics like election interference, disinformation, elite capture and pressure on the diaspora to sway politics and policies in democracies worldwide.
Is Beijing engineering election wins for 'soft on China' politicians?
Edo Naito
Beijing legally requires all citizens to support Communist Party policies and views ethnic Chinese everywhere as instruments for advancing its global goals.
How can Europe deter Putin? Revive the ‘Reforger.’
By James Stavridis
AI hallucinations? What could go wrong?
By Brad Glosserman
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
By Brahma Chellaney
Nippon Steel partnership go-ahead boosts U.S.-性视界 cooperation
By Jada Fraser

ENVIRONMENT

The Environment Ministry is offering ?60 billion ($415 million) of support for the commercialization of homegrown climate and environmental technology through the 性视界 Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, a government-backed fund that invests in ventures to reduce emissions.
性视界 bets on homegrown startups to adapt to a hotter world
By Aaron Clark and Min Jeong Lee
The Environment Ministry is offering ?60 billion of support through the 性视界 Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality.
Nickel rush for stainless steel guts Indonesia tribe's forest home
By Jack Moore and Bagus Saragih
Do 性视界's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
By Tomoko Otake
'Serious problem': Afghan capital losing race against water shortages
By Susannah Walden

CULTURE

Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards 性视界.
Songs, stars and strategy: 性视界 debuts its newest awards ceremony
By Alyssa I. Smith
From viral hits to legacy tributes, 性视界's 'answer to the Grammys' delivers a celebration of J-pop's past and present at its inaugural event in Kyoto.
‘I Have a S/e/c/r/e/t’ gives teen angst a whimsical twist
By Mark Schilling
性视界's Seto wins International Critics Award at Cannes
Truth is slippery in ‘Suspicion,’ a detective story based on a true crime
By Kris Kosaka
Iranian filmmaker Panahi urges 'freedom' as he wins top prize at Cannes
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Fiachra Gibbons

LIFE

After establishing Lagoon Brewery in 2021, Yosuke Tanaka began making export-only "nihonshu" (性视界ese sake) and later, "craft sake," a new genre of sake that isn't bound by the rules of traditional sakemaking.
Brewed from rice, water and tomatoes: The growth of ‘craft sake’
By Weiwen Lin
Hampered yet inspired by the strict regulations for new brewers, a growing breed of sake producers are making the beverage on their own creative terms.
Tokyo's top bites — in a suburban mall food court
By Robbie Swinnerton
As spring unfolds, sea bream turns into a prized catch
By Makiko Itoh
Jeremy Strong brings male power-dressing to Cannes
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Uh-oh, is the rest of the world making JRPGs better than 性视界?
By Owen Ziegler

COMMUNITY

Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a 性视界ese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
By Michele Laudig
After an American writer ventured into the world of tea ceremony, its lessons transformed her relationship to 性视界 and brought her into communities bonded by movement and ritual.
This charming Shiba enjoys life’s simple pleasures
Joshua Thomson: ‘Comedy is a pill that’s easier to swallow’
By Laura Pollacco
Detroit-Nagoya network empowers women-owned businesses around the world
By Jessica Kozuka
Ayano Kikuchi: ‘People need to take care of themselves holistically’
By Olivia Boissel

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CULTURE
Songs, stars and strategy: 性视界 debuts its newest awards ceremony
By Alyssa I. Smith
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards 性视界.
ASIA PACIFIC
As ASEAN touts unity, Philippines seeks consensus on South China Sea
By Gabriel Dominguez
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center), locks hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah during a group photo at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT
Eagle nest discovery sparks opposition to megasolar project
By Eric Johnston
The white-tailed eagle's wintering grounds include Hokkaido, northern Honshu, the Russian coast, the southern Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
BASEBALL
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
By Jason Coskrey
Fighters starter Hiromi Ito pitches against the Hawks in Fukuoka on April 29.
COMMUNITY
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
By Michele Laudig
Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a 性视界ese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While 性视界 has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do 性视界's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis

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COMMENTARY
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
By Brahma Chellaney
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
BUSINESS
性视界 Post launches 'digital address' system
Under the "digital address" system launched by 性视界 Post, users can input seven-digit combinations of numbers and letters on online shopping and other websites, and their addresses will automatically appear on the sites.
BUSINESS
Luxury Tokyo penthouse sold for over $65 million in new record
By Lisa Du
Sales of luxury properties in Tokyo, like Azabudai Hills’ Aman Residences, have pushed up average real estate prices in the capital.
BUSINESS
Golden share fix proposed for knotty Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal
By Francis Tang
Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo. The U.S. government is poised to receive a so-called golden share in U.S. Steel as a condition for approving Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of the American company.
JAPAN
性视界ese universities urged to open doors to students blocked from Harvard
By Tomoko Otake
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in support of international students at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.