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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Chinese fighters target SDF jets with radar lock-on as tensions surge
By Jesse Johnson
Beijing pinned the blame for the encounter on Tokyo, saying that SDF aircraft had repeatedly harassed a Chinese naval formation during training.

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Trump security strategy demands more from 性视界 while unveiling ‘burden-sharing network’
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
Electoral workers count ballots for the legislative election at a vote-counting station in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Second-lowest turnout ever for Hong Kong legislative election
Voter turnout was 31.9%, according to the Registration and Electoral Office, the second lowest following a turnout of 30.2% in 2021.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday.
JAPAN
‘Free-riding’ U.S. allies that don’t step up ‘will face consequences,’ Hegseth warns
By Jesse Johnson
In an apparent jab at 性视界, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington is “optimistic” that Indo-Pacific allies will ramp up defense spending “in a few years.”
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, stand in an Australian-made Bushmaster Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
性视界 and Australia launch new ‘strategic defense’ framework
By Gabriel Dominguez
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the move will help ensure the quasi-allies can work together more effectively and with greater strategic alignment.
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.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
In the company of rats: Tokyo's growing rodent problem
By Alex K.T. Martin
As Tokyo confronts stubborn rat populations, researchers argue the path forward lies in understanding their behavior — not just stamping them out.
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.

JAPAN

The Casio Mini, the world’s first personal calculator, is seen at the Toshio Kashio Memorial Museum of Invention in Tokyo on Nov. 25.
Number’s up: Calculators hold out against AI
By Katie Forster and Watsamon TRI-YASAKDA
The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will never hallucinate.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi observes a moment of silence on Sunday in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, at a memorial monument for victims of the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake and the September 2024 heavy rain.
Takaichi visits disaster-hit areas in Noto for first time
By inspecting the disaster-stricken areas for the first time since taking office, Takaichi aims to demonstrate her efforts toward recovery and reconstruction.
性视界 calls Chinese allegations of harassment during radar lock-on ‘unfounded’
By Jesse Johnson
性视界's Foreign Ministry emphasizes visuals on social media
Nobel winner Sakaguchi stresses importance of medical science
Infant's head found in fridge in Tokyo

BUSINESS

Netflix's headquarters in Los Angeles
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The $72 billion deal would combine the world’s No. 1 streaming player with the No. 4 service HBO Max, which has raised red flags from antitrust regulators.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 29.
From 2600% gain to 86% wipeout, crypto’s hottest trade collapsed
By Monique Mulima
The worst performers have been public companies that eschewed Bitcoin and went for smaller, more volatile tokens.
性视界 confirms deeper GDP decline, backing Takaichi’s stimulus
By Erica Yokoyama
One woman's winding road to Suntory Hall
By Nobuko Kobayashi
SoftBank in talks to buy data-center investor DigitalBridge
By Josh Sisco, Ryan Gould and Michelle F. Davis
Average price of rice in 性视界 hits new record high

WORLD

U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg speaks at the Brussels Forum in Brussels in June.
U.S. envoy says Ukraine peace deal is close but Moscow says it wants radical changes
Trump says that ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II has been the most elusive foreign policy aim of his presidency.
A man walks on a poster of Bashar Assad, after Syrian rebels announced that they had ousted the strongman, in downtown Damascus in December last year.
‘It’s all over’: How Iran abandoned Assad to his fate days before fall
During Syria’s civil war, which erupted in 2011 following the government’s brutal repression of pro-democracy protests, Iran was one of Damascus’ biggest backers.
Thailand launches air strikes on Cambodia as border tensions reignite
U.K.’s bold defense plans face doubt over spending gaps
By Ellen Milligan
Disease prevention has taken a hit from U.S. vaccine advisers, experts say
By Chad Terhune, Nancy Lapid and Julie Steenhuysen
Kremlin says new U.S. security strategy accords largely with Russia's view

Sports

Leo Ceara (left) celebrates with teammate Yuma Suzuki after scoring a goal during Kashima Antlers' J1-clinching victory over Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday.
How Kashima Antlers got back to the top of 性视界ese soccer
By Sean Carroll
Manager Toru Oniki had one goal in mind: To end the club's near-decade title drought. After just one season, it's mission accomplished.
Max Verstappen has no regrets despite missing out on Formula One title
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens fall short of Hall of Fame; Jeff Kent elected
Emotional Lando Norris captures first Formula One title
Hideki Matsuyama wins playoff to claim Hero World Challenge crown

Opinion

The Rapidus semiconductor foundry construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture, in December 2023. The state-backed company is attempting a high-risk, high-cost leap into making the world’s most advanced chips to revive the nation's tech industry.
What TSMC and Shakespeare can teach 性视界's Rapidus
Catherine Thorbecke
If Rapidus pulls it off, though, this moonshot could rewrite the history of 性视界’s tech industry.
In 性视界 and elsewhere, a ‘generational shift’ is upon us
By Kuni Miyake
A matter of state-sponsored 'murder' on the high seas
A plan to fix voter disparity and modernize 性视界’s political system
By Edo Naito
Can AI be Asia’s next growth engine?
By Lee Jong-wha

ENVIRONMENT

A person walks along a bridge over a drainage channel blocked by plastic waste in Accra, Ghana.
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman
Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
By Valerie Volcovici
'Mischievous hands': Indonesians blame deforestation for devastating floods
Canadian PM under fire for alleged climate U-turn
By Genevieve NORMAND
The case of Africa's 'vanishing' carbon deals
By Kunle Adebajo and Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh

CULTURE

Among the hand-drawn sketches in “Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings & Architecture” is the initial idea for the Hill of the Buddha in Hokkaido painted over a photograph of the site.
Tadao Ando’s raw passion in 750 artworks
By Zoria Petkoska
A new Taschen volume reveals the architect’s creative process through decades of sketches, studies and travel drawings.
U.S. playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Okinawa for alleged drug smuggling
Culture caught in crossfire as 性视界 and China rift escalates
By Alyssa I. Smith
Mr. Men and Little Miss characters set for first feature film
2025 was the year 性视界’s box office returned
By Mark Schilling

LIFE

Nostalgia for the past has always been big business in 性视界, but this year, it's the recent past that has garnered more and more fans.
‘Messy, blingy, over the top’: Heisei Era charms 性视界’s youth
By Jessica Speed
With 2025 drawing to a close, many in 性视界 are looking back on not only the year that was — but also a new period of the past overshadowed by its trendier predecessor.
Frank O. Gehry, titan of architecture, is dead at 96
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
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
Tokyo's green appeal, seen by a Swedish gardener who made 性视界 home
By Shuhei Yoshida

COMMUNITY

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.
Finding a way forward from financial abuse
By Louise George Kittaka
In 性视界, nearly 1 in 10 married women have been the victim of financial abuse. Two expats share their stories, along with the resources and advice that helped them through.
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

SOCCER
How Kashima Antlers got back to the top of 性视界ese soccer
By Sean Carroll
Leo Ceara (left) celebrates with teammate Yuma Suzuki after scoring a goal during Kashima Antlers' J1-clinching victory over Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday.
JAPAN
Trump security strategy demands more from 性视界 while unveiling ‘burden-sharing network’
By Jesse Johnson
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
JAPAN
Will Takaichi bank on her high approval ratings to call a snap election?
By Eric Johnston
While media polls show a high support rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, the support for the LDP is not as great, meaning there’s no guarantee of a coattail effect if a snap poll is called.
CULTURE
‘Black Box Diaries’ is Shiori Ito’s unflinching case for the truth
By Mark Schilling
“Black Box Diaries” documents Shiori Ito’s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
SOCCER
Kashima or Kashiwa: J. League title chase goes down to the wire
By Sean Carroll
Kashima's Yuma Suzuki (center) takes a shot during a game against Kashiwa in March.

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
Chinese fighters target SDF jets with radar lock-on as tensions surge
By Jesse Johnson
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Infant's head found in fridge in Tokyo
Police officers investigate the area around a building in Tokyo's Sumida Ward where an infant's head and limbs were found in a refrigerator on Saturday.
BUSINESS
Average price of rice in 性视界 hits new record high
In the week ended last Sunday, the average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across 性视界 rose by ?23 from the previous week to ?4,335 per 5 kilograms.
BUSINESS
Spotlight shines on humanoid robots at Tokyo show
A representative from Noitom Robotics demonstraties remote robot operation at the iREX International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
性视界’s bear-related casualties hit record on escalating attacks
By Alice French
Bear bells are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of 性视界's UNESCO World Heritage sites, in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 15.