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Officials from the 15 hotel companies had met once a month to exchange information about room occupancy rates, average room prices and room reservations, according to the FTC.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
15 hotel operators in Tokyo warned over possible price-fixing
Officials from the 15 companies had met once a month to exchange information about room occupancy rates, average room prices and room reservations, according to the FTC.
The hermit crabs of Amami island are from a group of species designated as "national natural monuments" because of their cultural and scientific value.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Three arrested in 性视界 over suitcases stuffed with hermit crabs
The guests "had asked the hotel to watch their suitcases, and the suitcases made a rustling noise," a police official said.
Liberal Democratic Party Upper House member Shoji Nishida answers questions from reporters in parliament on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2025
LDP lawmaker Shoji Nishida refuses to retract remarks over WWII exhibits
Nishida said that descriptions at a monument to commemorate the "Himeyuri" nursing corps who died in the Battle of Okinawa had rewritten history.
Princess Aiko is greeted by an official upon arriving at Itami Airport in Osaka on Thursday.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Princess Aiko visits Osaka Expo
The visit is the second independent official duty for the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako outside Tokyo.
Takahiro Anno, 34, announced Thursday that he will run in the Upper House election this summer as president of his newly founded party, Team Mirai.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2025
After Tokyo election bid, AI engineer Takahiro Anno to run in Upper House race
By Himari Semans
Anno described entering the race without backing as a ‘baseless, fameless and fundless’ challenge, but said he thinks he has a good chance of winning.
Joseph S. Nye (center), an advocate of stronger U.S.-性视界 relations and father of "soft power," died Tuesday at the age of 88.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2025
Joseph Nye, advocate of stronger U.S.-性视界 relations, dies at 88
By Eric Johnston
The former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, known for coining the term "soft power," coauthored reports that influenced the direction of U.S.-性视界 ties.
Many patients of acute myeloid leukemia die of cancer recurrence even after receiving bone marrow transplants and other treatments. The new therapy could save such patients once it is put into practical application, a group of researchers at Osaka University said.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 8, 2025
Osaka University team develops immune cell therapy for acute myeloid leukemia
The new therapy could save AML patients once it is put into practical application, the team said.
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
Previous expos in 性视界 have had similar policies of giving "invitation tickets" to people holding passes for the 1940 event, expo organizers said.
Tachikawa Municipal 3rd Elementary School, where two men broke in on Thursday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 8, 2025
Two men arrested after storming Tokyo elementary school and injuring staff
A school staff member called emergency services after the intruders entered the school building and began smashing windows.
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
The suspect remained silent during interrogation after being arrested at the scene, investigative sources have said.
Takaji Wakita, deputy head of the 性视界 Institute for Health Security, speaks during an interview on April 21 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 8, 2025
性视界 bolsters pandemic readiness with new health crisis institute
The 性视界 Institute for Health Security represents the centerpiece of a strengthened framework designed to apply lessons from the early missteps of the COVID-19 crisis.
The government began releasing stockpiled rice in March, but this has failed to stem increases in rice prices.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Price of rice at 性视界ese retailers hits record for 17th consecutive week
The average price for 5 kilograms of rice rose to ?4,233 from ?4,220 the previous week — more than double the level seen a year earlier.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2025
Ishiba faces a fresh money scandal
The supporter said?he gave the Ishiba campaign cash multiple times when he ran for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
A group of researchers including from Kyoto University confirmed that the TIM-3 protein, which exists in a type of immune cell in the brain, increases as the brain ages.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 8, 2025
Loss of immune-regulating protein seen easing Alzheimer's disease
The findings are expected to help develop a new treatment for the disease.
Deceptive contractors prey on elderly homeowners and pressure them into signing contracts by making claims such as, "If you leave it unchanged, your house will tilt."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 8, 2025
性视界 struggles to crack down on home renovation scams
A senior police official said the rise in fraudulent renovation work is largely due to a legal loophole over small-scale construction work.

ASIA PACIFIC

A makeshift tent camp near a railway track, following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, on April 4
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2025
Health care crisis follows Myanmar quake as junta drives medics underground
By Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Shoon Naing
After medics took a prominent role in the anti-junta movement that emerged after the coup, the military administration has sought to root out opponents to its rule.
Air pollution is one of the most pressing health issues in India, where the country's 1.4 billion people breathe air exceeding the World Health Organization's guidelines for particulate matter.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2025
Indian industries swap polluted air with each other in health fix
By Bhasker Tripathi
India's 1.4 billion people breathe air exceeding the World Health Organization's guidelines for particulate matter, which can cause severe health issues.
People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at the main train station in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2025
North Korea fires off multiple short-range missiles from east coast
By Jesse Johnson
One of the missiles had traveled 800 kilometers, 性视界's Defense Ministry said, nearly falling inside the country's exclusive economic zone.

WORLD

Veterans in France. For over a dozen NATO members, pensions make up a large — and largely overlooked — chunk of their defense budgets.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2025
Europe's costly military pensions complicate defense buildup
By Leigh Thomas
For over a dozen NATO members, pensions make up a large — and largely overlooked — chunk of their defense budgets.
Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets and MiG-29 fighter jets fly above Moscow during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
Putin's order for three-day truce with Ukraine enters into force
It was not immediately clear whether either side was observing the ceasefire.
An Israeli military vehicle patrols on the Israeli side of the Gaza border on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
U.S. and Israel discuss possible U.S.-led administration for Gaza, sources say
By Alexander Cornwell
There would be no fixed timeline for how long such a U.S.-led administration would last, which would depend on the situation on the ground.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
Xi meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine reports truce violations
Xi told Putin that Beijing stood alongside Russia in the face of "hegemonic bullying" — a nod to the two countries' anti-U.S. stance.

BUSINESS

A supermarket in Chiba. Politicians in 性视界 might cut the consumption tax to help households and the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 8, 2025
Economists debate consumption tax cut as 性视界ese politicians warm to idea
By Kazuaki Nagata
性视界ese politicians are considering the possibility of lowering the consumption tax to stimulate the economy in the face of U.S. tariffs.
An attendee plays Mario Kart World during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience event in London in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2025
Nintendo gives conservative sales outlook for Switch 2 amid tariff concerns
By Takashi Mochizuki
The Kyoto-based company expects to ship just 15 million units of the new console in the year to March, shy of the 16.8 million average estimated by analysts.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 8, 2025
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
By Yukana Inoue
This year, the conference — focused on sustainable cities and high technology — feels bigger and more global.
Tokyo-based satellite maker Axelspace's initial public offering is expected to be approved by the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this month, people with knowledge of the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2025
Axelspace is latest 性视界 space startup to seek IPO, sources say
By Kantaro Komiya and Miho Uranaka
If successful, it would be the fifth such listing of a 性视界ese spacecraft venture over the last two years.
Akira Shimada, CEO of NTT, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2025
NTT to launch $16.5 billion tender offer for NTT Data in AI push
By Mayumi Negishi and Koh Yoshida
性视界’s biggest telecom operator is launching a tender offer of ?4,000 per share for all stock it doesn’t own in NTT Data.
Toyota CEO Koji Sato announces the firm's financial results during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2025
Toyota cites tariffs as it forecasts 35% drop in 2025-26 net profit
Carmakers have been among the hardest-hit by Trump's multipronged assault on free trade.
Carolina Kawakubo, head of the 性视界ese arm of NRW.Global Business GmbH, during an interview on April 28 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
BUSINESS
May 8, 2025
German agency to strengthen its support for 性视界 startups
The German agency plans to hold seminars in four cities across 性视界 through November to provide such companies with free expertise.
Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion plan to buy Toyota Industries is one of the examples in a recent wave of management buyout ambitions in 性视界.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2025
性视界’s tycoon families seek buyouts to evade investor pressure
By Hideyuki Sano
The desire to delist stems from mounting pressure public companies face from investors and the threat of being acquired.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 8, 2025
Trump administration to announce trade deal with Britain
By Ana Swanson, Maggie Haberman and Tyler Pager
The agreement would be the first deal announced since Trump imposed stiff tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners.
A semiconductor wafer is magnified through the lens of a microscope in Seoul on April 30. A rule introduced by former U.S. President Joe Biden to restrict the export of sophisticated chips has been described as "unenforceable."
BUSINESS / Tech
May 8, 2025
Trump administration to rescind and replace Biden's AI chip export curbs
By Karen Freifeld and Arsheeya Bajwa
A spokeswoman for the Department of Commerce said the rule is "overly complex" and "unenforceable."
The number of passengers on shinkansen and other express trains during Golden Week increased 3% from a year earlier to over 13 million, data from six 性视界 Railways group companies showed Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2025
JR express train passengers during Golden Week up 3%
The result is believed to reflect the impact of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, as well as demand from foreign visitors.
Since U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the White House, the greenback is down more than 9% against a basket of major currencies as investors pull back from owning U.S. assets.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 8, 2025
Ukraine considers shift from dollar to euro amid geopolitical realignments
By Karin Strohecker and Olena Harmash
"This work is complex and requires high-quality, versatile preparation," Central Bank Gov. Andriy Pyshnyi said.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that at this point, it isn't clear if the economy will continue its steady pace of growth, or wilt under mounting uncertainty and a possible coming spike in inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 8, 2025
Fed sees rising risks to economy as it leaves rates unchanged
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
With so much uncertainty over Trump's tariff moves, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said "It's really not at all clear what it is we should do."

ENVIRONMENT

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.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 8, 2025
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.

Opinion

Pakistan spent decades backing the Taliban as a tool to control Afghanistan and gain “strategic depth” against India. Now it has a monster it cannot control.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2025
The Pakistan-Taliban divorce gets messy
By Shashi Tharoor
With Afghanistan now serving not as a strategic asset for Pakistan, but as a grave liability, India must wait and watch how this drama on its western flank plays out.
Teachers and students from Karachi University take part in an anti-India protest on April 28. Pakistan has warned that any attempt by India to stop water supplies from the Indus?River could be seen as an "act of war."
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2025
New Delhi’s warning to Islamabad
By Brahma Chellaney
Modi has thus retained strategic ambiguity, while sending a resolute message: Resource-sharing comes with conditions.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with Vietnamese President Luong Cuong in Hanoi on April 28. Ishiba’s visit to Vietnam and the Philippines highlighted 性视界’s enduring Indo-Pacific strategy amid rising regional uncertainty.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
May 8, 2025
性视界’s durable 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific' strategy brings stability
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
So while Ishiba’s visit to Southeast Asia may have just seemed like another round of trips during a holiday week, they were emblematic of something much more than that.
Urgent diplomacy and restraint are needed to prevent further escalation between India and Pakistan, as both sides risk being pulled into a dangerous conflict with potential global consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2025
Can India and Pakistan step back from the brink?
By Karishma Vaswani
India and Pakistan on many occasions have been on the brink of major conflict, yet have successfully climbed down.

Sports

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique has learned to control his emotions during matches.
SOCCER
May 8, 2025
Luis Enrique believes PSG's mentality helped fuel run to Champions League final
Enrique revealed that a turning point in PSG’s campaign came earlier in the season when results in the Champions League fell short of expectations.
Paris Saint-Germain's Achraf Hakimi scores against Arsenal during the second leg of their Champions League semifinal in Paris on Wednesday.
SOCCER
May 8, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain gets past Arsenal to book spot in Champions League final
It will be the second Champions League final in the club's history, and comes five years after its defeat against Bayern Munich in Lisbon.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a triple against the Marlins in Miami on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 8, 2025
Shohei Ohtani leads charge as Dodgers rout Marlins in Miami
Ohtani has scored 10 runs against the Marlins this season,?the most by any player against any team so far in 2025.
Knicks guard Jalen Brunson drives against the Celtics' Jaylen Brown during the first quarter in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series in Boston on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 8, 2025
Knicks rally for another road win over Celtics to take 2-0 lead in series
Josh Hart had a game-high 23 points for the Knicks, who?trailed by 20 points in the third quarter and by 16 in the fourth.
Stephen Curry is expected to miss at least a week with a hamstring injury.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 8, 2025
Warriors star Stephen Curry to miss at least one week with hamstring injury
ESPN reported that his return date will be based on how he responds to rehab with his initial muscle strain.
Justin Thomas ended a long winless drought at the RBC Heritage in April.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
May 8, 2025
Justin Thomas content to fly under radar ahead of PGA Championship
By FLOURTOWN, Pennsylvania
Thomas won for the first time?in almost three years at the RBC Heritage last month.
Zhao Xintong waves to the crowd with a Chinese flag draped over his shoulders after winning the World Championship Snooker final in Sheffield, England, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2025
Snooker chief feels Zhao Xintong's historic world title can help Olympic bid
Snooker's hope to be included in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is realistic and will be enhanced by China's growing power in the sport, according to one of the men behind the bid.
Alpine's Flavio Briatore (right) and Jack Doohan are seen before qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 8, 2025
Alpine dealing with major shakeup as winds of change blow again
Pierre Gasly is now working with his fourth team boss at the Enstone factory.

LIFE

Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
LIFE / Travel
May 8, 2025
Celebrating 性视界’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ship Festival
By Todd Fong
Held this year from May 16 to 18, an event to the south of Tokyo turns a historical episode of national humiliation into a plain old good time.

CULTURE

Two teenagers stand in front of a poster for "Jumbo" at a cinema in Bekasi, West Java.
CULTURE / Film
May 8, 2025
'Jumbo': the animated Indonesian film smashing records
By Baptiste Anse
A hit at home, Indonesian cinema watchers are hoping the family-friendly movie will appeal to neighboring countries and markets farther abroad.
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
CULTURE / Music
May 8, 2025
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on 性视界
By Patrick St. Michel
Streaming numbers are up, world tours are growing, and now, Tokyo has a new studio aimed at amplifying 性视界’s voice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
性视界 to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in 性视界, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
性视界ese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to 性视界 George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
性视界ese automakers looking at a ?1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs?
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in 性视界 nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in 性视界, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
性视界ese automakers looking at a ?1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs?
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

性视界's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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