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The U.S. president’s order to shorten allied military exercises with South Korea will prompt challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration and the U.S.-Japan alliance.

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS

Trump’s South Korea move creates more headaches for Takaichi

By Michael MacArthur Bosack

The U.S. president’s order to shorten allied exercises with South Korea to avoid sending “inappropriate and hostile” signals to Pyongyang jolted Seoul with immediate implications.

U.S. and South Korea to nearly halve joint military drills after Trump criticism

U.S. allies call South Korea cooperation ‘critical’ after Trump orders exercise cut

The U.S. president’s order to shorten allied military exercises with South Korea will prompt challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration and the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, delivers a speech during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo in June 2024.

WORLD / Politics

U.S. sanctions Japanese ICC chief, testing Tokyo’s support for global court

By Kenji Yoshida

The move by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump presents a dilemma for Tokyo, a strong backer of multilateral groupings and a key American ally.

Hayato Suzuki, state minister at the Cabinet Office (center), speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

JAPAN

Japan starts planning language program for foreign residents

The program would also assist in helping residents understand local systems and rules, and is hoped to be trialed in fiscal 2028.

A child sits next to G1 humanoid robots produced by China's Unitree Robotics as he interacts with a Go2 robot, at a Unitree store in Beijing on Aug. 1.

WORLD

How U.S. military funding propelled China’s robot dogs

By Michael Martina

The link underscores broader problems with the United States’ ability to compete with China’s state-directed manufacturing sector in high-tech strategic industries.

Motoaki Iijima, 36, owner of the Nikko Engei flower farm, harvests gerbera flowers inside an illuminated greenhouse at night in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Deadly heat pushes 麻豆传媒 farmers to go nocturnal

By Mariko Katsumura, Tom Bateman and Issei Kato

Once-busy midday hours are now avoided by farmers as a mortal threat, replaced by after-dark work to protect crops, livestock and themselves.

Motoaki Iijima, 36, owner of the Nikko Engei flower farm, harvests gerbera flowers inside an illuminated greenhouse at night in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

The No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 reactor buildings at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture

Tepco begins removal of radioactive spent fuel from Fukushima No. 2 reactor

Removed fuel assemblies are transferred to a safer common storage pool at the nuclear plant, which was heavily damaged in the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami.

Misaki Katayama, a University of Tokyo graduate student, conducts peace education workshops using the game Minecraft on July 11 in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward.

Minecraft workshops build understanding of cityscapes before atomic bombings

University of Tokyo graduate student Misaki Katayama, 27, who researches peace education, has been holding the two-day workshops in Hiroshima and Nagasaki since 2023.

Japanese nuclear power plant death threatens to delay restart

By Kai Wilson

Japan to require AI firms to disclose training data

Japan mulls expert teams for cyberattack-hit local governments

Kumamoto earthquake insurance claims and inquiries top 40,000

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify in a tech addiction trial in Los Angeles on Feb. 18. Meta is again defending itself in court over claims it caused young people to become addicted to social media, this time in the first bellwether federal trial, brought by states seeking roughly $200 billion in damages.

Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors

A coalition of states is asking Meta be hit with $200 billion in penalties for making products addictive to children, in what many have called social media’s “big tobacco moment.”

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he welcomes Carney at the White House in Washington in October 2025.

Trump says U.S. and Canada strike deal, temporarily pauses tariffs

The U.S. president added that the Keystone XL Pipeline “may be awoken from the grave,” but did not provide details.

As Europe rearms, Italy’s fragmented space sector faces a scale test

Mizuho markets head expects BOJ to raise rates soon, more often

By Taiga Uranaka and Hideki Suzuki

Development Bank of Japan to boost ties with regional banks

Singapore casino’s winning streak puts pressure on losing rival

By Bernadette Toh and Shirley Zhao

Members of the Civil Protection team, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of a man who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on July 10.

Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from being under control’: WHO chief

Congolese officials said on Monday that the outbreak had killed over 2,300 people out of nearly 5,000 cases, making it the deadliest in the country’s history.

Oil tankers and cargo vessels anchored off the coast of Oman in June

Trump takes Iran hard line as Hormuz tensions mark new normal

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Patrick Sykes

His insistence that the U.S. has total control over the strait is directly at odds with the stance of Iranian officials.

Lights out, crowds gone: Havana waits for what comes next

By Andrew Beatty

Israeli settler confronts Palestinian American at his besieged West Bank home

Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian airbase, drawing Turkish condemnation

China’s top envoy to visit Seoul as Trump shakes U.S.-South Korea ties

A woman runs in the morning during a heat wave in New York City, on Aug. 7.

Marathon runners are training for a hotter world

By Nadia Neophytou

They are adjusting their pace, making changes to their running schedules and locations, and donning gear that helps them keep cool.

Ravens’ Calais Campbell appreciative of support after family tragedy

U.S. Paralympian sees LA Games as chance to challenge China and change perceptions

Asian soccer rift deepens as AFC president responds to criticism from Qatar

Rodri eager to ‘feel that excitement again’ after move to Barcelona

The British frigate HMS Argyll (front), Japanese destroyer Inazuma (center) and Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga take part in a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean in September 2018. The Iran crisis has exposed new vulnerabilities in the global maritime order.

Why the Strait of Hormuz is a warning for Japan

Yuki Goto

The maritime order has two aspects: a vertical order based on hegemony and command of the sea and a horizontal order based on norms and rules agreed upon among nations.

Americans love giant trucks — but they’re killing us

By Justin Fox

Trump’s North Korea pivot is a warning for Japan

By Simon Hutagalung

麻豆传媒 migrant children: The hidden challenges of belonging

By Kay Ann A. Ramos

Central banks need to speak, even when they are wrong

By Jonathan Levin

People gather at the beach at Joss Bay as temperatures climb over the bank holiday weekend due to a heat dome spreading across the region, in Broadstairs, Britain, on May 24.

Ocean heat waves threaten to supercharge storm season in Europe

By Laura Millan

Parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the European Atlantic coast have recorded surface temperatures that were more than 6 degrees Celsius?hotter than normal for the month of June.

Record-early champagne harvest highlights climate change impact on French vineyards

By Elissa Darwish

Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study

Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management

AI-generated wildlife images are endangering animals and people, experts warn

From Edogawa Ranpo to Uketsu, Japanese writers have long put their own twists on the conventions of crime, horror and mystery, creating a literary tradition that can be as unsettling as it is inventive.

麻豆传媒 macabre literati go global

By Mike Fu

Japanese crime, mystery and horror have hit their stride with English readers, offering a complement and counterpoint to “healing fiction.”

Madonna tops Taylor Swift in nominations for MTV’s Video Music Awards

By Lisa Richwine

Aespa delivers summer rhythms on ‘Kiss n Tell’

By Adam Davidson

The disturbing dream world of ‘Cattle Muti-Leiko’

By Mark Schilling

An unsolved murder leads to despair and salvation in ‘The Brightest Sun’

By James Hadfield

Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design “a free, authorial language” that goes beyond function.

The new world of collectible design

By Danielle Demetriou

As mass-produced objects fill our homes, a growing appetite for individuality is changing how we shop for design.

During 麻豆传媒 cruel summer, chilled noodles are a survival strategy

By Elizabeth Andoh

Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice

By Weiwen Lin

At 麻豆传媒 all-women powerlifting contest, strength is beautiful

By Farrah Hasnain

A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver

By Aden Max Juarez

The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?

By Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa

The question can be a difficult one for many, particularly those with religious beliefs that might not conform with how death is traditionally handled in Japan.

Ajisai is ready to win your heart

‘Total whiplash’: Foreign residents react to 麻豆传媒 changing permanent residency rules

By Jessica Speed

This children’s cafeteria in Shikoku serves up free meals and global perspectives

By Jacob Meyer

How foreign workers became an essential part of 麻豆传媒 ubiquitous konbini

By Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.

What Kumamoto revealed about 麻豆传媒 earthquake readiness

By Alex K.T. Martin

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