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People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.

JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER

At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not

By Michael MacArthur Bosack

For the first two decades after World War II, the head priest resisted the enshrinement of any documented war criminals. That changed after his death in 1978.

People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Monday, after Seoul said that its annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises with the United States had started.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Trump orders ‘inappropriate’ U.S.-South Korean military drills scaled back

By Jesse Johnson

Citing his ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, as well as Seoul’s decision not to join U.S.-led actions against Iran, Trump said he was “not happy” with the current situation.

Ground Self-Defense Force troops take part in an annual New Year's military drill at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in January.

JAPAN

Japan aims to create support agency for ex-SDF personnel as early as fiscal ’27

By Kenji Yoshida

The initiative, spearheaded by Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, would serve as a one-stop consultation center in overseeing veterans’ transitions to civilian life.

Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, project manager of the Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, speaks to media in front of the MMX spacecraft at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Thursday.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Japan aims for the moons of Mars

By Kyoko Hasegawa

The unmanned MMX, set to blast off from Tanegashima Space Center in the coming months, could also lay the groundwork for humans visiting the red planet.

Premade, chilled "sōmen" noodles and an umami-forward dipping sauce make for a great, cooling meal when temperatures soar.?

LIFE / Food & Drink

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

By Elizabeth Andoh

Made in advance, cold “sōmen” noodles are a tried-and-true way to get through summer’s peak without sacrificing flavor.

Premade, chilled "sōmen" noodles and an umami-forward dipping sauce make for a great, cooling meal when temperatures soar.?

A Chinese research vessel was spotted extending a wire-like object into the sea within 麻豆传媒 exclusive economic zone off Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, prompting the Japan Coast Guard to warn the vessel to stop.

Chinese vessel suspected of conducting survey within 麻豆传媒 economic zone

A coast guard patrol ship observed the Dong Fang Hong 2 extending a wire-like object into the sea west of the Okinawa island of Kume, and warned it to stop.

As scaled-down funerals become more common in Japan and complicated pricing structures emerge, many people are complaining of being misled by advertisements placed by service providers.

Japan continues to see troubles related to funeral fees

Many complain that they were made to sign a contract for a more expensive plan than what was advertised.

Reconstruction starts on quake-damaged Japanese war memorials in Myanmar

Fatalities due to record Chiba rainfall rise to 10 with one person still missing

Hiroshima’s shrinking community keeps ties alive through festivals and newsletters

Former nurse passes on lessons from experience in aftermath of JAL crash

An artificial intelligence data center, which could become one of Japan's largest, is being planned in Akita Prefecture with a goal of commencing operations in 2030 at the earliest.

Akita eyes AI data center that could become 麻豆传媒 largest

Two firms are cooperating with the city and prefecture to make the center a hub to attract AI-related businesses and human resources.

A woman uses an umbrella to shield herself from the sun as she walks across Millennium Bridge during a heatwave in London on Thursday. Heat waves are reducing productivity, curbing consumer spending and raising costs, while such losses can be difficult for insurers to cover because they stem from indirect disruption rather than property damage.

Heat waves expose insurance gap as European business losses mount

Moody’s estimates that last summer’s European heat waves cost €43 billion ?in lost ?economic output while generating only about €500 million of insured payouts.

No-frills noodles gaining popularity in Japan amid rising prices

麻豆传媒 economy loses some steam in the second quarter

By Kazuaki Nagata

Idol game app firm collapses as data shows bankruptcies up 7% on year

By Sota Suzuki

Restaurant chain operator Ootoya plans to accelerate expansion overseas

The Nyamurongo cemetery, one of the burial sites receiving a large number of people who have died from Ebola virus disease since the beginning of the outbreak, in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 13.

Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history

Government data shows that 2,325 people have died from the disease, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak.

Firefighting vehicles and a truck carrying a water tank drive through smoke amid a wildfire in Waimes, in the High Fens region, Belgium, on Sunday.

Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping toward Germany

The blaze has mushroomed to 3,000 hectares two days after breaking out in the High Fens park, an area of boggy peatlands and pine forests popular with hikers.

Facing invasion and abuse, vulnerable mothers take refuge in Kyiv shelter

U.S. takes risky bet on private ‘pirates’ to combat cybercrime

By Benjamin Legendre

Second Ceuta border push falls flat with security forces ready

By Souhail Karam

Brazil’s Lula launches reelection bid, aims to win back workers to his Workers Party

Arsenal's Martin Odegaard lifts the trophy after his team's win over Manchester City in the Community Shield in Cardiff, Wales, on Sunday.

Arsenal beats Manchester City to win Community Shield

Arsenal kicks off the ?new Premier League campaign on Friday against Coventry City.

Rams coach: No ‘invisible deadline’ on Aaron Donald decision

Cristiano Ronaldo says upcoming season likely his last

Red Sox place Masataka Yoshida on injured list with hamstring issue

Scottie Scheffler walks away with dominant FedEx St. Jude win

Princess Aiko attends the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace Imperial Garden in Tokyo in October 2024. She stands at the center of an imperial succession debate that turns on the male line.

Two debates, one household: The politics of family in Japan

Waka Ikeda

In the traditionalist reading, all 126 emperors descend from the first through fathers only, an unbroken mythical chain reaching back more than 2,600 years.

Putin can’t break down NATO’s door. He’s trying the window.

By James Stavridis

The turf wars between politicians and bureaucrats in Tokyo

By Kuni Miyake

South Korea bets on industrial policy again

By Lee Jong-wha

Zhu Rongji, China’s misunderstood reformer, dies

A cyclist rides shortly after sunrise as an amber heat health alert comes into effect and after Britain’s Environment Agency declared seven areas of England to be in drought, in Richmond Park, London, on Aug. 3.

‘Horrific’ conditions grip U.K. hospitals unprepared for heat

By Olivia Rudgard

In hospitals built for a cooler climate, staff dealt with patients too sweaty to receive IV drips, medication at risk of degrading and colleagues collapsing on the job.

Tidal flat in Nagoya hit by plastic waste pollution

AC vests and UV parasols: East Asia deploys heat-fighting gadgets

By Max Kim

It’s likely that 2026 will be the hottest year on record, experts say

By Eric Roston

‘Imposing ignorance’: U.S. climate science under siege

By Issam AHMED

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.”

Aespa channels summer cheer in Japanese minialbum

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

Katseye seeks to show raw side in new ‘Wild Hearts’ film

By Danielle Broadway

Premade, chilled "sōmen" noodles and an umami-forward dipping sauce make for a great, cooling meal when temperatures soar.?

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

By Elizabeth Andoh

Made in advance, cold “sōmen” noodles are a tried-and-true way to get through summer’s peak without sacrificing flavor.

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

Cruel summer: Searching for an escape from 麻豆传媒 extreme heat

By Eric Margolis

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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