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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.

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.

A South Korean soldier stands next to a TV broadcasting a news report on a possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, at the main railway station in Seoul last October.

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.

Fumiko Yamamoto teaches students about “seitai,” or the arrangement of a deceased person's body, during a class on Feb. 13 in Saitama Prefecture. The name tag for one of the participants is pixelated for privacy reasons.

JAPAN

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

Based on her experience in the aftermath of the 1985 JAL crash, a former nurse is spreading her knowledge of seitai, or the arrangement of a deceased person’s body.

Kazuhiko Takahashi, 98, the oldest war-bereaved family member to attend Saturday’s ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II in Tokyo, speaks during an interview on Aug. 5 in Kawasaki.

JAPAN

Man who lost brother in WWII urges people to remember 3.1 million Japanese lives lost

With the war a distant memory for many, Kazuhiko Takahashi marked the 81st anniversary of the war’s end with a pledge to pursue peace.

Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.

COMMUNITY / Voices

Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt

By Aleksandra Priimak

After 4? years of protesting a war that appears to have no end in sight, Russian residents of Japan are adamant their work is still crucial to the cause.

Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.

An underpass beneath the Keisei Matsudo Line was flooded, submerging a vehicle in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.

Chiba downpour death toll rises to 9 with nearly 500 evacuated

At least two of the victims were found in vehicles that were submerged in water.

Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who has vehemently opposed the planned Futenma base relocation, is shifting his campaign focus to medical care and social welfare policies.

With one month until Okinawa poll, both key contenders lack trump card

The election will effectively be a one-on-one battle between incumbent Gov. Denny Tamaki, 66, who is gunning for a third term, and Genta Koja, 42, former deputy mayor of Naha.

Defense minister visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine as Takaichi stays away

Can robots save an aging Japan?

By Hannah Beech and Kiuko Notoya

Takaichi drops ‘remorse’ in her first war memorial address

By Kenji Yoshida

Japan ‘discussing how to respond’ to Putin’s disputed island visit

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington last October.

What Bessent’s economic isolation of Iran could look like

By Magdalena Del Valle

While the Trump administration hasn’t said what it’s planning to do, there are still pressure points that the U.S. Treasury Department could hit.

People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.

U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?

By Michael Martina

Washington is warning other nations they will be excluded from a U.S.-led coalition if ?they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework.

New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan

China’s 32,000-kilometer solar trade route that battled U.S. tariffs

Bessent asked to justify yen intervention in letter from top Democrat

Japan companies step up efforts to prevent heatstroke

Men participate in the recovery of bodies from the rubble of a building that collapsed during the June 24 earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Aug. 6.

A tale of two buildings: How quake rescue efforts differed in Colombia and Venezuela

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Sarah Morland

Recent earthquakes in both countries have exposed sharply different government capacities to respond to disaster.

Cuban leader Raul Castro attends the gala marking the 100th anniversary of his brother Fidel Castro's birth at the Karl Marx theater in Havana on Thursday.

U.S. military option for Cuba fades as Trump focuses on sanctions

By Eric Martin

U.S. attention is now centered on cutting off all revenue sources for the regime rather than any military or special forces operation.

South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ

Iranian parliament votes to further criminalize interviews with ‘hostile media’

‘Normal guy’ turned killer over U.S. insurance industry grievances

Despite booming economy, young Moroccans still dream of Europe

The Lakers and Jazz play at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles in November 2025.

Lakers sale highlights sports gold rush among billionaires in North America

By Amy Tennery

The Lakers deal is the latest in a series of team sales at record or near-record prices across ?North America.

Sebastian Coe says LA 28 organizers have to find right balance with U.S. government

By Luke Phillips

Formula E aiming to have female drivers within two to three years

By Alan Baldwin

Dodgers optimistic about Shohei Ohtani’s return to mound

Ben Shelton wins All-American final to claim second straight Canadian Open crown

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

Pedestrians hold parasols to cope with the heat wave in Tokyo last month.

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

By Max Kim

East Asia’s summers are becoming hotter and longer, and such “personal cooling” has become a ubiquitous part of daily life.

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

Inventories and farming method gains bolster food system against ‘super’ El Nino

Italy’s record-low Po River forces farmers to weigh crop switch

By Alberto Brambilla

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 pup has a new take on life

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

By Jacob Meyer

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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