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Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2026
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
By Jessica Speed
A sociology professor warns a blanket ban could push children toward less visible online spaces or encourage them to lie about their age, making exploitation harder to detect.
A car makes its way through strong winds and rain as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, on Amami island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday in this screenshot obtained from a social media video.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin hits Okinawa, with China shutting ports ahead of landfall
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Eduardo Baptista
The storm left five people injured and cut power to 14,000 buildings in the prefecture.
A collapsed roof is seen at a hotel in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, after a powerful earthquake hit the area days earlier.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2026
Kumamoto quake toll rises to 39
The number of casualties from the temblor has reached 205 in the prefecture, with 23 severely injured.
Takeshima, known as Dokdo in South Korea, is seen in this picture taken from a helicopter in August 2012.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Japan protests South Korean maritime survey off disputed Takeshima
According to Tokyo, a South Korean vessel was found dropping what appeared to be a wire into the sea near the islets.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a meeting Friday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2026
Missile shelter to be built near Tokyo Station amid rising security concerns
By Jesse Johnson
The push to build more durable shelters comes amid North Korea¡¯s ramped-up pace of ballistic missile tests and China¡¯s growing arsenal of powerful weapons.

ASIA PACIFIC

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters celebrate the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
India¡¯s ¡®cockroach¡¯ protest movement keeps heat on Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years.

WORLD

Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Russia's Yabloko party, attends a court hearing in Moscow in June on the case of Maxim Kruglov, the party's deputy head who was charged with spreading false information about the Russian army during the conflict against Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Russia¡¯s only anti-war party eyes support boost at elections
While the liberal Yabloko party is unlikely to win any seats in elections next month, they nonetheless relish the opportunity to push their anti-war message on a national scale.
Catholic nuns and Christian worshippers attend mass at the Latin Monastery in the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh, northeast of the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in June.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2026
Exodus: West Bank hardships drive out Palestinian Christians
Since the Gaza war began, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have become an almost daily occurrence.
New Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella rides in a military vehicle while reviewing troops during a change-of-command ceremony at the Pichincha Battalion following his inauguration in Cali, Colombia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
New Colombia president pledges fiscal austerity and robust fight against crime
Abelardo De La Espriella, 48, won June¡¯s runoff on promises to crack down on armed groups, shrink the state by as much as 40% and revive the oil and gas sector.
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2026
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
By JAKE BLEIBERG
The U.S. military¡¯s cyberwarfare unit is scrutinizing an unusually high number of deaths by suicide among personnel over a monthlong period this summer.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May 2025.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2026
Pentagon sets funds and dates for secret Golden Dome space program
By Sana Pashankar
The U.S. aims to conduct the first tests for the futuristic space-based missile defense program by yearend, with flight demonstrations slated for 2027.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Trump nominee Todd Blanche clears major hurdle in bid to become attorney general
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy¡¯s backing of Blanche capped one of the most contentious Cabinet fights of Trump¡¯s second term.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks while U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick listen during an event at the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Trump¡¯s new attack on birthright citizenship faces uphill legal battle
By Andrew Chung
The Republican ?president has for years threatened to tighten birthright citizenship as part of his restrictive immigration agenda.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left), Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2026
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign defense pact amid regional war
Riyadh is looking to strengthen its security ties against the backdrop of war between the U.S. and Iran, which has drawn in surrounding nations and disrupted shipping.
Construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. court orders halt to Trump ballroom construction
The Republican president lashed out after the 2-1 ruling, calling it ¡°horrendous, politically motivated, and unlawful.¡±
Legislation on Russia sanctions easily passed the Senate on Friday, with the House of Representatives expected to vote on it within weeks.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late Lindsey Graham
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died last month, was among Kyiv¡¯s most outspoken allies in Congress in its four-year-long war with Russia.

BUSINESS

U.S. and Japanese officials have warned investors they¡¯re determined to keep defending the yen if needed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2026
Yen jumps on U.S. data as traders watch for intervention clues
The currency gained 0.4% on the day to trade at ?157.76 per dollar as of 5 p.m. in New York.
U.S. President Donald Trump during an American mining industry roundtable discussion at the State Department in Washington on Friday
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. to invest $3 billion in minerals projects to boost supply chains
Minerals including rare earths, tungsten, germanium and scandium are essential for precision-guided missiles and other advanced weapons.
A worker inspects a solar panel at a factory in Dalton, Georgia, in November 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2026
Trump¡¯s homegrown solar push risks widening green divide
Trump announced a plan to impose tariffs and minimum prices on imported polysilicon used in semicondictors and solar panels.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook speaks at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research in Palo Alto, California, on May 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2026
Trump renews effort to fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, continuing attacks on central bank
The White House told Cook in a letter this week that the president was ¡°considering¡± removing her from her role.

Sports

Minoru Hasebe poses for a photo while wearing a Carp hat in his backyard in Hiroshima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 8, 2026
Former Carp catcher wishes for peace 81 years after atomic bomb
During Hasebe¡¯s seven years as catcher, he saw his team grow amid struggles and felt the enthusiasm of Hiroshima residents for reviving the city.
The Fever's Sophie Cunningham is seen during the second half of a game against the Liberty in Indianapolis on July 18.
BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2026
WNBA union says players will not become political pawns
The issue of transgender people in sports ramped up in the WNBA in ?July when Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham shared her opinions while being interviewed for an ESPN story.

LIFE

Japan's first prison-turned-hotel, Hoshinoya Nara Prison offers as much luxury as it does surprisingly thoughtful reflections on the former facility's place in the country's march toward modernity.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 8, 2026
Locked up in luxury at the new Hoshinoya Nara Prison hotel
By Owen Ziegler
Open from July, the lodging occupying an Important Cultural Property prompts guests to reflect on societal progress and the role of prisons.
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 8, 2026
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
By Rachel Teo
After their racing careers are over, only a lucky few of Â鶹´«Ã½ nearly 9,000 racehorses end up at TCC Therapy Park for rehabilitation.

CULTURE

Bunraku puppeteer Tamasuke Yoshida rehearses with Catalonian singer Maria Arnal for the upcoming performances of ¡°Kinkakuji¡± in Tokyo.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 8, 2026
A Yukio Mishima stage adaptation pulls genre-bending strings
By Kris Kosaka
A cross-cultural collaboration mixing bunraku puppetry, kabuki and literature is creating a new take on Yukio Mishima¡¯s novel.
Seven years after traveling back in time and falling in love with a kamikaze pilot, Yuri (Haruka Fukuhara, left) contemplates a new beginning in Takehiko Shinjo¡¯s ¡°Till We Meet Again on the Starry Hill.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Aug 8, 2026
¡®Till We Meet Again on the Starry Hill¡¯: Time-travel kamikaze romance gets a pointless sequel
By James Hadfield
Takehiko Shinjo¡¯s follow-up to a 2023 hit film is even more muddled than its predecessor.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

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 Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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