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JAPAN

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (center), and others, answer reporters' questions after paying their respects at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2026
Defense minister visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine as Takaichi stays away
Those paying respects included Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi ¡ª a regular visitor ¡ª and economic security minister Kimi Onoda.
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.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2026
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.
A mechanical wolf robot used to ward off bears and wild boars at a cabbage farm in the village of Shimo Higashiyama, in Yamagata Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 15, 2026
Can robots save an aging Japan?
By Hannah Beech and Kiuko Notoya
Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region of Japan where many farmers are in their 70s or older.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2026
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
By Kenji Yoshida
The omission of the term stood in stark contrast to her immediate predecessor Shigeru Ishiba, while the inclusion of the term ¡°Indo-Pacific¡± highlighted her foreign policy agenda.
Photographs and architectural models displayed at an exhibition looking back on the history of the Oimawashi Jutaku.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2026
History of housing for Japanese postwar returnees kept alive
Efforts have been made to preserve the history of public housing for Japanese returnees from former Manchuria and elsewhere after the end of World War II.
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches naval drills from onboard a guided missile cruiser off far eastern Sakhalin Island on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2026
Japan ¡®discussing how to respond¡¯ to Putin¡¯s disputed island visit
Options include further strengthening economic sanctions on Russia and temporarily recalling Â鶹´«Ã½ ambassador to the nation.

ASIA PACIFIC

People evacuate from a building collapse at Jayakarta hotel following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2026
Powerful quake off Indonesia kills 20, sparks mass evacuations
Dozens of aftershocks have already been felt, the strongest measured at a magnitude of 6.1.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the 81st anniversary Korea¡¯s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul on Saturday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 15, 2026
South Korean president calls for deeper ties with Japan in Liberation Day address
By Kenji Yoshida
President Lee Jae-myung pledged to ¡°broaden the scope of cooperation for mutual benefit and work together to address shared challenges.¡±

WORLD

U.S. President Donald Trump dances as he departs after delivering remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 15, 2026
Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
Progress toward peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway remain halted.
A Spanish soldier takes part in the Exercise Dynamic Mariner 25 drill, which involves naval forces from several NATO members, at Retin beach in Barbate, Spain, in March last year.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2026
U.S. presses NATO allies on ideological loyalty ahead of troop cuts
By Andrea Palasciano
In a document recently sent to members, the U.S. asks a series of questions that gauge support for U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s approach.
A man looks at a Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) model by Lockheed Martin at an international military fair in Kielce, Poland, in September 2017.
WORLD
Aug 15, 2026
Major U.S. defense firms race to make cheaper missiles
The so-called defense primes are aiming to offer options beyond the costly, complicated and slow-to-produce ¡°exquisite¡± projectiles.

BUSINESS

Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, attends an event at the White House in Washington last month.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2026
Bessent asked to justify yen intervention in letter from top Democrat
The request extends the senior Democrat¡¯s pattern of scrutinizing the Trump administration¡¯s foreign-exchange policies.
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 15, 2026
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.

ENVIRONMENT

Pedestrians hold parasols to cope with the heat wave in Tokyo last month.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 15, 2026
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.

LIFE

Thin is commonly considered beautiful in Japan, but the members of the Strongirls powerlifting group have different ideas on the ideal body type.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 15, 2026
At Â鶹´«Ã½ all-women powerlifting contest, strength is beautiful
By Farrah Hasnain
Despite a thin-is-beautiful aesthetic dominating popular beauty trends in Japan, the Strongirls Japan powerlifting group takes a more muscular approach to femininity.
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 15, 2026
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
By Aden Max Juarez
The young Japanese drivers of the ubiquitous carts in Tokyo¡¯s tourist districts say taking care of their bodies is a critical part of the job.

CULTURE

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.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 15, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ 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.¡±
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
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.
¡®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.

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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