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President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe depart after a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2026
Trump says Iran talks to begin Monday after scrapping attack
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz may be close?and said he would also continue to pursue a path to end Iran¡¯s nuclear program.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) poses for a picture with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu meet as new Iran attack complicates diplomacy
Netanyahu was in Washington for the funeral Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime Iran hawk.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) listens as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
NATO¡¯s Rutte makes hard sell to Trump to ease Iran war strains
Trump appeared mostly unmoved, though he gave no indication that he¡¯s preparing to downgrade relations with the alliance.
U.S. President Donald Trump (center), flanked by Sens. Rick Scott (left) and John Barrasso, Republicans from Florida and Wyoming, respectively, speak to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump and Republicans clash after president scraps housing bill signing
Lawmakers pressed Trump over his handling of the war in Iran.
Mikal Bridges of the Knicks (left) and De'Aaron Fox of the Spurs in action during Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 9, 2026
Knicks fall to Spurs in first home Finals game in a generation
New York¡¯s five boroughs have been electrified by the Knicks¡¯ playoff run.
U.S. President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington on May 27
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
Trump proposes new levies of at least 10% to rebuild tariff wall
Products from major economies ¡ª including China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Switzerland ¡ª would be subject to a 12.5% levy.
A woman walks past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
Trump extends Iran truce and maintains blockade as talks falter
The president said that Pakistan, which is mediating, asked the U.S. to hold off on fresh strikes.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
U.S. eyes swift end to war as fresh attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory timelines and statements from Washington about how and when the war might end.
Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location on March 3.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2026
U.S. expands threats to Iran energy and water as it hails talks
The threat to water facilities would constitute a war crime as defined by the Geneva Conventions.
Crowds at a joint funeral for Ali Larijani, Gholam Soleimani and IRIS Dena frigate sailors in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2026
Iran and Israel trade strikes on energy facilities in worsening war
Qatar¡¯s Ras Laffan Industrial City ¡ª the complex that houses the world¡¯s largest liquefied natural gas export plant ¡ª suffered ¡°extensive damage¡± after an Iranian attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during a ceremony in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2025
U.S. and South Korea finalize trade deal after months of talks
A South Korean official said Seoul would spend $150 billion on shipbuilding in the U.S. and provide $200 billion in cash under an investment pledge.
The national flag of Saudi Arabia at their pavilion at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 14
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 26, 2024
How Saudi Arabia turned back climate progress at COP29
After three decades of being the main opposition at the annual climate talks, the Saudis have developed a sophisticated playbook.
Members of the Indigenous People Association stage a protest to demand action on climate change, holding cutouts of U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the waters of Botafogo Bay, ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 17, 2024
Biden weighs fossil fuel finance curbs that could outlast Trump
Landing the deal is seen as essential to deliver on a promise Biden made during his first year in the White House.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, speak during a news conference in Dubai on Dec.13.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 16, 2024
U.S. and China start new climate era after veteran envoys step down
The challenge now is building a system that can continue even without the connection shared by the departing envoys.
Ali Zaidi, the White House climate adviser, at a climate rally outside the White House, in Washington on April 23, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023
U.S. government shutdown poses ¡®seismic¡¯ threat to climate
A shutdown would mean many federal regulators would have to stop writing marquee Biden administration environmental regulations.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2023
Biden¡¯s?plan to cut power emissions hinges on little-used carbon capture
Supporters of the administration¡¯s strategy, including major environmental groups, say limited deployment of the technology so far reflects a lack of policy support.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 23, 2023
U.S. plans to slash planet-warming pollution from power plants
The White House is in the final stages of reviewing a draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency that?would target both new and existing power plants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023
G7 nations tussle over bid to phase out coal power by 2030
The European Union, the U.S. and Japan have expressed reservations about a U.K. proposal to set a 2030 deadline for phasing out unabated domestic coal power generation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023
Activists blast Biden¡¯s pick of a Wall Street insider for World Bank president
However, some supporters have said that Ajay Banga, who was raised in India, brings a different perspective to an institution whose leaders typically have been deeply embedded in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2023
The $100 billion offshore wind industry has a whale problem
Nearly two dozen whales have died along the U.S. Atlantic coast, and an unlikely coalition says that offshore wind is the culprit.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®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.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
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.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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