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Rami Ayyub
President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump¡¯s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as U.S. and Iran agree to halt war
The goals of both leaders remain unmet, with serious clashes remaining between them over Lebanon.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference after meeting at Trump¡¯s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, last year.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2026
Trump¡¯s ¡®crazy¡¯ rebuke undercuts Netanyahu at a critical moment
A leaked phone call this week laid bare the strains that have at times emerged between the two leaders.
Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 29, 2026
Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70%
Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of ?the Gaza Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel¡¯s two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.
People inspect the remnants of an Iranian missile that landed in a settlement in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2026
As U.S. and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a ¡®forever war¡¯
Creating ¡°buffer zones¡± in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon reflects a strategic shift that puts Israel in a semipermanent state of war, Israeli military and defense officials said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in December last year. For Netanyahu, analysts say, the war has redrawn Israel's political map on his terms.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 20, 2026
Iran war boosts Netanyahu while bruising Trump and Gulf states
For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the war has pivoted attention away from Gaza, but it has trapped U.S. President Donald Trump in a conflict with no clear exit.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, in December lat year.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2026
Netanyahu¡¯s war alliance with Trump faces test as Iran crisis widens
At the outset of the bombing campaign on Saturday, both sides said regime change was the goal. Days later, the U.S. said it had a different aim in mind.
Palestinians make their way through a devastated neighborhood, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City
WORLD
Feb 20, 2026
Gaza deaths in war¡¯s first 15 months higher than reported, study says
The peer-reviewed study found that women, children and ?the elderly comprised some 56.2% of violent deaths in Gaza during that period.
Ambulances carrying Palestinians seeking medical treatment drive on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in northeastern Egypt on Tuesday after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's border post.
WORLD
Feb 3, 2026
Slow movement at Gaza border after Israel reopens Rafah crossing
The Rafah crossing, largely shut for most of the war, is the sole route in or out for nearly all of Gaza¡¯s more than 2 million residents.
A billboard threatening action against American warships in Enghelab Square in Tehran on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
Trump weighs Iran strikes to inspire renewed protests, sources say
The U.S. president wanted to create conditions for ¡°regime change,¡± in Iran after a crackdown crushed a nationwide protest movement earlier this month, two sources said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2025
Putin tells Trump Russia has to respond to Ukrainian attacks
After Ukraine bombed bridges and attacked Russia¡¯s fleet of bombers, Putin said he did not think Ukraine¡¯s leaders wanted peace.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2023
Trump, charged with 34 felonies, urges defunding of U.S. Justice Department and FBI
The former U.S. president, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though they are not pursuing the charges against him.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2021
Left out? Israeli¡¯s unvaccinated fear exclusion as economy reopens
Other countries are likely to scrutinize Israel¡¯s early experience to see how it addresses mostly unanswered questions about balancing individual rights with obligations to public health.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2018
Divided by war, young Israelis and Gazans tell their stories via Instagram
In another part of the world they might have gone to the same schools or be sharing WiFi in the same coffee shops.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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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.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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